System and method for updating dataset versions resident on a wireless device

摘要

This system is for selectively updating the versions of stored datasets on a wireless device. The system has one or more wireless devices in selective communication to a wireless network and one or more download servers in selective communication to the wireless network and in selective communication with the one or more wireless devices. Each wireless device has a computer platform and datasets from download servers are downloaded across the wireless network to the computer platform of the wireless device. The computer platform of the wireless device further includes a resident dataset version summary file that at least identifies the version of each resident dataset. Each download server selectively downloads datasets to the wireless devices. Each download server selectively updates one or more resident datasets that are selectively downloadable to wireless devices and records the version of each specific updated dataset. Upon a wireless device attempting to communicate with at least one download server across the wireless network, the computer platform of the wireless device compares 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.