NFC Provisioning for Client Device Enrollment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Provisioning large numbers of client devices with management components and enrolling them in a management service is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process for IT administrators, requiring manual configuration of various parameters.
Innovation Solution
The use of near-field communication (NFC) to facilitate the provisioning of client devices by initiating two NFC sessions between an administrator device and a client device, where configuration parameters are transmitted to install a management component and complete enrollment with a management service.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual provisioning methods are used to install management components and configure enrollment parameters on client devices, then each device can be properly enrolled with the management service, but the process becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive when provisioning large numbers of devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring enrollment parameters and management component packages on the administrator device before the actual provisioning process. The system prepares provisioning profiles, device identifiers, and enrollment credentials in advance, so that when multiple client devices need to be provisioned, the administrator simply needs to initiate the automated process rather than manually configuring each device individually. This significantly reduces the time and effort required for bulk device provisioning.
2Loss of time
If automated provisioning methods are implemented using NFC to transmit configuration parameters, then provisioning time is reduced, but the system complexity increases due to the need for NFC session management and automated enrollment processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the administrator device as an intermediary between the management service and client devices. The administrator device stores provisioning profiles, manages NFC sessions, and coordinates the enrollment process. This intermediary approach simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the complexity in a single device that IT administrators already use for device management, rather than requiring complex integrated systems across all devices. The administrator device acts as a bridge that handles the automated provisioning logic while maintaining compatibility with existing management service infrastructure.
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AI summary
Disclosed are various examples for provisioning a client device through near-field communication (NFC). An administrator device can provide configuration parameters to a client device in a factory-reset condition through an NFC bump. A second NFC bump can be performed that provides enrollment parameters to the client device, after which the client device can complete enrollment with an enterprise mobility management (EMM) service.