METHOD FOR MANAGING A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, A COMMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20080317006A1
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• 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: Chai, Xiaoqian, Dong, Xiaoyi, Li, Kepeng, Sang, Zhuo
• Application Number:
  US12/178,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20080317006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/052 using standardised network management architectures, e.g. telecommunication management network [TMN] or unified network management architecture [UNMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/142 using statistical or mathematical methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service

Abstract

A method for managing communication terminal device includes sending a device management command which includes a control instruction for an activity state of a designated function, to a terminal; and performing, by the terminal, an operation on the activity state of the designated function according to the control instruction. The invention further provides a corresponding communication terminal and system. Using the present invention may avoid running the service client-end function in the communication terminal all the time, saving electric energy or terminal resources.

Claims

1. A method for managing a communication terminal device, comprising:

sending a device management command, which comprises a control instruction for an activity state of a designated function, to a terminal; and

performing, by the terminal, an operation for an activity state of the designated function according to the control instruction.

2. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, the control instruction comprises an instruction to start or stop the designated function;

the operation performed on the activity state of the designated function by the terminal according to the control instruction comprises;

starting or stopping the designated function in the terminal.

3. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein, the activity state of the designated function comprises a Running state and a not-Running state;

the method further comprises;

querying the current activity state of the designated function from the terminal and sending the current activity state to a service server, before the device management command is sent to the terminal, and determining, by the service server, the control instruction in the device management command to be sent according to the current activity state of the designated function;

and/or

determining, by the terminal, the current activity state of the designated function before the terminal performs the operation, and performing a start operation on the designated function in response to the designated function is in not-Running state, and performing a stop operation on the designated function in response to the designated function is in Running state;

otherwise, ignoring the control instruction in the device management command.

4. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, the control instruction comprises an instruction to suspend or resume the designated function;

and

the operation performed on the activity state of the designated function by the terminal according to the control instruction comprises;

suspending or resuming the designated function in the terminal.

5. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 4, wherein, the activity state of the function comprises a Running state and a Suspended state;

and the method further comprises;

querying a current activity state of the designated function from the terminal and sending the current activity state to a service server, before the device management command is sent to the terminal, and determining, by the service server, the control instruction in the device management command to be sent according to the current activity state of the designated function;

and/or

determining, by the terminal, the current activity state of the designated function before the terminal performs the operation, and performing a suspend operation on the designated function in response to the designated function is in Running state, and performing a resume operation on the designated function in response to the designated function is in Suspended state;

otherwise, ignoring the control instruction in the device management command.

6. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, the control instruction is an instruction to perform an operation under a predetermined condition;

and

the operation performed by the terminal according to the control instruction comprises;

saving the predetermined condition in the control instruction, and performing the operation according to the control instruction when the predetermined condition is met.

7. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, the method further comprises:

configuring or adding a management tree node to a device management tree of the terminal; and

the sending the device management command to the terminal comprises;

sending the control instruction in the device management command by operating the management tree node.

8. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 7, wherein, the management tree node used by a device management server to send the control instruction is an executable node;

and

the operating the management tree node is sending a device management command to trigger the executable node.

9. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 7, wherein, the management tree node used by a device management server to send the control instruction is an indication node;

and

the operating the management tree node is sending the device management command to modify value of an indication node on the device management tree of the terminal.

10. The method for managing the communication terminal device according to claim 9, wherein, the performing, by the terminal, the operation according to the control instruction comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, a change of the value of the indication node and notifying an execution environment of the designated function of the change; and

performing, by the execution environment of the designated function, the operation on the function according to the change of the value of the indication node.

11. A communication terminal, comprising:

a device management agent, adapted to receive and resolve a device management command, wherein the device management command comprises a control instruction for an activity state of a designated function; and

a device management service function client, adapted to perform an operation on the activity state of the designated function according to the control instruction.

12. The communication terminal according to claim 11, wherein, the device management agent is further adapted to maintain a device management tree and operate a node of the device management tree according to the device management command received;

and

the device management service function client controls the activity state of the designated function according to a corresponding management tree node.

13. The communication terminal according to claim 12, wherein, the management tree node is an executable node, which comprises a node for starting a function and a node for stopping a function, and/or a node for suspending a function and a node for resuming a function;

the operation performed on the management tree node by the device management agent according to the device management command is triggering the corresponding executable node; and

the device management service function client controls the function correspondingly according to a triggered executable node.

14. The communication terminal according to claim 12, wherein, the communication terminal further comprises a state monitoring module;

the management tree node is an indication node, which comprises a node for starting a function and a node for stopping a function, and/or a node for suspending a function and a node for resuming a function;

the operation performed on the management tree node by the device management agent according to the device management command is modifying a value of the indication node;

the state monitoring module is adapted to monitor a change of the value of the indication node and notify the device management service function client of the change; and

the device management service function client controls the function correspondingly according to the value of the indication node.

15. The communication terminal according to claim 11, wherein, the device management agent is further adapted to maintain a device management tree, and a node of the device management tree may be an executable node, which comprises a node for starting a function and a node for stopping a function, and/or a node for suspending a function and a node for resuming a function;

the control instruction received by the device management agent is an instruction to perform the operation under a predetermined condition; and

the device management service function client invokes the corresponding executable node to perform a corresponding control operation on the function according to the predetermined condition when the predetermined condition is met.

16. The communication terminal according to claim 14, wherein, the device management service function client further comprises a state query enabling module, which is adapted to return a current activity state of the designated function to a device management server in response to a query request from the device management server.

17. A communication system, comprising:

a device management server, capable of communicating with a communication terminal, wherein;

the device management server is adapted to send a device management command, which comprises a control instruction for an activity state of a designated function, to the communication terminal; and

the communication terminal is adapted to perform an operation on the activity state of the designated function according to the control instruction.

18. The communication system according to claim 17, wherein, the communication terminal comprises:

a function module, adapted to provide a function;

a device management agent, adapted to receive and resolve the device management command, wherein the device management command comprises a control instruction on the activity state of a designated function; and

a device management service function client, adapted to perform an operation on the activity state of the designated function according to the control instruction.

19. The communication system according to claim 18, wherein, the device management agent is further adapted to maintain a device management tree and operate a node of the device management tree according to the device management command received;

and

the device management service function client performs control operation on the activity state of the designated function according to a corresponding management tree node.

20. The communication system according to claim 18, wherein, the device management service function client comprises a start/stop enabling module and/or a suspend/resume enabling module;

the start/stop enabling module is adapted to start or stop the designated function according to the control instruction; and

the suspend/resume enabling module is adapted to suspend or resume the designated function according to the control instruction.