Service framework supporting remote service discovery and connection
First Claim
1. A method of operating a communications node comprising a service framework, a service-requesting entity, and a service, the method comprising:
- the service-requesting entity requesting the service framework to provide access to the service; and
the service framework providing the service-requesting entity with access to the service.
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Abstract
In an information appliance system 100, a user device 108 comprises a client platform (200, FIG. 5) that includes a service framework (235, FIG. 5) to discover and connect with a variety of services, both remote and local, transient and persistent, and to disconnect from them when they are no longer of interest or become unavailable. The service framework 235 provides a standard, consistent, simplified way for services to make themselves available and for service-using entities to locate and connect with the services of interest to them. When a service is requested from a remote server, a service frontend (281, FIG. 9) on the client platform attempts to find its corresponding service backend (282, FIG. 9) on a server providing the requested service and, if it finds it, the frontend and backend coalesce in a fully formed service that is made available to a requesting service-using entity. As a result, platform resources and security are maintained. Various methods of operating a service framework are also described.
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1. A method of operating a communications node comprising a service framework, a service-requesting entity, and a service, the method comprising:
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the service-requesting entity requesting the service framework to provide access to the service; and
the service framework providing the service-requesting entity with access to the service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium containing computer instructions for instructing a processor to perform a method of operating a communications node comprising a service framework, a service-requesting entity, and a service, the instructions comprising:
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the service-requesting entity requesting the service framework to provide access to the service; and
providing the service-requesting entity with access to the service. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communications node comprising:
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a processor;
a wireless interface coupled to the processor to enable the communications node to communicate with a remote node; and
a memory coupled to the processor and comprising;
a service-requesting entity; and
a service framework to discover a service requested by the service-requesting entity, the service being on the remote node, and to connect the service-requesting entity with the service. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A communications system comprising:
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at least one remote node; and
at least one communications node comprising;
a processor;
a wireless interface coupled to the processor to enable the at least one communications node to communicate with the at least one remote node; and
a memory coupled to the processor and comprising;
a service-requesting entity; and
a service framework to discover a service requested by the service-requesting entity, the service being on at least one remote node, and to connect the service-requesting entity with the service. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of discovering a service on a communications node, wherein the communications node comprises a service-requesting entity and a service registry, the method comprising:
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the service-requesting entity constructing a service template representing a desired service, the service template comprising a service type;
the service-requesting entity issuing the service template to the service registry; and
if the service registry has service objects matching the service template, the service registry returning to the service-requesting entity an array of such service objects. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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