Patent ID: 7200390
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for downloading updated software to a mobile station over-the-air through a wireless mobile communication network, comprising: identifying the mobile station from among stations served through the wireless mobile communication network; sending a push notification through the wireless mobile communication network to a data communication client resident in the mobile station; activating an update client resident in the mobile station, in response to the push notification; initiating a data communication session from the data communication client resident in the mobile station, through the wireless mobile communication network; sending a software identifier from the update client, indicative of software currently resident in the mobile station, via the data communication session; selecting an update of software for the mobile station, based on the identifier; downloading the selected update software for the mobile station to the data communication client resident in the mobile station, via the data communication session; and transferring the downloaded updated software to the update client for installation and activation thereof within the mobile station.