System and method for remote asset management

A method of operating a remote computer server platform to provide a range of consumer services by autonomously monitoring and managing a first plurality of consumer device assets wirelessly connected to a cellular mobile telecommunications network and a second plurality of consumer device assets wirelessly connected to the Internet, each asset having operating system and application software, nonvolatile memory for storing files of data content for display to a consumer user of the device, and a display apparatus for displaying the stored data content, said method comprising:

• providing a remote computer server platform connected to the cellular mobile telecommunications network and to the Internet, the remote computer server platform configured to execute software applications for monitoring and managing the first and second pluralities of consumer device assets, each of said assets being registered with the remote computer server platform;
• receiving at the remote computer server platform communications sent over the one or more communications networks from the first and second pluralities of consumer device assets containing operational status information and consumer usage information, said communications having automatically resulted from at least one selected from the group consisting of preprogrammed conditions and programming instructions generated by the remote computer server platform, and wherein said communications comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) data messages, Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) data messages, and other packet switched data messages;
• monitoring the first and second pluralities of consumer device assets by the remote computer server platform by automatically processing, according to preprogrammed conditions, the received operational status information and the received consumer usage information automatically according to preprogrammed conditions;
• managing the first and second pluralities of consumer device assets by the remote computer server platform, based upon the results of having processed at least some of the received consumer usage information, by sending over the one or more communications networks communications containing management instructions that cause the stored data content files of one or more assets to be automatically modified, said communications comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of GPRS data messages, EDGE data messages, or other packet switched data messages;
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• sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message by the remote computer server platform to at least one of the first plurality of consumer device assets that causes one or more components of said asset to power up from a powered down state for facilitating the exchange of further communications between said asset and the remote computer server platform.