Quality of service enabled device and method of operation therefore for use with universal plug and play
First Claim
1. A service, comprising:
- a QoS state exposer and QoS configurator service module maintaining a record of a configuration of QoS objects present at a device and available for configuration, communicating at least part of the record to a user of the device, receiving a request from the user specifying one or more alterations to the configuration, and performing the alterations to the configuration as specified.
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Abstract
A method of operation for use with a QoS enabled device includes maintaining a record of a configuration of QoS objects present at a QoS enabled device and available for configuration. Further operation includes communicating the record to a user of the device, receiving a request from the user specifying one or more alterations to the configuration, and performing the alterations to the configuration as specified. In the case where information about the configuration is recorded in accordance with a publicly available catalog of standardized terminology developed to describe configuration elements, UPnP technology is supported. Accordingly, a UPnP enabled control point on a user device can automatically configure the QoS enabled device, greatly facilitating combination of QoS enabled and UPnP enabled user devices in a home network.
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36 Claims
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1. A service, comprising:
a QoS state exposer and QoS configurator service module maintaining a record of a configuration of QoS objects present at a device and available for configuration, communicating at least part of the record to a user of the device, receiving a request from the user specifying one or more alterations to the configuration, and performing the alterations to the configuration as specified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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maintaining a record of a configuration of QoS objects present at a QoS enabled device and available for configuration;
communicating at least part of the record to a user of the device;
receiving a request from the user specifying one or more alterations to the configuration; and
performing the alterations to the configuration as specified. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method, comprising:
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maintaining a configuration of QoS objects present at a QoS enabled device;
observing a predefined schedule specifying alterations to the configuration;
performing the alterations to the configuration as specified by the schedule;
communicating the schedule to a user;
receiving a request from the user specifying alterations to the schedule; and
performing the alterations to the schedule as specified by the request. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 35)
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34. A method, comprising:
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maintaining a configuration of QoS objects present at a QoS enabled device;
interrogating states of the QoS objects, thereby producing currently interrogated states;
observing predefined heuristics specifying alterations to the configuration contingent on interrogated states of QoS objects;
performing the alterations to the configuration as specified by the heuristics and based on the states;
communicating the heuristics to a user;
receiving a request from the user specifying alterations to the heuristics; and
performing the alterations to the heuristics as specified by the request. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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Specification