Google LLC Patent Grant for Application Update Priority

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Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 24th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted Google LLC a patent for a system that prioritizes application updates on computing devices using machine learning. The patent, US12585448B2, details a method for determining update priority scores and initiating installations.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Google LLC patent US12585448B2, titled 'Prioritized application updates.' This patent covers a computing system that receives requests for application update information, uses a machine learning model to determine update priority scores for applications, and then initiates pending updates based on those scores.

This patent grant is a non-binding notice of intellectual property protection for Google's technology. While it does not impose new regulatory obligations on other entities, it signifies a technological advancement in software update management. Companies developing similar systems should be aware of this granted patent to avoid potential infringement issues.

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Prioritized application updates

Grant US12585448B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Google LLC

Inventors

Haifeng Ji, Zhiwei Gu, Jing Zhao, Vitor Baccetti Garcia, Alexey Semenov, Apeksha Singhal, Scott Williams, Yudi Wu, Jiahui Liu

Abstract

A computing system may receive a request for application update information for one or more applications installed on a computing device. The computing system determines, based on the request for the application update information, a set of applications that need to be updated and applies a machine learning model to determine a respective update priority score for each application from the set of applications. The computing system sends an indication of the respective update priority scores for the set of applications to the computing device. Responsive to receiving an update request from the computing device, the computing system initiates installation of the pending update for the at least one application from the set of applications.