METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MANAGING MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20080070561A1
• Filed: 09/14/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Wuk, Keum, Ji-Eun, Jun, Hae-Young
• Application Number:
  US11/855,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20080070561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method and system for remotely and wirelessly managing user settings of a mobile terminal for the functions and services by a device management server are provided. The method includes requesting a mobile terminal to transfer a configuration management object, which contains a node corresponding to a configuration parameter based on each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal, when the device management server has received a user-setting change request for the mobile terminal from an apparatus having management authority over the mobile terminal, receiving the configuration management object, to which a current user setting of the mobile terminal is applied, from the mobile terminal, and transmitting the received configuration management object to the apparatus having the management authority, and receiving a configuration parameter value determined by a user from the apparatus having the management authority, changing each node value of the configuration management object to the corresponding configuration parameter value, and transmitting the changed configuration management object to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal changes and sets the configuration parameter according to each node value of the received configuration management object.

Claims

1. A method for remotely managing a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

accessing, by an apparatus having management authority over the mobile terminal, a device management server, and transmitting a user-setting change request for the mobile terminal according to at least one of a user input and a user request;

requesting, by the device management server, the mobile terminal to transfer a configuration management object, which contains at least one node corresponding to a configuration parameter based on each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal;

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the configuration management object, to which a current user setting is applied, to the device management server according to the request;

transmitting, by the device management server, the configuration management object received from the mobile terminal, to the apparatus having the management authority;

providing, by the apparatus having the management authority, the user with a configuration parameter represented by each node included in the configuration management object, setting each configuration parameter value according to a user input, and transmitting the configuration parameter value to the device management server;

changing, by the device management server, each node value of the configuration management object to the corresponding configuration parameter value when the device management server has received the configuration parameter value, and transmitting the configuration management object to the mobile terminal; and

setting, by the mobile terminal, each configuration parameter corresponding to each node according to each node value which is included in the configuration management object received from the device management server.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitting, by the mobile terminal, of the configuration management object to the device management server comprises:

receiving the configuration management object request;

determining if there is a previously generated configuration management object;

collecting a profile for configuration parameters according to each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal when there is no previously generated configuration management object, and generating a configuration management object which includes nodes corresponding to the collected configuration parameters; and

transmitting the generated configuration management object to the device management server.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the configuration management object comprises:

a configuration management object node which is a highest node; and

a restriction node, a call management node, a receiving-mode node, a display node, a sound node, a language node, and an exit node, which are lower nodes of the configuration management object node,

wherein the restriction node is used to set whether or not using each function and communication service of the mobile terminal is to be restricted, and comprises a Send restriction node, a Device Lock node, an Internet restriction node, a password node, and an exit node, as lower nodes of the restriction node, in which each node can have an enable/disable value for a function indicating each corresponding node, and the password node stores a password value necessary for release of the restriction functions by an input through the mobile terminal;

the call management node is used to set whether or not the communication service is to be executed, and comprises an automatic response node, a call forwarding node, an incoming-call rejection node, and an exit node, as lower nodes of the call management node, in which each node can have an enable/disable value for a function indicating each corresponding node, and a telephone number to which a call is to be forwarded is set as a node value in a telephone number node, which is a lower node of the call forwarding node;

the receiving-mode node is used to set a termination notifying scheme according to communication, and comprises at least one of a ring, a vibration and a lamp as a node value thereof;

the display node is used to set a display function of the mobile terminal, and comprises a font-size node, a color node, a background screen node, and an exit node, as lower nodes of the display node, in which each node can have a node value within a range supported by the mobile terminal in relation to each function represented by each node;

the sound node is used to set an output sound of the mobile terminal, comprises a volume node, a ring tone node, and an exit node, as lower nodes of the sound node, in which the volume node can have a value within a range supported by the mobile terminal; and

the language node can have values corresponding to languages supported by the mobile terminal.

4. A method for remotely managing a mobile terminal by a device management server, the method comprising:

requesting a mobile terminal to transfer a configuration management object, which contains a node corresponding to a configuration parameter based on each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal, when the device management server has received a user-setting change request for the mobile terminal from an apparatus having management authority over the mobile terminal;

receiving the configuration management object, to which a current user setting of the mobile terminal is applied, from the mobile terminal, and transmitting the received configuration management object to the apparatus having the management authority; and

receiving a configuration parameter value determined by a user from the apparatus having the management authority, changing each node value of the configuration management object to the corresponding configuration parameter value, and transmitting the changed configuration management object to the mobile terminal.

5. A method for remotely managing a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, from a device management server, a transmission request for a configuration management object, which contains a node corresponding to a configuration parameter based on each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal;

determining if there is a previously generated configuration management object;

collecting a profile for configuration parameters according to each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal when there is no previously generated configuration management object, and generating a configuration management object which includes nodes corresponding to the collected configuration parameters;

reflecting each currently set configuration parameter value in the previously generated configuration management object when the previously generated configuration management object exists;

transmitting the generated configuration management object to the device management server; and

setting a configuration parameter corresponding to each node according to each node value included in a certain configuration management object when the certain configuration management object has been received from the device management server.

6. A system for remotely managing a mobile terminal, the system comprising:

an apparatus, which has management authority over the mobile terminal, for accessing a device management server, for transmitting a user-setting change request for the mobile terminal to the device management server according to a user input, for providing the user with a configuration parameter represented by each node included in a configuration management object, which is received from the device management server and contains a node corresponding to the configuration parameter based on each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal, for setting each configuration parameter value according to a user input, and for transmitting the set configuration parameter value to the device management server;

the device management server for transmitting a configuration management object request to the mobile terminal when the device management server has received the user-setting change request, for transmitting the configuration management object received from the mobile terminal to the apparatus having the management authority, for changing the configuration parameter value corresponding to each node value of the configuration management object when the device management server has received the configuration parameter value from the apparatus having the management authority, and for transmitting the changed configuration management object to the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal for transmitting the configuration management object, to which a current user setting is applied, to the device management server when the mobile terminal has received the configuration management object request, and for setting a configuration parameter corresponding each node according to each node value included in the changed configuration management object received from the device management server.

7. A method for remotely managing a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

accessing a device management server by a first apparatus;

transmitting a change request for the mobile terminal according to a user input;

requesting the mobile terminal to transfer a configuration management object;

transmitting the configuration management object to the device management server;

transmitting the configuration management object to the first apparatus;

providing the user with information regarding at least one configuration parameter included in the configuration management object;

setting the at least one configuration parameter according to a user input;

transmitting the at least one configuration parameter to the device management server;

changing at least one value of the configuration management object according to the corresponding at least one configuration parameter;

transmitting the configuration management object to the mobile terminal; and

setting the mobile terminal to correspond to the at least one configuration parameter received.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the configuration management object comprises a node corresponding to a configuration parameter based on each setting condition changeable by the user in connection with various communication services and various functions provided by the mobile terminal.