US 7,526,762 B1
Network with mobile terminals as browsers having wireless access to the internet and method for using same
Arto Astala, Vantaa (Finland); Timo Ellila, Halikko (Finland); Petri Asunmaa, Espoo (Finland); Kimmo Djupsjobacka, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); John Grundy, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); Ilari Saarikivi, Salo (Finland); Sampo Savolainen, Espoo (Finland); Patrik Lindblom, Lexington, Mass. (US); Anders Frisk, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); Martha Zimet, Santa Cruz, Calif. (US); Otso Ylonen, Salo (Finland); and Thomas Abrahamson, Linkoping (Sweden)
Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/659,416.
Application 09/659416 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/607637, filed on Jun. 30, 2000, abandoned.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 717—171  [709/203; 709/217; 709/222; 709/232; 717/168] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a configuration upgrade message at a configuration server from a source of an at least partial software upgrade;
saving upgrade information in a database associated with the configuration server;
identifying a plurality of users requiring at least partial software upgrade;
thereafter providing the at least partial software upgrade to respective terminal servers associated with the plurality of users identified to require the at least partial software upgrade for subsequent distribution by the terminal servers to respective terminals of users identified to require the at least partial software upgrade;
identifying any terminal servers, following the provision of the at least partial software upgrade to which the at least partial software upgrade has not yet been transferred; and
determining, in response to activation of a terminal associated with a terminal server, if the terminal server has been identified as a terminal server to which the at least partial software upgrade has not yet been transferred and, if so, providing the at least partial software upgrade to the terminal server.