Method for Distributing Programs over a Communication Network

• US 20080313310A1
• Filed: 06/27/2007
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Camp, William O. JR., Liu, Charles, Vasa, Yojak Harshad, Sammarco, Anthony J.
• Application Number:
  US11/768,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20080313310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A method of distributing programs enables distribution of programs on demand to end devices in a communication network to enable communication between first and second end devices. A data object server stores programs that are needed for communication between first and second end devices. The programs are associated by the data object server with a device class. The first and second end devices can send data object requests to the data object server to request an program associated with a particular device class. In response to the data object request, the data object server sends a control program associated with the specified device to one of the first and second end devices.

Claims

1. In a communication system including a first end device, a second end device, and a data object server, a method of distributing a control program for the second end device to the first end device, the method comprising:

initiating a communication session between the first and second end devices; and

receiving a communication program at said first end device from a data object server responsive to initiation of the communication session, said communication program for communicating with the second end device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said second end device is a device of a particular device class and wherein the communication program provided by said data object server corresponds to the device class of the second end device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending information from said first end device to said second end device identifying a device class of the first end device;

and

wherein said communication program provided by said data object server corresponds to said device class of said first end device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an information request at said first end device from said data object server to identify the device class of the first end device;

sending a response from the first end device to the data object server, said response including the device class of the first end device; and

wherein said communication program provided by said data object server corresponds to said device class of said first end device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication program comprises one of an encoding/decoding program, cryptographic program;

compression/decompression program; and

digital rights management program.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication program comprises a control program for controlling the second end device.

7. The method of claim 6 further including loading the control program into memory of the first end device;

and executing the control program on the first end device to control the second end device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the second end device comprises a game server, and wherein the control program comprises a game program to interact with the game server to control a game executing on the game server.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the game program includes code for controlling game objects using the controls specific to the first end device.

10. In a communication system including a first end device, a second end device, and a data object server, a method of distributing a communication program for the second end device to the first end device, the method comprising:

detecting a triggering event at said second end device;

sending a data object request from said second end device to initiate the transfer of a communication program for the second end device stored by the data object server to the first end device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said data object request includes a device class of said second end device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said data object request further includes a device class of said first end device.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising receiving said communication program at said second end device from said data object server, and forwarding said communication program to said first end device.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein data object request includes an address of said first end device so that the data object server can send the communication program to the first end device.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein communication program comprises one of an encoding/decoding program, cryptographic program;

compression/decompression program; and

digital rights management program.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein the communication program comprise a control program for controlling the second end device.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the second end device comprises a game server and wherein the control program comprises a game program to interact with the game server to control a game executing on the game server.

18. In a communication system including a first end device, a second end device, and a data object server, a method of distributing a communication program for the second end device to the first end device, the method comprising:

storing a communication program for the second end device at said data object server;

receiving a data object request at said data object server from one of said first and second end devices;

in response to said data object request, sending the communication program for said second end device from said data object server to one of said first and second end devices.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the data object request includes a device class for the second end device, and wherein the communication program is selected based on the device class of the second end device.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the data object server further receives the device class of the first end device from one of said first and second end devices, and wherein the communication program is selected based on the device class of both the first and second end devices.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein communication program comprises one of an encoding/decoding program, cryptographic program;

compression/decompression program; and

digital rights management program.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein the communication program comprises a control program for controlling the second end device.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the second end device comprises a game server and wherein the control program comprises a game program to interact with the game server to control a game executing on the game server.

24. In a communication system including a first end device, a second end device, and a data object server, a method of distributing a communication program for the second end device to the first end device, the method comprising:

initiating a communication session between the first and second end devices;

detecting a triggering event associated with the communication session;

in response to the detection of the triggering event, sending a data object request to the data object server;

transferring a communication program from said data object server to said first end device responsive to the data object request;

loading the control program into memory of the first end device; and

executing the communication program on the first end device to control the second end device.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the second end device detects the triggering event and transmits the data object request to the data object server.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the data object request includes the device class of the second end device and wherein the data object server selects a communication program based on the device class of the second end device.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein the data object request further includes the address of the first end device and wherein the data object transmits the communication program directly to the first end device at the address specified in the data object request.

28. The method of claim 27 further including sending an information request from said data object server to said first end device requesting the device class of the first end device, and sending a response from the first end device to the data object server including the device class of the first end device, wherein the data object server selects a communication program for transmission to the first end device based on the device class of both the first and second end devices.

29. The method of claim 24 wherein the first end device detects the triggering event and transmits the data object request to the data object server.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein the data object request includes the address of the second end device.

31. The method of claim 30 further including sending an information request from said data object server to said second end device requesting the device class of the second end device, and sending a response from the second end device to data object server including the device class of the second end device, wherein the data object server selects a communication program for transmission to the first end device based on the device class of the second end device.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein the data object request further includes the device class of the first end device and wherein the data object server selects a communication program based on the device class of the first and second end devices.

33. The method of claim 24 wherein communication program comprises one of an encoding/decoding program, cryptographic program;

compression/decompression program; and

digital rights management program.

34. The method of claim 24 wherein the communication program comprises a control program for controlling the second end device.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein the second end device comprises a game server and wherein the control program comprises a game program to interact with the game server to control a game executing on the game server.