Patent ID: 9118696
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing a piece of information of an application program between a wireless client device that is in an operation mode and a media server maintaining up-to-date pieces of information of the application program, the method comprising: indicating, in the wireless client device by a checking routine, that the application program has been started; sending, by the wireless client device, a synchronization starting message including at least a first license file to a license server before said application program is taken into use, said first license file including at least a current status of said piece of information of the application program and a direction to be utilized in the synchronization between the wireless client device and the media server; checking, by the license server after receiving the synchronization starting message, the up-to-date status of the received first license file of the application program; on a condition that the status of the received first license file of the application program equals the status of the first license file of the same application program known by the license server: sending, by the license server, a reply message to the wireless client device, wherein said reply message includes an up-to-date first license file of the application program and a synchronization acceptance message; and on a condition that the status of the received first license file of the application program does not equal the status of the first license file of the same application program known by the license server: sending, by the license server, a reply message to the wireless client device, wherein said reply message includes an up-to-date first license file of the application program and a second license file, the second license file including at least network information by which an unsynchronized piece of information of the application program is synchronized between the wireless client device and the media server; and utilizing said application program in the wireless device.