Remotely configuring mobile telephone software based on subscription

• US 8,725,134 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2013
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NQ Mobile Lux SA (Link Motion, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: NQ Mobile Lux SA (Link Motion, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zou, Shihong, Lin, Yu, Shi, Wenyong
• Primary Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US13/758,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4144, 455/415, 455418-420, 455423-425, 455/434, 455/466, 455/514, 455/517, 455/550.1, 455/556.2, 455560-561, 455410-411, 455/557, 717733-734, 717740-742, 717748-749, 717168-178, 709/203, 709217-219, 709221-222, 707/638, 707640-641, 707644-647, 707/695, 711161-162
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method, which is convenient to subscribe, configure and move mobile telephone software service, focuses on user. It regards all kinds of mobile telephone service software as the carrier of the service. A user'"'"'s mobile telephone stores user description information and service description information related of the mobile telephone in service management platform after installing and starting a mobile telephone service. The user logs on the service management platform through access equipment, and subscribes mobile telephone service modality and all kinds of function available after identity authorization. The user can configure service parameters through access equipment, downloads the mobile telephone service software or service description information from service management platform, and installs them to user'"'"'s mobile telephone after subscription or configuration operation. The user can log on the service management platform through new mobile telephone when the mobile telephone is updated. All mobile telephone service and service description information used in the original mobile telephone can be moved to the new mobile telephone selectively or as a whole after identity authorization. It is convenient to update, subscribe and configure individualization mobile telephone service software.

Claims

1. A method of moving mobile telephone service software from a first mobile telephone of the user to a second mobile telephone of the user, the method comprising:

receiving, at a service management platform, a request to move mobile telephone service software from the first mobile telephone to the second mobile telephone, wherein the request is sent by the second mobile telephone after identity authorization;

sending, by the service management platform to the second mobile telephone, a list of all mobile telephone service software owned by the first mobile telephone in response to the request;

receiving, from the second mobile telephone, a selection of a selected mobile telephone service software to be transferred from the list;

initiating, at the service management platform, a transfer of the selected mobile telephone service software from a software service provider to the second mobile telephone; and

updating, at the service management platform, user description information associated with the first and second mobile telephones.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the transfer comprises the service management platform providing to the second mobile telephone a link to download the software service from the software service provider.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising sending a PUSH message including the link to download the software service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises an activation code associated with service description information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring a bundle of data associated with the mobile telephone service software to the second mobile telephone.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the bundle of data includes an end user license agreement.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving a request for the transfer of the selected mobile telephone service software from the software service provider to the second mobile telephone.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving notification from the second mobile telephone that the software service is installed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein updating the user description information occurs after receiving the notification.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising validating the software service.

11. A system for moving mobile telephone service software from a first mobile telephone of the user to a second mobile telephone of the user, the system comprising:

a service management platform in communication with the second mobile telephone and further in communication with a software service provider, the service management platform configured to receive a request to move mobile telephone service software from the first mobile telephone to the second mobile telephone, wherein the request is sent by the second mobile telephone after identity authorization;

to send to the second mobile telephone a list of all mobile telephone service software owned by the first mobile telephone in response to the request;

to receive from the second mobile telephone a selection of a selected mobile telephone service software to be moved from the list;

to initiate a transfer of the selected mobile telephone service software from the software service provider to the second mobile telephone, and to update user description information associated with the first and second mobile telephones.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a database to store service description information and the user description information.