CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A mobile device comprising:
a processor; and
a computer readable medium, coupled to the processor, including first non-transient computer executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the mobile device for use with one or more selected mobile services and to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first user, a request to use a given selected mobile service (SMS);
wherein the SMS facilitates virtualization of an application program;
first identifying mobile application data (MAD) associated with the SMS;
first retrieving the MAD from a first data store; and
receiving, from a server communicatively coupled to the mobile device, the SMS;
wherein the SMS is provided to the mobile device based on the server executing the application program associated with the SMS, while the application program is executed by the server, and the SMS provides at least one feature of the application program to the first user;
wherein the MAD facilitates the providing of the SMS on the mobile device; and
wherein the SMS facilitates the providing of features of the application program to the first user of the mobile device without having the mobile device download and execute the application program.
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