Method for terminal configuration and management and terminal device

• US 8,438,616 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2011
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2008
• 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: Chai, Xiaoqian, Tian, Linyi
• Primary Examiner(s): FLYNN, NATHAN J
• Application Number:
  US13/253,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration

Abstract

A method for terminal configuration and management includes: acquiring a configuration file, where the configuration file includes server account information; configuring the server account information in the acquired configuration file onto a Device Management Tree (DMT) of a terminal; based on the server account information, establishing a management session between the terminal and the server, and performing management and subsequent configuration on the terminal during the session. A corresponding terminal device and a corresponding system are also provided. Through the method, the terminal can determine, according to protocol version information supported by or corresponding to the corresponding server and carried in a configuration packet, a protocol that should be used for communication with a server, and perform configuration according to the correct protocol version, thus improving the operation efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for terminal configuration and management, the method comprising:

configuring a Device Management (DM) server account on a terminal, wherein the DM server account comprises an identifier of a DM server and authentication information for the DM server, wherein the authentication information for the DM server is used for authenticating the DM server in a unidirectional way;

generating, by the DM server based on a DM Protocol, a configuration message including the identifier of the DM server, the authentication information for the DM server, a DM management command, and a target configuration value corresponding to a management object comprising a management node, and

wherein the target configuration value is generated by;

sequencing the management object and providing a virtual path to the sequenced management object, wherein the virtual path corresponds to the management object on a Device Management Tree (DMT) on the terminal, and wherein the virtual path is operable to instruct the terminal to determine a basic path on the DMT and to execute the DM management command on the management node corresponding to the target configuration value;

receiving, by the terminal through a broadcast channel, the configuration message generated by the DM server, wherein the configuration message is used for parameter configuration or management;

extracting, by the terminal, the authentication information for the DM server from the DM server account according to the identifier of the DM server, and authenticating the received configuration message by using the authentication information; and

if the authentication succeeds, determining, by the terminal, according to the identifier of the DM server, an access control right of the DM server to the management node corresponding to the target configuration value in the received configuration message, and executing, by the terminal, based on the access control right, the DM management command carried in the received configuration message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration message further comprises a used protocol version, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal according to the used protocol version information carried in the configuration message, whether the terminal supports the configuration message, and if the terminal supports the configuration message, authenticating the configuration message.

3. A system for terminal configuration and management, the system comprising:

a Device Management (DM) server, configured to generate a configuration message based on a DM Protocol, wherein the configuration message includes an identifier of the DM server, authentication information for the DM server, a DM management command, and a target configuration message corresponding to a management object comprising a management node, and wherein the authentication information for the DM server is used for authenticating the DM server in a unidirectional way, and wherein the target configuration value is generated by sequencing the management object and providing a virtual path to the sequenced management object, wherein the virtual path corresponds to the management object on the Device Management Tree (DMT) on a terminal, and wherein the virtual path is operable to instruct the terminal to determine a basic path on the DMT and to execute the DM management command on the management node corresponding to the target configuration value;

a broadcast client, configured to receive the configuration message delivered through a broadcast channel, identify the received configuration message according to a type of configuration message, and forward the received configuration message to a DM client of the terminal; and

the DM client of the terminal, configured to authenticate the DM server according to the identifier of the DM server carried in the configuration message by using the authentication information, determine, according to the identifier of the DM server, an access control right of the DM server to the management node corresponding to the target configuration value in the configuration message, and execute, based on the access control right, the DM management command carried in the configuration message.

4. A method for terminal configuration and management, the method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal through a broadcast channel, a configuration message generated by a Device Management (DM) server, wherein the configuration message includes an identifier of the DM server, an authentication information for the DM server, a management command and a target configuration value;

extracting, by the terminal, the authentication information from an account for the DM server according to the identifier of the DM server;

authenticating the received configuration message by using the extracted authentication information;

if the authentication succeeds, determining, by the terminal, according to the identifier of the DM server, an access control right of the DM server to a management node corresponding to the target configuration value in the received configuration message, and execute, based on the access control right, the management command carried in the received configuration message;

wherein the terminal has been configured with the account for the DM server, and the account for the DM server comprises the identifier of the DM server, the authentication information for the DM server; and

wherein the terminal uses the received configuration message for parameter configuration or management corresponding to a management object, wherein the management object is sequenced by the DM server, and a virtual path to the sequenced management object is provided, wherein the virtual path corresponds to the management object on a Device Management Tree (DMT) on the terminal and is used to instruct the terminal to determine a basic path on the DMT and execute the management command.

5. A terminal, comprising a tangible non-transient computer-readable medium and a processor for executing instructions stored on the computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive, through a broadcast channel, a configuration message generated by a Device Management (DM) server, wherein the received configuration message includes an identifier of the DM server, an authentication information for the DM server, a management command and a target configuration value;

extract the authentication information from an account for the DM server according to the identifier of the DM server;

authenticate the received configuration message by using the extracted authentication information;

if the authentication succeeds, determine according to the identifier of the DM server, an access control right of the DM server to a management node corresponding to the target configuration value in the received configuration message, and executing, by the terminal, based on the access control right, the management command carried in the received configuration message;

wherein the terminal has been configured with the account for the DM server, and the account for the DM server comprises the identifier of the DM server, the authentication information for the DM server; and

wherein the terminal uses the received configuration message for parameter configuration or management corresponding to a management object, the management object is sequenced by the DM server, and a virtual path to the sequenced management object is provided, wherein the virtual path corresponds to the management object on a Device Management Tree (DMT) on the terminal and is used to instruct the terminal to determine a basic path on the DMT and execute the management command.