Dynamic Provisioning Source Determination for Wireless Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
In open market wireless systems, users face challenges in accessing new network services without pre-configured provisioning information on their removable modules or devices, leading to inefficient processes like replacing or returning modules for updates.
Innovation Solution
The system provides dynamic source determination methods for acquiring provisioning information, allowing users to manually or automatically obtain and store necessary data on their devices, eliminating the need for new or updated modules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If provisioning information is pre-configured on removable modules for open market wireless devices, then users can access network services reliably, but the system lacks adaptability to new services and requires module replacement for updates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments provisioning information into two distinct storage locations: removable modules (for core network access information) and device memory (for service-specific provisioning information). This segmentation allows the system to maintain reliable network access through the removable module while gaining adaptability to new services through device-stored provisioning information, eliminating the need to replace removable modules for service updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces device memory as an intermediary storage layer between the removable module and the network service. This intermediary allows provisioning information to be cached or stored on the device itself, enabling the system to access new services without modifying or replacing the removable module, thus resolving the contradiction between reliability and adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users replace removable modules to obtain updated provisioning information, then they can access new network services, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring the device with capabilities to store and manage provisioning information locally in device memory. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for users to perform the complex action of replacing removable modules when new services are introduced, as the device can directly access provisioning information from its own storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by duplicating provisioning information from network sources to device memory. Instead of requiring users to physically replace modules to obtain updated information, the system copies the necessary provisioning data to the device, simplifying the access process while maintaining service adaptability.
3Reliability
If provisioning information is stored only on removable modules, then module authorization is maintained, but users cannot access new services without module replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the provisioning information storage function into two parts: authorization-critical information remains on the secured removable module, while service-specific provisioning information can be stored on the device. This segmentation maintains authorization security for core functions while enabling rapid service deployment through device-stored information, eliminating the bottleneck of module replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to provisioning information storage by introducing device memory as a secondary storage location. This dimensional expansion allows the system to maintain security through the original removable module while gaining rapid service deployment capability through the new device storage dimension, resolving the contradiction between security and deployment speed.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, apparatus and methods are described that provide for dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a per-network service basis for open market wireless devices. Specifically, systems, apparatus and methods provide for the open market wireless devices and/or the users of such devices to acquire provisioning information for network services in instances in which neither the removable module currently associated with the device or the non-removable memory of the open market wireless device store the provisioning information for the desired network service. In this regard, present aspects provide for a prompt, such as a user notification to presented on an output mechanism of the wireless device when the wireless determines first that the provisioning information is not stored on the removable module and, secondly, that the provisioning information is not stored on the non-removable data storage of the device.