Automatic license key injection

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

a communication subsystem for communicating with an application delivery server;

a display;

an input mechanism for receiving a request to download an application;

a controller for controlling the operation of the mobile communication device; and

an application store client associated with the controller, the application store client being configured to: receive the request to download the application; transmit a download request to the application delivery server; receive the application from the application delivery server; receive a license key from the application delivery server; automatically inject the license key into the application, by modifying at least a license key property associated with the application to include the received license key; and verify the authenticity of the application using the license key.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the license key is injected into the application after the application is installed to the mobile communication device.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the application contains an authentication algorithm for verifying that the application is authentic by examining the license key.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the application store client associated with the controller is configured to transmit a unique identification number associated with the mobile communication device to the application delivery server prior to receiving the license key.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the license key is generated based on the unique identification number.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the application store client is further configured to display the license key on the display.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein injecting the license key into the application is performed automatically in response to the license key being received at the mobile communication device.

8. A method of obtaining a licensed application on an electronic device comprising:

receiving an application download request from an input mechanism associated with the electronic device;

transmitting a download request from the electronic device to an application delivery server;

receiving an application from the application delivery server at the electronic device;

receiving a license key from the application delivery server at the electronic device;

automatically injecting the license key into the application by modifying at least a license key property associated with the application, to include the received license key, at the electronic device; and

verifying the authenticity of the application using the license key.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the method is performed by an application store client associated with the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: installing the application and wherein the license key is injected into the application after the application is installed to the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application contains an authentication algorithm for verifying that the application is authentic by examining the license key.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: transmitting a unique identification number associated with the electronic device to the application delivery server prior to receiving the license key.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the license key is generated based on the unique identification number.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising: displaying the license key on a display.