System and method for automatically updating a wireless device

• US 7,447,799 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2002
• Issued: 11/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Good Technology Incorporated (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Kushner, Gary
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung; Zarni
• Application Number:
  US10/133,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20030204624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,386 Days
• Field of Search: 709200-203, 709217-219, 709/248, 709/249, 709/250, 709/227, 707/201, 707/10, 717/169
• US Class Current: 709/242
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for automatically updating a wireless device. It is determined whether one or more changes have occurred to a set of files. The set of files includes one or more files. Information related to the one or more changes is received and automatically forwarded to a wireless. The information is utilized to automatically update one or more files on the wireless device to reflect the one or more changes in the set of files. For example, file can be added to the directory, removed from the directory, modified, etc.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a file system including a directory structure having one or more folders each associated with a set of two or more wireless devices with one or more files associated with each of the set of wireless devices;

an enterprise server to monitor the directory structure for changes to the one or more files;

an interface module to maintain a logical mapping between the folders and the set of wireless devices associated with each folder and to determine the type of changes made to the files by accessing a database at the enterprise server;

a document management module (DMM) to update the database by incorporating the changes to the files; and

a push management module (PMM) to wirelessly transmit updated information for the files to the associated wireless devices indicated by the mapping.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an access control module (ACM) to control access to applications and documents by the device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the changes include at least one of addition of a file to the set of files, deletion of a file from the set of files, and renaming of a file within the set of files.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the PMM forwards a notification to the device of the changes with the changes.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the enterprise server comprises a multiplexer module.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the DMM assigns a unique identifier to the information associated with the changes.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface module is configured to manipulate the information associated with the changes.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of files includes at least one of a file system and a directory structure.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of files resides on a user computer.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface module is configured to determine whether the changes to the set of files is related to a predetermined group associated with the set of files.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the PMM is configured to conditionally forward the information to the wireless device based on the predetermined group.

12. A system comprising:

a user computer to create a file system including a directory structure having one or more folders each associated with a set of two or more wireless devices with one or more files associated with each of the set of wireless devices;

an enterprise server having a database;

an interface module to maintain a logical mapping between the folders and the set of wireless devices associated with each folder and to determine the type of changes made to the files by accessing a database at the enterprise server;

a document management module (DMM) to update the enterprise database by incorporating the changes to the files; and

a push management module (PMM) to wirelessly transmit updated information for the files to the associated wireless devices indicated by the mapping.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the enterprise server comprises a multiplexer module.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the changes include at least one of addition of a file to the set of files and deletion of a file from the set of files.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the enterprise server is configured to access the set of files in order to determine whether changes to the set of files has occurred.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the DMM assigns a unique identifier to the information associated with the changes.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the interface module includes one or more modules configured to manipulate information associated with the changes.

18. A method comprising:

associating a folder with a set of two or more wireless devices;

receiving updates of files associated with the folder;

determining types of changes made to the files by accessing a database;

updating the database by incorporating the changes to the files; and

wirelessly transmitting updated information for the files to the associated wireless devices indicated by a logical mapping between the folder and a set of associated wireless devices.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining whether at least one of a file has been added to the set of files and a file has been removed from the set of files.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining whether the one or more files in the set of files have been modified.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising forwarding a notification to the device of the changes, wherein the device is wireless.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising accessing the set of files in order to determine whether changes to the set of files has occurred.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising assigning a unique identifier to information associated with the changes.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising manipulating the information associated with the changes.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein the set of files includes at least one of a file system and a directory.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein the set of files resides on a user computer.

27. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining whether the changes in the set of files is associated with a predetermined group associated with the set of files.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising conditionally forwarding information to the device based on the predetermined group.