IP Library Granted Patent US 8,438,287
Granted Patent B2
US 8,438,287 · App. 12/620,247 · Granted May 7, 2013

System and method for management of mobile device

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Patent No.
US 8,438,287
App. No.
12/620,247
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a system and method for managing a mobile device by using a user device, wherein the mobile device includes a web server and one or more web pages including a home web page that is accessible via an assigned uniform resource locator (URL). The method includes establishing a local connection between the mobile device and the user device, and detecting the established local connection by the user device. The method further includes launching a web browser of the user device when the local connection is detected using an auto-launch application to access the home web page via the assigned URL using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, and providing the home web page to the web browser by the web server in response to the HTTP request, wherein the home web page provides access to the mobile device and facilitates management of the mobile device.

Claims (27)

1. A method for managing a mobile device by using a user device, wherein the mobile device includes a web server and one or more web pages including a home web page that is accessible via an assigned uniform resource locator (URL), the method comprising:

establishing a local connection between the mobile device and the user device;

initiating the mobile device to enter a CD-ROM emulation mode;

detecting if a compatible device driver and an auto-launch application are installed on the user device;

installing the compatible device driver and auto-launch application onto the user device if not detected;

switching the mobile device from CD-ROM emulation mode to a proprietary mode; and

initiating the auto-launch application to launch a web browser on the user device, wherein the web browser is directed by the auto-launch application to access the home web page of the mobile device via the assigned URL, provided by the auto-launch application, using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, and

wherein the home web page provides access to the mobile device and facilitates management of the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further including downloading at least one of the auto-launch application, a local connectivity tool, and a toolbar application to the user device from one of the mobile device and a predetermined Internet web site.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the downloading step is enabled by a standard Windows Update feature,

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the downloading step is enabled by a CD-ROM emulation procedure.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the established local connection is a USB LAN (universal serial bus local area network) connection.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the auto-launch application operates by searching the mobile device for an autoplay instruction file and executes one or more instructions in the autoplay instruction file upon finding the file.

7. The method of claim 1 , further including managing the content or operation of the mobile device using the one or more web pages displayed on the web browser.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the managing step includes dragging a file from a first location and dropping the file at a second location.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the managing step includes dragging a media file from a first location and dropping the media file at a second location in order to associate a media file with a particular contact.

10. The method of claim 7 , further including managing the operation of the mobile device using the one or more web pages displayed on the web browser to adjust one or more settings of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further including using the mobile device to link the user device to the Internet to allow desired web sites to he displayed on the web browser of the user device.

12. The method of claim 1 , further including establishing an Internet connection for one of the user device and the mobile device to the Internet and downloading an application to the mobile device using the web browser of the user device.

13. A method for managing the content of a mobile device by using a user device, wherein the mobile device includes a web server and one or more web pages including a home web page that is accessible via an assigned uniform resource locator (URL), the method comprising:

establishing a local connection between the mobile device and the user device;

initiating the mobile device to enter a CD-ROM emulation mode;

installing an auto-launch application on the user device;

switching the mobile device from CD-ROM emulation mode to a proprietary mode; and

initiating the auto-launch application to launch a web browser on the user device, wherein the web browser is directed by the auto-launch application to access the home web page of the mobile device via the assigned URL, provided by the auto-launch application, using a hypertext transfer protocol (IMP) request, and

wherein the home web page provides access to the mobile device and facilitates management of the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the established local connection is a wireless connection.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2014
From: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
To: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 034447/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2012
From: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Reel/Frame 028829/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2010
From: MOTOROLA, INC
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC
Reel/Frame 025673/0558 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: LIU, DONGMIN; SCHIRTZINGER, TOM; MA, JUDY; PHAN HUY, MINH QUAN; GREMO, CHRIS; JAYAVELAN, SAMBHAVI; DORE, ASHISH
To: MOTOROLA, INC.
Reel/Frame 023654/0538 →