Method and apparatus of providing messaging service and callback feature to mobile stations

摘要

Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing automated administrative operations on a mobile device. One example method may include determining via a hosted server that an action needs to be performed by a mobile device under management. The method may further include generating a message via the hosted server, the message includes the action, and transmitting the message to the mobile device under management, and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted message, the result message indicating that the action has been satisfied.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
generating at least one message via a hosted server, the at least one message comprising at least one action to be performed by at least one mobile device under management; transmitting the at least one message to the mobile device under management, the at least one message configured to invoke at least one process on the mobile device under management in the background of an operating system of the mobile device, wherein the at least one message comprises a function that notifies a third-party application operating on the hosted server of reception of the at least one message by the mobile device and content of the at least one message received by the mobile device, wherein the function is a subroutine that interrupts an application operating on the mobile device and initiates a program separate from the operating system of the mobile device to perform a specific function; associating a device identifier which identifies the mobile device with a system identifier used to identify a management communication session between the mobile device and the hosted server; and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted at least one message, the result message comprising an indication that the action has been satisfied and the system identifier to identify the management communication session.