Cellco Partnership

Venkateswara Rao Gaddam

Sankar Shanmugam

Shahid Ahmed

Michelle Felt

Neil Thomas Razzano

Ying Sun

Arulvadivel Venugopal

James E Kearns

S M Masudur Rahman

Ravi Kotyala

Alexander Papadopolo

John Edwin Straley

A method for updating an application program on a wireless terminal in a controlled manner is disclosed. When, a server receives an inquiry from a wireless terminal for updating an application program, the server determines whether there is an updated program available for updating the application program based on information included in the inquiry from the wireless terminal. The server also determines whether updating the application program of the wireless terminal which sent the inquiry is permitted or not at the time of receiving the inquiry based on the information included in the inquiry and criteria information stored in the server. When the server determines that updating the application for the wireless terminal is available and is permitted, the server sends information necessary for updating the application program to the wireless terminal. Then, the wireless terminal updates the application program.

Method for updating an application program on a wireless terminal in a controlled manner

Systems and methods for providing mobile device security are disclosed. In some implementations, a request for access to a security mechanism is received at a user terminal. A short-range radio connection of the user terminal at a time of receiving the request for access is identified responsive to the request. A memory of the user terminal is accessed to determine whether the identified short-range radio connection corresponds to a user-identified secure radio connection. Upon determining that the radio connection corresponds to the user-identified secure radio connection, the user is granted access to the security mechanism without soliciting the user of the user terminal for a predetermined security input. Upon determining that the radio connection does not correspond to the user-identified secure radio connection, the user is solicited for the predetermined security input.

Mobile device security

An enterprise push application on a mobile device receives a registration credential for registering an enterprise application with an enterprise push server operated by a first enterprise. The enterprise push application forwards the registration credential from the enterprise push application to the enterprise push server for registering the enterprise application with the enterprise push server. An indication of successful registration of the enterprise application is received at the enterprise push application and from enterprise push server. Responsive to the indication of a successful registration, a first persistent connection between the enterprise push application and the enterprise push server to receive enterprise data from the enterprise push server and at the enterprise push application is established. The first persistent connection is in addition to or instead of a second persistent connection established by a second enterprise different from the first enterprise for routing enterprise data to the mobile device.

Push notifications for enterprise applications

A server system and a mobile device establish a push data framework for communication. The mobile device includes a push client, and runs one or more applications requiring push data communications. The push client transmits a device authentication and application validation request to a push server. Upon the push server successfully authenticating and validating the device and application, the push client receives a session identifier for establishing a persistent communication connection with the push server. Once established, an application server can push data to the mobile device via the persistent communication session. The session identifier remains valid for an extended period of time, and allows the push client to maintain and re-establish push connections with the push server for the duration of the extended period of time.

Method of device authentication and application registration in a push communication framework

A customer communication system of a mobile communication network automatically generates a report concerning the location of a customer notification file within the customer communication system to allow for easier file review in response to an error message. In the examples, a file information database is accessed to obtain information regarding the expected file name or expected location of the customer notification file. Using the file information, a search is conducted for the location of the customer notification file. Error correction information is also collected regarding the customer notification file. The system then generates a report combining the information regarding the location of the customer notification file with the reference information regarding any error correction instructions. The report is published, thereby allowing any user responsible for the correction of an error message to access the file location information and the associated error correction instructions.

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Bridgewater, NJ, United States of America

Venkateswara Rao Gaddam