Methods providing configuration management for mobile devices based on location

A wireless terminal comprising:

• a processor, and
• memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations to,
• save information in the memory identifying a plurality of locations associated with a wireless terminal location configuration,
• receive a configuration message from a configuration management system over a radio interface at the wireless terminal, wherein the configuration message includes information identifying a new location associated with the wireless terminal location;
• configuration,
• save the information identifying the new location associated with the wireless terminal location configuration in the memory responsive to receiving the configuration message, thereby adding the new location to the plurality of locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration,
• monitor a location of the wireless terminal based on electronic positioning,
• initiate the wireless terminal location configuration for the wireless terminal responsive to a monitored location of the wireless terminal being proximate to one of the plurality of locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration in the memory based on monitoring the location of the wireless terminal,
• turn on the wireless terminal location configuration responsive to user input through a user interface, and
• transmit a configuration report for the wireless terminal location configuration from the wireless terminal over the radio interface to the configuration management system responsive to the user input through the user interface to turn on the wireless terminal location configuration, wherein the configuration report includes information identifying a current location of the wireless terminal.

A method of managing wireless terminal configurations from a configuration management system, the method comprising:

• saving information identifying a plurality of locations associated with a wireless terminal location configuration;
• transmitting a configuration message from the configuration management system through a radio access network to a wireless terminal, wherein the configuration message identifies a location associated with the wireless terminal location configuration, and wherein the location is selected from the information identifying the plurality of locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration;
• and
• receiving a plurality of configuration reports at the configuration management system from respective wireless terminals, wherein each of the plurality of configuration reports includes a respective identification of a location;
• wherein saving the information identifying the plurality of locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration comprises providing the information identifying one of the plurality of locations based on an aggregation of the plurality of identifications of locations from respective ones of the plurality of configuration reports from the respective wireless terminals.

A configuration management system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations to,
• provide information identifying a plurality of locations associated with a wireless terminal location configuration,
• transmit a configuration message through a radio access network to a wireless terminal, wherein the configuration message identifies a location associated with the wireless terminal location configuration, and wherein the location is selected from the information identifying the plurality of locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration, and
• receive a plurality of configuration reports at the configuration management system from respective wireless terminals, wherein each of the plurality of configuration reports includes a respective identification of a location;
• wherein providing the information identifying the plurality of locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration comprises providing the information identifying one of the plurality of locations based on an aggregation of the plurality of identifications of locations from respective ones of the plurality of configuration reports from the respective wireless terminals.