METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A DEVICE FOR INTERACTION WITH A SERVER

• US 20110219132A1
• Filed: 06/10/2010
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Chalk Media Corporation (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: PROUDFOOT, Ryan Brock, O'REILLY, Jacob Samuel
• Granted Patent: US 9,178,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams

Abstract

A method to a method, system and apparatus for configuring a device for interaction with a server is provided. An intermediation infrastructure mediates registration traffic between any of a plurality of application servers hosting a server-side application and any of a plurality of computing devices executing a client-side application that corresponds to the server-side application. The intermediation infrastructure receives account registration information, including an account identifier and a server identifier, from an application server that is hosting an account. Any one of the computing devices can access the intermediation infrastructure using the account identifier and thereby determine the server identifier and thereafter direct communications with the application server can be effected.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a computing device for interaction with a server comprising:

receiving an account identifier at the computing device, the account identifier associated with an account on an application server;

sending the account identifier to a registration server, the registration server configured to determine an application server identifier associated with the account identifier, the application server identifier associated with the application server;

receiving the application server identifier, at the computing device, from the registration server;

establishing communication between the computing device and the application server using the application server identifier at the computing device to locate the application server; and

accessing the account from the computing device using the account identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the account identifier is associated with a client-side application executable on the computing device, the client-side application corresponding to a server-side application executable on the server, the account associated with the server-side application.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sending the account identifier to a registration server includes sending the account identifier to a registration server via a mediation server and a gateway.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the establishing communication includes establishing communication between the client-side application and the server-side application.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the account identifier corresponds with credentials of the account.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the application server identifier corresponds with a network address of the application server.

7. The method of claim 6 comprising:

prior to the receiving the account identifier, creating the account, at the application server;

loading the credentials of the account at the application server; and

sending the application server identifier and the account identifier from the application server to the registration server.

8. The method of claim 7 comprising:

receiving the application server identifier and the account identifier at the registration server, from the application server; and

storing the application server identifier and the account identifier at the registration server.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the client-side application includes a social networking client application and the server-side application includes a social networking server application.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the client-side application includes an email client application and the server-side application includes an email server application.

11. A computing device comprising:

a processor configured to receive an account identifier, the account identifier associated with an account on an application server;

the processor further configured to send the account identifier to a registration server, the registration server configured to determine an application server identifier associated with the account identifier, the application server identifier associated with the application server;

the processor further configured to receive the application server identifier from the registration server;

the processor further configured to establish communication between the computing device and the application server using the application server identifier at the computing device to locate the application server; and

the processor further configured to access the account from computing device using the account identifier.

12. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the account identifier is associated with a client-side application executable on the computing device, the client-side application corresponding to a server-side application executable on the server, the account associated with the server-side application.

13. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the send the account identifier to a registration server includes send the account identifier to a registration server via a mediation server and a gateway.

14. The computing device of claim 13 wherein the establish communication includes establish communication between the client-side application and the server-side application.

15. The computing device of claim 14 wherein the account identifier corresponds with credentials of the account.

16. The computing device of claim 15 wherein the application server identifier corresponds with a network address of the application server.

17. The computing device of claim 16 wherein the client-side application includes an email client application and the server-side application includes an email server application.

18. A registration server configured to:

receive an account identifier from a computing device, the account identifier associated with a client-side application executable on the computing device, the client-side application corresponding to a server-side application executable on a server, the account identifier associated with an account on the server-side application;

determine an application server identifier associated with the account identifier, the application server identifier associated with an application server; and

send the application server identifier to the computing device.

19. The registration server of claim 18 further configured to:

receive, from the application server, the application server identifier and the account identifier; and

store the application server identifier and the account identifier.

20. A computer program product, for a computing device, comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer-readable program code adapted to be executable on the computing device to implement a method to configure the computing device for interaction with a server, the method comprising:

receiving an account identifier at the computing device, the account identifier associated with an account on an application server;

sending the account identifier to a registration server, the registration server configured to determine an application server identifier associated with the account identifier, the application server identifier associated with the application server;

receiving the application server identifier, at the computing device, from the registration server;

establishing communication between the computing device and the application server using the application server identifier at the computing device to locate the application server; and

accessing the account from the computing device using the account identifier.