System and method of device-to-server registration

• US 20060253556A1
• Filed: 04/18/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Vitanov, Kamen, Bibr, Viera, Fritsch, Brindusa, Wallis, Kenneth, Rogers, Jeff, Taylor, Sean Paul
• Granted Patent: US 7,747,724 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/04 Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices

Abstract

A device-to-server registration system and method of registering a wireless device with a mediator service responsible for allowing the wireless device to communicate with a back-end service are provided. The device-to-server registration system comprises a device-to-server registration module for communicating with a device administration service of the wireless device and a device registration module of a mediator service for registering a wireless device with the mediator service. The device registration module communicates with the device-to-server registration module. The method comprises the steps of communicating with a device administration service of a wireless device to obtain information pertaining to the mediator service and communicating with a device registration module of the mediator service to register with the mediator service.

Claims

1. A device-to-server registration system for registering a wireless device with a mediator service responsible for allowing the wireless device to communicate with a back-end service, the device-to-server registration system comprising:

a device-to-server registration module for communicating with a device administration service of the wireless device; and

a device registration module of a mediator service for registering a wireless device with the mediator service, the device registration module communicating with the device-to-server registration module.

2. The device-to-server registration system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back-end service is a Web service.

3. The device-to-server registration system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back-end service is a data repository.

4. The device-to-server registration system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back-end service is an enterprise application.

5. The device-to-server registration system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device-to-server registration module includes:

a device administration service interface module for communicating with the device administration service; and

a mediator service interface module for communicating with the device registration module.

6. The device-to-server registration system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a security service for managing secure communication between the mediator service and the wireless device.

7. The device-to-server registration system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a particular application on the wireless device is registered to a particular mediator service.

8. A method of device-to-server registration for registering a wireless device with a mediator service, the method comprising the steps of:

communicating with a device administration service of a wireless device to obtain information pertaining to the mediator service; and

communicating with a device registration module of the mediator service to register with the mediator service.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of communicating with the device administration service includes the step of obtaining configuration information regarding a container application.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of communicating with the device registration module includes the steps of:

initiating a security handshake with the mediator service;

receiving confirmation that the handshake succeeded;

sending information regarding the state of the wireless device to the mediator service; and

receiving administrative information from the mediator service to be used as context for the operation of a system between the wireless device and the mediator service.

11. A computer-readable medium storing instructions or statements for use in the execution in a computer of a method of device-to-server registration for registering a wireless device with a mediator service, the method comprising the steps of:

communicating with a device administration service of a wireless device to obtain information pertaining to the mediator service; and

communicating with a device registration module of the mediator service to register with the mediator service.

12. A propagated signal carrier carrying signals containing computer-executable instructions that can be read and executed by a computer, the computer-executable instructions being used to execute a method of device-to-server registration for registering a wireless device with a mediator service, the method comprising the steps of:

communicating with a device administration service of a wireless device to obtain information pertaining to the mediator service; and

communicating with a device registration module of the mediator service to register with the mediator service.