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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Giovanni Lanfranchi, Rome, IT;
Scot Maclellan, Rome, IT;
Claudio Marinelli, Rome, IT;
Luigi Pichetti, Rome, IT;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A solution is proposed for managing a plurality of data processing mobile devices. A corresponding method comprises the step of downloading management data onto each one of the mobile devices for application thereof on the mobile device, wherein for at least a first one of the mobile devices the management data is downloaded from a data processing central system, each mobile device wherein the management data has already been downloaded defining an inclusive mobile device; in the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, the step of downloading management data comprises electing a set of inclusive mobile devices temporarily as service mobile devices according to characteristic information of the inclusive mobile devices being based at least on a current position thereof, and causing at least a second one of the mobile devices to download the management data from a selected one of the service mobile devices in proximity thereof.