Patent ID: 8219656

Claim:
A method for remotely managing a wireless device over a network comprising a server and the wireless device, the method comprising the steps of: establishing from the server to the wireless device a communicative connection between the server and the wireless device over the network; transmitting a command from the server to the wireless device over the network wherein the wireless device executes commands including at least one of: enabling/disabling access of the wireless device to the server, enabling/disabling the application software, erasing at least a portion of the user-specific data, transmitting new application software and new user-specific data to the wireless device, querying a current state of the wireless device, and reconfiguring the application software; executing the command at the wireless device after verifying at the wireless device that a signature sent by the server that is an origin of the command and signature of the device are in agreement; and transmitting information relating to execution of the command at the wireless device from the wireless device to the server, wherein the transmitting step comprises transmitting registration information relating to the wireless device from the wireless device to the server, verifying the registration information at the server, establishing a DCB for the wireless device at the server, placing a command for the wireless device in the DCB, and delivering the command from the DCB to the wireless device.