SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES

摘要

A system for controlling configuration settings for mobile data communication devices and services includes a redirection server and a policy generation system. The redirection server detects a triggering event in a host system and in response to the triggering event continuously redirects data items from the host system to a wireless network. Each mobile data communication device receives data items from the wireless network and includes a device configuration stored in a memory location on the mobile data communication device. The device configuration of each mobile data communication device controls one or more functions of the mobile data communication device. The policy generation system receives a policy setting from a user interface and stores the policy setting in a user information record associated with a mobile data communication device. The redirection server detects the policy setting in the user information record and in response to detecting the policy setting transmits the policy setting over the wireless network to the mobile data communication device associated with the user information record. The mobile data communication device automatically modifies the device configuration to include the policy setting. Methods of controlling a configuration setting in mobile data communication devices are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to control a configuration setting in a mobile data communication device in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a redirection system that detects a triggering event in a host system and in response to the triggering event continuously redirects data items from the host system over a wireless network to the mobile data communication device, comprising:
providing a device configuration for the mobile data communication device that controls one or more functions of the mobile data communication device; receiving a policy setting for the mobile data communication device at a policy generation system; generating an update message that corresponds to the policy setting; transmitting the update message through the redirection system to the wireless network; receiving the update message at the mobile data communication device; and in response to the update message, automatically modifying the device configuration to include the policy setting; wherein the policy setting includes a setting selected from the group consisting of: a setting that specifies whether particular software applications or services can be installed and executed on the mobile data communication device, a setting that specifies whether a security password is required to access the mobile data communication device, a setting that specifies whether a user of the mobile data communication device can change the device configuration, a setting that enables a long term mobile data communication device timeout, a setting that enables mobile data communication device security password pattern checking, a setting that specifies a maximum mobile data communication device security password age, a setting that specifies a maximum security timeout period for the mobile data communication device, a setting that specifies a minimum length of a mobile data communication device security password, and a setting that specifies mobile data communication device owner information.