Method and apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management

• US 20080163262A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: He, Jiangshui
• Granted Patent: US 8,434,094 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/321
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0686 Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for implementing a predetermined operation in device management, being based on a DM system defined by OMA, includes: sending by the device management system a second predetermined operation based on a trigger condition to a terminal device and storing by the terminal device the received predetermined operation; and obtaining by the terminal device from itself the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation when the trigger condition is satisfied. The present invention also discloses an apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a predetermined operation in device management, being based on a device management system defined by Open Mobile Alliance, wherein the method comprises:

sending a second predetermined operation based on a trigger condition to a terminal device and storing the received second predetermined operation; and

obtaining from the terminal device the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation when the trigger condition is satisfied.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a Trap management object in a form of an executable node; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the executable node from the Trap management object and executing the second predetermined operation.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing a path name of an executable script file for the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the path name of the executable script file from the leaf node and executing the script file directed by the path name so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object in a form of extensible markup language; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining a value of the leaf node and making an extensible markup language parsing, and executing the second predetermined operation.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object in a form of a uniform resource identifier; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

reading the uniform resource identifier from the leaf node and obtaining a management object corresponding to the uniform resource identifier, and executing an operation of the management object so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object in a form of a unique predetermined operation identifier; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the unique predetermined operation identifier from the leaf node and executing an operation directed by the unique predetermined operation identifier so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second predetermined operation is stored in a Trap management object in a form of an executable node.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second predetermined operation is presented in a form of a tree structure or an executable node, and is associated with a Trap management object in the terminal device by means of a predefined association identifier;

and the second predetermined operation and the association identifier belong to a same parent node.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second predetermined operation is presented in a form of a tree structure, and is associated with a Trap management object in the terminal device by means of a predefined association identifier;

and the association identifier is located in a node on a tree where the second predetermined operation resides.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the predefined association identifier is a unique identifier TrapID of the Trap management object in the terminal device.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the predefined association identifier is a unique identifier TrapID of the Trap management object in the terminal device.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second predetermined operation comprises maintenance processing to be implemented.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the maintenance processing comprises failure repair and/or data backup.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising reporting a result of the second predetermined operation to a device management server after executing the second predetermined operation.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the trigger condition occurs, the method further comprises executing a first predetermined operation.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first predetermined operation comprises reporting diagnostic and/or fault information to a device management server.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the trigger condition comprises event trigger condition and time trigger condition.

18. An apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management, being applicable to a terminal device, wherein the apparatus comprises a predetermined operation receiving module, a predetermined operation executing module and a monitoring module, and wherein

the predetermined operation receiving module is adapted to receive a second predetermined operation based on a trigger condition sent by a device management server and store the second predetermined operation based on the trigger condition into the storing module;

the monitoring module is adapted to monitor whether the trigger condition is satisfied and notify the predetermined operation executing module when the trigger condition is satisfied; and

the predetermined operation executing module is adapted to obtain and execute the second predetermined operation from the storing module according to a received notification.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the apparatus further comprises a storing module adapted to store the second predetermined operation and the trigger condition.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein

the predetermined operation receiving module is further adapted to receive a first predetermined operation based on a trigger condition sent from the device management server and storing the first predetermined operation based on the trigger condition into the storing module;

the storing module is further adapted to store the first predetermined operation; and

the predetermined operation executing module is further adapted to obtain the first predetermined operation from the storing module and execute the obtained first predetermined operation according to a received notification.

21. A method for implementing a predetermined operation in device management in a terminal device, being based on a device management system defined by Open Mobile Alliance, wherein the method comprises:

receiving a second predetermined operation based on a trigger condition and storing the received second predetermined operation; and

obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation when the trigger condition is satisfied.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a Trap management object in a form of an executable node; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the executable node from the Trap management object and executing the second predetermined operation.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing a path name of an executable script file for the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the path name of the executable script file from the leaf node and executing the script file directed by the path name so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

24. The method according to claim 21, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object in a form of extensible markup language; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining a value of the leaf node and making an extensible markup language parsing, and executing the second predetermined operation.

25. The method according to claim 21, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object in a form of a uniform resource identifier; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

reading the uniform resource identifier from the leaf node and obtaining a management object corresponding to the uniform resource identifier, and executing an operation of the management object so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

26. The method according to claim 21, wherein

the storing the received second predetermined operation comprises:

storing the received second predetermined operation into a leaf node in a Trap management object in a form of a unique predetermined operation identifier; and

the obtaining the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the unique predetermined operation identifier from the leaf node and executing an operation directed by the unique predetermined operation identifier so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

27. The method according to claim 21, wherein the second predetermined operation is stored in a Trap management object in a form of an executable node.

28. The method according to claim 21, wherein the second predetermined operation is presented in a form of a tree structure or an executable node, and is associated with a Trap management object in the terminal device by means of a predefined association identifier;

and the second predetermined operation and the association identifier belong to a same parent node.

29. The method according to claim 21, wherein the second predetermined operation is presented in a form of a tree structure, and is associated with a Trap management object in the terminal device by means of a predefined association identifier;

and the association identifier is located in a node on a tree where the second predetermined operation resides.

30. The method according to claim 28, wherein the predefined association identifier is a unique identifier TrapID of the Trap management object in the terminal device.

31. The method according to claim 29, wherein the predefined association identifier is a unique identifier TrapID of the Trap management object in the terminal device.

32. The method according to claim 21, wherein the second predetermined operation comprises maintenance processing to be implemented.

33. The method according to claim 32, wherein the maintenance processing comprises failure repair and/or data backup.

34. The method according to claim 21, further comprising reporting a result of the second predetermined operation to a device management server after executing the second predetermined operation.

35. The method according to claim 21, wherein when the trigger condition occurs, the method further comprises executing a first predetermined operation.

36. The method according to claim 35, wherein the first predetermined operation comprises reporting diagnostic and/or fault information to a device management server.

37. The method according to claim 21, wherein the trigger condition comprises event trigger condition and time trigger condition.