Method for executing managment operation by communication terminal and a terminal and system thereof

• US 7,953,836 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2008
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• 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: Chai, Xiaoqian, He, Jiangshui, Li, Kepeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia; Rupal D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fan; Hua
• Application Number:
  US12/053,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20080189404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0869 Validating the configuration within one network element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/32 Specific management aspects for broadband networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for executing a management operation by a terminal in a communications system. The method comprises the followings: The terminal receives the management operation commands that indicate the operation to target operation nodes in the device capability management object and operates them. The said operation initiates the process for executing the corresponding device capability management operation, then the said management operation transfers the device capability status. Also, the corresponding terminal and system are disclosed. The present invention can centrally manage and control the terminal capability.

Claims

1. A terminal for executing a management operation, wherein the terminal comprises a device management agent unit and a device capability management agent unit, wherein

the device management agent unit is adapted to operate a target operation node in a device capability management object as instructed in a management operation command received by the device management agent unit;

and

the device capability management agent unit is adapted to execute a device capability management operation corresponding to the operation for the target operation node performed by the device management agent unit, wherein the device capability management operation is adapted to transit status of a device capability of the terminal;

wherein the device capability management agent unit comprises;

a validity determining unit adapted to determine whether the device capability management operation corresponding to the operation for the target operation node performed by the device management agent unit is valid;

a device capability management operation executing unit adapted to execute the device capability management operation when the device capability management operation is determined as valid by the validity determining unit;

wherein the validity determining unit comprises;

an obtaining unit adapted to obtain information on current status of the device capability, information on an initiator of the management operation command and information on the device capability management operation corresponding to the operation for the target operation node performed by the device management agent unit;

a status identifying unit adapted to identify the current status of the device capability of the terminal from the information on the status of the device capability provided by the obtaining unit;

an initiator identifying unit adapted to identify whether the initiator is a device management server or a user of the terminal from the information on the initiator of the management operation command provided by the obtaining unit;

a management operation identifying unit adapted to identify the device capability management operation corresponding to the operation for the target operation node performed by the device management agent unit from the information on the device capability management operation provided by the obtaining unit;

an authority determining unit adapted to determine whether the device capability management operation corresponding to the operation for the target operation node performed by the device management agent unit is valid according to the obtained determining conditions comprising the information provided by the status identifying unit, the initiator identifying unit and the management operation identifying unit;

the device capability management operation executing unit adapted to execute the device capability management operation when the device capability management operation is determined to be valid by the authority determining unit.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the device management agent unit is adapted to operate the target operation node in the device capability management object as instructed in the management operation command received from a device management server with a device management authority higher than that of a user of the terminal.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the target operation node is an indicator node, and the operation for the target operation node performed by the device management agent unit is to modify the value of the target operation node;

and

the terminal further comprises;

a monitoring unit adapted to monitor the value of the target operation node in the device capability management object, and upon detection of a change in the value of the target operation node, instructs the device capability management agent unit to execute the device capability management operation corresponding to the operation for the target operation node.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the device capability management operation executed by the device capability management agent unit is an Update or Remove operation that is adapted to transit the status of the device capability to Ready status, a Start operation that is adapted to transit the status of the device capability to Start status, or an Enable or Stop operation that is adapted to transit the status of the device capability to Enable status, a Temp Disable operation that is adapted to transit the status of the device capability to Temp Disable status, or a Keep Disable operation that is adapted to transit the status of the device capability to Keep Disable status.