Patent ID: 7925247

Claim:
A handheld electronic device comprising: at least one non-volatile memory having stored therein one or both of firmware and software; at least one processor operably coupled to the non-volatile memory, wherein the at least one processor, during operation, at least: stores operating status information of the handheld electronic device as a sub-node of a standards-defined device management object in a device management tree in the non-volatile memory the operating status information indicating at least whether the handheld electronic device is roaming; wirelessly receives, from at least one remote server via a communication network, a request for the operating status information, the request communicated according to a device management protocol standard; wirelessly transmits the requested operating status information to the at least one remote server; and wherein only simple management operations that reduce air time are conducted when the handheld electronic device is roaming, and more data intensive management operations are conducted when the handheld electronic device is not roaming.