DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM FOR ROUTER APPLICATIONS

Systems, methods and computer program products download application packages to a mobile device from a traditional application store. The application package may include two applications, a first application executed on the mobile device (e.g., tablet computer, smartphone etc running an Android or iOS operating system) and a second application for execution on the router. When a user downloads and runs the first application on the mobile device, the first application determines if the router is present (e.g., determines if the mobile device is connected to the router) and if so, downloads the second application to the router. The second application may be the router application itself, or it may be an application that when executed on the router, downloads the router application to the router. Alternatively, the first application may issue a command that causes the router to download the router application.