Segmented customization payload delivery

• US 9,143,924 B1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Abou-El-Ella, Hassan, Sumner, Bret D.
• Primary Examiner(s): CAI, WAYNE HUU
• Application Number:
  US14/010,518
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/419, 370/473, 370478-479
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method of sending a customization payload to a mobile communication device comprises identifying, by the mobile communication device, the bandwidth of a bearer channel, wherein the bearer channel provides a connection between the mobile communication device and a server, sending, from the mobile communication device to the server, an alert string selected based upon the identifying, and receiving, by the mobile communication device, a customization payload identified based on the alert string, wherein the customization payload is received from the server.

Claims

1. A method of sending a customization payload to a mobile communication device, comprising:

identifying, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device, a bandwidth of a bearer channel, wherein the bearer channel provides a connection between the mobile communication device and a server;

creating, by the application, based upon the identified bandwidth, an alert string;

sending, from the application to the server, the alert string;

receiving, by the application from the server over the bearer channel when the mobile communication device is connected to the bearer channel, a first customization payload associated with the alert string, wherein the first customization payload is a portion of a customization package, and wherein the first customization payload comprises customization information to establish a basic operation of the mobile communication device;

performing the basic operation of the mobile communication device based on receiving the first customization payload;

establishing a second connection between the mobile communication device and the server over a second bearer channel after performing the basic operation of the mobile communication device;

selecting, by the application, a second alert string, wherein the second alert string is selected based on at least one of identifying received portions of the customization package or the bandwidth of a second bearer channel;

sending, by the application to a server, the second alert string; and

receiving, by the application from the server over the second bearer channel, a second customization payload based on the second alert string, wherein the second customization payload is at least a second portion of the customization package.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first customization payload is identified from a plurality of customization payloads each comprising different sized portions of the customization package.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein an alert string selected for a bearer channel with less bandwidth identifies a customization payload comprising a portion of the customization package that is smaller than the portion of the customization package contained in a customization payload identified based on an alert string selected for a bearer channel of greater bandwidth.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert string is selected from a plurality of alert strings, wherein different alert strings are configured to request different sized customization payloads.

6. A method of intelligently sending a customization payload to a mobile communication device, comprising:

identifying, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device, a plurality of markers created by a customization application;

identifying, by the application, a plurality of received portions of a customization package based on the identified plurality of markers created by the customization application;

selecting, by the application, an alert string from a plurality of alert strings based on the plurality of received portions of the customization package, wherein each alert string of the plurality of alert strings is configured to request different sized customization payloads;

sending, from the application to a server, the alert string;

receiving, by the application over a bearer channel from the server when the mobile communication device is connected to the bearer channel, a first customization payload selected based on the alert string, wherein the first customization payload comprises customization information to establish at least a basic operation of the mobile communication device;

performing at least the basic operation of the mobile communication device;

establishing a second connection between the mobile communication device and the server over a second bearer channel;

selecting, by the application, a second alert string, wherein the second alert string is selected based on at least one of identifying received portions of the customization package or the bandwidth of a second bearer channel;

sending, by the application to a server, the second alert string; and

receiving, by the application from the server over the second bearer channel, and a second customization payload based on the second alert string, wherein the second customization payload is at least a second portion of the customization package.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the customization application is a Device Self Service (DSS) application.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the server is an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) server.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the alert string is configured to request non-received portions of the customization package.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the first customization payload comprises non-received portions of the customization package.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the server is configured to access a plurality of customization payloads each comprising a different portion of the customization package.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first customization package comprises at least one of power-on video animations, power-off video animations, wallpaper, a ringtone, a link to an application store, a short code or phone number of customer care center, a short code or phone number of voice mail, one or more applications, one or more widgets, and one or more sets of instructions or programs that execute to complete rebranding, customizing, and/or provisioning the mobile communication device.

13. A method of intelligently sending a customization payload to a mobile communication device, comprising:

establishing a connection between a mobile communication device and a server over a first bearer channel;

selecting, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device, a first alert string, wherein the first alert string is selected based on at least one of identifying received portions of a customization package or identifying a bandwidth of the first bearer channel, and wherein the received portions of the customization package are identified based on markers identified by a customization application;

sending, by the application to the server, the first alert string;

receiving, by the application from the server, over the first bearer channel, a first customization payload based on the alert string, wherein the first customization payload comprises customization information to establish at least a basic operation of the mobile communication device;

performing at least the basic operation of the mobile communication device based on receiving the first customization payload;

establishing a second connection between the mobile communication device and the server over a second bearer channel after performing at least the basic operation of the mobile communication device;

selecting, by the application, a second alert string, wherein the second alert string is selected based on at least one of identifying received portions of the customization package or the bandwidth of a second bearer channel of the mobile communication device;

sending, by the application to a server, the second alert string; and

receiving, by the application from the server over the second bearer channel, a second customization payload based on the second alert string.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the server is an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) server.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first alert string is configured to request a portion of the customization package to be sent to the mobile communication device as the first customization payload.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the portion of the customization package comprises at least one of power-on video animations, power-off video animations, wallpaper, a ringtone, a link to an application store, a short code or phone number of customer care center, a short code or phone number of voice mail, one or more applications, one or more widgets, and one or more sets of instructions or programs that execute to complete rebranding, customizing, and/or provisioning the mobile communication device.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the customization application is Device Self Service (DSS).

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the first customization payload is identified in response to receiving the first alert string and is based on the first alert string received.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the first alert string is selected from a plurality of alert strings, wherein each alert string of the plurality of alert strings is configured to request a different portion of the customization package.