Patent ID: 7818803
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,G08B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for remotely monitoring a device, comprising: at least one network, wherein said at least one network comprises a cellular network; at least one network interface in the device associated with said at least one network; a host agent running on a host operating system provided in the device, said host agent capable of accessing said at least one network via said at least one network interface; a monitoring center connected to said at least one network, configured to communicate with at least one of the host agent and secondary agent via said at least one network interface, wherein the monitoring center is configured to initiate provisioning of service on the cellular network in the event provisioning is needed before use of the cellular network services is permitted; and a secondary agent provided in the device, wherein the secondary agent is capable of accessing said at least one network via said at least one network interface independently of the host operating system, and wherein the secondary agent and the host agent coordinate as to which should access said at least one network via said at least one network interface to communicate attributes of the device and/or host operating system to the monitoring center.