CREATING, JOINING, FINDING, DISCOVERING, RESTORING AND RELOCATING PROCESS-BASED CHANNELS

• US 20150098417A1
• Filed: 10/02/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia of America Corporation (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Go Factory, LLC
• Inventors: Hughes, Bryan K.
• Granted Patent: US 11,064,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A novel solution is disclosed whereby one or more mobile devices or web applications are able to create, join, find, discover, restore or relocate processed based channels for the purpose of creating a message bus for each attached device or application. A mobile or web application is allowed to open one or more channels as a message bus from one or more devices, which may include one or more other devices, to a node in a distributed cluster for the purpose of performing logic necessary for the function of the native application. Other objects, features, apparatus and methods are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of operating a computer platform for providing a service to a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing a computer node;

providing the mobile device;

creating a channel process with the mobile device, wherein the channel process is adapted to be executed on the computer node;

labeling the channel process with an identifier;

providing a data store in communication with the computer node;

storing data in the data store, wherein the data is used by the channel process in performing the service;

receiving a request for the service from the mobile device; and

providing the service to the mobile device in response to the request.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a join request from the mobile device, wherein the join request comprises the identifier; and

responding to the join request by joining the mobile device to the channel process;

wherein the channel process provides the service to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the identifier comprises a unique tag and wherein the responding step joins the mobile device to the channel process when the unique tag in the identifier provided by the mobile device matches the unique tag corresponding to the channel process.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the identifier further comprises a password and wherein the responding step joins the mobile device to the channel process only when both the unique tag and password in the identifier provided by the mobile device match the unique tag and password corresponding to the channel process.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the identifier further comprises a password and wherein the responding step does not identify the channel process to the mobile device until after both the unique tag and password in the identifier provided by the mobile device match the unique tag and password corresponding to the channel process.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the service comprises a chat service, a photograph sharing service, or a voting, scheduling, video, push-to-talk or route management service.

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9. A method of operating a computer platform for providing a service to a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing a computer node;

providing a channel process adapted to be executed on the computer node;

labeling the channel process with an identifier;

providing a data store in communication with the computer node;

storing data in the data store, wherein the data is used by the channel process in performing the service;

providing a first mobile device;

receiving a join request from the first mobile device, wherein the join request comprises the identifier;

responding to the join request by joining the first mobile device to the channel process;

wherein the channel process provides the service to the first mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

providing a second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device is in communication with the first mobile device;

originating an invitation at the second mobile device, wherein the invitation comprises the identifier; and

receiving the invitation at the first mobile device;

whereby the channel process provides the service to the first mobile device.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the identifier comprises a unique tag and wherein the responding step joins the mobile device to the channel process when the unique tag in the identifier provided by the mobile device matches the unique tag corresponding to the channel process.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the identifier further comprises a password and wherein the responding step joins the mobile device to the channel process only when both the unique tag and password in the identifier provided by the mobile device match the unique tag and password corresponding to the channel process.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the identifier further comprises a password and wherein the responding step does not identify the channel process to the mobile device until after both the unique tag and password in the identifier provided by the mobile device match the unique tag and password corresponding to the channel process.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the service comprises a chat service, a photograph sharing service, or a voting, scheduling, video, push-to-talk or route management service.

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17. A method of operating a computer platform for providing a service to a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing a computer node;

providing a channel process adapted to be executed on the computer node;

providing a data store in communication with the computer node;

storing data in the data store, wherein the data is used by the channel process in performing the service;

providing the mobile device;

receiving a discover request from the mobile device, wherein the discover request comprises attributes of a channel process;

responding to the discover request by identifying a channel process executable by the computer node wherein the identified channel process has attributes corresponding to the attributes in the discover request received from the mobile device;

receiving a join request from the mobile device for at least one identified channel process;

joining the mobile device to the at least one identified channel process;

wherein said identified channel process provides the service to the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the service comprises a chat service, a photograph sharing service, or a voting, scheduling, video, push-to-talk or route management service.

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21. A method of operating a computer platform for providing a service to a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing a first computer node;

providing a second computer node;

providing a channel process adapted to be executed on the first computer node;

providing a distributed data store in communication with the first computer node and the second computer node;

storing data in the data store, wherein the data is used by the channel process in performing the service for the mobile device;

detecting a condition with the first computer node;

responding to the detected condition by relocating the channel process to the second computer node.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the detected condition comprises a failure of the first computer node, an overloading of the first computer node, or a detected geographic distance between the first computer node and the mobile device.

25. The method of claim 21 wherein the service comprises a chat service, a photograph sharing service, or a voting, scheduling, video, push-to-talk or route management service.

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28. A method of operating a computer platform for providing a service to a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing a first computer node;

providing a second computer node;

providing a channel process adapted to be executed on the first computer node and the second computer node;

providing a distributed data store in communication with the first computer node and the second computer node;

storing data in the data store, wherein the data is used by the channel process in performing the service for the mobile device;

detecting a condition with the first computer node;

responding to the detected condition by restoring the channel process to the first computer node.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein the detected condition comprises a failure of the first computer node, an overloading of the first computer node, or a detected geographic distance between the first computer node and the mobile device.

32. The method of claim 28 wherein the service comprises a chat service, a photograph sharing service, or a voting, scheduling, video, push-to-talk or route management service.

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