Patent ID: 8438616
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for terminal configuration and management, the method comprising: configuring a Device Management (DM) server account on a terminal, wherein the DM server account comprises an identifier of a DM server and authentication information for the DM server, wherein the authentication information for the DM server is used for authenticating the DM server in a unidirectional way; generating, by the DM server based on a DM Protocol, a configuration message including the identifier of the DM server, the authentication information for the DM server, a DM management command, and a target configuration value corresponding to a management object comprising a management node, and wherein the target configuration value is generated by: sequencing the management object and providing a virtual path to the sequenced management object, wherein the virtual path corresponds to the management object on a Device Management Tree (DMT) on the terminal, and wherein the virtual path is operable to instruct the terminal to determine a basic path on the DMT and to execute the DM management command on the management node corresponding to the target configuration value; receiving, by the terminal through a broadcast channel, the configuration message generated by the DM server, wherein the configuration message is used for parameter configuration or management; extracting, by the terminal, the authentication information for the DM server from the DM server account according to the identifier of the DM server, and authenticating the received configuration message by using the authentication information; and if the authentication succeeds, determining, by the terminal, according to the identifier of the DM server, an access control right of the DM server to the management node corresponding to the target configuration value in the received configuration message, and executing, by the terminal, based on the access control right, the DM management command carried in the received configuration message.