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Method for remote configuration of an apparatus via a network

US8626846B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Jan Coppens · Evergem, BE
Christoph Stevens · Stekene, BE
Pascal Justen · Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, BE
Sven Van Den Bosch · Lochristi, BE
Willem Jozef Amaat Acke · Rijmenam, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2009
Grant date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/329
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of the method includes remote configuration of at least one apparatus using a configuration server to configure the apparatus in situ via a network, to which the apparatus and the configuration server are connected. The method includes exchanging information requests and inform messages between the configuration server and the apparatus. The method further includes prioritizing, at the configuration server, the requested information indicated by the at least one of information requests and inform messages. The method also includes sending, from the configuration server, the requested information indicated by the at least one of information requests and inform messages over the network to the apparatus.

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