Method and system for selecting a program for download

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions encoded thereon for selecting a program for download from a host system to a target system, the instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to:

• store a plurality of programs at the host system;
• store a plurality of identifiers at the host system, with each of at least one of said plurality of identifiers being stored in association with at least one of said plurality of identifiers and responsively select one of said at least one of said plurality of programs;
• connect the host system and the target system by a communication channel;
• request a hardware identifier representing the target system and a vendor identifier from the target system by the host system over the communication channel, said vendor identifier identifying a wireless communication vendor supporting the target system;
• receive said hardware identifier and said vendor identifier at the host system;
• employ said plurality of identifiers and said received hardware identifier and said received vendor identifier to select one of said at least one of said plurality of programs for download from the host system to the target system;
• associate a wireless communication vendor with the target system;
• store a program associated with said received hardware identifier at the host system;
• determine that said received hardware identifier and said received vendor identifier match one of said plurality of programs;
• cause said selected one of said at least one of said plurality of programs to be downloaded over the communication channel from the host system to the target system;
• and
• responsive to a failure to find said received vendor identifier at the host system, cause said program associated with said received hardware identifier to be downloaded over the communication channel from the host system to the target system.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions encoded thereon for selecting a program for download from a host system to a target system, the instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to:

• store a plurality of programs at the host system;
• store a plurality of identifiers at the host system, with each of at least one of said plurality of identifiers being stored in association with at least one of said plurality of programs;
• connect the host system and the target system by a communication channel;
• request a hardware identifier representing the target system and a vendor identifier from the target system by the host system over the communication channel, said vendor identifier identifying a wireless communication vendor supporting the target system;
• receive said hardware identifier and said vendor identifier at the host system;
• employ said plurality of identifiers and said received hardware identifier and said received vendor identifier to select one of said at least one of said plurality of programs for download from the host system to the target system;
• store said plurality of identifiers in a file at the host system;
• associate a wireless communication vendor with the target system;
• store a program associated with said received hardware identifier at the host system;
• determine that said received hardware identifier and said received vendor identifier match one of said plurality of identifiers and responsively selecting one of said at least one of said plurality of programs;
• cause said selected one of said at least one of said plurality of programs to be downloaded over the communication channel from the host system to the target system;
• and
• responsive to a failure to find said file at the host system, cause said program associated with said received hardware identifier to be downloaded over the communication channel from the host system to the target system.