Remote control in a wireless communication system
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, in a mobile wireless device, if the mobile wireless device is registered as a mobile wireless client on one or more wireless servers;
determining whether the mobile wireless device has a policy to regulate functions of the mobile wireless device with a wireless server, the wireless server selected from the one or more wireless servers, the mobile wireless device registered on the wireless server;
determining if the policy is allowed based on determining if one of the one or more wireless servers is designated in the mobile wireless device as being a primary server whose policies override policies from other wireless servers;
accessing, from the mobile wireless device, an application executable on the wireless server, the mobile wireless device having an authorization to access the application in accordance with the policy; and
sending a command from the mobile wireless device to execute a feature of the application via the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless device, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities of wireless users. In an embodiment, a mobile wireless device is configured to access and control an application executable on a wireless server. In an embodiment, a wireless server is configured to execute an application resident on the wireless server under the control of a set of commands from a mobile wireless device. In various embodiments, the executed application can be an application different from an application to maintain and control a wireless communication link between the mobile wireless device and the wireless server.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, in a mobile wireless device, if the mobile wireless device is registered as a mobile wireless client on one or more wireless servers; determining whether the mobile wireless device has a policy to regulate functions of the mobile wireless device with a wireless server, the wireless server selected from the one or more wireless servers, the mobile wireless device registered on the wireless server; determining if the policy is allowed based on determining if one of the one or more wireless servers is designated in the mobile wireless device as being a primary server whose policies override policies from other wireless servers; accessing, from the mobile wireless device, an application executable on the wireless server, the mobile wireless device having an authorization to access the application in accordance with the policy; and sending a command from the mobile wireless device to execute a feature of the application via the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless device, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when performed by a mobile wireless device, cause the mobile wireless device to perform operations comprising:
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determining, in the mobile wireless device, if the mobile wireless device is registered as a mobile wireless client on one or more wireless servers; determining whether the mobile wireless device has a policy to regulate functions of the mobile wireless device with a wireless server, the wireless server selected from the one or more wireless servers, the mobile wireless device registered on the wireless server; determining if the policy is allowed based on determining if one of the one or more wireless servers is designated in the mobile wireless device as being a primary server whose policies override policies from other wireless servers; accessing, from the mobile wireless device, an application executable on the wireless server, the mobile wireless device having an authorization to access the application in accordance with the policy; sending a command from the mobile wireless device to execute a feature of the application via the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless device, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A mobile wireless device comprising:
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a controller; an identifier, the identifier being unique and accessible in establishment of a registered client relationship with a wireless server; a policy agent to regulate functions of the mobile wireless device based on a policy with the wireless server and to determine if the mobile wireless device is registered as a mobile wireless client on one or more wireless servers and to integrate a plurality of policies, one from each wireless server with which the mobile wireless device is registered such that the integration of policies includes a designation of a primary server whose policies override policies from other wireless servers; and a machine-readable medium responsive to the controller, the machine-readable medium including instructions to direct control of the execution of an application resident in the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless device, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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establishing, in a wireless server, communication with a mobile wireless client of the wireless server, the mobile wireless client identified in the wireless server as a registered client of the wireless server such that the mobile wireless client has a policy to regulate functions of the mobile wireless client with the wireless server; receiving, in the wireless server, a signal from the mobile wireless client to execute an application in the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless device, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation; determining if the mobile wireless client is in a set of registered mobile wireless clients that are authorized to execute the application including determination of position of the policy in a hierarchy of policies from other wireless servers in which the mobile wireless client is registered; and executing the application in the wireless server in response to receiving the signal and determining that the mobile wireless client is authorized in accordance with the policy, the application being an application separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless client, the execution performed by the wireless server under the control of the mobile wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when performed by a wireless server, cause the wireless server to perform operations comprising:
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establishing, in a wireless server, communication with a mobile wireless client of the wireless server, the mobile wireless client identified in the wireless server as a registered client of the wireless server such that the mobile wireless client has a policy to regulate functions of the mobile wireless client with the wireless server; receiving, in the wireless server, a signal from the mobile wireless client to execute an application in the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless client, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation; determining if the mobile wireless client is in a set of registered mobile wireless clients that are authorized to execute the application including determination of position of the policy in a hierarchy of policies from other wireless servers in which the mobile wireless client is registered; and executing the application in the wireless server in response to receiving the signal and determining that the mobile wireless client is authorized in accordance with the policy, the execution performed by the wireless server under the control of the mobile wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system comprising:
a wireless server, the wireless server including; a controller; a storage area to store a list of identifiers, each identifier uniquely corresponding to a different mobile wireless client to establish a registered client relationship with the corresponding mobile wireless client such that the corresponding mobile wireless client has a policy to regulate functions of the mobile wireless client with the wireless server based on a position of the policy in a hierarchy of policies from other wireless servers in which the mobile wireless client is registered; a machine-readable medium responsive to the controller, the machine-readable medium including instructions to execute commands from a registered mobile wireless client authorized to direct execution of commands in the wireless server, the registered mobile wireless client corresponding to one identifier in the list, the commands to direct control of an application executable by the wireless server, the application structured, separate from operating phone features of the mobile wireless client, to control an apparatus external to the wireless server or to perform data computation. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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