Method and apparatus for the distribution of configuration data

摘要

Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for distributing configuration data to one or more mobile terminals. An embodiment of one method of the invention includes receiving from the host application a request from a client to transmit a configuration data value to a mobile terminal. The configuration data value can include a designation of a new precedence level for a mobile terminal corresponding to a new operating characteristic of the mobile terminal. The method can include the step of transmitting from the NMC a configuration data value including the new precedence level to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can include a mobile application defining a previous precedence level such that the mobile terminal loads the configuration data in response to the new precedence level different from the previous precedence level.

主权项

1. A method for distributing configuration data from a host application to a plurality of mobile terminals in a wireless system, comprising:
receiving from the host application, at a network management computer (NMC), configuration data related to a mobile application residing on one or more of the plurality of mobile terminals, the configuration data comprising software code and instructions for a configuration of a mobile application; receiving from the host application, at the NMC, a configuration data definition related to the configuration data, wherein the configuration data definition comprises a group value for classifying one or more of the plurality of mobile terminals into one or more groups; generating at the NMC a configuration data value including the configuration data and an update application identification identifying to which application the configuration data is applicable in response to receiving the configuration data and the configuration data definition; receiving from the plurality of mobile terminals, at the NMC, an existing application identification relating to the mobile application residing on the plurality of mobile terminals; receiving from the host application, at the NMC, a request from a client to transmit the configuration data value to one or more of the plurality of mobile terminals; and transmitting to a predetermined set of the plurality of mobile terminals, from the NMC, the configuration data value in response to the existing application identification received from the plurality of mobile terminals such that the configuration data value is transmitted to the predetermined set of mobile terminals for which the update application identification is non-identical to the existing application identification, wherein the predetermined set of the plurality of mobile terminals is based in part on the group value.