Patent ID: 7801853

Claim:
A method for starting up an application in a mobile data processing device, an information database being required in a device for operating the application, comprising: a) providing a permanent portion and a temporary portion of the information database; b) receiving a request input by a user of the device to transmit the permanent portion; c) identifying an intermediate server located in the vicinity of the device; d) performing wire-bound transmission of the permanent portion from a central server to the intermediate server; e) transmitting the permanent portion from the intermediate server to the device for operating the application via a portable data carrier and storing the permanent portion in the device for operating the application; f) checking the central server to ascertain if the device is authorized to access the temporary portion; g) transmitting the temporary portion via wireless communication, the wireless communication representing a second transmission path that is distinct from the first transmission path; and h) executing the application.