Patent ID: 7890427

Claim:
A method of updating mobile electronic devices, the method comprising: informing a notification history server of notifications sent by various senders of updates to a mobile electronic device, the notification history server keeping a record of all verified and unverified notifications, the notification history server being distinct from the various senders of updates and distinct from a device management server managing the mobile electronic device; receiving a notification in the mobile electronic device that an update is available from a particular sender; determining authorization of the received notification in the mobile electronic device by sending, by the mobile electronic device, information retrieved from the received notification to the notification history server, and determining, by comparison, whether the notification history server has previous verified or unverified records of the notification from the particular sender using the information sent by the electronic device thereby avoiding testing of each notification; the mobile electronic device downloading the available update from the particular sender if the notification history server confirms having the verified record of notification from the particular sender of the notification; and the mobile electronic device ignoring the available update from the particular sender if the notification history server confirms having an unverified record of the notification from the particular sender of the notification.