Patent ID: 8126924

Claim:
A method for use in controlling operation of a mobile unit, said mobile unit being associated with a mobility server operative for disseminating application descriptors that describe a functionality of an application for execution at one or more mobile units, said method comprising the steps of: providing a client, resident on a mobile unit, for receiving an application descriptor from said mobility server and, responsive to receipt of said application descriptor, establishing said application having said functionality, wherein said functionality is described by said application descriptor; establishing with said client a root form list, of one or more forms, defining the default process flow structure for navigating through said application, said root form list having a data content, including associated data structures, defined by said application descriptor; and establishing with said client a child form list, of one or more forms, defining an alternative process flow structure for navigating through said application, said child form list having a data content, including said associated data structures, defined by said application descriptor; wherein said client is responsive to said application descriptor to establish said root form list such that said root form list has a data content that is independent of a linking relationship for accessing said child form list as defined by said application descriptor.