Patent ID: 7711922
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining a current version of a selected application in a memory of a communication terminal coupled to a server device, comprising the steps of: receiving a current version indication for at least one of a plurality of applications supported by the server device; receiving an activation request for a selected application corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of applications, the selected application stored in a memory of the communication terminal; retrieving a version parameter for the selected application from a database associated exclusively with the communication terminal, wherein the version parameter denotes a most recent version number of the selected application; determining whether the version parameter matches the current version indication associated with the selected application, the current version indication embedded in a uniform resource locator (URL) address for the selected application; and suspending at least one service provided by the selected application that is to be updated and downloading a current version of the selected application.