Patent ID: 8266357

Claim:
A system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device, comprising: a resource providing information for the electronic device; a server providing maintenance for the resource; accessing a device registry linking resources managed by the server with mobile electronic devices currently tracked by the server to determine whether the electronic device is in the device registry, after receiving a network registration request from the electronic device; if the electronic device is in the device registry, determining whether a resource is approved to be provisioned to the electronic device from the server, otherwise, if the electronic device is not in the device registry, awaiting a request from the electronic device for the resource and evaluating the request; and determining whether either the resource has already been provisioned to the electronic device or the electronic device has been designated to be provisioned with the resource from an alternative source from the server; and if so, not approving the resource to be provisioned to the electronic device, otherwise providing a data transmission to the electronic device from the server, the data transmission containing text and a link to the resource that can be extracted by the electronic device and used to access the resource and if the resource is new to the electronic device, the data transmission contains an indicator that the resource is new; a communication link providing the electronic device with access to the resource; a data transmission module for extracting access information about the resource and selectively providing the access information to the electronic device in a data transmission through the communication link; and a data processing module for receiving the data transmission and updating access information in the electronic device for the resource, wherein the electronic device provides a graphical user interface (GUI) providing information on a topic retrieved from local storage on the electronic device and additional information about the resource is incorporated into the GUI for that topic.