Enhanced device management for a mobile device

• US 20070259633A1
• Filed: 05/02/2007
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Rao, Bindu Rama
• Granted Patent: US 7,925,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/130
• 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 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A system and electronic device supporting wireless deployment of communication services to a plurality of electronic devices.

Claims

1. A handheld electronic device comprising:

at least one non-volatile memory having stored therein one or both of firmware and software;

at least one processor operably coupled to the non-volatile memory, wherein the at least one processor, during operation, at least;

stores operating status information of the handheld electronic device as a sub-node of a standards-defined device management object in a device management tree in the non-volatile memory;

wirelessly receives, from at least one remote server via a communication network, a request for the operating status information, the request communicated according to a device management protocol standard; and

wirelessly transmits the requested operating status information to the at least one remote server.

2. The handheld electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the handheld electronic device comprises one of a mobile handset, a cellular phone, and a converged device supporting both a cellular network and a wireless local area network commonly referred to as a WiFi network.

3. The handheld electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the operating status information is expressed as extensible markup language (XML) when transmitted.

4. The handheld electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the operating status information is stored as a sub-node or part of a device management object defined in the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) Version 1.2 or earlier protocol specification.

5. The handheld electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the operating status information is representative of roaming status of the handheld electronic device.

6. The handheld electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the non-volatile memory comprises flash type memory.

7. The handheld electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the communication network comprises a public communication network.

8. A system for managing service deployment in a plurality of handheld electronic devices, the system comprising:

at least one server comprising;

at least one interface enabling communication with the plurality of handheld electronic devices via a wireless communication network;

at least one processor operably coupled to the at least one interface and at least one memory, the at least one processor functioning during operation to, among other things;

receive operating status information for one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices via the wireless communication network in accordance with a device management protocol standard;

determine whether an operating condition for the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices is met;

based upon the operating status information; and

initiate a device management session with the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices, if the operating condition is met.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of handheld electronic devices comprises one of a mobile handset and a cellular phone.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the received operating status information is communicated as extensible markup language (XML).

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the device management protocol standard is the device management protocol referred to as the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) Version 1.2 or earlier protocol.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operating status information is representative of roaming status of the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the operating condition is that the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices is not roaming.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the initiated device management session downloads update information used to update one or more of firmware, software and/or configuration information to the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices.

15. The system according to claim 8, wherein the communication network comprises a public communication network.

16. The system according to claim 8, wherein the at least one processor further functions, during operation, to at least:

accept a request to deploy a communication service to the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices;

determine actions enabling deployment of the communication service to the one of the plurality of electronic devices; and

exchange communication in accordance with a device management protocol standard with the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices, via the communication network, to perform the actions determined to enable deployment of the communication service to the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices.

17. A handheld electronic device comprising:

at least one non-volatile memory having stored therein one or both of firmware and software;

at least one processor operably coupled to the non-volatile memory, wherein the at least one processor, during operation, at least;

wirelessly exchanges communication in accordance with a device management protocol standard with at least one remote server, via a communication network, to perform actions determined to enable deployment of a communication service to the handheld electronic device;

automatically collects real-time information on user consumption of the deployed communications service; and

wirelessly transmits the collected real-time information on user consumption of the deployed communications service to the at least one remote server.

18. The handheld electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the handheld electronic device comprises one of a mobile handset and a cellular phone.

19. The handheld electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the device management protocol standard is the device management protocol referred to as the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) Version 1.2 or earlier protocol.

20. The handheld electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the communication network comprises a public communication network.