Data processing information feeder framework

• US 20060039368A1
• Filed: 08/18/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Punaganti Venkata, Murali Krishna, Chaudhuri, Indrajit
• Granted Patent: US 7,454,461 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/386
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A framework is configured for publishing data from a data processing arrangement coupled to a network. Data objects are provided from one or more application programs of the data processing arrangement. An information feed of the data processing arrangement is defined. The information feed provides a collection of data objects having related information-types. The data objects of the application programs are associated with the information feed based on an information-type of the data objects. The data objects of the information feed available are made available via a network component of the data processing arrangement.

Claims

1. A method of publishing data from a data processing arrangement coupled to a network, comprising:

providing data objects from one or more application programs of the data processing arrangement;

defining an information feed of the data processing arrangement, the information feed providing a collection of data objects having related information-types;

associating the data objects of the application programs with the information feed based on an information-type of the data objects; and

making the data objects of the information feed available via a network component of the data processing arrangement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network component comprises a Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network component comprises a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the data objects with the information feed comprising registering the data objects with the information feed via an application interface associated with the information feed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising formatting the data objects into a data format associated with the information feed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein formatting the data objects comprises converting a data-type of at least one of the data objects.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein formatting the data objects comprises formatting the objects into a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein making the data objects of the information feed available via the network component of the data processing arrangement comprises making the data objects available via a server component of the data processing arrangement.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein making the data objects of the information feed available via the network component of the data processing arrangement comprises sending the data objects to a server arrangement via the network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data processing arrangement comprises a mobile terminal.

11. A processor-readable medium, comprising:

a program storage device configured with instructions for causing a processor of a data processing arrangement to perform the operations of,

providing data objects from one or more application programs of the data processing arrangement;

defining an information feed of the data processing arrangement, the information feed providing a collection of data objects having related information-types;

associating the data objects of the application programs with the information feed based on an information-type of the data objects; and

making the data objects of the information feed available via a network component of the data processing arrangement.

12. The processor-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the network component comprises a Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) server.

13. The processor-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the network component comprises a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server.

14. The processor-readable medium of claim 11, wherein associating the data objects with the information feed comprising registering the data objects with the information feed via an application interface associated with the information feed.

15. A system comprising:

a network having a plurality of data consumers; and

a data processing arrangement capable of being coupled to the network, the data processing arrangement having,

means for providing data objects from one or more application programs of the data processing arrangement;

means for defining an information feed of the data processing arrangement, the information feed providing a collection of data objects having related information-types;

means for associating the data objects of the application programs with the information feed based on an information-type of the data objects; and

means for making the data objects of the information feed available to the data consumers via a network component of the data processing arrangement.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising an aggregator node coupled to the network, the aggregator node configured to form an aggregated information feed by combining the information feed of data processing arrangement with information feeds received from other data processing arrangements coupled to the network.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the data processing arrangement further comprises means for formatting the data objects into a data format associated with the information feed.

18. An apparatus configured for exchanging data with one or more data consumers via a network, comprising:

a processor;

a network interface configured to exchange data via the network; and

a memory coupled to the processor and the network interface, the memory including,

one or more user applications configured to provide data objects;

an information feeder module configured to receive the data objects from the user applications and form one or more information feeds based on the data objects, each information feed including a collection of data objects having related information-types;

a network interface module configured to make the information feeds available to the plurality of data consumers via the network interface.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information feeder module comprises an application program interface configured accept registration of data objects and information-types associated with the data objects.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information feeder module is further configured to format the data objects into a data format associated with the information feed.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the network interface comprises a wireless network interface.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the network module is configured to make the information feeds available via a Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) server.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the network module is configured to make the information feeds available via a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server.