Patent ID: 9544747
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a client device, the program, when executed by the client device, being configured to cause the client device to at least: extract a short message service (SMS) message from a SMS inbox of the client device, the SMS message having been originated from a management service; authenticate the SMS message based upon a message content of the SMS message; identify a management command embedded within the SMS message, the management command specifying an action to be executed on the client device with respect to management of the client device; execute the management command on the client device; generate a response to the management command, the response including an indication of an execution status of the management command; compose another SMS message including the response; and transmit the other SMS message to the management service.