CONFIGURATION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES

• US 20110312333A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: I'Anson, Colin, Woodfine-Jones, Andrian Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,554,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A communication system and method is disclosed. The communication system comprises: a mobile communication device configurable to communicate using one of a plurality of communication protocols; and a configuration server. The configuration server is adapted to determine the location of the mobile communication device and to configure a service of the mobile communication device based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a mobile communication device configurable to communicate using one of a plurality of communication protocols; and

a configuration server adapted to determine the location of the mobile communication device and to send configuration information to the mobile communication device, the configuration information being based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device.

2. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises a set of instructions to be used within the mobile communication device.

3. A communication system according to claim 2, wherein the set of instructions is adapted to change a configuration setting of the mobile communication device when the set of instructions is executed.

4. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information sent by the configuration server is based on information relating to at least one of:

a user of the mobile communication device; and

the status of the mobile communication device.

5. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the configuration server comprises a content unit for communicating electronic content to or from the mobile communication device based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device.

6. A communication system according to claim 5, wherein the content unit is adapted to communicate the electronic content based on information relating to at least one of:

a user of the mobile communication device; and

the status of the mobile communication device.

7. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device comprises means for establishing the location of the mobile communication device and is adapted to send information relating the established location to the configuration server.

8. A method of configuring a mobile communication device in a communication system in which a plurality of communication paths are usable for delivering services to the mobile communication device, wherein the method comprises:

determining the location of the mobile communication device; and

sending configuration information to the mobile communication device, the configuration information being based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device;

configuring the mobile communication device based on the configuration information.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the configuration information comprises a set of instructions to be executed within the mobile communication device.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the set of instructions is adapted to change a configuration setting of the mobile communication device when the set of instructions is executed.

11. A method according to claim 8, wherein the configuration information is based on information relating to at least one of:

a user of the mobile communication device; and

the status of the mobile communication device.

12. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of delivering electronic content to the mobile communication device based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device.

13. A method according to claim 12 wherein the step of delivering . electronic content is based on information relating to at least one of:

a user of the mobile communication device; and

the status of the mobile communication device.

14. A method according to claim 8, wherein the step of determining the location of the mobile communication device is completed within the mobile communication device, and the method further comprises the step of communicating information relating to the determined location of the mobile communication device from the mobile communication device to the routing to the configuration server.

15. A computer program comprising computer program code means adapted to perform all of steps claim 8, when said program is run on a computer.

16. A computer program according to claim 15 embodied on a computer readable medium.