Patent ID: 9313259
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for updating an application program on a wireless terminal, the method comprising: receiving, by a server, an inquiry from a wireless terminal for updating an application program; responsive to receiving the inquiry by the server, determining, by the server, whether there is an updated program available for updating the application program, based on information included in the inquiry; upon determining that the updated program is available, determining, by the server, whether updating the application program of the wireless terminal which sent the inquiry is permitted or not at the time of receiving the inquiry, based on the information included in the inquiry and criteria information stored in the server; and upon determining that updating the application for the wireless terminal which sent the inquiry is available and is permitted, sending information necessary for updating the application program from the server to the wireless terminal, wherein: the information necessary for updating the application program includes information indicating a place from which the updated program is downloaded, when the wireless terminal receives the information necessary for updating the application program, the user of the wireless terminal is prompted to update the application program, when the wireless terminal receives an input via a user interface indicating that the user declines the updating the application program, prompting the user to input a number of times the user wants to skip the update, the wireless terminal does not update the application program until the user inputs a request for updating the application program, and when the wireless terminal receives an input indicating that the user accepts the updating of the application program, the application program is updated by accessing the place and downloading the updated program for updating the application program.