EFFICIENT GROUP COMMUNICATIONS LEVERAGING LTE-D DISCOVERY FOR APPLICATION LAYER CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION

• US 20160127479A1
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: SURYAVANSHI, Vijay Anandrao, ANCHAN, Kirankumar Bhoja, SHARMA, Sandeep
• Granted Patent: US 10,003,659 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

The disclosure relates to leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) discovery messages for application layer contextual communication. A P2P middleware layer of a user device receives a P2P discovery message, the P2P discovery message comprising metadata including an identifier of a first application and content to be rendered by the first application, determines whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content, and sends the content to be rendered by the first application to the installed application based on there being an application installed on the user device that can render the content.

Claims

1. A method for leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) discovery messages for application layer contextual communication, comprising:

receiving, at a P2P middleware layer of a user device, a P2P discovery message, the P2P discovery message comprising metadata including an identifier of a first application and content to be rendered by the first application;

determining, by the P2P middleware layer, whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content; and

based on there being an application installed on the user device that can render the content, sending, by the P2P middleware layer, the content to be rendered by the first application to the installed application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

invoking, by the P2P middleware layer, the installed application before sending the content to the installed application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining that the first application is installed on the user device, and

wherein the installed application comprises the first application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining that the first application is not installed on the user device, and

wherein the installed application is a different application than the first application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises a P2P-enabled application, and wherein the installed application comprises a non-P2P-enabled application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the non-P2P-enabled application comprises an Internet browser application, a mapping application, an image gallery application, a video player application, or a user interface notification application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the P2P middleware layer is provisioned with identifiers of applications installed on the user device and metadata related to the installed applications.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content is based on a type of the content in the P2P discovery message to be rendered.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the P2P discovery message comprises a location update from another user device, and wherein the installed application comprises a non-P2P-enabled mapping application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the P2P discovery message comprises a media message from another user device, and wherein the installed application comprises a non-P2P-enabled Internet browser application.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the media message comprises a link to media content, and wherein the Internet browser application displays the link.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the P2P discovery message comprises a Long-Term Evolution Direct (LTE-D) discovery message.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the LTE-D discovery message comprises an LTE-D expression, and wherein the LTE-D expression comprises the metadata including the identifier of the first application and the content to be rendered by the first application.

14. An apparatus for leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) discovery messages for application layer contextual communication, comprising:

a processor; and

a P2P middleware layer of a user device configured to perform, in conjunction with the processor, operations comprising;

receiving a P2P discovery message, the P2P discovery message comprising metadata including an identifier of a first application and content to be rendered by the first application;

determining whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content; and

sending the content to be rendered by the first application to the installed application based on there being an application installed on the user device that can render the content.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P middleware layer is configured to perform further operations comprising:

invoking the installed application before sending the content to the installed application.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P middleware layer being configured to perform the operation of determining comprises the P2P middleware layer being configured to perform the operation of determining that the first application is installed on the user device, and

wherein the installed application comprises the first application.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P middleware layer being configured to perform the operation of determining comprises the P2P middleware layer being configured to perform the operation of determining that the first application is not installed on the user device, and

wherein the installed application is a different application than the first application.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first application comprises a P2P-enabled application, and wherein the installed application comprises a non-P2P-enabled application.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the non-P2P-enabled application comprises an Internet browser application, a mapping application, an image gallery application, a video player application, or a user interface notification application.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P middleware layer is provisioned with identifiers of applications installed on the user device and metadata related to the installed applications.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P middleware layer being configured to perform the operation of determining whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content is based on a type of the content in the P2P discovery message to be rendered.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P discovery message comprises a location update from another user device, and wherein the installed application comprises a non-P2P-enabled mapping application.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P discovery message comprises a media message from another user device, and wherein the installed application comprises a non-P2P-enabled Internet browser application.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the media message comprises a link to media content, and wherein the Internet browser application displays the link.

25. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the P2P discovery message comprises a Long-Term Evolution Direct (LTE-D) discovery message.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the LTE-D discovery message comprises an LTE-D expression, and wherein the LTE-D expression comprises the metadata including the identifier of the first application and the content to be rendered by the first application.

27. An apparatus for leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) discovery messages for application layer contextual communication, comprising:

means for receiving, at a P2P middleware layer of a user device, a P2P discovery message, the P2P discovery message comprising metadata including an identifier of a first application and content to be rendered by the first application;

means for determining, by the P2P middleware layer, whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content; and

means for sending, by the P2P middleware layer, the content to be rendered by the first application to the installed application based on there being an application installed on the user device that can render the content.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) discovery messages for application layer contextual communication, comprising:

at least one instruction to receive, at a P2P middleware layer of a user device, a P2P discovery message, the P2P discovery message comprising metadata including an identifier of a first application and content to be rendered by the first application;

at least one instruction to determine, by the P2P middleware layer, whether or not there is an application installed on the user device that can render the content; and

at least one instruction to send, by the P2P middleware layer, the content to be rendered by the first application to the installed application based on there being an application installed on the user device that can render the content.