Systems and methods for application delivery and configuration management of mobile devices
First Claim
1. A system management framework comprising:
- a management server configured to communicate download instructions for purposes of configuration management of mobile computing devices; and
a mobile computing device configured to connect to the management server over a non-persistent connection, the mobile computing device being further configured to request and receive the download instructions from the management server to determine a set of offerings available for download and installation by the mobile computing device, the offerings representing one or more files available since a last successful download operation conducted by the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device being further configured to allow a user to accept or reject download and installation of any one or more of the offerings.
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Abstract
A system management framework is described for application delivery and configuration management of mobile devices. The framework includes a management server and a mobile computing device. The management server is configured to communicate download instructions for purposes of configuration management of mobile computing devices. The mobile computing device is configured to connect to the management server over a non-persistent connection. The mobile computing device requests download instructions from the management server to determine any offerings that may be available for download and installation by the mobile computing device. Any offerings presented by the management server represent one or more files that have been made available since a last successful download operation conducted by the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device allows a user to accept or reject download and installation of any one or more of the offerings.
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43 Claims
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1. A system management framework comprising:
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a management server configured to communicate download instructions for purposes of configuration management of mobile computing devices; and
a mobile computing device configured to connect to the management server over a non-persistent connection, the mobile computing device being further configured to request and receive the download instructions from the management server to determine a set of offerings available for download and installation by the mobile computing device, the offerings representing one or more files available since a last successful download operation conducted by the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device being further configured to allow a user to accept or reject download and installation of any one or more of the offerings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more computer-readable media containing instructions for a configuration management server to deliver an application for remote configuration of a mobile device, the instructions being executable by a computer to perform actions comprising:
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receiving a data discovery message from a mobile device, the data discovery message being received over a non-persistent connection between the configuration management server and the mobile device, the data discovery message indicating a time of last successful download; and
responsive to receiving the data discovery message, determining that at least one offering has been deployed since the time of last successful download; and
communicating download instructions to the mobile device, the download instructions comprising information for the mobile device to download the at least one offering. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method to perform configuration management at a mobile device, the method comprising:
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communicating a request to a server, the request indicating a time of last successful download from a URL hosted by the server;
responsive to communicating the request, receiving a set of download instructions from the server, the download instructions being formatted based on a schema and indicating a location from which to download one or more offerings, the one or more offerings having been made available since the time of last successful download;
receiving a selection request from a user of the mobile device indicating a desired action corresponding to at least one offering of the one or more offerings; and
performing the desired action based on information provided by the download instructions. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A user interface (UI) allowing a user to selectively configure a mobile device with one or more offerings of an intermittently connected management server, the UI comprising:
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a first UI component allowing the user to send a data discovery request to the management server; and
a second area to indicate whether the management server has one or more offerings available to the mobile device since a last successful download operation by the mobile device from a URL associated with the management server, the second area comprising multiple user selectable components allowing the user to view or ignore any available offerings. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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