System and method for remotely triggering actions on a mobile device

• US 9,338,640 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Saino, Lorenzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US13/997,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20130260739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,603 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A method for selecting data from a first electronic device for a second electronic device. The second electronic device includes an authentication module and is arranged to receive messages over a communication bearer, and transfer a received message to the authentication module when determining from an indication in the received message that the message is intended for the authentication module. The method includes receiving from the first electronic device the selected data, retrieving one or more commands associated to the selected data, generating using the selected data and associated command(s) a triggering message, the triggering massage including an indication that the triggering message is intended for the authentication module of the second electronic device for triggering the command(s) for the selected data, and sending the triggering message over the communication bearer to the second electronic device, thereby causing the authentication module to trigger the command for the selected data.

Claims

1. A method of selecting data from a first electronic device for a second electronic device, the second electronic device comprising an identity module card and being arranged to receive messages over a communication bearer, and transfer a received message to the identity module card when determining from an indication in said received message that the received message is intended for said identity module card, the method comprising acts of:

receiving from the second electronic device an applet type available on the identity module card;

retrieving data selected on the first electronic device;

retrieving one or more commands associated to said selected data, the one or more retrieved commands corresponding to predefined commands supported by the identity module card of the second electronic device;

generating, based on the applet type available on the identity module card and using the selected data and the associated command(s) a triggering message, said triggering message comprising an indication that the triggering message is intended for the identity module card of the second electronic device and enabling a triggering of the corresponding predefined command(s) for said selected data by said identity module card; and

sending the triggering message over the communication bearer to the second electronic device, thereby causing the identity module card to trigger the corresponding predefined command(s) for the selected data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity module card of the second electronic device comprises an applet configured for interpreting the triggering message, the indication in the triggering message further being an indication that the triggering message is intended for said applet.

3. The method of the previous claim 2, wherein the communication bearer is a SMS bearer, the triggering message being a SMS, and the indication comprising a class parameter to define the SMS as a data download SMS.

4. The method of the previous claim 2, wherein the communication bearer is a data bearer, the indication comprising a port number for the applet.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected data is a data file, and the command a download command, the act of generating comprising:

storing the data file,

inserting in the new message a link to the stored file and the download command.

6. A mediation server for making data selected from a first electronic device available to a second electronic device, the second electronic device comprising an identity module card and being arranged to receive messages over a communication bearer, and transfer a received message to the identity module card when determining from an indication in said received message that the received message is intended for said identity module card, the mediation server being arranged to:

receive from the second electronic device an applet type available on the identity module card;

retrieve data selected on the first electronic device;

retrieve one or more commands associated to said selected data, the one or more retrieved commands corresponding to predefined commands supported by the identity module card of the second electronic device;

generate, based on the applet type available on the identity module card and using the selected data and the associated command(s) a triggering message, said triggering message comprising an indication that the triggering message is intended for the identity module card of the second electronic device and enabling triggering of the corresponding predefined command(s) for said selected data by said identity module card; and

send the triggering message over the communication bearer to the second electronic device, thereby causing the identity module card to trigger the corresponding predefined command(s) for the selected data.

7. A telecommunication system comprising:

a first electronic device available for selecting data;

a second electronic device comprising an identity module card and being arranged to receive messages over a communication bearer, and transfer a received message to the identity module card when determining from an indication in said received message that the received message is intended for said identity module card and

a mediation server being arranged to;

receive from the second electronic device an applet type available on the identity module card;

retrieve data selected on the first electronic device,

retrieve one or more commands associated to said selected data, the one or more retrieved commands corresponding to predefined commands supported by the identity module card of the second electronic device,

generate, based on the applet type available on the identity module card and using the selected data and associated command(s) a triggering message, said triggering message comprising an indication that the triggering message is intended for the identity module card of the second electronic device and enabling the triggering of the corresponding predefined command(s) for said selected data by said identity module card, and

send the triggering message over the communication bearer to the second electronic device, thereby causing the identity module card to trigger the corresponding predefined command(s) for the selected data.

8. A hardware computer readable medium including computer program instructions stored thereon that cause a computer to implement a method of selecting data from a first electronic device for a second electronic device when executed by the computer, the second electronic device comprising an identity module card and being arranged to receive messages over a communication bearer, and transfer a received message to the identity module card when determining from an indication in said received message that the received message is intended for said identity module card, wherein the method comprises:

receiving from the second electronic device an applet type available on the identity module card;

retrieving data selected on the first electronic device;

retrieving one or more commands associated to said selected data, the one or more retrieved commands corresponding to predefined commands supported by the identity module card of the second electronic device;

generating, based on the applet type available on the identity module card and using the selected data and associated command(s) a triggering message, said triggering message comprising an indication that the triggering message is intended for the identity module card of the second electronic device and enabling a triggering of the corresponding predefined command(s) for said selected data by said identity module card; and

sending the triggering message over the communication bearer to the second electronic device, thereby causing the identity module card to trigger the corresponding predefined command(s) for the selected data.