[METHOD OF REMOTELY MANAGING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE]

• US 20050272451A1
• Filed: 06/04/2004
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Kuo, Feng, Ho, David
• Application Number:
  US10/709,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20050272451A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method of remotely managing a mobile communication device is provided. At least a short message having an application program is provided. Next, the application program is sent to the mobile communication device and the application program is run on the mobile communication device. The present invention utilizes the short message service to send the program code to the mobile communication device and runs the program on the mobile communication device. Hence, the present invention can achieve the objective of remotely managing the mobile communication device without additional hardware cost. In addition, by using the popular cross-platform program technology (e.g., J2ME), the remote management function can be achieved in different mobile communication device platforms without modifying the program code.

Claims

1. A method of remotely managing a mobile communication device, comprising:

providing at least a short message, including an application program;

sending said application program to said mobile communication device; and

running said application program on said mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of providing at least said short message includes:

providing said application program; and

enveloping said application program in said short message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of enveloping said application program in said short message includes:

when said application has a size larger than a capacity of said short message, dividing said application program into a plurality of program code portions, each of said plurality of program code portions having a size smaller or equal to said capacity of said short message in order to be enveloped in said short message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of running said application program on said mobile communication device includes:

receiving said short message;

extracting said application program when said short message includes said application program; and

initializing an application program interface of said mobile communication device to run said application program.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said short message includes an identification index for determining whether said short message includes said application program.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said application program and said application program interface comply with a Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) standard.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein said application program and said application program interface comply with a predetermined program standard for said mobile communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein there is a plurality of short messages and said step of running said application program on said mobile communication device includes:

receiving said plurality of short messages;

determining whether any one of said plurality of short messages includes a portion of said application program, when few of said plurality of short messages include portions of said application program, extracting said portions of said application program;

reassembling each of said portions of said application program to recover said application program; and

initializing an application program interface of said mobile communication device to run said application program.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said mobile communication device is a mobile phone.