Systems and Methods for Updating Provisioning Information Provided by a Client

Abstract

Systems and methods for updating provisioning information provided by a client to a network. Provisioning information may be updated in the network using provisioning information provided by the client and vice versa. One criteria for updating provisioning information includes determining which provisioning information is the most recent.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for updating a first provisioning information, the first provisioning information stored by a network, the first provisioning information comprising a first authority, the first provisioning information stored in a memory, the method performed by the network, the method comprising:
 receiving a second provisioning information from a client via wireless communication, the second provisioning information comprising a second authority;   wirelessly communicating with the client in accordance with all or a portion of the second provisioning information;   comparing the first authority to the second authority; and   in accordance with comparing, if the second authority is more recent than the first authority, replacing the first provisioning information in the memory with the second provisioning information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising in accordance with comparing, if the first authority is more recent than the second authority, wirelessly transmitting the first provisioning information to the client. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein:
 the first authority comprises a first value for a parameter, the parameter comprises one of a date of creation, an entity that created provisioning information, a date of issue, an effective date, and a revision number; 
 the second authority comprises a second value for the same parameter as the first authority; and 
 comparing comprises comparing the first value to the second value. 
 
     
     
         4 . A method for updating a first provisioning information, the first provisioning information stored by a client, the method performed by the client, the method comprising:
 providing the first provisioning information to a network via wireless communication, the first provisioning information comprising a first authority, the first provisioning information stored in a memory of the client;   wirelessly communicating with the network in accordance with all or a portion of the first provisioning information;   receiving a second provisioning information via wireless communication, the second provisioning information stored by the network, the second provisioning information comprising a second authority;   comparing the first authority to the second authority; and   in accordance with comparing, if the second authority is more recent than the first authority, replacing the first provisioning information in the memory with the second provisioning information.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein:
 the first authority comprises a first value for a parameter, the parameter comprises one of a date of creation, an entity that created provisioning information, a date of issue, an effective date, and a revision number; 
 the second authority comprises a second value for the same parameter as the first authority; and 
 comparing comprises comparing the first value to the second value.