METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120100841A1
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Madej, Piotr, Chin, Jia-Lin, MANUEL, Arsel, Corrin, Dan Steven Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 9,020,480 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for configuring a mobile electronic device are provided. The method comprises storing, in a memory of a provisioning server, a plurality of service records and one of a plurality of operation type parameters in association with each service record; receiving, at the provisioning server, a registration request for the mobile electronic device, the registration request including one or more identifiers identifying ones of the service records that are maintained in the mobile electronic device; selecting, based on the received identifiers and the operation type parameters, at least one service record for transmission; and, transmitting the at least one selected service record.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory of a provisioning server, a plurality of service records and one of a plurality of operation type parameters in association with each service record;

receiving, at the provisioning server, a registration request for the mobile electronic device, the registration request including one or more identifiers identifying ones of the service records that are maintained in the mobile electronic device;

selecting, based on the received identifiers and the operation type parameters, at least one service record for transmission; and

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transmitting the at least one selected service record.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting at least one service record comprises:

for each service record stored in the memory, examining the associated operation type parameter; and

when the associated operation type parameter is an Always Send parameter, selecting the service record.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

when the associated operation type parameter is a Send When Absent parameter, selecting the service record if the registration request does not include an identifier identifying the service record.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

when the associated operation type parameter is a Send When Present parameter, selecting the service record if the registration request includes an identifier identifying the service record.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting at least one service record comprises:

examining the associated operation type parameter for one of the plurality of service records;

performing a first determination as to whether the associated operation type parameter is an Always Send parameter; and

when the first determination is affirmative, selecting the service record.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein selecting at least one service record further comprises:

when the first determination is negative, performing a second determination as to whether the associated operation parameter is a Send When Absent parameter;

when the second determination is affirmative, selecting the service record if the registration request does not include an identifier identifying the service record.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting at least one service record further comprises:

when the second determination is negative, performing a third determination as to whether the-registration request includes an identifier identifying the service record; and

when the third determination is affirmative, selecting the service record.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein selecting at least one service record further comprises:

repeating the examining, performing a first determination and selecting for each of the plurality of service records.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of service records contains data for configuring the mobile electronic device.

10. A provisioning server, comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of service records and one of a plurality of operation type parameters in association with each service record;

a communications interface for receiving a registration request for a mobile electronic device, the registration request including one or more identifiers identifying ones of the service records that are maintained in the mobile electronic device; and

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a processor interconnected with the memory and the communications interface, the processor configured to select, based on the received identifiers and the operation type parameters, at least one service record for transmission,

the processor further configured to transmit the at least one selected service record via the communications interface.

11. The provisioning server of claim 10, wherein selecting at least one service record comprises:

for each service record stored in the memory, examining the associated operation type parameter; and

when the associated operation type parameter is an Always Send parameter, selecting the service record.

12. The provisioning server of claim 11, further comprising:

when the associated operation type parameter is a Send When Absent parameter, selecting the service record if the registration request does not include an identifier identifying the service record.

13. The provisioning server of claim 12, further comprising:

when the associated operation type parameter is a Send When Present parameter, selecting the service record if the registration request includes an identifier identifying the service record.

14. The provisioning server of claim 10, wherein selecting at least one service record comprises:

examining the associated operation type parameter for one of the plurality of service records;

performing a first determination as to whether the associated operation type parameter is an Always Send parameter; and

when the first determination is affirmative, selecting the service record.

15. The provisioning server of claim 14, wherein selecting at least one service record further comprises:

when the first determination is negative, performing a second determination as to whether the associated operation parameter is a Send When Absent parameter;

when the second determination is affirmative, selecting the service record if the registration request does not include an identifier identifying the service record.

16. The provisioning server of claim 15, wherein selecting at least one service record further comprises:

when the second determination is negative, performing a third determination—

as to whether the registration request includes an identifier identifying the service record; and

when the third determination is affirmative, selecting the service record.

17. The provisioning server of claim 16, wherein selecting at least one service record further comprises:

repeating the examining, performing a first determination and selecting for each of the plurality of service records.

18. The provisioning server of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of service records contains data for configuring the mobile electronic device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing a plurality of computer-readable instructions executable by a processor for configuring the processor to perform a method comprising:

storing, in a memory of a provisioning server, a plurality of service records and one of a plurality of operation type parameters in association with each service record;

receiving, at the provisioning server, a registration request for the mobile electronic device, the registration request including one or more identifiers identifying ones of the service records that are maintained in the mobile electronic device;

selecting, based on the received identifiers and the operation type parameters, at least one service record for transmission; and

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transmitting the at least one selected service record.