Visual channel refresh rate control for composite services delivery

• US 7,792,971 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2005
• Issued: 09/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mandalia, Baiju D., Moore, Victor S., Nusbickel, Wendi L., Da Palma, William V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mejia; Anthony
• Application Number:
  US11/297,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,734 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/227, 709/200
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying and delivering composite services in an NGN network. A method for managing refresh rates for visual channels in a composite services enablement data processing system can include establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service and synchronizing changes of state for the common session in a view for each of the channels of access to the service. Notably, voice activity can be detected over one of the channels of access for the common session. Responsive to detecting the voice activity, a refresh rate within a model for the common session can be changed to support a higher refresh rate in a view for another one of the channels of access for the common session. Conversely, the refresh rate can be changed to support a lower refresh rate responsive to not detecting voice activity.

Claims

1. A composite service enabling data processing system comprising:

a plurality of channel servlets executing in an application server in a data processing system for storing and executing program code including at least one processor coupled to memory elements through a system bus, the servlets enabled to establish multiple different channels of access to a common session for a composite service;

a location registry comprising a table of entries associating the different channels of access with the common session for the composite service; and

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a model servlet executing in the application server and configured for coupling to a model for the common session, for modifying state data in the model for the common session, and to synchronize views for each of the different channels of access to the common session responsive to changes detected in the model; and

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a refresh rate controller coupled to the model servlet, the refresh rate controller comprising program code enabled to increase a refresh rate in the model for a view in a visual channel of access for the common session, responsive to detecting an increase in voice activity in a voice channel of access for the common session, and to decrease the refresh rate in the model for the view in the visual channel of access for the common session, responsive to detecting a decrease in voice activity in the voice channel of access for the common session.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the channel servlets comprise a voice enabler and voice server enabled to establish for the common session, a voice channel of access to the common session for the composite service.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the channel servlets and model servlet are disposed in an application server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the channel servlets and model servlet are disposed in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) in a next generation networking (NGN) network.

5. A method for managing refresh rates for visual channels in a composite services enablement data processing system, the method comprising:

establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service;

synchronizing changes of state in a model corresponding to the common session in a view for each of the channels of access to the common session; and

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detecting voice activity over one of the channels of access for the common session; and

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responsive to detecting an increase in the voice activity, increasing a refresh rate within a model for the common session to support a higher refresh rate in a view for another one of the channels of access for the common session; and

decreasing the refresh rate within the model for the common session to support a lower refresh rate in the view for another one of the channels of access for the common session responsive to detecting a decrease in the voice activity.

6. The method of claim 5, establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service, comprises establishing for the common session at least a voice channel of access to the common session, and a visual channel of access to the common session.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein establishing multiple channels of access for a common session to a composite service, comprises establishing for a common session to a composite service in a next generation networking (NGN) network at least a voice channel of access to the common session, and a visual channel of access to the common session.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein synchronizing changes of state for the model in a view for each of the channels of access to the common session, comprises:

maintaining the state of the model for the common session;

creating listeners for changes of the state for the model;

detecting changes in the state for the model in the listeners; and

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updating the view for each of the channels of access to the common session responsive to detecting the changes of state for the model in the listeners.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory medium having computer usable program code for managing refresh rates for visual channels in a composite services enablement data processing system, the computer program product including:

computer usable program code for establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service;

computer usable program code for synchronizing changes of state in a model corresponding to the common session in a view for each of the channels of access to the common session;

computer usable program code for detecting voice activity over one of the channels of access for the common session;

computer usable program code for increasing a refresh rate within a model for the common session to support a higher refresh rate in a view for another one of the channels of access for the common session responsive to detecting the voice activity; and

decreasing the refresh rate within the model for the common session to support a lower refresh rate in the view for another one of the channels of access for the common session responsive to not detecting voice activity.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer usable program code for establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service, comprises computer usable program code for establishing at least a voice channel of access to the common session, and a visual channel of access to the common session.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer usable program code for establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service, comprises computer usable program code for establishing for a common session, in a next generation networking (NGN) network at least a voice channel of access to the common session, and a visual channel of access to the common session.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer usable program code for synchronizing changes of state for the model corresponding to the common session in a view for each of the channels of access to the common session, comprises:

computer usable program code for maintaining the state of the model for the common session;

computer usable program code for creating listeners for changes of the state for the model;

computer usable program code for detecting changes in the state for the model in the listeners; and

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computer usable program code for updating the view for each of the channels of access to the services responsive to detecting the changes of state for the model in the listeners.