METHOD FOR MANAGING A TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20070165654A1
• Filed: 01/24/2007
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tang, Jie, Dong, Xiaoyi, Cheng, Jianzhang, He, Jiangshui, Gao, Hongtao, Li, Kepeng, Shu, Qi, Shen, Hai, CHAI, Xiaoqian
• Granted Patent: US 7,889,684 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies

Abstract

A method for managing a terminal device includes: setting management commands; sending the management commands to a terminal device; and obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device. Another method for managing a terminal device, comprising: setting management commands; configuring a terminal device with the management commands; and obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

Claims

1. A method for managing a terminal device, comprising:

setting management commands;

sending the management commands to a terminal device; and

obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

setting triggering conditions; and

executing the management commands if the triggering conditions are met.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

sending the triggering conditions to the terminal device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the management commands and the triggering conditions are sent to the terminal device in a form of device management tree.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

monitoring that the triggering conditions are met; and

sending an execution instruction to the terminal device;

wherein the process of executing the management commands comprises;

executing the management commands in response to the execution instruction.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the process of obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device is implemented in the following mode:

the terminal device reports the executed results of the management commands to a Device Management Server (DMS);

or

a Device Management Server (DMS) retrieves the executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the process of sending the management commands to a terminal device comprises:

authenticating the management commands, determining the management commands meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, and sending the management commands to the terminal device;

or

authenticating the management commands, determining the management commands do not meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, translating the management commands into commands meeting a device management protocol, and sending the translated management commands to the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the management commands comprise:

to record use of additional functions of the terminal device;

or

to disable/enable additional functions of the terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the additional functions of the terminal device comprise at least one of:

camera function of the terminal device with a camera;

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with an infrared interface, and

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with a Blue Tooth interface.

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein the triggering conditions comprise:

a time-based triggering condition, for triggering execution of the management commands by time; and

/or

a location-based triggering condition, for triggering execution of the management commands by current location of the terminal device.

11. A method for managing a terminal device, comprising:

setting management commands;

configuring a terminal device with the management commands; and

obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the process of configuring a terminal device with the management commands is implemented by writing the management commands into a smart card installed in the terminal device.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the process of writing the management commands into a smart card configured in the terminal device comprises:

writing the management commands into the smart card installed in the terminal device in a form of device management tree.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

setting triggering conditions; and

executing the management commands if the triggering conditions are met.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

writing the triggering conditions into a smart card installed in the terminal device.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the process of writing the triggering conditions into a smart card installed in the terminal device comprises:

writing the triggering conditions into the smart card installed in the terminal device in a device management tree.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the process of obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device is implemented in the following mode:

the terminal device reports the executed results of the management commands to a Device Management Server (DMS);

or

a Device Management Server (DMS) retrieves the executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

updating and maintaining the management commands configured in the terminal device.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the management commands comprise:

to record use of additional functions of the terminal device;

or

to disable/enable additional functions of the terminal device.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the additional functions of the terminal device comprise at least one of:

camera function of the terminal device with a camera;

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with an infrared interface, and

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with a Blue Tooth interface.

21. The method according to claim 14, wherein the triggering conditions comprise:

a time-based triggering condition, for triggering execution of the management commands by time; and

/or

a location-based triggering condition, for triggering execution of the management commands by current location of the terminal device.