Patent ID: 9420399
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for open mobile alliance (OMA) device management (DM) and over-the-air customization of a generic mobile device, comprising: receiving, by a server from the generic mobile device, an activation message to register with a service provider, wherein the generic mobile device comprises generic firmware that is pre-configured to support a plurality of functions; associating, by the server, the generic mobile device with the service provider from among a plurality of service providers based on the activation message; and based on the service provider, sending, from the server to the generic mobile device using an OMA DM protocol via a wireless network, one or more OMA service objects to a memory location on the generic mobile device that is outside of a memory portion storing the generic firmware, wherein the one or more OMA service objects enable or disable each of the pre-configured functions of the generic firmware and pre-configured applications on the generic mobile device to support one or more service features available by the service provider without reflashing the generic firmware, updating the generic firmware, and changing the amount of information already within the generic firmware on the generic mobile device, and wherein the OMA service objects comprise a plurality of flags and a plurality of configuration parameters that are processed on the generic mobile device to switch on or off one or more of the pre-configured applications and to reconfigure one or more of the pre-configured applications on the generic mobile device to support one or more service features available by the service provider.