System and method of object simulation in an intermittently connected mobile application

A method of operating a middleware connecting between a mobile device and a backend system, wherein the mobile device generates and stores a first time stamp in response to a user request to update data stored in the backend system, and creates a data request object for updating a data field in a local document stored on the mobile device from an original value to an updated value, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the middleware, a data message including the data request object from the mobile device to correspondingly modify a data object stored on the backend system;
• transmitting, by the middleware, the data message to the backend system which generates a second time stamp reflecting a time at which the backend has modified the data object stored on the backend system;
• receiving, by the middleware from the backend system, the second time stamp;
• and
• transmitting, by the middleware, the second time stamp to the mobile device,
• wherein the mobile device is configured to, in response to receiving the second time stamp,
• compare the first time stamp with the second time stamp;
• and
• if the first time stamp is an initial time stamp or later in time than the second time stamp, display on the mobile device a simulated data field for the local document, wherein the simulated data field represents the updated value.

A method of operating a middleware comprising:

• receiving from a mobile device a data message including a data request object for updating a data value in a local document stored on a mobile device from an original value to an updated value, said data request object for correspondingly modifying a data object stored on a backend system;
• transmitting, by the middleware, the data message to the backend system;
• receiving, by the middleware, a time stamp reflecting a time at which the backend system has modified the data object stored on the backend system;
• and
• transmitting, by the middleware, the time stamp to the mobile device, such that said time stamp is to cause the mobile device to compare the time stamp with an internally generated time stamp, and if the time stamp is an initial time stamp or later in time than the internally generated time stamp, display on the mobile device a simulated data field for the local document, wherein the simulated data field represents the updated value.