Patent ID: 9715379
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for enabling firmware updates of wireless communications devices, the method comprising: sending a first message having a first type of data content from a message processing system to a wireless communications device, wherein the message processing system and the wireless communication device are communicatively connected within a wireless communications network that includes a mobile switching center, and wherein if the wireless communication device lacks a firmware upgrade, then the first type of data content is unrecognizable by the wireless communication device; receiving, by the message processing system, an error message that indicates that the wireless communications device does not recognize the first type of data content, the message processing system being different from the mobile switching center; retrieving, by the message processing system, identifying information about a particular error type, among multiple different possible error types, from the error message; and in response to receipt, by the message processing system, of the error message, automatically triggering a transmission to the wireless communications device of a firmware upgrade notification message which triggers the wireless communications device to request, from an accessible network server, the firmware upgrade that enables the wireless communications device to be configured to recognize the first type of data content, the accessible network server being different from the message processing system, wherein: