Terminal setting change notification

• US 8,289,877 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: Core Wiresless Licensing SARL (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Inventors: Turcanu, Calin, Glatzer, Hans-Mathias
• Primary Examiner(s): CHO, HONG SOL
• Application Number:
  US10/855,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20040240450A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,063 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230, 370/252, 370/254, 370/255, 370/328, 370/400, 370/401
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0005 Control or signalling for completing the hand-off
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

There is disclosed a method, and a corresponding apparatus, for maintaining the settings of a user equipment, comprising: monitoring at least one stored setting in the terminal; responsive to a change in said at least one stored setting notifying a controller; and responsive to said notification selectively resetting said at least one stored setting.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

monitoring at least one stored parameter setting of a user equipment;

causing selective transmission of a request from the user equipment to an operator network for at least one valid parameter setting for accessing one or more services of the operator network responsive to a change in one or more of said at least one stored parameter setting;

receiving at the user equipment said at least one valid parameter setting; and

causing overwriting, in the user equipment, of at least one stored parameter setting with said at least one received valid parameter setting.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user equipment is for connection in the operator network, the at least one parameter setting being a network specific setting for the operator network.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

causing transmission of the request responsive to detecting connection of the user equipment in the operator network.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein said at least one valid parameter setting is provided by the operator network.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said operator network retrieves the at least one valid parameter setting from a parameter settings server.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

causing transmission of the request responsive to detection of the absence of the at least one valid parameter setting for the operator network in the user equipment.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

causing output on a user interface of the user equipment a request for confirmation for transmission of said request,

wherein said request is transmitted in dependence on receipt of confirmation at said user interface.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said request is not caused to be transmitted in dependence on said change being responsive to a request for a parameter setting.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said request is caused to be transmitted responsive to a user update of said stored parameter setting.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said request is included in a presence update.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one stored parameter setting comprises one or more of a general packet radio service access point, an operator portal internet protocol address, short message service access information, multimedia messaging service settings, or wireless application protocol settings, and a current network identity.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user equipment is for connection in at least a first network operator domain, the at least one parameter setting being a network specific setting, and wherein causing transmission of the request comprises causing transmission of a presence update in response to detection of a connection change from the first network operator domain to a second network operator domain.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor, and

a memory including a computer program code,

wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus at least to

monitor at least one stored parameter setting of the apparatus,

cause selective transmission of a request from the apparatus to an operator network for at least one valid parameter setting for accessing one or more services of the operator network responsive to a change in one or more of said at least one stored parameter setting,

receive said at least one valid parameter setting, and

cause overwriting of at least one stored parameter setting with said at least one received valid parameter setting.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to be connected in the operator network, the at least one parameter setting being a network specific setting of the operator network.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to cause transmission of the request responsive to detecting connection of the apparatus in the operator network.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to receive the at least one valid parameter setting from the operator network.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said operator network is configured to retrieve the at least one valid parameter setting from a parameter settings server.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to cause transmission of the request responsive to detecting the absence of the at least one valid parameter setting for the operator network in the apparatus.

19. The apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a user interface;

a user interface transmitter configured to output on the user interface of the apparatus a request for confirmation for transmission of said request; and

a user interface receiver configured to receive an input at the user interface,

wherein said request is transmitted in dependence on receipt of confirmation at the input of said user interface.

20. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the apparatus is not enabled in dependence on said change being responsive to a request for a parameter setting.

21. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is enabled responsive to a user update of said stored parameter setting.

22. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said memory and said computer program code are further configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to include said request in a presence update.

23. A system, comprising:

at least one network configured to provide at least one service to at least one user equipment, the at least one user equipment comprising at least one stored parameter setting, the user equipment further comprising

a monitor configured to monitor at least one stored parameter setting of the user equipment;

a transmitter configured to selectively transmit a request from the user equipment to the at least one network for at least one valid parameter setting for accessing one or more services of the operator network responsive to a change in one or more of said at least one stored parameter setting;

a receiver configured to receive said at least one valid parameter setting; and

a memory configured to overwrite at least one stored parameter setting with said at least one received valid parameter setting, wherein said valid parameter setting is a network specific setting of said at least one network.

24. The system according to claim 23, wherein said at least one network is configured to retrieve said at least one valid parameter setting from a centralized parameter setting server.

25. The system according to claim 23, wherein the request is included in a presence update.

26. The system according to claim 23, wherein the system is a third generation mobile communication system.

27. An apparatus, comprising:

means for monitoring at least one stored parameter setting of the apparatus;

means for causing selective transmission of a request from the apparatus to an operator network for at least one valid parameter setting for accessing one or more services of the operator network responsive to a change in one or more of said at least one stored parameter setting;

means for receiving said at least one valid parameter setting; and

means for causing overwriting of at least one stored parameter setting with said at least one received valid parameter setting.

28. A tangible computer readable medium storing a computer program, the computer program being configured to control a processor to perform:

monitoring at least one stored parameter setting of a user equipment;

causing selective transmission of a request from the user equipment to an operator network for at least one valid parameter setting for accessing one or more services of the operator network responsive to a change in one or more of said at least one stored parameter setting;

receiving said at least one valid parameter setting; and

causing overwriting of at least one stored parameter setting with said at least one received valid parameter setting.