Diversinet Awarded Patents for Mobile Application Downloads and Security
Technology Automatically Matches Apps with Each Handset’s Requirements, Slashing Costs for Wireless Carriers and Other App Store Operators
Toronto – April 14, 2010 – Two new patents issued to Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF) provide wireless carriers, device vendors and other members of the mobile ecosystem advanced methods for resolving two of the industry’s biggest problems: security and fragmentation.
Diversinet has integrated these patented solutions into its MobiSecure® products and offers the patents independently for intellectual property licensing.
U.S. Patent No. 7,680,755 covers the automatic detection and classification of a mobile device, such as a smartphone or feature phone. The patent resolves problems that arise when carrier- or aggregator-operated online mobile app stores must support multiple operating systems (OSs) and platforms, like Android and J2ME. Every mobile device vendor supports multiple OSs and implements an OS differently, forcing developers to rebuild their more







