AUTO-DEPLOYING AN APPLICATION FROM A MOBILE DEVICE TO A HOST IN A PERVASIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20090111453A1
• Filed: 10/27/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: HSU, TONY S.T., LU, CHARLES H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,199 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Disclosed is a technique for auto-deploying an application from a mobile communication device to a host in a pervasive computing environment. The technique can detect and can select an available host around the mobile communication device. The technique can determine if the mobile communication device issues a request of auto-deploying a selected application into the available host. In response to the issued auto-deploying request, the selected application can be auto-deployed into the available host for execution.

Claims

1. A method for auto-deploying an application from a mobile communication device to a host, comprising:

detecting and selecting an available host around the mobile communication device;

determining if the mobile communication device issues a request of auto-deploying a selected application into said available host; and

in response to the issued auto-deploying request, auto-deploying said selected application into said available host for execution.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the auto-deploying of the selected application is implemented by utilizing an OSGi model.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of downloading said selected application to said mobile communication device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said step of downloading the selected application to the mobile communication device is performed by directly copying said selected application from said server storing said application to the mobile communication device.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said step of downloading the selected application to said mobile communication device is performed by downloading said selected application from said server storing said application to said mobile communication device being a wireless connection type.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of sending out a request from said mobile communication device to launch said selected application deployed in said host to direct said host to auto-run said application.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of synchronizing communication to establish the consistency of configuration and environment setup between any input device on the mobile communication device and said selected application deployed in said host in order to interact with said host for controlling said application in a running state.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said mobile communication device comprises a built-in motion detector to interact with said host for controlling said application in a running state

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said application is the game software utilizing motion sensing capabilities of the mobile communication device.

10. A mobile communication device for auto-deploying an application to a host, comprising:

means for detecting and selecting an available host around the mobile communication device;

means for determining if the mobile communication device issues a request of auto-deploying a selected application into the available host; and

in response to the issued auto-deploying request, means for auto-deploying said selected application into said available host for execution.

11. The mobile communication device according to claim 10, further comprising means for downloading said selected application from said server storing said application to said mobile communication device in wireless connection type.

12. The mobile communication device according to claim 10, wherein said means for auto-deploying is implemented by utilizing an OSGi model.

13. The mobile communication device according to claim 10, further comprising means for sending out a request from said mobile communication device to launch said selected application deployed in said host to direct said host to auto-run said application.

14. The mobile communication device according to claim 13, further comprising means for synchronizing communication to establish the consistency of configuration and environment setup between any input device on the mobile communication device and said selected application deployed in said host in order to interact with said host for controlling said application in a running state.

15. The mobile communication device according to claim 14, wherein said mobile communication device comprises a built-in motion detector to interact with said host for controlling said application in a running state.

16. The mobile communication device according to claim 15, wherein said application is the game software utilizing motion sensing capabilities of the mobile communication device.