Method and apparatus for managing business cell phone usage

Details Method and apparatus for managing business cell phone usage Method and apparatus for managing business cell phone usage

2004-05-10

2008-08-05

Vu, Viet (Department: 2154)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S219000, C709S225000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07409444

ABSTRACT:
A process and apparatus to remotely gather data about cellphone hardware and software configurations and usage. The system uses agents which are resident on the phones and which can be remotely launched by a data collection server by sending a message to a public IP address of the phone and addressed to a special port designated for launch. The agent specifies the launch port and a data collection port upon installation and registration with the cellphone operating system. Data on hardware configuration, software version and phone usage can be gathered. Data collection sessions are established by the data collection server sending a message addressed to the public IP address of the cellphone and the data collection port specified by the agent process upon registration with the operating system. Many alternative embodiments are also disclosed.

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