METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ASYNCHRONOUS ASPECTS USING A CONTEXT AWARE MECHANISM

• US 20120096114A1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Martin-Cocher, Gaelle Christine, Mccolgan, Brian Edward Anthony, Godfrey, James Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/263,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096114A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/23 for mobile advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A method and system for asynchronously communicating updated information related to a service to a device is provided. The method may include receiving a service initialization directive or message from the device, establishing a logical service connection on behalf of the device and asynchronously sending the updated information associated with the service to the device.

Claims

1. A method for asynchronously communicating to a device updated information related to a service, the method comprising:

receiving a service initialization communication from the device;

establishing, relative to the service initialization communication, a logical service connection on behalf of the device; and

asynchronously sending the updated information associated with the service to the device via the logical service connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is one or more of a presence service, location service, and a generic information service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the asynchronously sending is performed using a hypertext transfer protocol communication protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the asynchronously sending is performed utilizing a short message service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the asynchronously sending is performed using a wireless access protocol push communication protocol.

7. An execution environment comprising a context aware mechanism on a network element, the execution environment configured to:

receive a service initialization communication from the device;

establish, relative to the service initialization communication, a logical service connection on behalf of the device; and

asynchronously send the updated information associated with the service to the device via the logical service connection.

8. The execution environment of claim 7, wherein the context aware mechanism is one of a presence access layer, location access layer or generic information access layer.

9. The execution environment of claim 7, wherein the asynchronously sending

is performed using one of a hypertext transfer protocol communication protocol;

a short message service; and

a wireless access protocol push communication protocol.

10. The execution environment of claim 7, wherein the network element is configured to suspend the logical service connection to preserve bandwidth or for use of underlying physical connections by other logical service connections.

11. A method on a device for asynchronously receiving updated information related to a service, the method comprising:

transmitting a service initialization communication to a context aware mechanism to establish a logical service connection; and

asynchronously receiving updated information relating to the service via the logical service connection.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the device is a mobile device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the context aware mechanism is one or more of a presence access layer, location access layer, and a generic information access layer.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the asynchronously receiving is performed

using one of a hypertext transfer protocol communication protocol;

a short message service; and

a wireless access protocol push communication protocol.

15. A device configured to asynchronously receive updated information related to a service, the device comprising:

a communication subsystem; and

a processor, the processor configured to;

transmit a service initialization communication utilizing the communication subsystem to a context aware mechanism to establish a logical service connection; and

asynchronously receive the updated information relating to the service via the logical service connection.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the device is a mobile device.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the context aware mechanism is one or more of a presence access layer, location access layer, and a generic information access layer.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the asynchronously receiving is performed using one of a hypertext transfer protocol communication protocol;

a short message service; and

a wireless access protocol push communication protocol.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the device is configured to suspend the logical service connection to preserve bandwidth or for use of underlying physical connections by other logical service connections.