Patent ID: 7860497
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing configuration of a mobile communications network, the method comprising: receiving an electronic report including sensed configuration data indicating at least one of equipment aboard a mobile platform and resident software aboard the mobile platform, wherein the electronic report is generated based on sensed configuration data automatically sensed onboard the mobile platform after the mobile platform has been out of communication with a terrestrial station of a mobile communications network for a predetermined time period; transferring the sensed configuration data to a first terrestrial database via a mobile communications network; and generating a display of the sensed configuration data that pertains to the mobile platform, wherein the display is accessible by a particular user, and wherein the display does not enable the particular user to access historical configuration data; wherein predetermined configuration data including the historical configuration data is recorded onboard the mobile platform and stored in a second terrestrial database, and wherein the sensed configuration data includes data that pertains to a mobile platform in a customer's fleet and is accessible by the customer, and wherein the predetermined configuration data is not accessible by the customer.