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Method and apparatus for dynamically delivering service profiles to clients

  • US 7,668,903 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2003
  • Issued: 02/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method that facilitates dynamic delivery of service profiles to a client, comprising:

  • performing a discovery operation to allow the client to discover new services on a network;

    if a new service is discovered for which the client does not possess a service profile for the new service, causing the client to obtain the service profile from a service provider of the new service;

    wherein causing the client to obtain the service profile involves;

    causing the client to send a request for the service profile to the service provider of the new service, wherein the request includes type information identifying the type of device platform of the client; and

    causing the service provider to select the service profile from a set of service profiles based on the received type information of the client; and

    causing the service profile to be installed on the client to enable the client to use the new service,wherein the service profile includes a specification that describes how to use the new service, and wherein causing the service profile to be installed on the client involves,causing device-specific code to be generated to implement the specification, andcausing the code to be installed on the client; and

    wherein the service profile is a dynamic extension profile, which provides commands that;

    allow the client to query the service provider to determine which service profiles are available on the service provider; and

    transfer the service profile from the service provider to the client.

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