Patent ID: 7831734
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for remotely configuring at least one mobile device comprising: storing at a middleware server at least one configuration parameter relating to a software application, wherein each of the configuration parameters specifies configuration information as a function of the application; storing, at the middleware server, in a descriptor file a registry for each of the at least one mobile device, each registry maintaining application resources and configuration parameters relating to each software application that are currently installed on the each of the at least one mobile device; receiving at the middleware server a synchronization request from a mobile device participating in a particular application, the synchronization request to include a device identification (ID); determining an associated configuration parameter for the mobile device as a function of the particular application; determining an associated device profile for the mobile device as a function of the device ID; querying, in the descriptor file, the registry associated with the mobile device to determine whether to configure the mobile device using the determined associated configuration parameter; retrieving, from an application resources database, an application resource to be deployed to the mobile device using a generated resource identifier (ID), comprising: initiating a process to configure the mobile device using the retrieved application resource.