Patent ID: 6735434
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
In a wireless communication system comprising a system backbone; a host computer coupled to the system backbone; at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system; and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station, a method of operation comprising the steps of:maintaining a software update schedule table indicating at least one time at which the at least one mobile device is to inquire as to whether an upgrade of operating software is available; determining whether the software update schedule table indicates it is time to inquire as to whether an upgrade of operating software is available and, if so, determining whether a version of the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is a current version of the operating software; and wirelessly updating the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device if it is determined that the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is not the current version.