Method and device for application installation to multiple memory components
View Patent ↗A method and device for installing an application to a device are provided. The method includes: receiving, at the device, application files associated with the application, the application files including computer readable instruction files and resource files; installing, by an installation manager, the computer readable instruction files to a first memory component associated with the device; and storing the resource files on a second memory component associated with the device.
1. A method of installing an application to an electronic device comprising:
receiving the application at the electronic device; and
in response to receiving the application at the electronic device:
determining whether to perform a split installation of the application;
if a split installation is determined to be performed, installing a portion of the application to a first memory component associated with the electronic device and installing a second portion of the application to a second memory component associated with the electronic device; and
if a split installation is not determined to be performed, installing the application to the first memory component associated with the electronic device, wherein the first memory component associated with the electronic device and the second memory component associated with the electronic device are physically separate memory components associated with the electronic device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to perform a split installation of the application is based on an amount of available memory on the first memory component associated with the electronic device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to perform a split installation of the application is based on whether a size of the second portion of the application exceeds a fixed threshold.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to installing the second portion of the application to the second memory component associated with the electronic device:
determining that the second memory component associated with the electronic device is available.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to installing the second portion of the application to the second memory component associated with the electronic device:
determining that the second memory component associated with the electronic device has sufficient free capacity to accept the installation of the second portion of the application.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the application that is installed to the second memory component associated with the electronic device comprises a video.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the application that is installed to the second memory component associated with the electronic device comprises a graphic file that is rendered on the electronic device at run time of the application.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second memory component associated with the electronic device is a removable memory component.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is associated with a primary memory component functioning as the first memory component and a plurality of secondary memory components, and wherein any one of the plurality of secondary memory components functions as the second memory component, the method further comprising:
selecting one of the plurality of secondary memory components to function as the second memory component based on an amount of available memory on the selected secondary memory component.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to perform a split installation of the application is based on whether the application is in a format which allows a split installation.
11. A device comprising:
a first memory component;
a second memory component; and
at least one processor coupled to the first memory component and the second memory component, the at least one processor configured to:
receive the application at the electronic device; and
in response to receiving the application at the electronic device:
determine whether to perform a split installation of the application;
if a split installation is determined to be performed, install a portion of the application to the first memory component associated with the electronic device and install a second portion of the application to the second memory component associated with the electronic device; and
if a split installation is not determined to be performed, install the application to the first memory component associated with the electronic device, wherein the first memory component associated with the electronic device and the second memory component associated with the electronic device are physically separate memory components associated with the electronic device.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein determining whether to perform a split installation of the application is based on an amount of available memory on the first memory component associated with the electronic device.
13. The device of claim 11 , wherein determining whether to perform a split installation of the application is based on whether a size of the second portion of the application exceeds a fixed threshold.
14. The device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to, prior to installing the second portion of the application to the second memory component associated with the electronic device:
determine that the second memory component associated with the electronic device is available.
15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to, prior to installing the second portion of the application to the second memory component associated with the electronic device:
determine that the second memory component associated with the electronic device has sufficient free capacity to accept the installation of the second portion of the application.
16. The device of claim 11 , wherein the second portion of the application that is installed to the second memory component associated with the electronic device comprises a video.
17. The device of claim 11 , wherein the second portion of the application that is installed to the second memory component associated with the electronic device comprises a graphic file that is rendered on the electronic device at run time of the application.
18. The device of claim 11 , wherein the second memory component associated with the electronic device is a removable memory component.
19. The device of claim 11 , wherein determining whether to perform a split installation of the application is based on whether the application is in a format which allows a split installation.
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions to:
receive an application at an electronic device; and
in response to receiving the application at the electronic device:
determine whether to perform a split installation of the application;
if a split installation is determined to be performed, install a portion of the application to a first memory component associated with the electronic device and install a second portion of the application to a second memory component associated with the electronic device; and
if a split installation is not determined to be performed, install the application to the first memory component associated with the electronic device, wherein the first memory component associated with the electronic device and the second memory component associated with the electronic device are physically separate memory components associated with the electronic device.