Extensible customizable structured and managed client data storage

• US 20050015474A1
• Filed: 07/16/2003
• Published: 01/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Wun-Mai Jennifer, Seah, Veiming, Tran, Luu D., Kavacheri, Sathyanarayanan N.
• Application Number:
  US10/622,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20050015474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

Methods and systems thereof for storing, reading and writing wireless client device profiles are described. A node is created for each device and the properties of the client devices are stored as attributes of a respective node. By storing the profiles in this manner, the reading of a device property reduces to fetching an attribute of the appropriate node, and the writing of a device property is reduced to modifying an attribute of the appropriate node. Parsing and validation of device profiles are eliminated, improving performance. Moreover, the profiles are managed by a user-friendly interface.

Claims

1. A method of storing client device profiles on a server, said method comprising:

accessing information that identifies properties of a wireless client device, wherein said information is received in Extensible Markup Language (XML) form;

creating a node for said wireless client device in a software directory resident on said server; and

storing said information identifying properties of said wireless client device as attributes of said node in said software directory, wherein said information for said wireless client device is stored in other than said XML form.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said server is a portal server.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said server is a directory server coupled to a portal server.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said software directory comprises a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory comprising a node for each of a plurality of wireless client devices, wherein an LDAP Directory Information Tree (DIT) is created for each of said wireless client devices.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising parsing said information received in said XML form prior to said creating and storing.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising fetching an attribute from said software directory.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising modifying an attribute in said software directory.

8. A computer system comprising:

a memory unit; and

a processor coupled to said memory unit, said processor for executing a method of storing client device profiles, said method comprising;

accessing information that identifies properties of a wireless client device, wherein said information is received in Extensible Markup Language (XML) form;

creating a node for said wireless client device in a software directory; and

storing said information identifying properties of said wireless client device as attributes of said node in said software directory, wherein said information for said wireless client device is stored in other than said XML form.

9. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said computer system is a portal server.

10. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said computer system is a directory server coupled to a portal server.

11. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said software directory comprises a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory comprising a node for each of a plurality of wireless client devices, wherein an LDAP Directory Information Tree (DIT) is created for each of said wireless client devices.

12. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said method further comprises parsing said information received in said XML form prior to said creating and storing.

13. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said method further comprises fetching an attribute from said software directory.

14. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said method further comprises modifying an attribute in said software directory.

15. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method of storing client device profiles, said method comprising:

receiving information that identifies properties of a wireless client device, wherein said information is received in Extensible Markup Language (XML) form;

creating a node for said wireless client device in a software directory; and

storing said information identifying properties of said wireless client device as attributes of said node in said software directory, wherein said information for said wireless client device is stored in other than said XML form.

16. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer system is a portal server.

17. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer system is a directory server coupled to a portal server.

18. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said software directory comprises a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory comprising a node for each of a plurality of wireless client devices, wherein an LDAP Directory Information Tree (DIT) is created for each of said wireless client devices.

19. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer-readable program code embodied therein causes said computer system to perform said method further comprising parsing said information received in said XML form prior to said creating and storing.

20. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer-readable program code embodied therein causes said computer system to perform said method further comprising fetching an attribute from said software directory.

21. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer-readable program code embodied therein causes said computer system to perform said method further comprising modifying an attribute in said software directory.

22. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said information is received from a data base resident on said computer system.

23. The computer-usable medium of claim 15 wherein said information is received from another device in communication with said computer system.