Method and apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management

• US 8,001,231 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2010
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• 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: He, Jiangshui
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, LIANG CHE A
• Application Number:
  US12/983,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20110087917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 228 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/230
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0686 Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for implementing a predetermined operation in device management, being based on a DM system defined by OMA, includes: sending by the device management system a second predetermined operation based on a trigger condition to a terminal device and storing by the terminal device the received second predetermined operation; and obtaining by the terminal device from itself the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation when the trigger condition is satisfied. The present invention also discloses an apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a predetermined operation in device management in a terminal device, being based on a device management system defined by Open Mobile Alliance Device Management Protocol, wherein a device management server sends a first predetermined operation and a trigger condition to the terminal device, the first predetermined operation is used for reporting information to the device management server, the first predetermined operation and the trigger condition are stored into a Trap management object of a management tree of the terminal device, and the first predetermined operation is executed by the terminal device when the trigger condition is satisfied, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, a second predetermined operation and a uniform resource identifier of the second predetermined operation sent by the device management server;

storing, by the terminal device, the uniform resource identifier of the received second predetermined operation into the Trap management object, and storing the second predetermined operation into the management tree outside of the Trap management object;

monitoring whether the trigger condition is satisfied; and

when the trigger condition is satisfied, reading the uniform resource identifier from the Trap management object and obtaining the second predetermined operation corresponding to the uniform resource identifier from the management tree of the terminal device, and executing the second predetermined operation.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second predetermined operation comprises maintenance processing to be implemented.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the maintenance processing comprises failure repair and/or data backup.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising reporting a result of the second predetermined operation to the device management server after executing the second predetermined operation.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined operation comprises reporting diagnostic and/or fault information to the device management server.

6. An apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management based on the Open Mobile Alliance Device Management Protocol, being applicable to a terminal device, wherein the apparatus comprises a predetermined operation receiving module adapted to receive a first predetermined operation and a trigger condition sent from a device management server, the first predetermined operation used for reporting information to the device management server when the trigger condition is satisfied, a storing module adapted to store the first predetermined operation and the trigger condition into a Trap management object of a management tree of the terminal device, a predetermined operation executing module adapted to obtain the first predetermined operation from the storing module and to execute the obtained first predetermined operation according to a received notification, and a monitoring module, wherein:

the predetermined operation receiving module is further adapted to receive a second predetermined operation and a uniform resource identifier of the second predetermined operation, sent by the device management server;

the storing module is further adapted to store the uniform resource identifier of the received second predetermined operation and the trigger condition into the Trap management object and store the second predetermined operation into the management tree outside of the Trap management object;

the monitoring module is adapted to monitor whether the trigger condition is satisfied and to notify the predetermined operation executing module when the trigger condition is satisfied; and

the predetermined operation executing module is further adapted to read the uniform resource identifier from the Trap management object and obtain the second predetermined operation corresponding to the uniform resource identifier, and then to execute the second predetermined operation, according to the received notification from the monitoring module.