METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A SCHEDULING TASK IN DEVICE MANAGEMENT

• US 20080127190A1
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tian, Linyi, Shu, Qi
• Application Number:
  US11/959,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method, device, device management server and system for processing a scheduling task in device management are provided. The method includes: a device management server delivering a scheduling task; a device monitoring an execution condition of the scheduling task; the device reporting information on execution of the task; if the device does not execute the task normally according to the execution condition, the device management server delivering a task, and the device executing an operation according to the instruction; and the device reporting a task execution status. Thus, an effective mechanism for ensuring execution of the scheduling task is provided, so that the uncertainty in device management may be reduced, the flexibility of device management on the mobile phone may be increased, a scheduling demand from the user may be satisfied, and the quality of device management services may be improved.

Claims

1. A method for processing a scheduling task in device management, comprising:

receiving a scheduling task delivered by a device management server;

tracking the scheduling task according to an execution condition and a task tracking policy of the scheduling task; and

reporting a tracking information to the device management server according to the task tracking policy.

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

delivering, by the device management server, a task instruction to a device if determining that the terminal does not execute the task according to an execution condition, wherein the determining is performed according to the reported tracking information; and

executing, by the device, the task according to the task instruction.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the task instruction is a compulsive-execution instruction according to which the device executes a scheduling task, or

the task instruction is an operation selection instruction according to which the device selects a corresponding scheduling task to be executed.

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

reporting, by the device, to the device management server execution status of executing the scheduling task according to the task instruction; and

/or displaying, by the device, the execution status of executing the scheduling task according to the task instruction.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the task instruction is an operation selection instruction, the method further comprises:

outputting, by the device, a notification to a user to select an operation to be executed;

receiving, by the device, inputted information on a scheduling task selected to be executed;

and executing the scheduling task according to the information on the scheduling task selected to be executed.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the compulsive-operation instruction is a scheduling task instant-execution instruction or a scheduling task canceling instruction and the operation selection instruction is a scheduling task execution instruction, a scheduling task postponing instruction or a scheduling task rejecting instruction.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the task tracking policy comprises at least one of:

notifying the device management server by the device when reaching or exceeding a time limit for executing a scheduling task;

notifying the device management server by the device if an execution condition of a scheduling task is modified by a user;

notifying the device management server by the device if an execution condition of a task is missed and the device does not execute normally;

or

reporting information of a task to the device management server automatically upon a predetermined event or at a predetermined time.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein reporting the tracking information to the device management server comprises:

sending, by the device, to a short message gateway by using a short message, the tracking information obtained according to the execution condition and the task tracking policy of the task, and sending, by the short message gateway, the tracking information to the device management server;

or

reporting, by the device, to the device management server through a session connection which is established between the device and the device management server, the tracking information obtained according to the execution condition and the task tracking policy of the task.

9. A device for communication with a device management server, capable of receiving a scheduling task delivered from the device management server, further comprising:

a task execution unit, capable of executing a scheduling task delivered from the device management server, and providing a task execution result;

a task abnormality processing unit, capable of processing an abnormal task, and reporting a task abnormality status according to a predetermined task tracking policy; and

a task status reporting unit, capable of reporting to the device management server the task execution result and the task abnormality status.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the task execution unit is further capable of receiving an compulsive-execution instruction for a scheduling task or an operation selection instruction, and performing a compulsive execution or display the information prompting to select an operation with respect to the scheduling task according to the instruction.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein the task status reporting unit reports to the device management server through a short message or a session connection.

12. A device management server for delivering a scheduling task to a device and managing the device, comprising:

a task status report processing unit, capable of receiving a task execution result and task abnormality status information reported from the device with respect to the scheduling task.

13. The device management server according to claim 12, further comprising:

a task contents management unit, capable of delivering a task instruction to the device if determining according to an execution condition that the device does not execute the scheduling task according to the reported task execution result and task abnormality status information;

wherein the device operates according to the task instruction, and the task instruction is a compulsive-execution instruction or an operation selection instruction.

14. A system for processing a scheduling task comprising:

a device management server, capable of delivering a scheduling task to a terminal, and obtaining a tracking information from the terminal; and

a device, capable of receiving the scheduling task, and tracking the scheduling task according to an execution condition and a task tracking policy of the scheduling task, and reporting the tracking information to the device management server.