Remote management method and system for wireless communication terminal

• US 9,071,960 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Ji-Hye, Lee, Jong-Hyo, Hwang, Sung-Oh, Jun, Hae-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY
• Application Number:
  US12/639,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20100159912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,022 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419, 370/401, 709/203, 709/207, 709/223
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A remote management method for a terminal supporting a mobile broadcast service is provided. The terminal receives a service guide with a terminal function management condition from a mobile broadcast service broadcasting server, stores and processes the service guide, and delivers a service subscription request to the mobile broadcast service broadcasting server, receives a message with a Device Management (DM) command generated by a DM server, as the mobile broadcast service broadcasting server receiving the service subscription request sends a request for a DM command regarding a function and a management operation of a terminal to be managed, to the DM server, and stores the DM command and executes the DM command if a status of the terminal satisfies the terminal function management condition.

Claims

1. A terminal for supporting a mobile broadcast service, comprising:

a broadcast service processing module configured to;

receive a service guide including a terminal function management condition from a first server, and

send a service subscription request to a second server; and

a Device Management (DM) client configured to;

receive at least one message including a DM command generated by a DM server,

store the DM command,

determine whether a status of the terminal satisfies the terminal function management condition, and

if the status of the terminal satisfies the terminal function management condition, execute the DM command,

wherein the at least one message comprises a first message, a second message, and a third message,

wherein the at least one terminal receives one or more messages among the first message, the second message, and the third message, and

wherein the first message is transmitted to all terminal, including the at least one terminal, that have sent the service subscription request, the second message is transmitted to a first terminal that has been authenticated in response to the service subscription request, and the third message is transmitted to a second terminal that has been grouped as the same service group.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal function management condition is included in at least one of a service fragment and a content fragment of the service guide.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one message including the DM command is directly received from the DM server.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the DM client receives the at least one message including the DM command, as the second server receives the DM command from the DM server, reformats the DM command into a mobile broadcast service message, and delivers the reformatted mobile broadcast service message to all terminals that have sent the service subscription request, including the terminal.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile broadcast service is a Mobile Broadcast Working Group (BCAST) service, the first server includes a BCAST Service Distribution/Adaptation, the second server includes a BCAST Subscription Management, and the terminal is a BCAST terminal.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the DM client receives the at least one message including the DM command, as the BCAST Subscription Management receives the DM command from the DM server, reformats the DM command into a BCAST message, and delivers the BCAST message to all of the terminals that have sent the service subscription request, including the terminal.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the BCAST Subscription Management delivers the reformatted BCAST message through the BCAST Service Distribution/Adaptation.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the BCAST message is generated by at least one of Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Push and BCAST Notification.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one message including the DM command is sent by the second server in response to the service subscription request.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein, if the terminal function management condition is the particular location of the terminal, the DM command restricts a particular terminal function.

11. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the DM command is associated with a software update or a firmware update for a particular terminal function.

12. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one message is transmitted from the DM server directly to the terminal, from the DM server to the terminal through a second server, or from the DM server to the terminal through a first server and the second server, based on a type of the at least one message.

13. A method for supporting a mobile broadcast service at a terminal, comprising:

receiving a service guide including a terminal function management condition from a first server;

sending a service subscription request to a second server;

receiving at least one message including a Device Management (DM) command generated by a DM server;

determining whether a status of the terminal satisfies the terminal function management condition; and

executing the DM command if the status of the terminal satisfies the terminal function management condition,

wherein the at least one message comprises a first message, a second message, and a third message,

wherein the at least one terminal receives one or more messages among the first message, the second message, and the third message, and

wherein the first message is transmitted to all terminals, including the at least one terminal, that have sent the service subscription request, the second message is transmitted to a first terminal that has been authenticated in response to the service subscription request, and the third message is transmitted to a second terminal that has been grouped as a same service group.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the terminal function management condition is included in at least one of a service fragment and a content fragment of the service guide.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one message including the DM command is directly received from the DM server.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the terminal receives the at least one message including the DM command, as the second server receives the DM command from the DM server, reformats the DM command into a mobile broadcast service message, and delivers the reformatted mobile broadcast service message to all terminals that have sent the service subscription request, including the terminal.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile broadcast service is a Mobile Broadcast Working Group (BCAST) service, the first sever includes a BCAST Service Distribution/Adaptation, the second server includes a BCAST Subscription Management, and the terminal is a BCAST terminal.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the terminal receives the at least one message including the DM command, as the BCAST Subscription Management receives the DM command from the DM server, reformats the DM command into a BCAST message, and delivers the BCAST message to all of the terminals that have sent the service subscription request, including the terminal.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the BCAST Subscription Management delivers the reformatted BCAST message through the BCAST Service Distribution/Adaptation.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the BCAST message is generated by at least one of Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Push and BCAST Notification.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one message including the DM command is sent by the second server in response to the service subscription request.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one message is transmitted from the DM server directly to the terminal, from the DM server to the terminal through a second server, or from the DM server to the terminal through a first server and the second server, based on a type of the at least one message.