Use of Configurations in Device with Multiple Configurations
First Claim
1. A method for a device management system for arranging use of configurations in a device with multiple configuration data sets manageable by one or more external managing entities, and a plurality of applications, the system comprising access control information originated and/or controlled by an external managing entity for defining a right to access a configuration data set, the method comprising:
- checking the access control information in response to an indication from an application requiring access to a configuration data set, andin response to the application being, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set, arranging access to the configuration data set for the application.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for arranging use of configurations in a device with multiple configuration data sets manageable by one or more external managing entities. The device comprises access control information originated and/or controlled by an external managing entity for defining a right to access a configuration data set. The access control information is checked in response to an indication from an application requiring access to a configuration data set. If the application is, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set, access to the configuration data set is arranged for the application.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for a device management system for arranging use of configurations in a device with multiple configuration data sets manageable by one or more external managing entities, and a plurality of applications, the system comprising access control information originated and/or controlled by an external managing entity for defining a right to access a configuration data set, the method comprising:
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checking the access control information in response to an indication from an application requiring access to a configuration data set, and in response to the application being, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set, arranging access to the configuration data set for the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device management system comprising a device management server and a device management client to be managed, wherein the device management system is arranged to manage at least one device management client by means of a management structure comprising at least one node, the system is arranged to store access control information originated and/or controlled by an external managing entity for defining a right to access a configuration data set,
the system is arranged to check the access control information in response to an indication from an application requiring access to a configuration data set, in response to the application being, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set, the system is arranged to provide the application with access to the configuration data set, and the system is arranged to arrange a service by the application on the basis of at least part of the configuration data set.
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7. A data processing device for a device management system, the device comprising memory for storing multiple configuration data sets manageable by one or more external managing entities for storing access control information for defining a right to access a configuration data set, wherein
the data processing device is configured to check the access control information in response to an indication from an application, of a plurality of applications, requiring access to a configuration data set, and the data processing device is configured to arrange access to the configuration data set for the application in response to the application being, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set.
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17. A data processing device for a device management system, the data processing device comprising:
means for transmitting management commands to a managed device, and means for controlling access control information for defining a right of an application in the managed device to access a configuration data set in the managed device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A data storage medium storing a computer program product downloadable into a memory of a data processing device, the computer program product comprising computer program code which, when executed in a processor of the data processing device, causes the data processing device to:
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check access control information for defining a right to access a configuration data set in response to an indication from an application requiring access to a configuration data set, and in response to the application being, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set, arrange for access to the configuration data set for the application. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting device management commands to a managed device, a controller for controlling access control information for defining a right of an application in the managed device to access a configuration data set in the managed device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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means for storing multiple configuration data sets manageable by one or more external managing entities, and a plurality of applications, means for storing access control information for defining a right to access a configuration data set, means for checking the access control information in response to an indication from an application requiring access to a configuration data set, and means for arranging access to the configuration data set for the application in response to the application being, on the basis of the access control information, entitled to access the configuration data set. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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