Apparatus and Methods for Over the Air Provisioning of a Single PDP Context Mobile Communications Device

• US 20090068997A1
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Cormier, Jean-Philippe, Munje, Arun, Coskun, Risvan
• Granted Patent: US 8,831,576 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00 Hand-off or reselection arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/32 Release of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

A mobile communications device and registration servar and methods of use thereof. The mobile communications device comprises means for establishing a first data context and means for establishing a second data context. The first data context is established to transmit a request for parameters from the mobile communications device to a first network node and to receive at the mobile communications device a response from the first network node including the parameters. The second data context is established by transmitting the parameters from the mobile communications device to the second network node.

Claims

1. A method for provisioning a mobile communications device comprising:

establishing a first data context to transmit a request for parameters from the mobile communications device to a first network node and to receive at the mobile communications device a response from the first network node including the parameters; and

establishing a second data context between the mobile communications device and a second network node by transmitting the parameters from the mobile communications device to the second network node.

2. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 1 wherein the first network node is operable as part of a relay network.

3. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 1 wherein the second network node is operable as part of a provisioning system.

4. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second data contexts are PDP contexts.

5. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 1 wherein the first data context is non web based and the second data context is web based.

6. A mobile communications device comprising:

means for establishing a first data context to transmit a request for parameters from the mobile communications device to a first network node and to receive at the mobile communications device a response from the first network node including the parameters; and

means for establishing a second data context between the mobile communications device and a second network node by transmitting the parameters from the mobile communications device to the second network node.

7. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 6 wherein the first network node is operable as part of a relay network.

8. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 6 wherein the second network node is operable as part of a provisioning system.

9. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 6 wherein the first and second data contexts are PDP contexts.

10. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 6 wherein the first data context is non web based and the second data context is web based.

11. A method for provisioning a mobile communications device comprising:

establishing a first data context between a first network node and the mobile communications device;

receiving at the first network node from the mobile communications device a request for parameters to be transmitted from the mobile communications device to a second network node for provisioning of the mobile communications device; and

transmitting a response from the first network node to the mobile communications device, the response including the parameters to be transmitted from the mobile communications device to the second network node for provisioning of the mobile communications device.

12. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 11 wherein the first network node is operable as part of a relay network.

13. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 11 wherein the second network node is operable as part of a provisioning system.

14. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 11 wherein the first data context is a PDP context.

15. The method for provisioning a mobile communications device as recited in claim 11 wherein the first data context is non web based.

16. A registration server comprising:

means for establishing a first data context between the registration server and a mobile communications device;

means for receiving at the registration server from the mobile communications device a request for parameters to be transmitted from the mobile communications device to a second network node for provisioning of the mobile communications device; and

means for transmitting a response from the registration server to the mobile communications device, the response including the parameters to be transmitted from the mobile communications device to the second network node for provisioning of the mobile communications device.

17. The registration server as recited in claim 16 wherein the registration server is operable as part of a relay network.

18. The registration server as recited in claim 16 wherein the second network node is operable as part of a provisioning system.

19. The registration server as recited in claim 16 wherein the first data context is a PDP context.

20. The registration server as recited in claim 16 wherein the first data context is non web based.