Wireless database environment for a small device

A method of processing information to alter a plurality of fields of a dataset, the dataset being stored in memory on a mobile device and having a plurality of similarly structured records, the method comprising:

• receiving an object from a wireless receiver, the object having an object header comprising
• a first portion designating an identifier of a dataset from a plurality of datasets storable in memory on the mobile device and a second portion designating an action to perform, the object further including object information, wherein the object information comprises a format having a first portion designating a plurality of field identifiers associated with the plurality of fields;
• and
• processing the abject to ascertain the action to perform to alter data in the plurality of fields as a function of the identifier and the plurality of field identifiers.

A mobile device, comprising:

• a wireless receiver;
• a memory device storing a plurality of datasets, each dataset having a plurality of similarly structured records;
• and
• the object processing module coupled to the wireless receiver to receive an object therefrom,
• the object having an object header comprising a first portion designating an identifier of a dataset from the plurality of datasets and a second portion designating an action to perform, the abject further including object information, wherein the object information comprises a format having a first portion designating a field identifier of a field from a plurality of fields, wherein the abject processing module processes the object to ascertain the action to perform to alter data in a field of one of the records as a function of the identifier and the field identifier.

A mobile device comprising:

• a wireless receiver;
• a memory device storing a plurality of datasets, each dataset having a plurality of similarly structured records, each record having a plurality of fields;
• and
• an object processing module coupled to the wireless receiver, the object having an object header comprising a first portion designating an identifier of a dataset from the plurality of datasets and a second portion designating an action to perform, the object further including object information, wherein the object information comprises a format having a first portion designating a plurality of field identifiers associated with a plurality of fields of the dataset, wherein the object processing module processes the object to ascertain the action to perform to alter data in the plurality of fields as a function of the identifier and the plurality of field identifiers.

A method for altering data in a field of a record of a dataset stored in a memory device storing a plurality of datasets, each dataset having an associated address within the memory device and having a plurality of similarly structured records, the method comprising:

• receiving an object from a wireless receiver, the object having an object header comprising
• a first portion designating an identifier of a dataset independent of the address of the dataset storable in the memory device, and a second portion designating an action to perform, the object further including object information comprising a first portion designating a field identifier associated with the field;
• and
• processing the object to alter data in the field of the record as a function of the identifier and the field identifier.

A computer readable medium having instructions that, when implemented, perform a method for altering data in a field of a record of it dataset stored in a memory device storing a plurality of datasets, each dataset having an associated address within the memory device and having a plurality of similarly structured records, the instructions comprising:

• receiving an object from a wireless receiver, the object having an object header comprising
• a first portion designating an identifier of a dataset independent of the address of the dataset storable in, the memory device, and a second portion designating an action to perform, the object further including object information comprising a first portion designating a field identifier associated with the field;
• and
• processing the object to alter data in the field of the record as a function of the identifier and the field identifier.