Configuration of mobile communication devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsColin I'Anson, Adrian Mark Woodfine-Jones
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Abstract
A communication system and method is disclosed. The communication system comprises: a mobile communication device configurable to communicate using one of a plurality of communication protocols; and a configuration server. The configuration server is adapted to determine the location of the mobile communication device and to configure a service of the mobile communication device based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device.
Claims17
A communication system comprising:
- a mobile communication device configurable to communicate using one of a plurality of communication protocols;
- and
- a configuration server to
- determine a location of the mobile communication device,
- determine configuration information for the mobile communication device based on the determined location of the mobile communication device and information relating to a preference defined by a user of the mobile communication device as to a communication protocol, network, or device function to be employed when the mobile communication device is located at a predetermined location, and
- send the configuration information to the mobile communication device to configure a functionality of the mobile communication device,
- wherein the configuration information includes a configuration instruction to turn off a wireless local area network (LAN) functionality of the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is located outside the predetermined location and another configuration instruction to turn on the wireless LAN functionality of the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is located at the predetermined location.
A method of configuring a mobile communication device in a communication system in which a plurality of communication paths are usable for delivering services to the mobile communication device, wherein the method comprises:
- determining a location of the mobile communication device;
- determining configuration information for the mobile communication device based on the determined location of the mobile communication device and information relating to a preference defined by a user of the mobile communication device as to a communication protocol, network, or device function to be employed when the mobile communication device is located at a predetermined location;
- and
- sending the configuration information to the mobile communication device to configure a functionality of the mobile communication device,
- wherein the configuration information includes a configuration instruction to turn off a wireless local area network (LAN) functionality of the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is located outside the predetermined location and another configuration instruction to turn on the wireless LAN functionality of the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is located at the predetermined location.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program which, when executed, causes a configuration server to:
- determine a location of a mobile communication device;
- determine configuration information for the mobile communication device based on the determined location of the mobile communication device and information relating to a preference defined by a user of the mobile communication device as to a communication protocol, network, or device function to be employed when the mobile communication device is located at a predetermined location;
- and
- send the configuration information to the mobile communication device to configure a functionality of the mobile communication device,
- wherein the configuration information includes a configuration instruction to turn off a wireless local area network (LAN) functionality of the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is located outside the predetermined location and another configuration instruction to turn on the wireless LAN functionality of the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is located at the predetermined location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.