Patent ID: 7506059

Claim:
A system for provisioning mobile terminals operable on a network, comprising: at least one mobile terminal coupled to the network; a network service coupled to the network to provide an application via the network; a provisioning Web service implemented using Web Services and coupled between the mobile terminal and the network service to provide a single interface for the network service to control provisioning of the mobile terminal, and to effect the provisioning by configuring application use settings on the mobile terminal and delivering the application to the mobile terminal; wherein the provisioning Web service comprises a data object delivery module to deliver the application to the mobile terminal upon successful configuration of the application use settings on the mobile terminal; wherein the provisioning Web service further comprises a notification module coupled to the data object delivery module to notify the mobile terminal that the application is available at the data object deliver module, if the mobile terminal is not capable of direct delivery receipt by the data object delivery module, and to provide an address of the application at the data object delivery module.