Patent ID: 8103272
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining whether a primary connection exists to allow communication between a host device and a client device having a database with an associated version; periodically determining a version associated with a most recent database available from a remote device; determining automatically, in response to detecting a secondary connection between the host device and client device, the version associated with the database on the client device, the secondary connection comprising a lower bandwidth connection with respect to the primary connection; comparing the version associated with the database on the client device with the version of the most recent database available from the remote device in response to determining the version associated with the database on the client device; and if the version associated with the database on the client device is not the version of the database available from the remote device, updating the database on the client device to include the portion of the most recent database via the host device, wherein updating the database on the client device comprises