Method and Apparatus for Providing a Framework for Efficient Scanning and Session Establishment

• US 20110131049A1
• Filed: 12/01/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Sathish, Sailesh Kumar
• Application Number:
  US12/958,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131049A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

A method of providing a framework for efficient scanning and session establishment may include receiving vocabulary independent property information indicative of a property request and corresponding setting information of an application associated with a device capable of communication with a network communication environment, determining capabilities of the network communication environment relative to the received property information, and enabling generation of a selected scan function having selected scan parameters based at least in part on the determined capabilities and the property information. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving vocabulary independent property information indicative of a property request and corresponding setting information of an application associated with a device capable of communication with a network communication environment;

determining capabilities of the network communication environment relative to the received property information; and

enabling generation of a selected scan function having selected scan parameters based at least in part on the determined capabilities and the property information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a particular scan technology.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein selecting the particular scan technology comprises selecting the particular scan technology based on current requirements weighing various options.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling generation of the selected scan function comprises selecting a scan wave from a list of scan functions and applying scan parameters including a selectable frequency value or a selectable amplitude value to the selected scan wave.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling generation of the selected scan function comprises selecting the amplitude value based on proximity of the device with respect to range or boundary information associated with the network communication environment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network communication environment is a smart space.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining capabilities of the network communication environment comprises providing a translation between vocabulary associated with describing the property information by the device and a vocabulary associated with an ontology employed by the network communication environment for describing available properties.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining capabilities of the network communication environment comprises determining characteristics of a smart space via direct communication with the smart space.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining capabilities of the network communication environment comprises determining characteristics of a smart space via retrieving information regarding the smart space from the Internet responsive to receiving identity related information regarding the smart space.

10. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

receive vocabulary independent property information indicative of a property request and corresponding setting information of an application associated with a device capable of communication with a network communication environment;

determine capabilities of the network communication environment relative to the received property information; and

enable generation of a selected scan function having selected scan parameters based at least in part on the determined capabilities and the property information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to select a particular scan technology.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to select the particular scan technology by selecting the particular scan technology based on current requirements weighing various options.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable generation of the selected scan function by selecting a scan wave from a list of scan functions and applying scan parameters including a selectable frequency value or a selectable amplitude value to the selected scan wave.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable generation of the selected scan function by selecting the amplitude value based on proximity of the device with respect to range or boundary information associated with the network communication environment.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the network communication environment is a smart space.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine capabilities of the network communication environment by providing a translation between vocabulary associated with describing the property information by the device and a vocabulary associated with an ontology employed by the network communication environment for describing available properties.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine capabilities of the network communication environment by determining characteristics of a smart space via direct communication with the smart space.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine capabilities of the network communication environment comprises determining characteristics of a smart space via retrieving information regarding the smart space from the Internet responsive to receiving identity related information regarding the smart space.

19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is a mobile terminal and further comprises user interface circuitry configured to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile terminal.

20. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions including program code instructions to:

receive vocabulary independent property information indicative of a property request and corresponding setting information of an application associated with a device capable of communication with a network communication environment;

determine capabilities of the network communication environment relative to the received property information; and

enable generation of a selected scan function having selected scan parameters based at least in part on the determined capabilities and the property information.