METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PAGED UPDATE PROTOCOL

• US 20110320408A1
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Grosse, Alexander, Schmidt, Andreas, Weigel, Felix, Clemens, Konstantin
• Granted Patent: US 9,792,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries

Abstract

An approach is provided for providing an update feed to clients. An update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources is generated. At least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier. The update document is divided into one or more pages. The one or more pages are archived.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating an update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources, wherein at least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier;

dividing the update document in one or more pages; and

archiving the one or more pages.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the archiving of the one or more pages is based, at least in part, on an expiration of the update document, a time interval, a schedule, on demand, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a number of the one or more update statuses is greater than a maximum number,

wherein the dividing of the update document is based, at least in part, on the determination.

4. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

including one or more links among the one or more pages in meta-data associated with the one or more pages.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

including one or more links between the update document and one or more previously archived versions of the update document in meta-data associated with the one or more pages.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more resources relate to updates of information in a mapping service.

7. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

generate an update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources, wherein at least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier;

divide the update document in one or more pages; and

archive the one or more pages.

8. An apparatus of claim 7, wherein the archiving of the one or more pages is based, at least in part, on an expiration of the update document, a time interval, a schedule, on demand, or a combination thereof.

9. An apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that a number of the one or more update statuses is greater than a maximum number,

wherein the dividing of the update document is based, at least in part, on the determination.

10. An apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

include one or more links among the one or more pages in meta-data associated with the one or more pages.

11. An apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

include one or more links between the update document and one or more previously archived versions of the update document in meta-data associated with the one or more pages.

12. An apparatus of claim 7, wherein the one or more resources relate to updates of information in a mapping service.

13. A method comprising:

retrieving an update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources, wherein at least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier;

determining whether one or more previously archived versions of the update document has been processed; and

processing the update document, the one or more previously archived versions of the update document, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination,

wherein the processing identifies at least one of the one or more update statuses for one or more resources of interest.

14. A method of claim 13, further comprising:

decoding one or more respective obfuscation identifiers for respective locations of content associated with the one or more resources of interest.

15. A method of claim 14, wherein the decoding is further based on a respective subscription status to the one or more resources of interest.

16. A method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that the update document, the one or more previously archived versions of the update document, or a combination thereof includes one or more pages,

wherein the processing is further based on the one or more pages.

17. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

retrieve an update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources, wherein at least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier;

determine whether one or more previously archived versions of the update document has been processed; and

process the update document, the one or more previously archived versions of the update document, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination,

wherein the processing identifies at least one of the one or more update statuses for one or more resources of interest.

18. An apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

decode one or more respective obfuscation identifiers for respective locations of content associated with the one or more resources of interest.

19. An apparatus of claim 18, wherein the decoding is further based on a respective subscription status to the one or more resources of interest.

20. An apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that the update document, the one or more previously archived versions of the update document, or a combination thereof includes one or more pages,

wherein the processing is further based on the one or more pages.

21-55. -55. (canceled)