REMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON A MOBILE TERMINAL FROM A WEB BROWSER EXTENSION

• US 20100330976A1
• Filed: 05/07/2008
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vodafone Espana SA (Vodafone Group PLC), Vodafone Group PLC
• Original Assignee: Vodafone Espana SA (Vodafone Group PLC), Vodafone Group PLC
• Inventors: Berna Fornies, Hector, Caudevilla Laliena, Guillermo
• Granted Patent: US 9,094,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal has access to a data network. It comprises: making, from an extension of a web browser of the remote terminal to the mobile terminal, an HTTP request for managing one piece of information stored or a service configured in the mobile terminal, wherein the HTTP request is in accordance with said API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal and comprises an identifier of said information or service which is to be managed; sending an HTTP response from the mobile terminal to the extension in accordance with said API defined in the web server of the mobile and showing in the remote terminal an interface comprised in said extension for managing said information stored or service configured in the mobile.

Claims

1. A method for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein said mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal has access to a data network, the method comprising:

making, from a web browser extension of the remote terminal, an HTTP request for managing at least one piece of information stored or one service configured in the mobile terminal, wherein said HTTP request is in accordance with said at least one API defined in the web server of said mobile terminal, and wherein said HTTP request comprises an identifier of said information or service to be managed; and

sending, from the mobile terminal to said extension, an HTTP response in accordance with said at least one API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal (1) and showing in said remote terminal an interface comprised in said extension for managing said information stored or service configured in the mobile terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the HTTP request from said extension to the mobile terminal comprises the steps of:

making an HTTP request through said data network from the extension to a gateway capable of locating the mobile terminal which is connected to a mobile communications network; and

sending said HTTP request to an IP connections manager of the mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the HTTP response from the mobile terminal to the extension comprises the steps of:

sending an HTTP response in accordance with said at least one API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal from an IP connections manager of the mobile terminal to a gateway through the mobile communications network; and

sending said HTTP response in accordance with said at least one API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal from said gateway to the extension through the data network.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein said HTTP request in accordance with said at least one API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal sent to the IP connections manager of the mobile terminal is sent to the web server by means of said HTTP request.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said HTTP request in accordance with said at least one API defined in the web server sent to the web server of the mobile terminal is in turn sent to a manager module which is chosen from:

a module for managing personal data of the user, a module for managing the mobile terminal state information and a module for managing the mobile terminal services.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a notification step for notifying the user whereby the user is offered one of the following options:

permanently allowing the execution of the API, temporarily allowing said execution, permanently denying the execution of the API or temporarily denying said execution.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said identifier of the information or service to be managed comprised in the HTTP request comprises the URL of the information or service which is to be managed.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said URL comprises the MSISDN of the mobile terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information stored in the mobile terminal relates to a piece of information which is chosen from one of the following groups:

personal data of the user and mobile terminal state information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein with said information an action is carried out which is chosen from one of the following groups of actions:

actions relating to managing personal data of the user and actions relating to managing the mobile terminal state information.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information stored in a mobile terminal is stored in the memory of the mobile terminal or in the SIM card thereof.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein said service configured in the mobile terminal relates to a service from the group of mobile terminal services.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein with said service an action is carried out which is chosen from the group of actions relating to managing the mobile terminal services.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein said HTTP request is made on a data channel which is set up in a signaling channel previously set up between the gateway and the IP connections manager of the mobile terminal.

15. The method according to claim 3, wherein said HTTP response is carried out on a data channel which is set up in a signaling channel previously set up between the gateway and the IP connections manager of the mobile terminal.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein said signaling channel between both elements is a TCP socket.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein said data channel between both elements is a TCP socket.

18. A system comprising:

at least one mobile terminal configured to be connected to a mobile communications network, wherein said mobile terminal comprises a web server;

at least one terminal configured to be connected to a data network, wherein said terminal comprises a web browser which in turn comprises an extension and wherein the terminal is capable of remotely managing at least one piece of information stored and/or one service configured in the mobile terminal by means of accessing an interface comprised in said web browser extension of the terminal.

19. The system according to claim 18, further comprising a gateway capable of setting up a connection between the data network and the mobile communications network.