WIRELESS DOCKING ARCHITECTURE

• US 20140349578A1
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Huang, Xiaolong, De Vegt, Rolf, Davidson, Andrew Mackinnon, Raveendran, Vijayalakshmi Rajasundaram
• Granted Patent: US 9,832,596 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

In one example, a method includes performing, by a wireless dockee (WD), a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless docking center (WDC) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC. In this example, the WD includes a docking service, an application service platform (ASP), and one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC. In this example, the method also includes interfacing, by the docking service and with the ASP, to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations, and interfacing, by the docking service and with the one or more peripheral services, to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

performing, by a wireless dockee (WD), a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless docking center (WDC) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC, wherein the WD comprises;

a docking service;

an application service platform (ASP); and

one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC, the method further comprising;

interfacing, by the docking service and with the ASP, to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations; and

interfacing, by the docking service and with the one or more peripheral services, to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

seeking a corresponding docking service of the WDC;

determining the one or more PFs associated with the WDC; and

establishing a docking session via a direct wireless connection between the WD and the WDC.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein seeking the corresponding docking service of the WDC comprises:

sending, by the docking service of the WD and to the ASP of the WD, a request to execute a SeekService method that includes the following parameters;

a service name value, an exact search value, a MAC address value, and a service information request value.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein establishing the docking session via the direct wireless connection between the WD and the WDC comprises:

sending, by the docking service of the WD and to the ASP of the WD, a request to execute a ConnectSessions method based on the following parameters;

a service MAC value, an advertisement identification value, a session information value, and a network role value, wherein the service MAC value indicates a MAC address of the WDC and the advertisement identification value indicates a docking service of the WDC.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

triggering a peripheral service of the one or more peripheral services of the WD to use a corresponding peripheral service of the WDC; and

configure the peripheral service for use by the WD.

6. A wireless dockee (WD) comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors;

a docking service module executable by the one or more processors to perform a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless docking center (WDC) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC;

an application service platform (ASP) module; and

one or more peripheral service modules that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC,

wherein the docking service module is executable by the one of more processors to interface with the ASP module to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations, and wherein the docking service module is executable by the one of more processors to interface with the one or more peripheral service modules to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

7. The WD of claim 6, wherein the first subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

seeking a corresponding docking service of the WDC;

determining the one or more PFs associated with the WDC; and

establishing a docking session via a direct wireless connection between the WD and the WDC.

8. The WD of claim 6, wherein the second subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

triggering a peripheral service of the one or more peripheral services of the WD to use a corresponding peripheral service of the WDC; and

configuring the peripheral service for use by the WD.

9. A wireless dockee (WD) comprising:

means for performing a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless docking center (WDC) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC, wherein the means for performing comprise;

means for executing a docking service;

means for executing an application service platform (ASP); and

means for executing one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC,

wherein the means for executing the docking service are configured to interface with the means for executing the ASP to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations, and wherein the means for executing the docking service are configured to interface with the means for executing the one or more peripheral services to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a wireless dockee (WD) to:

perform a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless docking center (WDC) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC;

host a docking service;

host an application service platform (ASP);

host one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC;

cause the docking service to interface with the ASP in order to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations; and

cause the docking service to interface with the one or more peripheral services in order to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

11. A method comprising:

performing, by a wireless docking center (WDC), a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless dockee (WD) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC, wherein the WDC comprises;

a docking service;

an application service platform (ASP); and

one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC, the method further comprising;

interfacing, by the docking service and with the ASP, to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations; and

interfacing, by the docking service and with the one or more peripheral services, to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

advertising the docking service of the WDC to the WD; and

establishing a docking session via a direct wireless connection between the WDC and the WD.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein advertising the docking service of the WDC to the WD comprises:

sending, by the docking service of the WD and to the ASP of the WD, a request to execute an AdvertiseService method that includes the following parameters;

a service name value, an auto-accept value, a service information value, and a service status value, wherein the service information value includes the indication of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein establishing the docking session via the direct wireless connection between the WDC and the WD comprises:

sending, by the docking service of the WD and to the ASP of the WD, a request to execute a ConfirmSession method based on one or more of the following parameters;

a session MAC value, a session ID value, and a confirmed value.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the second subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

activating a particular peripheral service of the one or more peripheral services;

deactivating the particular peripheral service of the one or more peripheral services;

performing access control to determine whether the WD is authorized to use the particular peripheral service; and

configuring the one or more peripheral services for use by the WD.

16. A wireless docking center (WDC) comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors;

a docking service module executable by the one or more processors to perform a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless dockee (WD) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC;

an application service platform (ASP) module; and

one or more peripheral service modules that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC,

wherein the docking service module is executable by the one of more processors to interface with the ASP module to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations, and wherein the docking service module is executable by the one of more processors to interface with the one or more peripheral service modules to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

17. The WDC of claim 16, wherein the first subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

advertising the docking service of the WDC to the WD; and

establishing a docking session via a direct wireless connection between the WDC and the WD.

18. The WDC of claim 16, wherein the second subset of the plurality of operations includes one or more of:

activating a particular peripheral service of the one or more peripheral services;

deactivating the particular peripheral service of the one or more peripheral services;

performing access control to determine whether the WD is authorized to use the particular peripheral service; and

configuring the one or more peripheral services for use by the WD.

19. A wireless docking center (WDC) comprising:

means for performing a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless dockee (WD) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC, wherein the means for performing comprise;

means for executing a docking service;

means for executing an application service platform (ASP); and

means for executing one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC,

wherein the means for executing the docking service are configured to interface with the means for executing the ASP to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations, and wherein the means for executing the docking service are configured to interface with the means for executing the one or more peripheral services to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a wireless docking center (WDC) to:

perform a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless dockee (WD) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC;

host a docking service;

host an application service platform (ASP);

host one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC;

cause the docking service to interface with the ASP in order to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations; and

cause the docking service to interface with the one or more peripheral services in order to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations.