Client provisioning using application characteristics template with flag parameters

• US 7,809,809 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2004
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kaappa, Eero
• Primary Examiner(s): BAROT, BHARAT
• Application Number:
  US10/756,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20050153693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,457 Days
• Field of Search: 709202-203, 709220-222, 709227-228, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method, device, system, and a computer program product where client provisioning is done using a Provisioning Content Document with flag type parameters in an Application characteristics template. The flag concept represents flag-type information that is similar for many applications.

Claims

1. A method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a client device, a provisioning content document from a wireless communication network, the provisioning content document comprising configuration information for the client device;

parsing, by the client device, the provisioning content document including a plurality of characteristics; and

identifying, by the client device, a flag parameter in an application characteristic of the plurality of characteristics in the provisioning content document, wherein the flag parameter indicates whether certain parameters are to be set in the configuration of the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application characteristic comprises multiple levels.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the flag parameter is introduced in only one level of the multiple levels of the application characteristic.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the flag parameter is introduced to all levels of the multiple levels of the application characteristic.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the flag parameter has a meaning defined in a registration document.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the flag parameter defines a common flag type parameter such that the presence of the flag parameter indicates that the parameter is used, otherwise, the parameter is omitted.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at last the following;

receive information from a communication network, the information including configuration information for the device;

parse the configuration information; and

identify a flag parameter in the configuration information, wherein the flag parameter indicates whether certain parameters are to be set in the configuration of the device.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is a mobile telephone.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is a portable computer.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the configuration of the apparatus is an initial set up by a new subscriber.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the configuration information includes an open mobile alliance provisioning content document.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the flag parameter is located at multiple levels of the provisioning content document.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a processor configured to set certain parameters based on the flag parameter in the configuration information.

14. A system, the system comprising:

a server computer coupled to a communication network; and

a client device coupled to the communication network, the client device having a configuration based on a provisioning content document received from the server computer, the provisioning content document including a flag parameter, wherein the flag parameter indicates whether certain parameters are to be set in the configuration of the device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the flag parameter is included in one level of an application characteristic of the provisioning content document.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the flag parameter is included in multiple levels of an application characteristic of the provisioning content document.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the client device is a mobile telephone.

18. A computer program product, embodied on a computer-readable medium, comprising:

computer code, when executed by a processor, causes an apparatus to;

parse configuration information received from a communication network;

identify a flag parameter in the configuration information, wherein the flag parameter indicates whether certain parameters are to be set in the configuration of the device; and

set the certain parameters based on the flag parameter.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer code to parse configuration information received from a communication network comprises computer code to parse an application characteristic of the configuration information.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the flag parameter is included at one level of the application characteristic.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the flag parameter is included at multiple levels of the application characteristic.