Method, software and apparatus for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning

• US 9,591,428 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2016
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Koganti, Sudheer, Sprigg, Stephen, McGaraghan, Amy, Minear, Brian, Nguyen, Phil
• Primary Examiner(s): MILLER, BRANDON J
• Application Number:
  US15/177,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20160286335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A system and method for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning. The system includes receiving, over a network, a remote action list version number, the remote action list version number associated with a remote action list containing an instruction for the wireless device. The system further includes determining whether the remote action list version number is different from a local action list version number. The system also includes sending, over a network, a request for the remote action list in response to determining the remote action list version number is different from the local action list version number. Also, the system includes receiving, over a network, the remote action list.

Claims

1. A method for updating a dataset resident on a wireless device, comprising:

comparing a version of the dataset listed in a wireless device summary file to a version of the dataset listed in a server summary file, wherein the wireless device summary file comprises a listing of a plurality of datasets;

determining whether or not the version of the dataset listed in the server summary file is more recent than the version of the dataset listed in the wireless device summary file; and

receiving the dataset at the wireless device based on the version of the dataset listed in the server summary file being more recent than the version of the dataset listed in the wireless device summary file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device summary file comprises a listing of each dataset resident on the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a listing of the dataset in the wireless device summary file comprises an identifier of the dataset and the version of the dataset listed in the wireless device summary file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the server summary file comprises a listing of each dataset resident on the server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the server summary file comprises a listing of each dataset listed in the wireless device summary file that is available for download from the server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device summary file comprises a listing of each dataset listed in the server summary file.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

downloading the server summary file to the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing, for each dataset listed in the wireless device summary file, a version listed in the wireless device summary file to a version listed in the server summary file; and

downloading to the wireless device each dataset that has a version listed in the server summary file that is more recent than a version listed in the wireless device summary file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing is performed by the wireless device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device performs the comparing in response to a command from the server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the command identifies the dataset.

12. An apparatus for updating a dataset resident on a wireless device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to;

compare a version of the dataset listed in a first data file of the wireless device to a version of the dataset listed in a second data file of a server, wherein the first data file comprises a listing of a plurality of datasets resident on the wireless device;

determine whether or not the version of the dataset listed in the second data file is more recent than the version of the dataset listed in the first data file; and

download the dataset to the wireless device based on the version of the dataset listed in the second data file being more recent than the version of the dataset listed in the first data file.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first data file comprises a listing of each dataset resident on the wireless device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a listing of the dataset listed in the first data file comprises an identifier of the dataset and the version of the dataset listed in the first data file.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second data file comprises a listing of each dataset resident on the server.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second data file comprises a listing of each dataset listed in the first data file that is available for download from the server.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first data file comprises a listing of each dataset listed in the second data file.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

download the second data file to the wireless device.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

compare, for each dataset listed in the first data file, a version listed in the first data file to a version listed in the second data file; and

download to the wireless device each dataset that has a version listed in the second data file that is more recent than a version listed in the first data file.

20. An apparatus for updating a dataset resident on a wireless device, comprising:

means for comparing a version of the dataset listed in a first data file of the wireless device to a version of the dataset listed in a second data file of a server, wherein the first data file comprises a listing of a plurality of datasets resident on the wireless device;

means for determining whether or not the version of the dataset listed in the second data file is more recent than the version of the dataset listed in the first data file; and

means for receiving the dataset at the wireless device based on the version of the dataset listed in the second data file being more recent than the version of the dataset listed in the first data file.