System and method for provisioning a remote resource for an electronic device
First Claim
1. A method of provisioning resources from a server in a network to a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:
- at the serverafter receiving a network registration request from the mobile electronic device, accessing a device registry linking resources managed by the server with mobile electronic devices currently tracked by the server to determine whether the mobile electronic device is in the device registry;
if the mobile electronic device is in the device registry, determining whether a resource is approved to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device from the server, otherwise, if the mobile electronic device is not in the device registry, awaiting a request from the mobile electronic device for the resource and evaluating the request; and
determining whether either the resource has already been provisioned to the mobile electronic device or the mobile electronic device has been designated to be provisioned with the resource from an alternative source from the server; and
if so, not approving the resource to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device, otherwise providing a data transmission to the mobile electronic device from the server, the data transmission containing text and a link to the resource that can be extracted by the mobile electronic device and used to access the resource and if the resource is new to the mobile electronic device, the data transmission contains an indicator that the resource is new; and
at the mobile electronic devicereceiving the data transmission at the mobile electronic device;
incorporating the text and the link from the data transmission into a graphical user interface (GUI) generated on a display of the mobile electronic device to provide an interface to activate the link from the mobile electronic device;
if the resource is new to the mobile electronic device providing an indicator on the GUI that the resource is new; and
retrieving the resource from the server when the link is activated through the GUI.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for updating a resource to an electronic device. The method provisions a resource to an electronic device by: (a) maintaining the resource at a remote server from the device; and (b) after a triggering event, providing a data transmission to the device containing access information for the resource. The system incorporates the method and comprises: a resource providing information for the device; a server to maintain the resource; a communication link providing the device with access to the resource; a data transmission module for extracting and transmitting access information about the resource to the device; and a data processing module for processing the received information at the device. In the device, a GUI provides information on a topic retrieved from local storage on the device and additional information about the resource is incorporated into the GUI for that topic.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of provisioning resources from a server in a network to a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:
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at the server after receiving a network registration request from the mobile electronic device, accessing a device registry linking resources managed by the server with mobile electronic devices currently tracked by the server to determine whether the mobile electronic device is in the device registry; if the mobile electronic device is in the device registry, determining whether a resource is approved to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device from the server, otherwise, if the mobile electronic device is not in the device registry, awaiting a request from the mobile electronic device for the resource and evaluating the request; and determining whether either the resource has already been provisioned to the mobile electronic device or the mobile electronic device has been designated to be provisioned with the resource from an alternative source from the server; and
if so, not approving the resource to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device, otherwise providing a data transmission to the mobile electronic device from the server, the data transmission containing text and a link to the resource that can be extracted by the mobile electronic device and used to access the resource and if the resource is new to the mobile electronic device, the data transmission contains an indicator that the resource is new; andat the mobile electronic device receiving the data transmission at the mobile electronic device; incorporating the text and the link from the data transmission into a graphical user interface (GUI) generated on a display of the mobile electronic device to provide an interface to activate the link from the mobile electronic device; if the resource is new to the mobile electronic device providing an indicator on the GUI that the resource is new; and retrieving the resource from the server when the link is activated through the GUI. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system that provisions resources in a network to mobile electronic devices, the system comprising:
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a database containing a device registry linking resources in the network with mobile electronic devices currently tracked by the network; a provisioning server having access to the database, the provisioning server adapted to after receiving a network registration request from a mobile electronic device, access the device registry to determine whether a resource is approved to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device from the provisioning server; if the mobile electronic device is not in the device registry, await a request for a resource from the mobile electronic device from the provisioning server and evaluating the request; and determine from the device registry whether either the resource has already been provisioned to the mobile electronic device or the mobile electronic device has been designated to be provisioned with the resource from an alternative source from the provisioning server and if so, not approving the resource to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device, otherwise providing a data transmission to the mobile electronic device from the provisioning server, the data transmission containing text and a link to the resource that can be extracted by the mobile electronic device and used to access the resource and the data transmission containing an indicator that the resource is new to the mobile electronic device if the resource is new to the mobile electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of provisioning resources from a server in a network to a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:
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after receiving a network registration request from the mobile electronic device at the server, accessing a device registry linking resources managed by the server with mobile electronic devices currently tracked by the server to determine whether the mobile electronic device is in the device registry; if the mobile electronic device is not in the device registry, awaiting a request from the mobile electronic device for the resource and evaluating the request; and if the mobile electronic device is in the device registry determining whether either the resource has already been provisioned to the mobile electronic device or the mobile electronic device has been designated to be provisioned with the resource from an alternative source from the server and if so, not approving the resource to be provisioned to the mobile electronic device, otherwise providing a data transmission to the mobile electronic device from the server, the data transmission containing text and a link to the resource that can be extracted by the mobile electronic device and used to access the resource and if the resource is new to the mobile electronic device, the data transmission contains an indicator that said the resource is new. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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