GATEWAY SERVICE METHOD APPLIED IN OPEN SERVICES GATEWAY INITIATIVE AND DEVICE AND GATEWAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• US 20100095001A1
• Filed: 03/24/2009
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Wu, Cheng-Yu, Li, Hsia-Hsin
• Application Number:
  US12/409,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20100095001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A gateway service method applied in a gateway device of OSGi is provided. The method includes obtaining at least an identification information of at least a client device; communicating with at least a service supplier according to the identification information; obtaining at least an OSGi bundle corresponding to the client device and supplied by the service supplier; and processing the OSGi bundle to supply service to the client device.

Claims

1. A gateway service method, applied in a gateway device of open services gateway initiative (OSGi), the method comprising:

obtaining at least an identification information of at least a client device;

communicating with at least a service supplier according to the identification information;

obtaining at least an OSGi bundle corresponding to the client device and supplied by the service supplier; and

processing the OSGi bundle to supply service to the client device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of communicating with the service supplier according to the identification information comprises:

obtaining an address corresponding to the service supplier according to the identification information by inquiring a service locater; and

communicating with the service supplier according to the address.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the OSGi bundle comprises a driving program of the client device and the step of processing the OSGi bundle to supply service to the client device comprises:

executing the driving program to control the client device to perform a specific function.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of supplying service further comprises:

performing a fee-counting operation by an management module according to the service supplied to the client device by the service supplier.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the identification information of the client device further comprises:

obtaining the identification information of the client device via a communication connection.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the communication connection is one of an infrared communication and a blue-tooth communication.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the communication connection is a network communication applying transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP).

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein after obtaining the identification information, the method further comprises:

determining whether the client device is a device capable of using the gateway service method according to the identification information, and if not, ending the method.

9. A gateway device applied in open services gateway initiative (OSGi), comprising:

a processor, for operating in an OSGi framework to obtain an identification information of at least a client device and communicating with at least a service supplier according to the identification information and for obtaining at least an OSGi bundle corresponding to the client device and supplied by the service supplier, wherein the processor processes the OSGi bundle to supply service to the client device; and

a storage unit, for storing the OSGi bundle.

10. The gateway device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a service locater, for storing an address corresponding to the service supplier;

wherein when the processor communicates with the service supplier according to the identification information, the processor obtains the address corresponding to the service supplier according to the identification information by inquiring the service locater, and communicates with the service supplier according to the address.

11. The gateway device according to claim 9, wherein the OSGi bundle comprises a driving program of the client device, when the processor processes the OSGi bundle, the processor executes the driving program to control the client device to perform a specific function.

12. The gateway device according to claim 9, wherein when the processor obtains the identification information of the client device, the processor obtains the identification information of the client device via a communication connection.

13. The gateway device according to claim 12, wherein the communication connection is one of an infrared communication and a blue-tooth communication.

14. The gateway device according to claim 12, wherein the communication connection is a network communication applying transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP).

15. The gateway device according to claim 9, wherein after obtaining the identification information, the processor further determines whether the client device is a device capable of using the gateway service method according to the identification information, and ends up the following operations if the client device is determined incapable of using the gateway service method.

16. The gateway device according to claim 9, wherein the client device is a portable electronic device.

17. A gateway system applied in open services gateway initiative (OSGi), comprises:

a service supplier, for supplying at least an OSGi bundle corresponding to at least a client device; and

an OSGi gateway device, comprising;

a processor, for operating in an OSGi framework to obtain an identification information of the client device and communicating with the service supplier according to the identification information, and for obtaining the OSGi bundle corresponding to the client device and supplied by the service supplier, wherein the processor processes the OSGi bundle to supply service to the client device; and

a storage unit, for storing the OSGi bundle.

18. The gateway system according to claim 17, further comprising:

a service locater, for storing an address corresponding to the service supplier;

wherein when the gateway device communicates with the service supplier according to the identification information, the gateway device obtains the address corresponding to the service supplier according to the identification information by inquiring the service locater, and communicates with the service supplier according to the address.

19. The gateway system according to claim 17, wherein the OSGi gateway device further comprises:

a service locater, for storing an address corresponding to the service supplier;

wherein when the processor communicates with the service supplier according to the identification information, the processor obtains the address corresponding to the service supplier according to the identification information by inquiring the service locater, and communicates with the service supplier according to the address.

20. The gateway system according to claim 17, wherein the OSGi bundle comprises a driving program of the client device, the processor further executes the driving program to control the client device to perform a specific function.

21. The gateway system according to claim 20, further comprising:

an management module, for performing a fee-counting operation according to the service supplied to the client device by the service supplier when the getaway device supplies service to the client device.

22. The gateway system according to claim 17, wherein when the processor obtains the identification information of the client device, the processor obtains the identification information of the client device via a communication connection.

23. The gateway system according to claim 22, wherein the communication connection is one of an infrared communication and a blue-tooth communication.

24. The gateway system according to claim 22, wherein the communication connection is a network communication applying transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP).

25. The gateway system according to claim 17, wherein after obtaining the identification information, the processor further determines whether the client device is a device capable of using the gateway service method according to the identification information, and ends up the following operations if the client device is determined incapable of using the gateway service method.

26. The gateway system according to claim 17, wherein the client device is a portable electronic device.