Method of configuring parameters of machine-to-machine module and machine-to-machine module

• US 20070169107A1
• Filed: 06/01/2004
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Huttunen, Sampo
• Application Number:
  US10/561,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20070169107A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• 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: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

The invention relates to an M2M (machine-to-machine) module and to a method of configuring parameters of an M2M module, the method comprising establishing a connection between the M2M module and a server. The method comprises: downloading, to the M2M module, an application having an application programming interface (API) for configuring the M2M module, the application being configured to run on a Java virtual machine (JVM); communicating with the server by the application for receiving configuration parameters; and setting the parameters of the M2M module by the application based on the received configuration parameters.

Claims

1. A method of configuring parameters of an M2M (machine-to-machine) module, the method comprising establishing a connection between the M2M module and a server, characterized by the method comprising:

(304) downloading, to the M2M module, an application having an interface for configuring the M2M module, the application being configured to run on a Java virtual machine (JVM);

(306, 308) communicating with the server by the application for receiving configuration parameters; and

(310) setting the parameters of the M2M module by the application based on the received configuration parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the connection between the M2M module and the server is established through a M2M gateway or over a TCP/IP connection.

3. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the communicating with the server comprises:

requesting (306) configuration parameters from the server and receiving (308), in the application, the configuration parameters from the server.

4. The method of claim 1, characterized by the application being a Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME™

) application.

5. The method of claim 3, characterized by the application being a Java MIDlet or a Java IMlet.

6. The method of claim 1, characterized by the application being downloaded to the M2M module over a cable, over an infrared connection or over-the-air (OTA).

7. The method of claim 1, characterized by the application programming interface being a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) API.

8. The method of claim 6, characterized by communicating with the server by making a method call through the CORBA API.

9. The method of claim 1, characterized by using the M2M module (110) for configuring parameters of a remote device based on the configuration parameters received from the server.

10. An M2M (machine-to-machine) module (110), comprising:

means for operating a Java virtual machine (122) and means (124) for establishing a connection between the M2M module (110) and a server (118), characterized by the M2M module (110) being configured to;

download an application (120) having an application programming interface (API) (124) for configuring the M2M module, the application (120) being configured to run on a Java virtual machine (JVM) (122);

communicate with the server (118) by the application (120) for receiving configuration parameters; and

set the parameters of the M2M module (110) by the application (120) based on the received configuration parameters.

11. The M2M module of claim 10, characterized in that the M2M module (110) is further configured to request, by the application, configuration parameters from the server (118) and receiving, in the application, the configuration parameters from the server (118).

12. The M2M module of claim 10, characterized in that the application (120) is a Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME™

) application.

13. The M2M module of claim 10, characterized in that the application (120) is a Java MIDlet or a Java IMlet.

14. The M2M module of claim 10, characterized in that the M2M module (110) is configured to download the application (120) over a cable, over an infrared connection or over-the-air (OTA).

15. The M2M module of claim 10, characterized in that the application-programming interface (124) is a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) API.

16. The M2M module of claim 15, characterized in that the M2M module (110) is configured to communicate with the server (118) by making a method call through the CORBA API (124).

17. The M2M module of claim 10, characterized in that the M2M module (110) is used for configuring parameters of a remote device (112) based on the configuration parameters received from the server (118).