Management and arbitration of mobile service discovery
First Claim
1. A service registry method, comprising:
- receiving a publication from a service provider for at least services offered by the service provider;
registering the service provider;
determining, for each service provider registration, meta-data describing characteristics of the service provider;
associating the meta-data with said registration of the service provider;
receiving a service request from a service consumer;
identifying registered service providers providing the service; and
selecting a service provider best able to provide the service from said identified registered service providers, the selecting based at least in part on said meta-data associated with registered service providers.
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Abstract
A Registry, such as a UDDI registry, dynamically manages (e.g. filters and/or re-orders) answers to service queries by Service Consumers based at least on one or more of the individual states/status of Service Providers, the collective service environment state, and policies employed by the environment. The Registry may be configured to infer operational state/status about a Service Provider, such as impending unavailability due to very low battery reserves, and to remove providers from the registry if determined to be unavailable. The Registry may be configured to associate a shelf-life with a provider registration based on characteristics of the Service Provider, or based on past experience with the Service Provider. Such dynamic management allows the Registry to implement intelligent task distribution and load balancing between Service Providers, and to insulate Service Providers on fragile platforms (e.g. notebooks, handhelds, etc.) that may otherwise be overwhelmed by offering themselves as a traditional provider.
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21 Claims
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1. A service registry method, comprising:
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receiving a publication from a service provider for at least services offered by the service provider;
registering the service provider;
determining, for each service provider registration, meta-data describing characteristics of the service provider;
associating the meta-data with said registration of the service provider;
receiving a service request from a service consumer;
identifying registered service providers providing the service; and
selecting a service provider best able to provide the service from said identified registered service providers, the selecting based at least in part on said meta-data associated with registered service providers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article comprising a machine-accessible media having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
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receiving a publication from a service provider for at least services offered by the service provider;
registering the service provider;
determining, for each service provider registration, meta-data describing characteristics of the service provider;
associating the meta-data with said registration of the service provider;
receiving a service request from a service consumer;
identifying registered service providers providing the service; and
selecting a service provider best able to provide the service from said identified registered service providers, the selecting based at least in part on said meta-data associated with registered service providers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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a service registry operable to receive publications of available services from service providers, and to receive service requests;
a meta-data engine operable to associate meta-data with said registrations describing characteristics and/or capabilities of the registered service providers;
wherein the service registry is further operable to identify a service provider best able to provide for a particular service request based at least in part on the meta-data associated with service providers. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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