Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Mamoun Abu-Samaha

Vivek Kapadekar

Samuel Wu

Osvaldo Diaz

Various embodiments pertain to managing electronic devices using an electronic device as a root of trust. According to one embodiment, registration information for an electronic deviceis receivedThe registration information identifies the electronic deviceand an environmentthat the electronic deviceis trusted in. The electronic deviceis specifiedas a root of trust devicefor the trusted environmentbased on the registration information. The root of trust deviceis specifiedas the root of trust for a new electronic devicebased on new information that identifies the root of trust deviceand identifies the new electronic deviceThe new electronic deviceis managedusing the root of trust devicewithout requiring the user of the root of trust deviceand the new electronic deviceto configure any electronic devices.

Managing electronic devices using an electronic device as a root of trust

A mobile device apparatus uses an HyperText Transfer protocol (HTTP) push operation to simulate server-initiated sessions. The illustrative mobile device apparatus comprises a push server logic operable in a push server that sends a message to a mobile device over a network. The push server logic is configured to receive a GET command from a mobile device. The GET command includes a mobile device identifier parameter and a timeout parameter designating a maximum time interval for the push server to reply with a message. The push server logic holds a GET command session until expiration of a timeout designated by the timeout parameter in a condition that no message is targeted to the mobile device. The push server logic terminates the GET command session by sending a message immediately in a condition that the message is targeted to the mobile device.

HTTP push to simulate server-initiated sessions

In one aspect, a system for providing remote electronic services to a device includes an access module and a voice interface module. The access module is configured to expose messaging/collaboration data stored on a messaging/collaboration server. The voice interface module is configured to translate messaging/collaboration service requests from a voice device for presentation to the access module and to translate a requested messaging/collaboration service deliverable from the access module for presentation to the voice device. In another aspect, a wireless interface module is configured to translate messaging/collaboration service requests from a wireless device for presentation to the access module and to translate a requested messaging/collaboration service deliverable from the access module for presentation to the wireless device. The access module also integrates fax functionality with the messaging/collaboration services provided by the messaging/collaboration server.

Distributed voice and wireless interface modules for exposing messaging/collaboration data to voice and wireless devices

A system for providing remote electronic services includes an agent, a communication module, and an access file. The agent receives request for-service-calls in any format selected from a voice format, an internet format, an e-mail format, and a wireless format, and transmits a request-for-service call to the access file in accordance with a hypertext transfer protocol for each of the received request-for-service calls. The access file invokes at least one service module in response to a given request-for-service call received from the agent. The at least one service module performs a prescribed function to produce a service deliverable requested in the given request-for-service call, accesses an instance of the communication module, and passes the one or more control parameters and the service deliverable to the communication module. The communication module transmits the service deliverable received from the at least one service module to the destination network node specified in the given request-for-service call in any format selected from a voice format, an internet format, an e-mail format, and a wireless format.

Distributed universal communication module for facilitating delivery of network services to one or more devices communicating over multiple transport facilities

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Mamoun Abu-Samaha