Patent ID: 7966365

Claim:
A method for performing, by a mobile terminal, a command for managing the mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile terminal from a server, information including the command for managing the mobile terminal and a condition for performing the command using a Device Management (DM) protocol via a DM session with the server, wherein the condition specifies certain time intervals to execute the command; installing, by the mobile terminal, the information received from the server; monitoring, by the mobile terminal, whether the condition is satisfied for performing the command; determining, by the mobile terminal, whether a power of the mobile terminal had been turned-off during the certain time intervals and then the power has been turned on after the certain time intervals; performing, by the mobile terminal, the command for managing the mobile terminal after the power has been turned on, if it is determined that the command has not been performed at the certain time intervals as the power had been turned-off during the certain time intervals and then the power has been turned on after the certain time intervals; selectively performing a user interaction with respect to whether to execute the command before executing the command; reporting, by the mobile terminal to the server, a processing result of the installing of the information in the mobile terminal; and notifying the server, by the mobile terminal, that the command was not executed at the certain time intervals if it is determined that the power of the mobile terminal had been turned-off during the certain time intervals and then the power has been on after the certain time intervals, when a condition-value is to inform the server, before performing the command after the power has been turned on.