Patent ID: 8364649

Claim:
An apparatus of a wireless device for facilitating synchronization of a database of the wireless device with a database of a remote device, said apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect support-cradle positioning of the wireless device; a synchronization initiator configured to initiate wireless sending of a synchronization request to the remote device responsive to detection by said detector of the support-cradle positioning of the wireless device; a synchronization controller configured to control synchronization between the database of the wireless device and the database of the remote device responsive to the wireless device receiving a synchronization response message in response to the synchronization request; and a transceiver, powered responsive to detection by said detector of the support-cradle positioning of the wireless device and configured to exchange all information necessary to facilitate synchronization directly over a wireless interface with a transceiver of the remote device, including the synchronization request message, the synchronization response message and synchronization data, said transceiver turned-off upon completion of synchronization.