System and method for provisioning a remote resource for an electronic device

• US 20070239842A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Bocking, Andrew, Knowles, Michael, Moser, Karen, Quinn, Liam, Tiegs, Mark, Scott, Sherryl Lee
• Granted Patent: US 8,122,174 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/00 Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures digital input from, or digital output to record carriers, e.g. to disk storage units, G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

The invention provides a system and method for updating a resource to an electronic device. The method provisions a resource to an electronic device by: (a) maintaining the resource at a remote server from the device; and (b) after a triggering event, providing a data transmission to the device containing access information for the resource. The system incorporates the method and comprises: a resource providing information for the device; a server to maintain the resource; a communication link providing the device with access to the resource; a data transmission module for extracting and transmitting access information about the resource to the device; and a data processing module for processing the received information at the device. In the device, a GUI provides information on a topic retrieved from local storage on the device and additional information about the resource is incorporated into the GUI for that topic.

Claims

1. A method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device, comprising the steps of:

(a) maintaining the resource at a remote server from the device; and

(b) after a triggering event, providing a data transmission to the device, the data transmission containing access information for the resource that can be extracted by the device and used to access the resource.

2. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data transmission further contains text information about the resource and the access information is a link to a web page associated with the resource.

3. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the text information is incorporated into a GUI operating on the device;

and

the GUI provides an interface to access and activate the link through a browser operating on the device.

4. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the GUI also provides information about the device that is stored locally on the device.

5. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resource provides information relating to a wireless carrier associated with the device.

6. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resource provides information relating to a user'"'"'s account associated with the device.

7. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein

a second resource is provided to the device with access information and text information relating to the second resource provided to the device;

and

the GUI prioritizes presentation of the text information of the resource and the second resource based on a ranking scheme.

8. The method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the triggering event is the detection by the device that it has not yet been provisioned with resources from any.

9. A system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device, comprising:

a resource providing information for the device;

a server providing maintenance for the resource;

a communication link providing the device with access to the resource;

a data transmission module for extracting access information about the resource and selectively providing the access information to the device in a data transmission through the communication link; and

a data processing module for receiving the data transmission and updating access information in the device for the resource,

wherein the device provides a graphical user interface (GUI) providing information on a topic retrieved from local storage on the device and additional information about the resource is incorporated into the GUI for that topic.

10. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the data transmission further contains text information about the resource and the access information is a link to a web page associated with the resource.

11. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the text information is incorporated into the GUI operating on the device, and the GUI provides an interface to access and activate the link through a web browser operating on the device.

12. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the device also provides information that is stored locally on the device that is provided in the GUI.

13. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the resource provides information relating to a wireless carrier associated with the device.

14. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the resource provides information relating to a user'"'"'s account associated with the device.

15. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein

a second resource is provided to the device with access information and text information relating to the second resource provided to the device;

and

the GUI prioritizes the presentation the text information for the resource and the second resource based on a ranking scheme.

16. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the data transmission module selectively builds and sends the data transmission upon a receipt of a triggering event relating to the status of the device.

17. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the triggering event is based on the location of the device.

18. The system for provisioning a resource to an electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the triggering event is status of the device as known by the server.