Electronic apparatus with server device for managing setting data

• US 20070076227A1
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Lindquist, Tobias, Van Sebille, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,944 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a method for managing access to data for a setting. The electronic apparatus includes a server device and at least one client device that is adapted to interact with the server device to access data for a setting. The data is stored in a memory device. The server device includes at least one interface module that is adapted to manage access to data for a specific setting.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a server device; and

at least one client device adapted to interact with the server device to access data for a setting, which data is stored in a memory device;

wherein the server device comprises at least one interface module, which is adapted to manage access to data for a specific setting.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface module is adapted to register the physical storage location of data for said specific setting.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface module is adapted to handle at least one of a request to set data of a setting, get data of a setting, change data of a setting, and handle subscription to at least one change notification.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface module is provided by a software plug-in.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server device is responsive to at least one API received from the client device for accessing data for the specific setting.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server device is responsive to at least one client device implemented in an operational platform and at least one client device implemented in a communication platform.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface module or the server device is adapted to register a change of data for the specific setting, and notify any client device having a subscription for a notification of the changed setting.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a first memory device is connected to an operational platform and a second memory device is connected to a communication platform.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a portable mobile radio communication equipment, a mobile radio terminal, a mobile telephone, a pager, a communicator, an electronic organizer, a smartphone, and/or a computer.

10. A method for accessing data for a setting of an electronic device, comprising:

receiving in a server device a request for access to data for a specific setting of the electronic device, said request being issued by a client device;

identifying based on the request the specific setting for which data is requested; and

forwarding the request to an interface module that is responsible for managing access to data for said specific setting.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising managing access to the data in accordance with a type the request.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of managing comprises determining a main setting to which the received request pertains, and forwarding data for any sub-setting of the main setting.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of managing comprises determining whether the request is a set request and, when the request is a set request, accessing the data pertaining to the specific setting by storing data received in the request message and registering the storage location thereof.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of managing comprises determining whether the request is a get request and, when the request is a get request, accessing the data pertaining to the specific setting by retrieving said data from a memory device and forwarding said data to the client device from which the request message was received.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of managing comprises determining whether the request is a change notification request and, when the request is a change notification request, accessing the data pertaining to the specific setting by registering that data pertaining to the specific setting is changed, and issuing a change notification including said data to any client device subscribing to a change notification pertaining to the specific setting.

16. A computer program product configured to access data for a setting of an electronic device, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code that is configured to receive at a server device a request for access to data for a specific setting of the electronic device, said request being issued by a client device;

computer readable program code that is configured to identify based on the request the specific setting for which data is requested; and

computer readable program code that is configured to forward the request to an interface module that is responsible for managing access to data for said specific setting.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine a main setting to which the received request pertains and to forward data for any sub-setting of the main setting.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine whether the request is a set request and, when the request is a set request, to access the data pertaining to the specific setting by storing data received in the request message and registering the storage location thereof.

21. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine whether the request is a get request and, when the request is a get request, to access the data pertaining to the specific setting by retrieving said data from a memory device and forwarding said data to the client device from which the request message was received.

22. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine whether the request is a change notification request and, when the request is a change notification request, to access the data pertaining to the specific setting by registering that data pertaining to the specific setting is changed, and issuing a change notification including said data to any client device subscribing to a change notification pertaining to the specific setting.