Method and apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management

• US 8,434,094 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Issued: 04/30/2013
• 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): Ho, Andy
• Assistant Examiner(s): DORAIS, CRAIG C
• Application Number:
  US12/004,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20080163262A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 719/313
• 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 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. An apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management, being applicable to a terminal device, wherein the apparatus comprises a non-transient computer readable medium with computer executable instructions, that when executed in the apparatus cause the apparatus to perform the following:

receive from a device management server a first predetermined operation for reporting information to the device management server, and the first predetermined operation is based on a trigger condition and is executed by the terminal device when the trigger condition is satisfied,

receive a second predetermined operation based on the trigger condition and an identifier of the second predetermined operation sent by the device management server and store the identifier of the received second predetermined operation into the Trap management object, and the second predetermined operation into the management tree outside of the Trap management object based on the trigger condition into a storing module;

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

obtain the identifier from the Trap management object and the second predetermined operation corresponding to the identifier from the management tree of the terminal device and execute the second predetermined operation from the storing module according to a received notification.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the computer executable instructions when executed in the apparatus cause the apparatus to further perform the following:

store the second predetermined operation and the trigger condition.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the computer executable instructions when executed in the apparatus cause the apparatus to further perform the following:

store the first predetermined operation based on the trigger condition into the storing module;

store the first predetermined operation; and

obtain the first predetermined operation from the storing module and execute the obtained first predetermined operation according to a received notification.

4. 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, wherein the terminal device receives a first predetermined operation sent by a device management server for reporting information to the device management server, and the first predetermined operation is based on a trigger condition and is executed by the terminal device when the trigger condition is satisfied, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, a second predetermined operation based on the trigger condition and an identifier of the second predetermined operation;

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

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

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein

the identifier of the second predetermined operation comprises a path name of an executable script file for the received second predetermined operation;

and

the obtaining of the identifier from the Trap management object and the second predetermined operation corresponding to the identifier from the management tree of the terminal device and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the path name of the executable script file from the leaf node and executing the script file directed by the path name so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein

the identifier of the second predetermined operation comprises a uniform resource identifier of the second predetermined operation;

and

the obtaining of the identifier from the Trap management object and the second predetermined operation corresponding to the identifier from the management tree of the terminal device and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

reading the uniform resource identifier from the leaf node and obtaining a management object corresponding to the uniform resource identifier from the management tree of the terminal device, and executing an operation of the management object so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein

the identifier of the second predetermined operation comprises a unique predetermined operation identifier of the second predetermined operation;

and

the obtaining of the identifier from the Trap management object and the second predetermined operation corresponding to the identifier from the management tree of the terminal device and executing the second predetermined operation comprises;

obtaining the unique predetermined operation identifier from the leaf node and executing an operation directed by the unique predetermined operation identifier so as to execute the second predetermined operation.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein the second predetermined operation comprises maintenance processing to be implemented.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the maintenance processing comprises at least one of failure repair and data backup for the terminal device.

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

11. The method according to claim 4, wherein the first predetermined operation comprises reporting at least one of diagnostic and fault information of the terminal device to a device management server.

12. The method according to claim 4, wherein the trigger condition comprises event trigger condition and time trigger condition.