WEB FORMAT-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20080046570A1
• Filed: 08/17/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Abel, Miller T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,102,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Web compatible information is effortlessly exchanged over wireless communications utilizing web-based formats. These techniques can be employed over, for example, NFC air links and other wireless communication means to share information between devices in actual web exchangeable forms. The communication techniques allow lightweight communications to be automatically established between resource-constrained devices such as PDAs, cell phones, kiosks, movie posters, etc. Information can be passed and/or retrieved utilizing these techniques. These communication means can also be utilized to establish alternate types of communications by passing handshaking data between devices that can allow other communication protocols to be utilized.

Claims

1. A method for transferring information over wireless communications, comprising:

providing a wireless communication link between two or more devices; and

transferring information between the devices over the communication link utilizing a web format-based data exchange process.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

employing web-compatible languages, scripts, and/or common data object microformats to preserve a structure of the information while transferring the information over a near field communication (NFC) link utilizing NFC data exchange format message assembly.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

employing a near field communication (NFC) compliant air link as the wireless communication link; and

exchanging information between two or more NFC compliant devices and/or an electronic tag over the NFC compliant air link utilizing a web-based format.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

utilizing a loosely coupled data exchange format based on web formatted wrapping of content to transfer information between the devices.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

employing a bi-directional, asynchronous replication process among multiple loosely cooperating devices to transfer information over the NFC compliant air link.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

employing NFC data link control protocol to transfer the information over the NFC compliant air link.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

transferring the information encapsulated in an NFC data exchange format message assembly over the NFC compliant air link.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

transferring the information utilizing an object exchange (OBEX) format over the NFC compliant air link.

9. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

maintaining at least one structural aspect of the information transferred between the devices.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

utilizing xml schema and/or microformat schema to preserve structured data during transfer.

11. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

transferring initialization information for establishing an alternative communication link protocol.

12. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

operating at least one device in reader/writer mode, peer-to-peer mode, and/or card emulation mode.

20. A device employing the method of claim 1 comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a computer, a server, an electronic tag, and a handheld electronic device.

13. A system that transfers data over wireless communications, comprising:

a wireless communication component that can receive and/or transmit information wirelessly; and

a web format-based information component that encodes information utilizing web exchangeable formats and provides the encoded information to the wireless communication component for transmission and/or decodes web exchangeable formats received from the wireless communication component into information.

14. The system of claim 13, the web format-based information component preserves a web exchangeable data structure of the information when received and/or transmitted.

15. The system of claim 13, the wireless communication component is a passive and/or an active component.

16. The system of claim 13 employed in an electronic tag device, in a reader/writer system, in a card emulation system, and/or in peer-to-peer communications.

17. The system of claim 13, the wireless communication component communicates utilizing infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), and/or Bluetooth compatible standards.

18. The system of claim 13, the wireless communication component employs an NFC air link to transmit and/or receive information.

19. A system that facilitates wireless communications, comprising:

means for providing wireless communications between devices; and

means for exchanging information between the devices over the wireless communications utilizing web understandable formats.