Messaging abstraction in a mobile device server

• US 10,172,116 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Morris, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Joshi, Suraj M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mesa, Joel
• Application Number:
  US15/172,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20160286531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 709219, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4367 Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device server that receives a pairing key, establishes communication with a media resource center using a web server application of the mobile device server, transmits the pairing key to the media resource center to enable processing of a software application by the mobile device server, detects a request from the software application to utilize a resource of the media resource center, accesses a messaging abstraction library, retrieves a first message from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the request and that conforms to a first communication protocol of the resource, and transmits the first message to the resource to cause the resource to process the request generated by the software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A portable communication device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving a pairing key;

detecting a media resource center upon entering a communication zone of the media resource center;

engaging in communication with a resource control manager of the media resource center, wherein the resource control manager manages utilization of a plurality of media resources of the media resource center;

transmitting the pairing key to the resource control manager to be authorized to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources;

detecting a request from a resident software application to utilize a media resource of the plurality of media resources;

receiving authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager wherein the authorization is responsive to the resource control manager identifying a highest service grade associated with the portable communication device, wherein the resource control manager engages in communication with a plurality of portable communication devices, wherein the plurality of portable communication devices includes the portable communication device, wherein each of the plurality of portable communication devices is associated with a service grade resulting in a plurality of services grades, wherein the plurality of service grades includes the highest service grade, wherein the resource control manager arbitrating delegation of management of the plurality of media resources to one of the plurality of portable communication devices comprises identifying of the highest service grade associated with the portable communication device;

accessing a messaging abstraction library to translate the request by identifying a message of a plurality of messages provided within the messaging abstraction library representative of the request and that conforms to a device specific command of the media resource of the plurality of media resources, wherein the plurality of messages comprise a plurality of communication protocols associated with the plurality of media resources;

accessing media content through a media content viewing application by providing the message including a protocol of the plurality of communication protocols for the device specific command of the media resource to the media resource, wherein the resource control manager authenticates the media viewing application according to the pairing key;

obtaining the media content, wherein the resource control manager provides the media content;

determining that the accessing of the media content through the media content viewing application is not part of a subscribed service provided by a service provider according to the highest service grade and the pairing key; and

billing a user associated with the media viewing application according to the highest service grade and the pairing key.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a list of customizable options to establish a resource management policy regarding the utilization of the plurality of media resources implemented by the resource control manager.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing a plurality of selected customizable options to establish a resource management policy to the resource control manager, and wherein the messaging abstraction library is updated with changes to the protocol without updating the resident software application that generated the request.

4. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving information associated with the plurality of media resources wherein the information comprises provisioning data, service provider usage policy, subscriber usage policy, or telemetry data.

5. The portable communication device of claim 4, wherein provisioning data comprises an identification of services available for use by the portable communication device.

6. The portable communication device of claim 5, wherein the service provider usage policy comprises digital rights management policies, Quality of Service policies or bandwidth management policies.

7. The portable communication device of claim 6, wherein the subscriber usage policy comprises subscriber usage preferences, media content preferences, time of day usage, parental control, or a load management policy.

8. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the receiving the authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager further comprise receiving a plurality of selections for media content from a content provider system.

9. The portable communication device of claim 8, wherein the receiving the authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager further comprise providing selected media content from the plurality of selections for media content.

10. The portable communication device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise receiving authorization from the resource control manager to access the selected media content wherein the resource control manager determines that the portable communication device has authorization to access the selected media content based on the highest service grade.

11. A method, comprising:

communicating, by a processing system including a processor, with a resource control manager of a media resource center, wherein the resource control manager manages utilization of a plurality of media resources of the media resource center responsive to entering a communication zone of the resource control manager;

providing, by the processing system, a pairing key to the resource control manager to be authorized to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources;

receiving, by the processing system, authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager wherein the authorization is responsive to the resource control manager identifying a highest service grade associated with the processing system, wherein the resource control manager engages in communication with a plurality of processing systems, wherein the plurality of processing systems includes the processing system, wherein each of the plurality of processing systems is associated with a service grade resulting in a plurality of services grades, wherein the plurality of service grades includes the highest service grade, wherein the resource control manager arbitrating delegation of management of the plurality of media resources to one of the plurality of processing systems comprises identifying of the highest service grade associated with the processing system;

accessing, by the processing system, responsive to receiving a request to utilize a media resource of the plurality of media resources, a messaging abstraction library to translate the request by identifying a message of a plurality of messages provided within the messaging abstraction library representative of the request and that conforms to a device specific command of the media resource of the plurality of media resources, wherein the plurality of messages comprise a plurality of communication protocols associated with the plurality of media resources;

accessing, by the processing system, media content through a media content viewing application by providing the message including the device specific command to the media resource, wherein the resource control manager authenticates the media viewing application according to the pairing key;

obtaining, by the processing system, the media content, wherein the resource control manager provides the media content;

determining, by the processing system, that the accessing of the media content through the media content viewing application is not part of a subscribed service provided by a service provider according to the highest service grade and the pairing key; and

billing, by the processing system, a user associated with the media viewing application according to the highest service grade and the pairing key.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

presenting, by the processing system, a list of customizable options at a display device to establish a resource management policy regarding the utilization of the plurality of media resources implemented by the resource control manager.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing, by the processing system, a plurality of selected customizable options to establish the resource management policy to the resource control manager.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving, by the processing system, information associated with the plurality of media resources wherein the information comprises provisioning data, service provider usage policy, subscriber usage policy, or telemetry data.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving, by the processing system, the authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager further comprise providing, by the processing system, selected media content from a plurality of selections for media content received from a content provider system.

16. The method of claim 15, further receiving authorization from the resource control manager to access the selected media content wherein the resource control manager determines that the processing system has authorization to access the selected media content based on the highest service grade.

17. A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

detecting a resource control manager center upon entering a communication zone of the resource control manager center;

engaging in communication with a resource control manager of a media resource center, wherein the resource control manager manages utilization of a plurality of media resources of the media resource center;

providing a pairing key to the resource control manager to be authorized to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources;

accessing media content from the plurality of media resources responsive to receipt of authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager wherein the authorization is responsive to the resource control manager identifying a highest service grade associated with the processing system, wherein the resource control manager engages in communication with a plurality of processing systems, wherein the plurality of processing systems includes the processing system, wherein each of the plurality of processing systems is associated with a service grade resulting in a plurality of services grades, wherein the plurality of service grades includes the highest service grade, wherein the resource control manager arbitrating delegation of management of the plurality of media resources to one of the plurality of processing systems comprises identifying of the highest service grade associated with the processing system;

accessing, responsive to receiving a request receive the media content as requested media content, a messaging abstraction library to translate the request by identifying a message of a plurality of messages provided within the messaging abstraction library representative of the request and that conforms to a device specific command of the media resource of the plurality of media resources, wherein the plurality of messages comprise a plurality of communication protocols associated with the plurality of media resources;

accessing the requested media content through a media content viewing application by providing the message including a protocol of the plurality of communication protocols for the device specific command of the media resource to the media resource, wherein the resource control manager authenticates the media viewing application according to the pairing key;

obtaining the requested media content, wherein the resource control manager provides the requested media content;

determining that the accessing of the requested media content through the media content viewing application is not part of a subscribed service provided by a service provider according to the highest service grade and the pairing key; and

billing a user associated with the media viewing application according to the highest service grade and the pairing key.

18. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise providing a plurality of selected customizable options to establish a resource management policy to the resource control manager responsive to receiving a list of customizable options.

19. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the accessing of the requested media content further comprise transmitting selected media content from a plurality of selections for the requested media content received from a content provider system, and wherein the messaging abstraction library is updated with changes to the protocol without updating a resident software application that generated the request.

20. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise receiving authorization from the resource control manager to access the selected media content wherein the resource control manager determines that the processing system has authorization to access the selected media content based on the highest service grade.