Patent ID: 7779408

Claim:
A method for a wireless mobile phone to download content to the wireless mobile phone, wherein the wireless mobile phone includes an application management system (AMS), the method comprising: the wireless mobile phone downloading a descriptor file pertaining to the content, wherein the descriptor file includes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies an application for handling the content, and wherein the descriptor file includes at least one attribute other than the URI and other than an attribute that indicates a location from which the wireless mobile phone can download the content; the AMS of the wireless mobile phone processing the downloaded descriptor file at the wireless mobile phone so as to determine whether the at least one attribute is present in the descriptor file and to determine whether the wireless mobile phone includes an application to handle the content; if the AMS of the wireless mobile phone determines that the at least one attribute in the descriptor file is present, then thereafter downloading the content to the wireless mobile phone, if the AMS of the wireless mobile phone determines that the at least one attribute is missing from the descriptor file, then not downloading the content to the wireless mobile phone, and if the AMS of the wireless mobile phone determines that the wireless mobile phone does not include an application to handle the content, then the AMS presenting a user with an option to download the application for handling the content and identified by URI of the descriptor file.