Ad-hoc multimedia information exploitation via web services and mobile agents

• US 20060294210A1
• Filed: 06/27/2005
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TTI Inventions C LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: TTI Inventions C LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Falchuk, Benjamin W.
• Application Number:
  US11/167,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294210A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A method and system for transient access to multimedia data using devices attached to a communications network enables Web Services to be deployed in an ad-hoc fashion on networked devices using taskable mobile agents. Transient Web Services are transported and remotely controlled by mobile agents, thereby enabling information exploitation.

Claims

1. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices comprising the steps of:

transporting a remotely controllable mobile agent to a computing device in a network;

deploying Web Services to the networked computing device via the mobile agent;

controlling data on the networked computing device according to the Web Services as controlled by the mobile agent, and

controlling the lifecycle of the Web Services by the mobile agent.

2. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent is lightweight.

3. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent is agile.

4. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent controls the life cycle of a Web Service

5. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent comprises software selected from the group consisting of:

Apache SOAP server, XSOAP server, eSOAP server, XML parser, XMLPULL parser, and MinML parser.

6. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent encapsulates and controls a SOAP server.

7. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent comprises OWL software.

8. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent is supported by a mobile agent framework.

9. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent platform comprises Java Agent Development Environment (JADE) software.

10. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein the Web Services deployed via the mobile agent onto the networked computing devices are described in a Web Services registry.

11. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 10, wherein the registry is Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI).

12. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 10, wherein the registry distinguishes the Web Services from permanent services through registry meta-data.

13. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein the Ad-Hoc Services expose an interface that is described using the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

14. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 1, wherein said Web Services and the mobile agents which transport them have realizations as Java classes.

22. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 13, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent is supported by a mobile agent framework.

15. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices comprising:

remotely controllable mobile agent transported to a computing device in a network;

Web Services deployed to said computing device via said remotely controllable mobile agent, said Web Services controlling data in said computing device according to said mobile agent;

said mobile agent controlling the life cycle of the Web Services.

16. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent is lightweight.

17. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent is agile.

18. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent controls the life cycle of a Web Service

19. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent comprises software selected from the group consisting of:

Apache SOAP server, XSOAP server, eSOAP server, XML parser, XMLPULL parser, and MinML parser.

20. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent comprises SOAP software.

21. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent comprises OWL software.

23. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said remotely controllable mobile agent platform comprises Java Agent Development Environment (JADE) software.

24. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein the Web Services deployed via the mobile agent onto the networked computing devices are described in a Web Services registry.

25. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 24, wherein the registry is Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI).

26. A method for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 24, wherein the registry distinguishes the Web Services from permanent services through registry meta-data.

27. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said Web Services protocol is Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

28. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, wherein said Web Services is a Java class.

29. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, further comprising controller for sending instructions to said remotely controllable mobile agent.

30. A system for providing transient access to multimedia data on networked computing devices as set forth in claim 15, further comprising controller for sending instructions to said remotely controllable mobile agent for undeploying the Web Services.