Server for sending new application portions to mobile wireless communications devices and related methods
A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application. New application portions are downloaded from a current application associated with the current version information, and the new application portions are sent to the mobile wireless communications device.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a server, version information from a mobile wireless communications device for an application stored at the mobile wireless communications device;
determining, based on the received version information, that at least one updated part of the application is to be provided to the mobile wireless communications device; and
the server initiating transmission of at least a first updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device without receiving a request from the mobile wireless communications device to transmit the at least one updated part, wherein the application comprises parts suitable for individual transmission to the mobile wireless communications device to thereby update a current version of the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the server sending a notification to the mobile wireless communications device of availability of at least one updated part.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the notification is sent without a prior request for the notification from the mobile wireless communications device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server initiates transmission of a further updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device after the first updated part of the application is received by the mobile wireless communications device and applied to the application as stored by the mobile wireless communications device to thereby update the application.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device comprises at least one of a stored game application, a stored document processing application, or a stored messaging application.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the current version of the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device comprises replacing a stored part of the application at the mobile wireless communications device with the at least the first updated part of the application.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server transmits the at least the first updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code which, when executed by at least one processor of a server system, causes the server system to:
receive version information from a mobile wireless communications device for an application stored at the mobile wireless communications device;
determine, based on the received version information, that at least one updated part of the application is to be provided to the mobile wireless communications device; and
initiate transmission of at least a first updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device without receiving a request from the mobile wireless communications device to transmit the at least one updated part, wherein the application comprises parts suitable for individual transmission to the mobile wireless communications device to thereby update a current version of the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the server is caused to send a notification to the mobile wireless communications device of availability of at least one updated part.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the server is caused to send the notification without a prior request for the notification from the mobile wireless communications device.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the server is caused to initiate transmission of a further updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device after the first updated part of the application is received by the mobile wireless communications device and applied to the application as stored by the mobile wireless communications device to thereby update the application.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device comprises at least one of a stored game application, a stored document processing application, or a stored messaging application.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is configured to update the current version of the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device by replacing a stored part of the application at the mobile wireless communications device with the at least the first updated part of the application.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the server is caused to transmit the at least the first updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device.
15. A server system, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
receive version information from a mobile wireless communications device for an application stored at the mobile wireless communications device;
determine, based on the received version information, that at least one updated part of the application is to be provided to the mobile wireless communications device; and
initiate transmission of at least a first updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device without receiving a request from the mobile wireless communications device to transmit the at least one updated part, wherein the application comprises parts suitable for individual transmission to the mobile wireless communications device to thereby update a current version of the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device.
16. The server system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to send a notification to the mobile wireless communications device of availability of at least one updated part.
17. The server system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to send the notification without a prior request for the notification from the mobile wireless communications device.
18. The server system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to initiate transmission of a further updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device after the first updated part of the application is received by the mobile wireless communications device and applied to the application as stored by the mobile wireless communications device to thereby update the application.
19. The server system of claim 15 , wherein the application stored at the mobile wireless communications device comprises at least one of a stored game application, a stored document processing application, or a stored messaging application.
20. The server system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit the at least the first updated part of the application to the mobile wireless communications device.