Patent ID: 7526575
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: establishing a connection between a server and a synchronization client associated with a handheld device, the server having access to a first database and the handheld device having access to a second database, the handheld device comprising an application configured to allow user write access to the second database, wherein the synchronization client is configured to use the connection in an operation to synchronize the second database and the first database; receiving, from the server, first information indicative of a version of the application; comparing the first information with information stored on the handheld device that is indicative of a version of the application on the handheld device; updating the application on the handheld device using metadata received from the server if the first information does not compare equally with the information that is indicative of the version of the application on the handheld device; receiving, from the server, data to update the second database.