SUPERVISORY PORTAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATION OF SAME

• US 20120036440A1
• Filed: 07/09/2011
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: OpenPeak Inc.
• Inventors: Dare, Robert M., Kacherov, Vadim, Krzyzanowski, Paul, Gittleman, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 8,856,322 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

A managed services platform and method of operation of same are described herein. The platform can include a device management service (DMS) server in which the DMS server can act as a gateway for communications with one or more computing devices, and the computing devices are associated with a first entity. The platform can also include an application service (AS) server in which the AS server is communicatively coupled with the DMS server. When a first computing device contacts the DMS server, the DMS server is operable to provide a bundle to the first computing device. As an example, the bundle contains content that at least includes one or more configuration messages and an application set that contains one or more predefined applications. The content of the bundle can be determined at least in part by the first entity.

Claims

1. A supervisory portal method comprising:

presenting a user interface element to manage or control one or more child portable computing devices;

receiving an input from the user interface element to manage or control at least one of the one or more child devices; and

responsive to receive the input, transmitting a directive, content or a message to the child device, whereby supervisory oversight of the one or more child portable computing devices is provided.