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Method and apparatus for provisioning a communications client on a host device

US8051149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2009
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for provisioning a data communications client on a host communications device, the host communications device adapted to operate on a communications network, the apparatus comprising: a first data store adapted to store variant configuration information; a second data store adapted to store provisioning information; a provisioning module adapted to select the provisioning information stored in said second data store as a function of the variant configuration information stored in said first data store and apply the selected provisioning information to provision the data communications client; and a user interface interacting with said provisioning module to enable a user of the host communications device to provision the data communications client.

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