Patent ID: 7184554

Claim:
A method of managing a mobile wireless device, the method comprising: installing a management agent in a memory of the wireless device, the installed management agent monitoring the status of the device and of applications installed on the device; sending management instructions to the mobile wireless device using a wireless telecommunications network; receiving the management instructions at the mobile wireless device, the management agent processing the instructions and managing the applications accordingly, wherein the application programs installed on the mobile wireless device are in an active or inactive state, and a switch in the state of a given application is achieved by sending an appropriate management instruction from the network to the device, whereupon the management agent acts on the instruction to implement said switch; and following processing of the instructions, returning corresponding reports from the management agent to the origin of the instructions, the reports indicating whether or not requested switches have been successfully completed or have failed, wherein management instructions are sent to the mobile wireless device from an authorised third party management centre.