METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING APPLICATIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE VIA DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION

• US 20110119663A1
• Filed: 01/24/2011
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ACCESS Systems Americas Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: ACCESS Systems Americas Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Inventors: Liu, Chung
• Granted Patent: US 8,635,372 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and system for the delivery of updated web platform applications to a mobile electronic device upon synchronization of the mobile device with a computer. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method and system for dynamically creating personalized and up-to-date applications whenever a mobile electronic device is synchronized with a stand-alone computer system that is coupled to remotely located content servers or computers via a communication network, such as the Internet. Conduits act as gateways for synchronization between the mobile electronic device and the plurality of content servers or computers. These conduits coordinate the loading of the personalized and up-to-date applications onto the mobile electronic device. In one example, a user can then access up-to-date information on the applications at a more convenient time and while disconnected from the content servers or computers that provide the information.

Claims

1. A method of updating a plurality of applications on an electronic device from a plurality of content servers through a host device, comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of conduits resident on said host device;

actuating said conduits for comparing versions of applications or content stored by said host device with current versions of corresponding applications or content residing on said plurality of content servers to determine whether newer versions of such applications or content reside on said plurality of content servers;

conduits communicating user identification information regarding the electronic device to the content server;

storing said newer versions from said content server on said host device; and

at a time when said electronic device is actuated for synchronization, actuating said conduits to extract and install said newer versions from said host device on said electronic device; and

wherein the newer versions of the applications or content are personalized for the electronic device based on the user identification information.