MESSAGING ABSTRACTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE SERVER

• US 20120110127A1
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: MORRIS, NADIA
• Granted Patent: US 9,392,316 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4367 Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device server that receives a pairing key, establishes communication with a media resource center using a web server application of the mobile device server, transmits the pairing key to the media resource center to enable processing of a software application by the mobile device server, detects a request from the software application to utilize a resource of the media resource center, accesses a messaging abstraction library, retrieves a first message from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the request and that conforms to a first communication protocol of the resource, and transmits the first message to the resource to cause the resource to process the request generated by the software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A portable communication device, comprising a processor adapted to:

receive a pairing key;

access a messaging abstraction library;

execute a web server application in the portable communication device, wherein the web server application is operable to cause the device to;

detect a media resource center upon entering a communication zone of the media resource center;

establish communication with the media resource center;

transmit the pairing key to the media resource center to enable utilizing a resource of the media resource center;

detect a request from the software application to utilize the resource of the media resource center;

retrieve a first message from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the request and that conforms to a first communication protocol of the resource; and

transmit the first message to the resource to cause the resource to process the request generated by the software application.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the web server application is operable to:

receive a second message from the resource that is responsive to the first message;

retrieve a response from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the second message and that conforms to a second communication protocol of the software application; and

provide the response to the software application.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the web server application is operable to:

receive a response from the resource; and

provide the response to the software application, wherein the response is representative of a second message generated by the resource, wherein the response conforms to a second communication protocol of the software application, and wherein the response is retrieved from the messaging abstraction library by the resource based on the second message.

4. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the messaging abstraction library is stored in a memory.

5. The portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the processor is adapted to receive an update to the messaging abstraction library from a remote server.

6. The portable communication device of claim 5, wherein the update to the messaging abstraction library is received in response to at least one of an addition of a resource to the media resource center and a modification to a third communication protocol of one of one or more resources of the media resource center.

7. The portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the processor is adapted to access the messaging abstraction library from a remote server.

8. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the messaging abstraction library is updated without modifying the software application.

9. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the web server application is operable to:

transmit a message to a remote server by way of a gateway assigned to a first Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the message comprises an identifier of the software application, and a second IP address associated with the software application;

wherein the remote server is operable to;

identify the media resource center according to the first IP address of the gateway; and

direct the media resource center to cause the software application to be executed at the portable communication device according to the second IP address.

10. A method comprising:

storing a plurality of messages at a remote server, the plurality of messages being associated with operation of a resource of a media resource center;

receiving a request from a web server application being executed by a mobile device server, the request being generated by a software application of the mobile device server and being associated with utilizing the resource;

selecting a first message from the plurality of messages, the first message being representative of the request and conforming to a first communication protocol of the resource; and

providing the first message to the mobile device server, wherein the first message causes the resource to process the request generated by the software application when the first message is transmitted by the mobile device server to the resource.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the web server application detects the media resource center upon entering a communication zone of the media resource center, wherein the web server application establishes communications with the media resource center, and wherein a web server application transmits a pairing key to the media resource center to enable processing of the software application.

12. The method of claim 10, comprising updating the plurality of messages without modifying the software application.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the update to the plurality of messages is in response to at least one of an addition of another resource to the media resource center and a modification to a second communication protocol of one of one or more resources of the media resource center.

14. The method of claim 10, comprising:

receiving a response from the resource;

selecting a second message from the plurality of messages, the second message being representative of the response and conforming to a third communication protocol of the software application; and

transmitting the second message to one of the mobile device server and the resource, wherein the second message causes the software application to process the response generated by the resource when the second message is provided to the software application.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a pairing key at a mobile device server;

establishing communication with a media resource center using a web server application of the mobile device server;

transmitting the pairing key to the media resource center to enable processing of a software application by the mobile device server;

detecting a request from the software application to utilize a resource of the media resource center;

accessing a messaging abstraction library;

retrieving a first message from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the request and that conforms to a first communication protocol of the resource; and

transmitting the first message to the resource to cause the resource to process the request generated by the software application.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising:

receiving at the mobile device server a second message from the resource that is responsive to the first message;

retrieving a response from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the second message and that conforms to a second communication protocol of the software application; and

providing the response to the software application.

17. The method of claim 15, comprising:

receiving at the mobile device server a response from the resource; and

providing the response to the software application, wherein the response is representative of a second message generated by the resource, wherein the response conforms to a second communication protocol of the software application, and wherein the response is retrieved from the messaging abstraction library by the resource based on the second message.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the messaging abstraction library is remote from the mobile device server, and wherein the accessing of the messaging abstraction library is enabled based on the pairing key.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the messaging abstraction library is updated without modifying the software application.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the messaging abstraction library is updated in response to at least one of an addition of a resource to the media resource center and a modification to a third communication protocol of one of one or more resources of the media resource center.