Multi-step mobile device initiation with intermediate partial reset

• US 9,439,025 B1
• Filed: 08/06/2015
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Ghoshal, Jagannath, Sumler, John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rampuria, Sharad
• Application Number:
  US14/820,522
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• Field of Search: 707/708, 707/755, 707/771, 455418-420
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A mobile communications device. The device comprises a memory, a processor; and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, receives a software payload from a provider, parses the software payload into nodes, accesses the first set of files according to a first set of nodes, changes at least one value within the first set of files, accesses the second set of files according to a second set of nodes, and reconfigures the second set of files, without altering the first set of files.

Claims

1. A method for reconfiguring a mobile device, comprising:

receiving, in a non-transitory memory of the mobile device, a software payload from a server at a provider, wherein the non-transitory memory comprises a set of files having reusable data;

parsing, by the mobile device, the software payload for a plurality of nodes, wherein the nodes are at least one of software packages or individual parameters stored within the software payload that are defined by the provider and associated with reconfiguring the mobile device;

accessing, by the mobile device, the set of files in the non-transitory memory based on a set of nodes of the plurality of nodes; and

partially resetting, by the mobile device, the mobile device to factory default setting within the set of files by changing a value associated with the reusable data, wherein partially resetting occurs without reinstalling the set of files.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the software payload comprises an extensible markup language file from the server at the provider.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein parsing the software payload comprises selectively executing a portion of the plurality of nodes.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing, by the mobile device, a second set of files associated with a second set of nodes of the plurality of nodes, wherein accessing the second set of files associated with the second set of nodes comprises accessing application files that are preloaded on at least one of a user partition or a carrier partition of a memory on the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

changing, by the mobile device, at least one value within the second set of files for use on a telecommunication network of the provider;

preserving, by the mobile device, the second set of files for use with the telecommunications network of the provider; and

accessing, by the mobile device, the telecommunications network based on at least the first set of files, the second set of files, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the at least one value within the set of files comprises altering a default or factory reset indicator within the set of files.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein altering a default or factory reset indicator within the set of files comprises reconfiguring a cached client identification or a user identification stored on the non-transitory memory for use with a new provider software.

8. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a non-transitory memory comprising a set of files having reusable data;

a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory; and

an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, upon execution by the processor, configures the processor to;

receive a software payload from a server at a provider,

parse the software payload for a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of software packages or individual parameters within the software payload that are defined by the provider and associated with reconfiguration of the mobile device,

accesses the set of files based on a set of nodes of the plurality of nodes,

change at least one value within the set of files via the set of nodes, wherein the at least one value is associated with the reusable data, and

partially reset the mobile device to factory default setting based on change of the at least one value in the set of files, wherein partial reset occurs without reinstallation of the set of files.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the application further configures the processor to access a second set of files stored on the mobile device based on a second set of nodes of the plurality of nodes and reconfigure the second set of files to a factory default setting by use of the second set of nodes.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the software payload comprises an extensible markup language.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the set of files is stored on a user partition of the non-transitory memory and the second set of files is stored on a carrier partition of the memory, and wherein the second set of files is associated with a provider identification and a user identification.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the application further configures the processor to selectively identify files on at least one of the carrier partition or the user partition according to at least some of the plurality of nodes.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the application further configures the processor to identify application files that have a cached client identification, a user identification, or any combination thereof.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein change of the at least one value within the set of files preserves at least a cached client identification or a user identification without a reset of the entire mobile device.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the application further configures the processor to partially reconfigure the mobile device for use with a telecommunication network of the provider, wherein the provider of the telecommunication network is different from a previous provider used by the mobile device.

16. A method for partially resetting applications on a mobile device, comprising:

parsing, by the mobile device, a software payload for a plurality of nodes, wherein the nodes are at least one of software packages or individual parameters stored within the software payload that are defined by a new provider, and wherein the mobile device comprises a non-transitory memory that stores the software payload;

accessing, by the mobile device, a set of application files associated with a set of nodes of the plurality of nodes, wherein the set of application files are stored in the non-transitory memory;

changing, by the mobile device, at least one value within the set of application files that is associated with the reusable data based on the set of nodes;

partially resetting, by the mobile device, the mobile device to factory default setting in the set of application files based on the changing of the at least one value, wherein partially resetting occurs without reinstallation of the set of application files; and

accessing, by the mobile device, a telecommunications network without a reset of the entire mobile device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

accessing, by the mobile device, a second set of application files associated with a second set of nodes of the plurality of nodes; and

changing, by the mobile device, at least one value within the second set of application files based on the second set of nodes, wherein the set of application files are maintained on the mobile device subsequent changing the at least one value within the first set of application files.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein accessing the set of application files comprises identifying application files that have a client identification or a user identification.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein changing at least one value within the set of files preserves the client identification or user identification on the mobile device.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein changing at least one value within the set of application files further comprises altering a reset indicator.