Apparatus and method for remote DLL linking of software upgrades for a wireless mobile station

For use in a mobile station capable of wirelessly receiving a software file from a software upgrade server via a wireless network, a method of upgrading software in the mobile station comprising the steps of:

• receiving at least a first message from the software upgrade server identifying an available software file capable of being executed by the mobile station;
• searching a memory of the mobile station to determine an available space into which the available software file may be stored;
• and
• transmitting to the software upgrade server a target address associated with the available space in the memory.

For use in a software upgrade server capable of wirelessly transmitting a software file to a mobile station via a wireless network, a method of upgrading software files in the mobile station comprising the steps of:

• storing a plurality of software upgrade files as a plurality of object files in a database;
• and
• receiving from the mobile station a select message selecting one of the plurality of software upgrade files and a target address associated with an available space in a memory of the mobile station;
• in response to receipt of the target address, linking selected ones of the plurality of object files to form a dynamically linked library (DLL) file based on the target address;
• and
• transmitting the DLL file to the mobile station.