Patent ID: 8134954

Claim:
A server for controlling mobile device configuration settings, comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories; a policy generation system executable by the one or more processors and configured to generate a policy setting and store the policy setting in one or more user information records in the one or more memories, each user information record comprising policy settings for controlling one or more functions of a mobile device; a policy configuration file including all policy settings stored in the one or more user information records; and a user interface executable by the one or more processors and when executed comprising a list of policy settings from the policy configuration file, the list of policy settings in the user interface being dynamically updatable upon the addition of a new policy setting to the policy configuration file, the user interface being further configured to add a policy setting to a specific user information record, wherein the server automatically detects a new policy setting added to the one or more user information records, and in response to detecting the added policy setting, transmits the policy setting over a wireless network to the mobile data communication device.