Method and device arrangement for managing a client/server environment

• US 20070050447A1
• Filed: 07/11/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Capricode Oy
• Original Assignee: Capricode Oy
• Inventors: Oikarinen, Jarkko
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/509 Offload
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/045 comprising client-server management architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and data transfer arrangement for executing consecutive instructions in a client device (21) in a mobile device management server-client device environment (22, 21). The invention also relates to an instruction execution module utilized in the implementation of the method. In the procedure according to the invention, the device management server (22) forms the instructions to be executed in the client device (21) into an instruction sequence (200), which is transmitted to the client device (21). The instruction execution module in the client device breaks up the instruction sequence into command sequences and control structures. The instruction execution module executes the conditional commands belonging to the instruction sequence and specified by the control structures individually without the help of the device management server (22). After the execution of all the instructions, the client device (21) sends a message describing the success of the execution to the device management server.

Claims

1. A method for executing consecutive instructions in a client device in a mobile device management server-client device environment, in which method:

at least one instruction sequence is formed of said instructions in the device management server, which instruction sequence comprises;

command sequences including single commands to be executed in the client device, and;

control structures containing conditional commands;

the instruction sequence is transmitted to the client device;

the client device executes the command sequences and control structures.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the instruction sequence is transmitted as one entity to the client device;

an instruction execution module of the client device executes the instructions belonging to said instruction sequence, and that;

the instruction execution module of the client device sends a message describing the success of the execution of the instruction sequence to the device management server.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the instruction execution module of the client device generates a fault report if even one of the instructions contained by the instruction sequence remains unexecuted or if the result of the execution does not comply with the predetermined criteria.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said instruction sequence comprises at least one control structure, which includes one or more of the following conditional commands:

IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL.

15. The method according to claim 2, wherein said instruction sequence comprises at least one control structure, which includes one or more of the following conditional commands:

IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL.

16. The method according to claim 3, wherein said instruction sequence comprises at least one control structure, which includes one or more of the following conditional commands:

IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL.

5. A data transfer arrangement operating in a mobile device management server-client device environment for executing instructions specified by the client of the data transfer arrangement in the client device, in which data transfer arrangement at least one instruction sequence has been formed in the device management server to be executed in the client device, the instruction sequence comprising:

command sequences with single commands, and;

control structures containing conditional commands, which are configured to be executed by the client device.

6. The data transfer arrangement according to claim 5, wherein:

the instruction sequence is configured to be transmitted as one entity to the client device;

an instruction execution module of the client device is configured to execute the instructions belonging to said instruction sequence, and that;

the instruction execution module of the client device is configured to send a message describing the success of the execution to the device management server.

7. The data transfer arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the instruction execution module of the client device is configured to generate a fault report if even one of the instructions contained by the instruction sequence remains unexecuted or if the result of the execution does not comply with the predetermined criteria.

8. The data transfer arrangement according to claim 5, wherein said instruction sequence comprises at least one control structure, which includes one or more of the following conditional commands:

IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL.

17. The data transfer arrangement according to claim 6, wherein said instruction sequence comprises at least one control structure, which includes one or more of the following conditional commands:

IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL.

18. The data transfer arrangement according to claim 7, wherein said instruction sequence comprises at least one control structure, which includes one or more of the following conditional commands:

IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL.

9. An instruction execution module of a client device operating in a device management server-client device environment, the instruction execution module comprising:

program means for receiving an instruction sequence transmitted by the device management server;

program means for breaking up the instruction sequence into single instructions, which comprise either command sequences or control structures;

program means for executing the control structures in the central processing unit of the client device;

program means for drawing up a message describing the success of the execution of the instruction sequence, and;

program means for sending a message describing the success to the device management server.

10. The instruction execution module according to claim 9, which comprises program means for receiving the instruction sequence as one entity from the device management server.

11. The instruction execution module according to claim 10, which comprises program means for executing conditional commands IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL, if they are included in the instruction sequence transmitted by the device management server.

12. A computer usable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for creating an instruction execution module of a client device, the computer program product comprising:

computer readable code means for receiving an instruction sequence transmitted by the device management server;

computer readable code means for breaking up the instruction sequence into single instructions, which comprise either command sequences or control structures;

computer readable code means for executing the control structures in the central processing unit of the client device;

computer readable code means for drawing up a message describing the success of the execution of the instruction sequence, and;

computer readable code means for sending a message describing the success to the device management server.

13. The computer program product according to claim 12, which comprises computer readable code means for receiving the instruction sequence as one entity from the device management server.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13, which comprises computer readable code means for executing conditional commands IF, THEN, ELSE, WHILE, DO-UNTIL, FOREACH or CALL, if they are included in the instruction sequence transmitted by the device management server.