Patent ID: 8244845
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for interfacing to an electronic device, the method comprising: communicating, in a wireless network, an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) device management (DM) compliant notification message using internet protocol based messages from authorized DM servers to one or more electronic devices, wherein said wireless network is enabled to communicate with said one or more electronic devices using a network protocol that is not internet protocol; as part of a registration process, a home agent creating a binding table entry in a registry to associate a home address of the one or more electronic devices with a corresponding care-of address; when the one or more electronic devices is roaming away from a home network, associating the one or more electronic devices with the care-of address; conducting device management of said one or more electronic devices using internet protocol based messages using the network protocol that is not internet protocol, wherein messages sent to the one or more electronic devices are via WAP Push and the messages are digitally signed to enable proper processing by the one or more electronic devices, the header indicating the type of signature; and wherein the authorized DM servers for the one or more electronic devices are pre-determined, and information identifying the authorized servers is directly pre-provisioned into the one or more electronic devices.