Delivery of oversized branding elements for customization

• US 9,301,081 B1
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Indurkar, Dhananjay, Callan, Jeffrey S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Poon, King
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peren, Vincent
• Application Number:
  US14/073,321
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user

Abstract

A mobile communication device. The device comprises a radio transceiver to communicatively couple the mobile communication device to a radio access network by a wireless communication link and a service pack. The device further comprises an application, as a component of the service pack, stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor at initial setup of the mobile communication device, determines whether a customization package exists on the mobile communication device, and if no customization package is present on the mobile communication device, selects a customization package from a pool of customization packages on a server based on predefined rules and downloads the selected customization package to the mobile communication device through any available communication link, wherein at least part of the selected customization package is downloaded through an alternative communication link other than an activation channel when the selected customization package is oversized for the activation channel.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a radio transceiver to communicatively couple the mobile communication device to a radio access network by a wireless communication link;

a non-transitory memory;

a processor;

a service pack; and

an application, as a component of the service pack, stored in the non-transitory memory and executed on the processor, that, upon starting an initial network setup of the mobile communication device via an activation channel of the wireless communication link to the radio access network;

determines whether a customization package exists on the mobile communication device,

in response to a determination that no customization package is present on the mobile communication device;

selects, based on predefined rules, a customization package from a pool of customization packages on a network server,

based on the customization package selected, determines that a size of the customization package exceeds a threshold associated with a capacity of the activation channel, and

responsive to the determination that the size exceeds the threshold, downloads at least part of the selected customization package to the mobile communication device through an alternative communication link other than the activation channel, wherein the download via the alternative communication link does not implement open mobile alliance device management protocol, and wherein the customization package is downloaded before completion of the initial network setup of the mobile communication device,

finds relevant components in the customization package,

installs the relevant components in the memory, and

utilizes the relevant components.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the customization package is selected based on a credit card number associated with a user of the mobile communication device and a mobile equipment identifier of the mobile communication device.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the customization package is selected based on a model of the mobile communication device.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the customization package is selected based on a mandate of a customization package for employees of a company.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the customization package comprises brand configuration and brand experience.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 5, wherein the brand experience comprises wallpapers and branded applications.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 6, wherein the branded applications differ from applications for other brands in appearance and/or features.

8. A method of delivering oversized branding elements for customization on a mobile communication device, comprising:

in response to starting an initial network setup of the mobile communication device via an activation channel of a wireless communication link to a radio access network, determining, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device and executed on a processor of the mobile communication device, whether a customization package already exists on the mobile communication device;

in response to determining that no customization package exists on the mobile communication device;

selecting, by the application based on predefined rules, a customization package from a pool of customization packages,

based on selecting the customization package, determining that a size of the customization package exceeds a threshold associated with a capacity of the activation channel, and

responsive to the determination that the size exceeds the threshold, downloading, by the application, at least part of the selected customization package to a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device through an alternative communication link other than the activation channel, wherein downloading via the alternative communication link does not implement open mobile alliance device management protocol, and wherein the customization package is downloaded before completion of the initial network setup of the mobile communication device;

finding relevant components in the customization package;

installing the relevant components in the memory; and

utilizing the relevant components.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the customization package downloaded to the mobile communication device comprises brand experience and brand configuration, which comprises operator name and network values.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the brand experience comprises brand experience elements including wallpapers and branded application, wherein a size of the brand experience elements exceeds the threshold associated with the capacity of the activation channel, and wherein a payload of the brand experience elements is broken down into segments and delivered through a side path that is not the activation channel.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the customization package is selected based on a model of the mobile communication device, a mobile equipment identifier, a wireless communication services provider, or a language association.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the customization package is downloaded over the alternative communication link without interruption of a user associated with the mobile communication device.

13. A method of delivering oversized branding elements for customization on a mobile communication device, comprising:

examining the mobile equipment identifier (MEID) of the mobile communication device to determine a model of the mobile communication device and an original equipment manufacturer;

determining a brand of the mobile communication device and a subsidy status of the mobile communication device;

examining a purchase history associated with the mobile communication device;

in response to starting an initial network setup of the mobile communication device via an activation channel of a wireless communication link to a radio access network, determining, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device and executed on a processor of the mobile communication device, whether a customization package already exists on the mobile communication device;

in response to determining that no customization package exists on the mobile communication device;

selecting, by the application from a pool of customization packages on a database, a customization package based on predefined rules, the brand, the subsidy status, and the purchase history associated with the mobile communication device, wherein the customization package comprises visual elements, and

downloading, by the application, at least part of the selected customization package to the mobile communication device through an alternative communication link other than the activation channel, wherein the download via the alternative communication link does not implement open mobile alliance device management protocol, and wherein the customization package is downloaded before completion of the initial network setup of the mobile communication device;

installing the selected customization package to the mobile communication device; and

utilizing, based on installation of the customization package, visual elements on the mobile communication device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

prior to installing the selected customization package, determining, by executing the application, that download of the selected customization stopped, and

automatically resuming, by executing the application, download of the selected customization package where the download of the selected customization package stopped.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein visual elements of the selected customization package comprise skin data and a themed application that correspond with a physical cover of the mobile communication device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the skin data is included as a visual element with the selected customization package based on the purchase history, wherein the purchase history includes information about at least one of a model of the mobile communication device or accessories and applications purchased with the mobile communication device.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the customization package comprises information that is indexed according to index numbers, and further comprising identifying, based on index numbers, that information is missing from the customization package, and downloading, by the application, the information that is missing from the customization package on the mobile communication device.