Granted Patent B1

US 7,836,337 · App. 10/888,289 · Granted Nov 16, 2010

Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for restoration of a mobile device to a state prior to loss of application software and data, the application software and the data being stored in standard memory storage, the mobile device having a standard memory storage and a persistent memory storage, the computer program code performing the steps of:

a. deploying a core agent into the standard memory storage of the mobile device;

b. deploying a persistent agent into the persistent memory storage of the mobile device, the persistent agent being an installation version of the core agent; and

c. re-deploying the core agent into the standard memory storage of the mobile device using the deployed persistent agent in the event of loss of application software and data stored in standard memory storage.

2. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 further comprising a computer program code for deploying the application software and the data into the standard memory storage of the mobile device.

3. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 further comprising a computer program code for executing the core agent when the mobile device is connected to at least one host server.

4. The computer program product as in claim 3 wherein the computer program code for executing the core agent when the mobile device is connected to at least one host server comprises a computer program code performing the tasks of:

d. communicating the application software and the data between the mobile device and the host server;

e. configuring the mobile device;

f. troubleshooting errors on the mobile device;

g. rectifying errors;

h. centralized reporting of activities performed on the mobile device to the host server; and

i. transferring copies of the application software and the data stored on the mobile device to the host server.

5. The computer program product as recited in claim 4 wherein the computer program code performing the task of communicating between the mobile device and the host server comprises a computer program code for performing the tasks of:

j. capturing hardware and software information from the mobile device; and

k. reporting the hardware and software information back to the host server.

6. The computer program product as recited in claim 1 further comprising a computer program code for executing the core agent when the mobile device is operating in a standalone manner.

7. The computer program product as in claim 6 wherein the computer program code for executing the core agent when the mobile device is operating in a stand alone manner comprises a computer program code performing the tasks of:

l. configuring the mobile device;

m. troubleshooting errors on the mobile device; and

n. rectifying errors.

8. A method for restoration of a mobile device to a state prior to loss of application software and data, the application software and the data being stored in standard memory storage, the mobile device having a standard memory storage and a persistent memory storage, the method comprising the steps of:

a. deploying a core agent into the standard memory storage of the mobile device;

b. deploying a persistent agent into the persistent memory storage of the mobile device, the persistent agent being an installation version of the core agent; and

c. re-deploying the core agent into the standard memory storage of the mobile device using the deployed persistent agent in the event of loss of the application software and the data stored in the standard memory storage.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising the step of deploying the application software and the data into the standard memory storage of the mobile device using the core agent.

10. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising the step of executing the core agent, the step being performed when the mobile device is connected to at least one host server.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the step of executing the core agent when the mobile device is connected to at least one host server comprises:

d. communicating the application software and the data between the mobile device and the host server;

e. configuring the mobile device;

f. troubleshooting errors on the mobile device;

g. rectifying errors;

h. centralized reporting of activities performed on the mobile device to the host server; and

i. transferring copies of the application software and the data stored on the mobile device to the host server.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein the step of communicating between the mobile device and the host server comprises:

j. capturing hardware and software information from the mobile device; and

k. reporting the hardware and software information back to the host server.

13. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising the step of executing the core agent, the step being performed when the mobile device is operating in a stand-alone manner.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein the step of executing the core agent when the mobile device is operating in a stand alone manner comprises:

l. configuring the mobile device;

m. troubleshooting errors on the mobile device; and

n. rectifying errors.

15. A method for restoration of a mobile device to a state prior to loss of application software and data, the application software and the data being stored in standard memory storage, the mobile device having a standard memory storage and a persistent memory storage, the method comprising the steps of:

a. deploying a core agent into the standard memory storage of the mobile device;

b. deploying a persistent agent into the persistent memory storage of the mobile device, the persistent agent being an installation version of the core agent;

c. re-deploying the core agent into the standard memory storage of the mobile device using the deployed persistent agent in the event of loss of application software and data stored in standard memory storage; and

d. deploying the application software and the data into the standard memory storage of the mobile device using the core agent, wherein the core agent automatically deploys the application software and the data by communicating with at least one host server.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 further comprising the step of executing the core agent, the step being performed when the mobile device is connected to at least one host server.

17. The method as recited in claim 16 wherein the step of executing the core agent when the mobile device is connected to at least one host server comprises:

e. communicating the application software and the data between the mobile device and the host server;

f. configuring the mobile device;

g. troubleshooting errors on the mobile device;

h. rectifying errors;

i. centralized reporting of activities performed on the mobile device to the host server; and

j. transferring copies of the application software and the data stored on the mobile device to the host server.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein the step of communicating between the mobile device and the host server comprises:

k. capturing hardware and software information from the mobile device; and

l. reporting the hardware and software information back to the host server.

19. The method as recited in claim 15 further comprising the step of executing the core agent, the step being performed when the mobile device is operating in a stand-alone manner.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 wherein the step of executing the core agent when the mobile device is operating in a stand alone manner comprises:

m. configuring the mobile device;

n. troubleshooting errors on the mobile device; and

o. rectifying errors.

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