METHOD AND AN APPARATUS COMPRISING A BROWSER

• US 20100325236A1
• Filed: 11/13/2007
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Jalkanen, Janne, Savinen, Teppo
• Granted Patent: US 8,566,420 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4415 Self describing peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

Various embodiments of the invention provide the browser of the apparatus with a NFC scripting programming language application protocol interface (API). The NFC scripting programming language API offers the necessary interface for NFC applications to the apparatus'"'"'s browser. Advantageously the NFC system software can communicate and handshake with browser'"'"'s scripting programming language engine. In various embodiments of the invention, a suitable scripting programming language extension having the necessary NFC library are included into the browser'"'"'s scripting programming language library.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a proximity area communications module coupled with the processor; and

a browser, wherein the browser is configured to fetch information including at least scripting programming information, wherein the browser is further configured on a basis of the fetched scripting programming information to enable data communication between the proximity area communications module and the browser.

30. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the browser is further configured according to the at least scripting programming information to register to receive data from the proximity area communications module.

31. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the browser is further configured according to the at least scripting programming information to register to provide data to the proximity area communications module.

32. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the browser further comprises a near field communication library including a scripting programming information extension according to the scripting programming information.

34. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proximity area communications module is further configured to read information from a radio frequency identification tag that triggers the browser to make a connection according to the content of the tag.

35. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the proximity area communications module comprises a near field communications module configured for communicating according to NFC communication protocols.

36. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the browser is arranged to make a connection to internet.

37. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a smart card containing a piece of the scripting programming language configured to control the near field communication.

38. An apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the smart card comprises a subscriber identification module.

39. An apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the smart card contains at least one piece of scripting programming information so that it can be downloaded into the apparatus and be stored therein until called upon by the browser.

40. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proximity area communications module comprises at least one of a Bluetooth communications module, an ultra wide-band communications module, a zigbee communications module, an infrared communications module, or a radio frequency identification communications module.

2-29. -29. (canceled)

33. An apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the browser is further configured to fetch said library.

41. A method, comprising:

operating a browser,

fetching, by the browser, information including at least scripting programming information, and

on a basis of the fetched scripting programming information, initiating data communication between a proximity area communications module and the browser.

42. A method according to claim 41, further comprising registering, by the browser, according to the at least scripting programming information to receive data from the proximity area communications module.

43. A method according to claim 41, further comprising registering, by the browser, according to the at least scripting programming information to provide data to the proximity area communications module.

44. A method according to claim 41, wherein a radio frequency identification entity triggers the browser to make a connection according to the content of the entity.

45. A method according to claim 41, wherein the scripting programming language can be updated.

46. A computer program code, wherein the computer program code is configured to operate a browser,

fetch, by way of the browser, information including at least scripting programming information, and

on a basis of the fetched scripting programming information, initiate data communication between a proximity area communications module and the browser.

47. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, comprising a computer-readable program code configured to operate according to the code of claim 46.