Patent ID: 8095128
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device management system for remotely setting parameters of mobile devices connected to a network comprising: a Terminal Equipment management application; a first server connected to the network, supporting a first remote management protocol; a second server connected to the network, supporting a second remote management protocol, different from the first remote management protocol; the system comprising an Abstraction Layer for, upon a generic functionality-oriented request from the Terminal Equipment management application for a selected one of the mobile devices: identifying which of the first or the second remote management protocols is supported by the selected mobile device; querying a database of profiles containing supported objects in the identified remote management protocol; gathering from the profiles and the supported objects at least one object address corresponding to the generic functionality-oriented request for the selected mobile device; and sending a request to set parameters for the selected mobile device through the first server or the second server, based on which of the first server or the second server is associated with the identified remote management protocol, using the at least one object address.