DEVICE MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A mobile telecommunications terminal comprising:
- a first execution environment; and
a second execution environment,wherein each execution environment is configured to execute a respective device management agent;
wherein each agent is configured to issue, in accordance with instructions from a device management server, management actions that act upon one or more respective management entities running within one or more of the execution environments; and
wherein the management entities of the second execution environment are grouped into a management structure, the management structure being one of the management entities within the first execution environment,whereby the first and second execution environments are configured to permit the device management server to manage applications and/or services running within both.
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Abstract
A framework whereby mobile terminals are configured and managed by a central server. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile telecommunications terminal including a first execution environment and a second execution environment, each execution environment being arranged to execute a respective device management agent and each agent issuing, in accordance with instructions from a device management server, management actions that act upon one or more respective management entities running within one or more of the execution environments; wherein the management entities of the second execution environment are grouped into a management structure, the management structure being one of the management entities within the first execution environment, whereby the he first and second execution environments permit the device management server is permitted to manage applications and/or services running within both.
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16 Claims
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1. A mobile telecommunications terminal comprising:
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a first execution environment; and a second execution environment, wherein each execution environment is configured to execute a respective device management agent; wherein each agent is configured to issue, in accordance with instructions from a device management server, management actions that act upon one or more respective management entities running within one or more of the execution environments; and wherein the management entities of the second execution environment are grouped into a management structure, the management structure being one of the management entities within the first execution environment, whereby the first and second execution environments are configured to permit the device management server to manage applications and/or services running within both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for processing management actions received from a device management server by a terminal, comprising:
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providing a first execution environment and a second execution environment; in the first execution environment, executing a first device management agent, the first agent issuing, in accordance with instructions from a device management server, management actions that act upon one or more respective management entities running within the first execution environment; in the second execution environment, executing a second device management agent, the second agent issuing, in accordance with instructions from a device management server, management actions that act upon one or more respective management entities running within the second execution environment; wherein the management entities of the second execution environment are grouped into a management structure, the management structure being one of the management entities within the first execution environment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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