System and method for controlling configuration settings for mobile communication devices and services
First Claim
1. A method for implementing an administration policy in a user device comprising a plurality of applications in a runtime environment within the user device;
- wherein the administration policy comprises at least one of at least one application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications in the runtime environment or at least one runtime environment administration policy for the runtime environment;
wherein the at least one application administration policy is used to provide management of at least one application of the plurality of applications within the runtime environment; and
wherein the at least one runtime environment administration policy is used to manage administration of the runtime environment within the user device;
the method comprising;
receiving an application administration policy request signal from the at least one application, the application administration policy request signal including an indication of an application-specific policy to use;
providing the indicated application-specific application administration policy to the at least one application; and
storing the administration policy in an administration policy database, the administration policy database comprising an application administration policy database that is distinct from a runtime environment administration policy database;
wherein the at least one application-specific application administration policy controls how at least one setting of the at least one application may be user-configurable, andwherein the application administration policy database is for storing the at least one application administration policy, and the runtime environment administration policy database is for storing the at least one environment administration policy.
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Abstract
A method for implementing policy settings in a user device comprising a plurality of applications, wherein the policy settings comprise at least one application policy setting for managing at least one of the plurality of applications and at least one client policy setting for managing the user device, the method comprising determining a set of policy settings for the user device, providing an update of the policy settings and causing implementation of the policy settings by the user device, to control management of the at least one of the plurality of applications and management of the user device.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for implementing an administration policy in a user device comprising a plurality of applications in a runtime environment within the user device;
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wherein the administration policy comprises at least one of at least one application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications in the runtime environment or at least one runtime environment administration policy for the runtime environment; wherein the at least one application administration policy is used to provide management of at least one application of the plurality of applications within the runtime environment; and wherein the at least one runtime environment administration policy is used to manage administration of the runtime environment within the user device; the method comprising; receiving an application administration policy request signal from the at least one application, the application administration policy request signal including an indication of an application-specific policy to use; providing the indicated application-specific application administration policy to the at least one application; and storing the administration policy in an administration policy database, the administration policy database comprising an application administration policy database that is distinct from a runtime environment administration policy database; wherein the at least one application-specific application administration policy controls how at least one setting of the at least one application may be user-configurable, and wherein the application administration policy database is for storing the at least one application administration policy, and the runtime environment administration policy database is for storing the at least one environment administration policy. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. A method for implementing an administration policy in a user device comprising a plurality of applications in a runtime environment within the user device;
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wherein the administration policy comprises at least one of at least one application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications in the runtime environment or at least one runtime environment administration policy for the runtime environment; wherein the at least one application administration policy is used to provide management of at least one application of the plurality of applications within the runtime environment; and wherein the at least one runtime environment administration policy is used to manage administration of the runtime environment within the user device; the method comprising; receiving an application administration policy request signal from the at least one application, the application administration policy request signal including an indication of an application-specific policy to use; and providing the indicated application-specific application administration policy to the at least one application; wherein the at least one application-specific application administration policy controls how at least one setting of the at least one application may be user-configurable, and wherein there are at least two different application administration policies, and at least one of the at least two application administration policies is implementable for a first set of at least one application concurrently with implementation of at least one different application administration policy for a second set of at least one application different from the first set.
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3. A method for implementing an administration policy in a user device comprising a plurality of applications in a runtime environment within the user device;
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wherein the administration policy comprises at least one of at least one application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications in the runtime environment or at least one runtime environment administration policy for the runtime environment; wherein the at least one application administration policy is used to provide management of at least one application of the plurality of applications within the runtime environment; and wherein the at least one runtime environment administration policy is used to manage administration of the runtime environment within the user device; the method comprising; receiving an application administration policy request signal from the at least one application, the application administration policy request signal including an indication of an application-specific policy to use; and providing the indicated application-specific application administration policy to the at least one application; wherein the at least one application-specific application administration policy controls how at least one setting of the at least one application may be user-confiqurable, and wherein the at least one application administration policy is to be used by two or more applications in the runtime environment, and the at least one application administration policy provides common management of the two or more applications.
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10. A non-transitory computer readable memory for implementing an administration policy in a user device, the user device comprising a plurality of applications in a runtime environment within the user device,
wherein the administration policy comprises at least one of at least one application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications in the runtime environment or at least one runtime environment administration policy for the runtime environment; -
wherein the at least one application administration policy is used to provide management of at least one application of the plurality of applications within the runtime environment; and wherein the at least one runtime environment administration policy is used to manage administration of the runtime environment within the user device; the computer readable memory comprising a plurality of instructions which when executed by at least one data processor, cause the at least one data processor to; receive an application administration policy request signal from the at least one application, the application administration policy request signal including an indication of an application-specific policy to use; provide the indicated application-specific application administration policy to the at least one application; and store the administration policy in an administration policy database, the administration policy database comprising an application administration policy database that is distinct from a runtime environment administration policy database wherein the at least one application-specific application administration policy controls how at least one setting of the at least one application may be user-configurable, and wherein the application administration policy database is for storing the at least one application administration policy, and the runtime environment administration policy database is for storing the at least one environment administration policy. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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11. A method for implementing policy settings in a user device comprising a plurality of applications;
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wherein the policy settings comprise at least one application policy setting for managing at least one of the plurality of applications and at least one client policy setting for managing the user device; the method comprising; determining a set of policy settings for the user device; providing an update of the policy settings; storing the policy settings in a policy database, the policy database comprising an application policy database that is distinct from a client policy database; and causing implementation of the policy settings by the user device, to control management of the at least one of the plurality of applications and management of the user device, wherein at least one of the policy settings controls how at least one setting of the at least one of the plurality of applications may be user-configurable, and wherein the application policy database is for storing the at least one application policy setting, and the client policy database is for storing the at least one client policy setting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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14. A method for implementing policy settings in a user device comprising a plurality of applications;
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wherein the policy settings comprise at least one application policy setting for managing at least one of the plurality of applications and at least one client policy setting for managing the user device; the method comprising; determining a set of policy settings for the user device; providing an update of the policy settings; and causing implementation of the policy settings by the user device, to control management of the at least one of the plurality of applications and management of the user device, wherein at least one of the policy settings controls how at least one setting of the at least one of the plurality of applications may be user-configurable, and wherein the policy settings comprise at least two different application policy settings concurrently implementable for management of at least two different applications, respectively.
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15. A method for implementing policy settings in a user device comprising a plurality of applications;
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wherein the policy settings comprise at least one application policy setting for managing at least one of the plurality of applications and at least one client policy setting for managing the user device; the method comprising; determining a set of policy settings for the user device; providing an update of the policy settings; and causing implementation of the policy settings by the user device, to control management of the at least one of the plurality of applications and management of the user device, wherein at least one of the policy settings controls how at least one setting of the at least one of the plurality of applications may be user-configurable, and wherein the policy settings comprise at least one application policy setting for common management of two or more applications.
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20. A non-transitory computer readable memory for implementing policy settings in a user device, the user device comprising a plurality of applications, wherein the policy settings comprise at least one application policy setting for managing at least one of the plurality of applications and at least one client policy setting for managing the user device;
the computer readable memory comprising a plurality of instructions which when executed by at least one data processor cause the at least one data processor to; determine a set of policy settings for the user device; provide an update of the policy settings; store the policy settings in a policy database, the policy database comprising an application policy database that is distinct from a client policy database; and cause implementation of the policy settings by the user device, to control management of the at least one of the plurality of applications and management of the user device, wherein at least one of the policy settings controls how at least one setting of the at least one of the plurality of applications may be user-configurable, and wherein the application policy database is for storing the at least one application policy setting, and the client policy database is for storing the at least one client policy setting. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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