System and method for registration of an agent to process management object updates

• US 9,882,769 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2008
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Ferrazzini, Axel, Shenfield, Michael, Godfrey, James Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Mofiz, Apu
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLLAND, SHERYL L
• Application Number:
  US12/188,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20100037238A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,462 Days
• Field of Search: 707613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0869 Validating the configuration within one network element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method is disclosed for providing an updated management object to an agent. The method includes the agent specifying the updated management object, and a device management client providing the updated management object.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

an agent on the mobile device;

an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) client on the mobile device; and

a processor configured to execute the agent and the OMA DM client that is configured for;

receiving, at the OMA DM client, a registration command from said agent, the registration command specifying a Management Object (MO) associated with said agent and managed by the DM client, wherein the agent is configured to operate according to the MO specified in the registration command, and wherein the registration command further indicates a request by the agent to be notified when an updated version of the MO becomes available;

responsive to an update to the MO, sending from the OMA DM client to the agent, a notification regarding the updated MO;

initiating an update to a configuration of the agent such that the agent operates according to the updated MO;

initiating the update to the configuration upon receiving, at the OMA DM client from the agent, a retrieve command responsive to the notification, the retrieve command specifying the updated MO and access rights possessed by the agent and the agent'"'"'s identity;

determining whether the access rights specified in the retrieve command authorize the agent to gain access to the MO; and

communicating, from the OMA DM client to the agent, the updated MO responsive to determining that the agent is authorized to access the MO.

2. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions which cause execution of a method implemented in a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving, at an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) client on the mobile device, a registration command from an agent on the mobile device that is executing the OMA DM client, the registration command specifying a Management Object (MO) associated with the agent and managed by the DM client, wherein the agent is configured to operate according to the MO specified in the registration command, and wherein the registration message further indicates a request by the agent to be notified when an updated version of the MO becomes available;

determining whether the agent is authorized to gain access to the MO;

responsive to an update to the MO, sending from the OMA DM client to the agent, a notification regarding the updated MO, wherein the notification is only sent if it is determined that the agent is authorized to receive the update; and

initiating an update to a configuration of the agent such that the agent operates according to the updated MO.

3. A method implemented in a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving, at an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) client executing on the mobile device, a registration command from an agent on the mobile device, the registration command specifying a Management Object (MO) associated with the agent and managed by the DM client, wherein the agent is configured to operate according to the MO specified in the registration command, and wherein the registration message further specifies a request by the agent to be notified when an updated version of the MO becomes available;

determining whether the agent is authorized to gain access to the MO;

responsive to an update to the MO, sending from the OMA DM client to the agent, a notification regarding the updated MO, wherein the notification is only sent if it is determined that the agent is authorized to receive the update; and

initiating an update to a configuration of the agent such that the agent operates according to the updated MO.