Patent ID: 7933618

Claim:
Apparatus for a radio communication system having a network part at which a network-copy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile-copy database is maintained, said apparatus for facilitating user-control of performance of synchronization operations by which to synchronize values of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database, said mobile node apparatus comprising: a user display embodied at the mobile node, said user display selectably for displaying a first indication to indicate the detection of a dissimilarity between the values of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database; a user actuator, capable of being actuated responsive to display at said user display of the first indication that indicates the detection of the dissimilarity, selectably actuable by the user to select a delay in the performance of the synchronization operations; and a delay selector adapted at least to receive indications of actuation of said user actuator by the user, said delay selector, selectably operable, responsive to at least the indications of actuation of said user actuator, to select a delay period by which to delay the performance of the synchronization operations based on a determination of network part communications loading by the delay selector and to select synchronization operations responsive to detection of dissimilarity between values of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database and wherein said user actuator is actuated by the user subsequent to the detection of the dissimilarity and prior to commencement of the synchronization operations.