Method and system for transferring information during server synchronization with a computing device

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for comparing an identification with a locally stored identification, wherein the identification relates to a database version;
• means for sending a first message if the identification does not compare equally with the locally stored identification;
• means for sending a size of binary information to a handheld device in response to receiving the first message;
• means for comparing the size of binary information and an amount of storage available in the handheld device;
• means for sending a message to a server if the size of binary information is less than the amount of storage available in the handheld device;
• means for compressing the binary information prior to transfer to the handheld device;
• means for text encoding the compressed binary information prior to transfer to the handheld device;
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• means for encoding the text encoded information prior to transfer to the hand held device according to a protocol associated with a connection between the server and the handheld device.

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a server cause the server to perform operations comprising:

• sending an identification to a handheld device, wherein the identification relates to a database version
• comparing a size of binary information and an amount of storage available in a hand held device in response to the server receiving information from the hand held device that identifies the amount of storage available in the handheld device and in response to the server receiving a first message from the handheld device indicating the identification does not compare equally to a locally stored identification;
• in response to determining that the amount of storage in the handheld device exceeds the size of the binary information, compressing the binary information prior to transfer to the handheld device;
• encoding the compressed binary information using a text encoder;
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• encoding the text encoded information prior to transfer to the handheld device according to a protocol associated with a connection between the server and the handheld device.