Methods and systems for managing a mobile client in a client-server system connected via a public network
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1. A method of managing a client in a client-server system, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from the client to a server, an information request that includes a current version identifier of a software application resident on the client;
receiving an update of the software application at the client from the server in response to a determination by the server that the update of the software application is available for the current version of the software application resident on the client; and
automatically updating the software application on the client by executing the received update.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for managing a client and/or server in a client-server system. An information request that includes a current version identifier of a software application resident on a client is transmitted from the client to a server. An update of the software application is received at the client from the server in response to a determination by the server that the update of the software application is available for the current version of the software application resident on the client. The software application is automatically updated on the client by executing the received update.
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1. A method of managing a client in a client-server system, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from the client to a server, an information request that includes a current version identifier of a software application resident on the client;
receiving an update of the software application at the client from the server in response to a determination by the server that the update of the software application is available for the current version of the software application resident on the client; and
automatically updating the software application on the client by executing the received update. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of operating a server in a client-server system, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the server from a client, an information request that includes a current version identifier of a software application resident on the client;
determining, by the server, that an update of the software application is available for the current version of the software application resident on the client; and
transmitting the update of the software application from the server to the client for automatic updating of the software application by the client with the transmitted update. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A client-server system comprising:
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a server; and
a plurality of mobile clients, each such mobile client being adapted to be carried by a user and to communicate wirelessly the server, each such mobile client further having a computer-readable storage medium that includes;
instructions to transmit an information request to the server in response to a user initiating a standard function of the each such mobile client, the information request including a current version identifier of the software application resident on the each such mobile client;
instructions to receive an update of the software application at the each such mobile client from the server in response to a determination by the server that the update of the software application as available for the current version of the software application resident on the each such mobile client; and
instructions to automatically update the software application on the each such mobile client by executing the received update. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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