System and method for services functionality

• US 20060268896A1
• Filed: 05/31/2005
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vesikivi, Petri, Savinen, Teppo, Koli, Ari, Kotola, Sakari
• Application Number:
  US11/142,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20060268896A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/400
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in services functionality. For example, a user, company, and/or group wishing to employ a node and/or other computer in promoting a service might provide information to a remote store and/or server. As another example, a user seeking services might employ her node and/or other computer to find nodes and/or other computers promoting services. As yet another example, the node and/or other computer of the user seeking services might communicate with the remote store and/or server, and/or the user might be provided access to one or more services being promoted by nodes and/or other computers. As further examples, data tags might be employed in promoting services, a user, company, and/or group might be able to promote a service on behalf of another, statistics might be maintained, and/or compensation might be provided for services promotion.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving via proximity connection discovery from one or more devices one or more custom identifiers corresponding to the devices;

communicating with a remote destination;

learning of one or more services corresponding to one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery; and

accessing one or more of the services.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing information relating to one or more of the received custom identifiers.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection corresponding to one or more of the custom identifiers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more services are one or more of web services, wireless application protocol services, video services, audio services, telephone call services, short message service services, and multimedia messaging service services.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the services are accessed via cellular network.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising launching middleware software in response to determining one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery to have components indicating service promotion.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the middleware software creates a service request including one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery, wherein the service request is dispatched to the remote destination.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the middleware software creates a service request including some or all of the data read from the data tags, wherein the service request is dispatched to the remote destination.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to one or more devices employed in promoting services;

receiving data employable in accessing one or more services promoted by the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing one or more of the identifiers corresponding to the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing some or all of the received data;

receiving one or more identifiers from a seeking device;

determining one or more of the identifiers received from the seeking device to match one or more of the stored identifiers; and

providing the seeking device access to one or more services corresponding to one or more of the matching identifiers.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein redirect is employed in providing the seeking device access to the one or more services corresponding to the one or more of the matching identifiers.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein one or more of the identifiers received from the seeking device are custom identifiers received by the seeking device via proximity connection discovery.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more services corresponding to one or more of the matching identifiers are one or more of web services, wireless application protocol services, video services, audio services, telephone call services, short message service services, and multimedia messaging service services.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the identifiers received from the seeking device are received via cellular network.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing compensation for service promotion.

14. A method, comprising:

reading from one or more data tags data corresponding to the data tags;

communicating with a remote destination;

learning of one or more services, corresponding to some or all of the data read from the data tags; and

accessing one or more of the services.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising launching middleware software in response to determining some or all of the data read from the data tags to have components indicating service promotion.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the middleware software creates a service request including some or all of the data read from the data tags, wherein the service request is dispatched to the remote destination.

17. A system, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein; and

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

receiving via proximity connection discovery from one or more devices one or more custom identifiers corresponding to the devices;

communicating with a remote destination;

learning of one or more services corresponding to one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery; and

accessing one or more of the services.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor further performs providing information relating to one or more of the received custom identifiers.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor further performs receiving a selection corresponding to one or more of the custom identifiers.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more services are one or more of web services, wireless application protocol services, video services, audio services, telephone call services, short message service services, and multimedia messaging service services.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein one or more of the services are accessed via cellular network.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor further performs launching middleware software in response to determining one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery to have components indicating service promotion.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the middleware software creates a service request including one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery, wherein the service request is dispatched to the remote destination.

24. A system, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein; and

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to one or more devices employed in promoting services;

receiving data employable in accessing one or more services promoted by the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing one or more of the identifiers corresponding to the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing some or all of the received data;

receiving one or more identifiers from a seeking device;

determining one or more of the identifiers received from the seeking device to match one or more of the stored identifiers; and

providing the seeking device access to one or more services corresponding to one or more of the matching identifiers.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein redirect is employed in providing the seeking device access to the one or more services corresponding to the one or more of the matching identifiers.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein one or more of the identifiers received from the seeking device are custom identifiers received by the seeking device via proximity connection discovery.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the one or more services corresponding to one or more of the matching identifiers are one or more of web services, wireless application protocol services, video services, audio services, telephone call services, short message service services, and multimedia messaging service services.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the identifiers received from the seeking device are received via cellular network.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein the processor further performs providing compensation for service promotion.

30. A system, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein; and

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

reading from one or more data tags data corresponding to the data tags;

communicating with a remote destination;

learning of one or more services corresponding to some or all of the data read from the data tags; and

accessing one or more of the services.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the processor further performs launching middleware software in response to determining some or all of the data read from the data tags to have components indicating service promotion.

33. A node, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein;

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code; and

a network interface disposed in communication with the processor;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

receiving via proximity connection discovery from one or more devices one or more custom identifiers corresponding to the devices;

communicating with a remote destination;

learning of one or more services corresponding to one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery; and

accessing one or more of the services.

34. The node of claim 33, further comprising a proximity connection interface, wherein the proximity connection interface is employed in performing the proximity connection discovery.

35. A server, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein;

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code; and

a network interface disposed in communication with the processor;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to one or more devices employed in promoting services;

receiving data employable in accessing one or more services promoted by the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing one or more of the identifiers corresponding to the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing some or all of the received data;

receiving one or more identifiers from a seeking device;

determining one or more of the identifiers received from the seeking device to match one or more of the stored identifiers; and

providing the seeking device access to one or more services corresponding to one or more of the matching identifiers.

36. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium containing program code that when executed causes a node to perform:

receiving via proximity connection discovery from one or more devices one or more custom identifiers corresponding to the devices;

communicating with a remote destination;

learning of one or more services corresponding to one or more identifiers received via the proximity connection discovery; and

accessing one or more of the services.

37. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium containing program code that when executed causes a server to perform:

receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to one or more devices employed in promoting services;

receiving data employable in accessing one or more services promoted by the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing one or more of the identifiers corresponding to the one or more devices employed in promoting services;

storing some or all of the received data;

receiving one or more identifiers from a seeking device;

determining one or more of the identifiers received from the seeking device to match one or more of the stored identifiers; and

providing the seeking device access to one or more services corresponding to one or more of the matching identifiers.