Method and system for coordinating device setting between a communications client and its host device
First Claim
1. A host device certified for operation in a wireless network, the host device comprising:
- a number of host device dependent features for controlling the host device;
at least one host application configured to interface with the host device dependent features in order to operate the host device, the host device dependent features and host applications being certified for operation in the wireless network;
a data communications client comprising a virtual machine executing a number of client applications using a client operating system, wherein, in order to invoke the certified host device dependent features, the client operating system communicates with one or more of the certified host applications, at least one of the host applications being further adapted to change device settings on the host device;
a notification means configured to notify the data communications client of device settings changes on the host device in order to propagate device settings to the data communications client;
a mode setting at the data communications client, said mode setting configured to indicate whether client applications on the data communications client should use device settings from said host device; and
a client settings application in the data communications client configured to receive a notification from the notification means and change device settings for said client applications if said mode setting indicates said client applications should use device settings from said host device.
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Abstract
A system and method for propagating device settings to a data communications client from a host on a mobile device, the system having at least one host application adapted to operate on the mobile device host and further adapted to change device settings on the mobile device; a notification means adapted to notify the data communications client of device settings changes on the mobile device; a mode setting at the data communications client, the mode setting adapted to indicate whether client applications on the data communications client should use device settings from the host; and a client settings application adapted to receive a notification from the notification means and change device settings for the client applications if the mode setting indicates the client applications should use device settings from the host.
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20 Claims
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1. A host device certified for operation in a wireless network, the host device comprising:
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a number of host device dependent features for controlling the host device; at least one host application configured to interface with the host device dependent features in order to operate the host device, the host device dependent features and host applications being certified for operation in the wireless network; a data communications client comprising a virtual machine executing a number of client applications using a client operating system, wherein, in order to invoke the certified host device dependent features, the client operating system communicates with one or more of the certified host applications, at least one of the host applications being further adapted to change device settings on the host device; a notification means configured to notify the data communications client of device settings changes on the host device in order to propagate device settings to the data communications client;
a mode setting at the data communications client, said mode setting configured to indicate whether client applications on the data communications client should use device settings from said host device; and
a client settings application in the data communications client configured to receive a notification from the notification means and change device settings for said client applications if said mode setting indicates said client applications should use device settings from said host device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a host device certified for operation in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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arranging for a client operating system, the client operating system being on a data communications client comprising a virtual machine executing a number of client applications for controlling the host device using the client operating system, to communicate with one or more certified host applications in order to invoke certified host device dependent features for controlling the host device; changing device settings on the host device using at least one host application which interfaces with a host device dependent feature for controlling a host device; notifying the data communications client of device settings changes on the host device; checking a mode setting at the data communications client to determine whether device settings changed at the host device should be propagated to the data communications client; and if the checking step determines changes should be propagated, changing device settings for said data communications client. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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