Method and architecture for managing a fleet of mobile stations over wireless data networks
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1. A system comprising:
- a proxy server coupled to a wireless network, to enable a plurality of mobile stations on the wireless network to communicate with processing systems on a landnet, the proxy server communicating with the mobile stations over the wireless network; and
a fleet server coupled to communicate with the proxy server, to store and control access to fleet data, and to authenticate a request from a provisioning entity to push the fleet data to the plurality of the mobile stations;
wherein the proxy server pushes the fleet data to the plurality of mobile stations over the wireless network only if the request is authenticated by the fleet server.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a fleet managing system in which fleet data can be securely managed and disseminated to a selective group of mobile stations serviced by a carrier infrastructure. The fleet managing system relies on a series of consecutive transitive trusts between pairs of components in the system so that all communications from a provisioning entity to the mobile stations are secure. The access to the fleet managing system is guarded with a challenge response every time there is a request arriving at the system while the mobile stations are verified by an account manager in the system to ensure that the fleet data is eventually pushed to the correct group of mobile stations. Apart distinctly from existing fleet managing systems for mobile stations, the present invention provides secure means for an authorized entity, from anywhere at any time, to control the dissemination of mobile data to a specified group of mobile stations without incurring additional costs to or direct involvement of a service carrier.
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1. A system comprising:
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a proxy server coupled to a wireless network, to enable a plurality of mobile stations on the wireless network to communicate with processing systems on a landnet, the proxy server communicating with the mobile stations over the wireless network; and
a fleet server coupled to communicate with the proxy server, to store and control access to fleet data, and to authenticate a request from a provisioning entity to push the fleet data to the plurality of the mobile stations;
wherein the proxy server pushes the fleet data to the plurality of mobile stations over the wireless network only if the request is authenticated by the fleet server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A fleet server to manage a plurality of mobile stations on a wireless network, the plurality of mobile stations communicating with a proxy server, the fleet server comprising:
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a storage device to store fleet data;
a fleet server module to control access to the fleet data in the storage device and to communicate with the proxy server; and
a provisioning interface to authenticate a request from a provisioning entity to push the fleet data to the plurality of the mobile stations, and to provide the fleet data to the proxy server, to be pushed to the plurality of mobile stations over the wireless network, only if the request is authenticated. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of securely managing a plurality of mobile stations on a wireless network, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a fleet server, a request from a provisioning entity to push fleet data to the plurality of the mobile stations;
authenticating the provisioning entity in response to the request using the fleet server;
verifying the plurality of the mobile stations against a plurality of user accounts using the fleet server; and
responding to the request by causing the fleet data to be pushed from the fleet server to the plurality of the mobile stations. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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