Telecommunication Systems, Inc.

Openwave Systems Inc.

Telecommunications Systems, Inc.

Robert Wang

Kevin Tsurutome

Bob Barcklay

Bruce K Martin, Jr

Michael E S Luna

Robert Barcklay

A remotely provisioned proxy within a wireless/mobile phone that proxies a wireless communication path between a disconnected piconet (e.g., BLUETOOTH&#x2122;) device and a network resource such as a universal resource locator (URL) via a mating mobile phone. Thus, an application proxy module embodied within the mobile phone provides managed access of a piconet device connected to the mating mobile phone to remote services. A disconnected piconet device uses the full data bandwidth available to a wireless phone, without the need for the disconnected piconet device to include its own separate wireless front end, or to require use of a modem within the mobile phone. Thus, using a mobile phone with application proxy, the user need not pay for the luxury of a tethered data plan.

Remotely provisioned wireless proxy

Remotely provisioned wirelessly proxy

A method and apparatus for distributing authorization to provision devices on a wireless network are described. A primary trusted provisioning domain (TPD) operating within a trusted environment established by the wireless carrier's firewall can provision the mobile devices. The primary TPD may distribute the authorization to provision one or more of the mobile devices to one or more secondary TPDs operating outside the trusted environment. Digital signatures may be used to authenticate provisioning requests from TPDs.

Method and apparatus for distributing authorization to provision mobile devices on a wireless network

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Castro Valley, CA, United States of America

Robert Wang