Method, system and computer program product for a lightweight directory access protocol client application program interface
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A hand-held device, comprising:
- a computer readable medium storing executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API), the API, including,a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the hand-held device, the client communicating with a directory server in accordance with the lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), wherein the function call stores a query string associated with the calling application and a preference of the calling application in a memory of the hand-held device, the query string identifying data used by the calling application, the preference including a parameter to enable the calling application to have data for the calling application automatically retrieved by the client upon the client connecting to the directory server.
10 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A device, including a computer readable medium storing executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API). The API including a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the device, the client communicating with a directory server. In another aspect, there is provided a computer-readable medium, including executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API) on a device. The API, including a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the device, the client communicating with a directory server.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A hand-held device, comprising:
a computer readable medium storing executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API), the API, including, a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the hand-held device, the client communicating with a directory server in accordance with the lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), wherein the function call stores a query string associated with the calling application and a preference of the calling application in a memory of the hand-held device, the query string identifying data used by the calling application, the preference including a parameter to enable the calling application to have data for the calling application automatically retrieved by the client upon the client connecting to the directory server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
10. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising:
-
executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API) on a hand-held device, the API, including, a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the hand-held device, the client communicating with a directory server in accordance with lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), wherein the function call stores a preference of the calling application in a memory of the hand-held device and allows the client to determine whether one or more applications on the hand-held device are configured to have data for the one or more applications automatically retrieved by the client upon the client connecting to the directory server, wherein the preference includes a parameter to enable the calling application to have the data for the calling application to be automatically retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A hand-held apparatus, comprising:
-
a client configured to communicate with a directory server using a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP); and a memory configured to store a customizable parameter and an executable computer instruction for implementing an application program interface (API) that includes a function call to enable communications between a plurality of calling applications and the client, wherein the customizable parameter specifies how the client generates a query to the directory server for updating the plurality of calling applications, the function call storing a preference of one of the calling applications in the memory, the preference including a parameter to enable the one calling application to have data for the one calling application automatically retrieved by the client upon the client connecting to the directory server.
-
Specification