Over-the-air content management of wireless equipment in confined-coverage wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining, by a device comprising a processor, that a remote device to which the device is coupled is a confined-coverage access point device; and
in response to the determining, initiating, by the device, a communication session with the remote device to receive over-the-air content that has been downloaded to the confined-coverage access point device, prior to a coupling of the device with the confined-coverage access point device, from a network device based on classification data associated with the device, wherein the classification data is indicative of a classification of a relationship between the device and a subscriber account associated with the confined-coverage access point device.
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Abstract
Content of wireless equipment (WE) is managed over-the-air (OTA). Content is germane to feature(s) of the WE and is related to operation thereof. Management of the content is automatically implemented in response to attachment of the WE to a confined-coverage access point (AP). The WE and a network server enable, in part, such management. The confined-coverage AP enables exchange of signaling and data associated with management of the content amongst the WE and the network server. Content includes software (SW); management OTA of SW can include update of an in-use version of a SW application or related SW component(s). SW update signaling can comprise message(s) conveying a WE identifier and in-use version(s) of SW; request(s) for an update instruction; request(s) for at least one file associated with the SW; or message(s) indicative of availability of version(s) of SW newer than the in-use version(s).
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a device comprising a processor, that a remote device to which the device is coupled is a confined-coverage access point device; and in response to the determining, initiating, by the device, a communication session with the remote device to receive over-the-air content that has been downloaded to the confined-coverage access point device, prior to a coupling of the device with the confined-coverage access point device, from a network device based on classification data associated with the device, wherein the classification data is indicative of a classification of a relationship between the device and a subscriber account associated with the confined-coverage access point device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; determining that an access point device to which the device is coupled satisfies a confined-coverage criterion; and in response to the determining, initiating a communication session to receive content from the access point device, wherein the content has been stored in a data store accessible to the access point device prior to a coupling of the device with the access point device, and wherein the content has been stored in the data store based on relationship data indicative of a relationship between the device and a subscriber account of the access point device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
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determining that an access point device, to which a user equipment is coupled, is of a confined-coverage type; and in response to the determining, initiating a communication session between the user equipment and the access point device to facilitate a transmission of over-the-air content from the access point device to the user equipment, wherein the over-the-air content has been stored in a cache of the access point device prior to a coupling of the user equipment and the access point device, and wherein the content has been stored in cache based on classification data associated with the user equipment that is determined based on relationship data indicative of a relationship between the user equipment and subscriber data of the access point device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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