WTA based over the air management (OTAM) method and apparatus

• US 8,176,165 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2004
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones OY (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones OY (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Oommen, Paul P.
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, VIET DUY
• Application Number:
  US10/890,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20050021681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,856 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/219, 709/224, 709/249, 709/250, 709/223, 709/225, 709/227, 709/228
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method is provided for managing the MS over the air (OTA) and at the same time maintaining backward compatibility with existing protocols and standards. The proposed method uses Wireless Telephony application (WTA).

Claims

1. A system for over the air parameter administration of a mobile station in a network, said system comprising:

a first server for receiving an indication of a changed parameters in the mobile station and sending a notification;

a second server for receiving the notification with the changed parameters and creating a new service content based on the changed parameters; and

a gateway for receiving a pushed uniform resource locator (URL) of the second server and for sending a service indication to a client and converting at least one protocol signal.

2. A mobile station arranged to be managed over the air in a network, said mobile station comprising:

a user interface for interfacing with a user of the mobile station;

a signaling layer interface for interfacing with the network;

an over the air management agent for processing at least one management message including a uniform resource locator (URL) of a server, initiating an appropriate management action and interfacing with the signaling layer; and

managed objects which are accessed by the over the air management agent and used to update at least one parameter indicated to the server as being changed and diagnosing the mobile station over the air.

3. An apparatus comprising an over the air management agent configured for:

processing at least one management message including a uniform resource locator (URL) of a server;

initiating an appropriate management action, interfacing with a signaling layer; and

accessing managed objects to update at least one parameter indicated to the server as being changed for diagnosing the mobile station over the air.