Patent ID: 8626846
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for remote configuration of at least one apparatus using a configuration server to configure the at least one apparatus in situ via a network, to which the at least one apparatus and the configuration server are connected, the method comprising: exchanging at least one of information requests and inform messages between the configuration server and the at least one apparatus; prioritizing, at the configuration server, the requested information indicated by the at least one of information requests and inform messages; sending, from the configuration server, the requested information indicated by the at least one of information requests and inform messages over the network to the at least one apparatus; and emitting, from the configuration server, a delay request to the at least one apparatus, the delay request providing an indication to the at least one apparatus regarding a time delay before the at least one apparatus is to resubmit the at least one of information requests and information messages to the configuration server.