US 8,413,138 B2Granted

System and method to securely load a management client from a stub client to facilitate remote device management

AssigneeMformation Software Technologies LLC

InventorsBadri Nath, Rakesh Kushwaha, Amit Shah, Srinivas Devarakonda

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Abstract

Systems and methods are described for securely downloading management client software onto a device from an embedded stub in the device. In one embodiment, the stub client is activated by a message with credentials from a management server. The stub client, after verification of the credentials, downloads and activates a full management client. The management client then participates in any authorized management session with the device management server. The messages are preferably encrypted using a key that is based on the credentials. The credentials may be specific to the device and to the service provider associated with the device.

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Dependent claims

A method of downloading an application onto a remotely managed mobile wireless device comprising:

receiving, at the remotely managed mobile wireless device, an activate message with credentials from a device management server,
verifying, at the remotely managed mobile wireless device, the credentials in the activate message so as to authenticate the activate message to the mobile wireless device;
responsive to authenticating the activate message, communicating with a download server;
and
downloading the application from the download server onto the remotely managed mobile wireless device,
wherein the verifying and downloading steps are carried out with a stub application on the remotely managed mobile wireless device and the application is a device management client application.

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