Method for managing a terminal device

• US 7,889,684 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2007
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tang, Jie, Dong, Xiaoyi, Cheng, Jianzhang, He, Jiangshui, Gao, Hongtao, Li, Kepeng, Shu, Qi, Shen, Hai, Chai, Xiaoqian
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar; Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cattungal; Ajay P
• Application Number:
  US11/626,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20070165654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,483 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies

Abstract

A method for managing a terminal device includes: setting management commands; sending the management commands to a terminal device; and obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device. Another method for managing a terminal device, comprising: setting management commands; configuring a terminal device with the management commands; and obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

Claims

1. A method for managing a terminal device, comprising:

setting, by a management side, management commands in an open mobile alliance (OMA) device management (DM) system;

sending, by the management side, the management commands to a terminal device to be managed via a device management server, wherein the management commands are sent in the form of a device management tree; and

obtaining, by the management side, executed results of the management commands from the terminal device,

wherein the process of sending the management commands to a terminal device comprises;

authenticating, by the device management server, the management commands, determining the management commands meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, and sending the management commands to the terminal device;

or

authenticating, by the device management server, the management commands, determining the management commands do not meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, translating, by the device management server, the management commands into commands meeting a device management protocol, and sending the translated management commands to the terminal device,

wherein the sending, by the management side, the management commands to a terminal device to be managed via a device management server further comprises;

sending by the management side, the management commands and information of target operation group users to the device management server;

authenticating, by the device management server, the management commands and target operation group from a third party server; and

sending, by the device management server, the management commands to target user terminal devices corresponding to the information of target operation group users.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the management commands comprise:

to record use of additional functions of the terminal device;

or

to disable/enable additional functions of the terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the additional functions of the terminal device comprise at least one of:

camera function of the terminal device with a camera;

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with an infrared interface, and

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with a Blue Tooth interface.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising setting

a location-based triggering condition, for triggering execution of the management commands by current location of the terminal device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the process of obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device is implemented in the following mode:

the device management server retrieves the executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprising:

setting a triggering condition;

when the triggering condition being met, each terminal device in the enterprise is triggered, executing the management commands, and reporting the executed results of the management commands to the management server in the enterprise through the DMS in accordance with a predetermined report policy.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the process of sending the management commands to a terminal device comprises:

authenticating the management commands, determining the management commands do not meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, translating the management commands into commands meeting a device management protocol, and sending the translated management commands to the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the management commands comprise recording use of additional functions of the terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the authenticating the management commands comprises:

authenticating, by the device management server, the management commands from a management server in an enterprise; and

wherein the sending the management commands to a terminal device comprises;

sending, by the DMS, the management commands in accordance with IDs of users in the target user group.

10. A method for managing a terminal device, comprising:

setting, by a management side, management commands in a based on an open mobile alliance (OMA) device management (DM) system;

configuring, by the management side, a terminal device with the management commands, wherein the management commands are configured in the form of a device management tree; and

obtaining, by the management side, executed results of the management commands from the terminal device; and

authenticating, by a device management server, the management commands, determining the management commands meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, and sending, by the device management server, the management commands to the terminal device;

or

authenticating, by the device management server, the management commands, determining the management commands do not meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, translating, by the device management server, the management commands into commands meeting a device management protocol, and sending, by the device management server, the translated management commands to the terminal device;

wherein the method further comprises;

sending by the management side, the management commands and information of target operation group users to the device management server;

authenticating, by the device management server, the management commands and target operation group from a third party server; and

sending, by the device management server, the management commands to target user terminal devices corresponding to the information of target operation group users.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the process of obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device is implemented in the following mode:

the terminal device reports the executed results of the management commands to the device management server;

or

the device management server retrieves the executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

updating and maintaining the management commands configured in the terminal device.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the management commands comprises:

to record use of additional functions of the terminal device;

or

to disable/enable additional functions of the terminal device.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the additional functions of the terminal device comprise at least one of:

camera function of the terminal device with a camera;

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with an infrared interface, and

short-range wireless communication function of the terminal device with a Blue Tooth interface.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising setting

a location-based triggering condition, for triggering execution of the management commands by current location of the terminal device.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the process of obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device is implemented in the following mode:

the device management server retrieves the executed results of the management commands from the terminal device.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the management commands comprise recording use of additional functions of the terminal device.

18. A system for managing a terminal device, comprising:

a management side and a device management server, wherein the management side is configured to execute the following steps;

setting management commands in a based on an open mobile alliance (OMA) device management (DM) system;

sending the management commands to a terminal device to be managed via a device management system, wherein the management commands are sent in the form of a device management tree;

obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device; and

the device management server is configured to;

authenticate the management commands, determine the management commands meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, and send the management commands to the terminal device;

or

authenticate the management commands, determine the management commands do not meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, translate the management commands into commands meeting a device management protocol, and send the translated management commands to the terminal device;

wherein the management side is further configured to send the management commands and information of target operation group users to the device management server

wherein the device management server is further configured to authenticate the management commands and target operation group from a third party server; and

wherein the device management server is further configured to send the management commands to target user terminal devices corresponding to the information of target operation group users.

19. A system for managing a terminal device, comprising:

a management side, a device management server and a terminal device, wherein the management side is configured to set management commands in an open mobile alliance (OMA) device management (DM) system;

configure a terminal device with the management commands, wherein the management commands are configured in the form of a device management tree; and

obtain executed results of the management commands from the terminal device;

wherein the device management server is configuired to;

authenticate the management commands, determine the management commands meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, and send the management commands to the terminal device;

or

authenticate the management commands, determine the management commands do not meet a device management protocol upon a successful authentication, translate the management commands into commands meeting a device management protocol, and send the translated management commands to the terminal device;

wherein the management side is further configured to send the management commands and information of target operation group users to the device management server;

wherein the device management server is further configured to authenticate the management commands and target operation group from a third party server; and

wherein the device management server is further configured to send the management commands to target user terminal devices corresponding to the information of target operation group users.