SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DATASET VERSIONS RESIDENT ON A WIRELESS DEVICE

摘要

A system and method for selectively updating the versions of stored datasets on a wireless device that selectively communicates to a wireless network and downloads datasets, such as software applications and information, from download servers on the wireless network. The wireless device has a resident dataset version summary file that identifies the version of each resident dataset, and upon the wireless device attempting to communicate with the download server, the wireless device compares the version of each specific resident dataset listed in the resident dataset version summary file with the version of downloadable datasets resident on the download server to thereby determine if the version of a wireless device resident dataset is different from the version of a download server resident dataset. If the download server resident dataset is more recent, the wireless device can download it to overwrite the wireless device resident dataset.

主权项

1. A system for selectively updating the versions of stored datasets on a wireless device, comprising:
one or more wireless devices, each wireless device including a computer platform and in selective communication to a wireless network and downloading datasets from download servers across the wireless network to the computer platform of the wireless device, and the computer platform of the wireless device further including a resident dataset version summary file that at least identifies the version of each resident dataset; and one or more download servers in selective communication to the wireless network, and each download server selectively in communication with the one or more wireless devices and selectively downloading datasets thereto, each download server selectively updating one or more resident datasets that are selectively downloadable to wireless devices and recording the version of each specific updated dataset, wherein, upon a wireless device attempting to communicate with at least one download server across the wireless network, the computer platform of the wireless device comparing the version of each specific resident dataset listed in the resident dataset version summary file with the version of the downloadable dataset resident on the download server to thereby determine if the version of the wireless device resident dataset is different from the version of the download server resident dataset.