CA2538865A1 - Method and apparatus for provisioning a communications client on a host device - Google Patents

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CA2538865A1
CA2538865A1 CA002538865A CA2538865A CA2538865A1 CA 2538865 A1 CA2538865 A1 CA 2538865A1 CA 002538865 A CA002538865 A CA 002538865A CA 2538865 A CA2538865 A CA 2538865A CA 2538865 A1 CA2538865 A1 CA 2538865A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L41/0803—Configuration setting
    • H04L41/0806—Configuration setting for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
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    • H04L41/0813—Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
    • H04L41/0816—Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
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Abstract

An apparatus for provisioning a data communications client on a host communications device, the host communications device adapted to operate on a communication s network, the apparatus comprising: a first data store adapted to store varia nt configuration information; a second data store adapted to store provisioning information; a provisioning module adapted to select the provisioning information stored in said second data store as a function of the variant configuration information stored in said first data store and apply the selected provisioning information to provisio n the data communications client; and a user interface interacting with said provisioni ng module to enable a user of the host communications device to provision the data communications client.

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1. An apparatus for provisioning a data communications client on a host communications device, the host communications device adapted to operate on a communications network, the apparatus comprising:
a first data store adapted to store variant configuration information;
a second data store adapted to store provisioning information;
a provisioning module adapted to select the provisioning information stored in said second data store as a function of the variant configuration information stored in said first data store and apply the selected provisioning information to provision the data communications client; and a user interface interacting with said provisioning module to enable a user of the host communications device to provision the data communications client.
2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the variant configuration information includes a parameter selected from the group consisting of a device variant parameter, a lock parameter, and a default language parameter,
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein at least one portion of the variant configuration information is read-only.
4. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the variant configuration information includes a current variant.
5. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the variant configuration information includes a change flag.
6. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 2 to 5, wherein at least one portion of the variant configuration information is read-write.
7. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the provisioning configuration information includes text that appears in the data communications client during a first time start of the host communications device.
8. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the provisioning configuration information includes data communications client provisioning configuration information.
9. The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the data communications client provisioning information is set by the manufacturer of the data communications client.
10. The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the data communications client provisioning information is set by the operator of the communications network.
11. The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the first data store is further adapted to read information to control application functionality of the data communications client.
12. The apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein the first data store is further adapted to store the information to control application functionality of the data communications client.
13. The apparatus as recited in claim 12, wherein the first data store is further adapted to set a change service flag.
14. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 1 to 13, wherein the first data store is further adapted to store read-only operator settings.
15. The apparatus as recited in claim 14, wherein the data communications client retrieves the read-only operator settings from said first data store.
16. The apparatus as recited in any of claims 1 to 15, wherein the apparatus is provided in the host communications device.
17. A method for provisioning a data communications client on a host communications device, the host communications device adapted to operate on a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
enabling a user of the host communications device to select an option for the provisioning of the data communications client;

storing variant configuration information in a first data store on said host communications device;
storing provisioning information in a second data store on said host communications device;
selecting the provisioning information stored in said second data store as a function of the variant configuration information stored in said first data store based on said option selected in said enabling step; and applying the selected provisioning information to provision the data communications client.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said variant configuration information is also applied to native host applications.
19. The method of claim 17 or 18, wherein the method further comprises clearing said data communications client of data using a clear data store prior to said applying step.
20. The method of any of claims 17 to 19, wherein the method further comprises clearing data from host native applications on said host communications device using a clear data store prior to said applying step.
21. The method of any of claims 17 to 20, wherein said storing provisioning information step is performed during a manufacturing process.
22. The method of any of claims 17 to 21, wherein said storing provisioning information step is performed during a configuration process
23. The method of any of claims 17 to 22, wherein the selecting step is performed through a native interface and abstraction layer on the data communications client.
24. The method of claim 18, wherein the applying step for host native applications is performed based on a command received from said data communications client at said native host applications.
25. The method of claim 18, wherein the applying step for host native applications is performed based on a listener module finding a change in provisioning on said data communications client and alerting said native host applications.
26. The method of any of claims 17 to 25, wherein the storing variant configuration information at first data store step further stores information to control application functionality of the data communications client.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of setting a change service flag at the first data store.
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