Patent ID: 8914009

Claim:
A system comprising: a primary wireless server communicatively operable with a plurality of mobile wireless clients, the primary wireless server comprising: a primary processor; and a primary memory storing: primary configuration data associated with at least one of the plurality of mobile wireless clients supported by the primary wireless server; a primary database operable to store information associated with users of the mobile wireless clients including a user identification for each mobile wireless client; and primary program instructions, which when executed on the primary processor cause the primary processor to perform operations comprising: controlling dissemination of information from the primary database to one or more of the plurality of mobile wireless clients; at least one secondary wireless server communicatively operable with at least one of the plurality of mobile wireless clients, the secondary wireless server comprising: a secondary processor; and a secondary memory storing: secondary configuration data associated with at least one of the plurality of mobile wireless clients supported by the secondary wireless server; a secondary database operable to store information associated with users of the mobile wireless clients including a user identification for each mobile wireless client; and a secondary program instructions, which when executed on the secondary processor cause the secondary processor to perform operations comprising: controlling dissemination of information from the secondary database to one or more of the plurality of mobile wireless clients; the at least one of the plurality of mobile wireless clients comprising: a processor; and a memory to store machine-executable instructions, the machine-executable instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising: detecting the presence of the primary configuration data and determining if secondary configuration data from the secondary database can be used to configure the at least one of the plurality of the mobile wireless clients, the determining provided by evaluating one or more policies associated with each of the primary and secondary configuration data to identify unresolvable conflicts between the policies and resolve identified conflicts in favor of the primary configuration data, wherein the primary and secondary configuration data at least in part governs permissible modes of operation for the at least one of the plurality of mobile wireless clients.