Techniques for timing optimization in wireless networks that utilize a universal services interface

• US 7,953,863 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Taaghol, Pouya, Venkatachalam, Muthaiah
• Primary Examiner(s): Ismail; Shawki S
• Assistant Examiner(s): KOROBOV, VITALI A
• Application Number:
  US11/745,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20080279127A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• Field of Search: 709/225, 709/227, 709/231, 709/238, 370/410, 370/524, 370/905, 370/338, 370/310, 370/331, 370/216, 370/328, 455/414.1, 455/442, 455/436, 455/439, 726/1, 726/2, 726/26, 726/27
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 370/905 Asynchronous transfer mode, ASN

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network, the wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI); and wherein the MS includes a USI client adapted to store some or all USI context as required by said ASP and wherein when a user accesses the ASP using something other than a web-browser, the USI client inserts relevant USI context as part of an ASP request message.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network, said wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI); and

wherein said MS includes a USI client adapted to store some or all USI context as required by said ASP and wherein when a user accesses said ASP using something other than a web-browser, said USI client inserts relevant USI context as part of an ASP request message and in order to fetch said USI context of said MS, a USI proxy sends said USI context request to a USI server and said USI server sends a USI context response back to said USI proxy which contains said USI context for said MS.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said ASP request is bundled by using XML.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said USI context comprises said MS'"'"'s current location information and/or quality of service (QoS).

4. A method, comprising:

communicating with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network by a mobile station (MS), said wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI); and

including in said MS a USI client adapted to store some or all USI context as required by said ASP and wherein when a user accesses said ASP using something other than a web-browser, said USI client inserts relevant USI context as part of an ASP request message and in order to fetch said USI context of said MS, a USI proxy sends said USI context request to a USI server and said USI server sends a USI context response back to said USI proxy which contains said USI context for said MS.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising bundling said ASP request by using XML.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said USI context comprises said MS'"'"'s current location information and/or quality of service (QoS).

7. A machine-accessible non-transitory medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

communicating with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network by a mobile station (MS), said wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI); and

including in said MS a USI client adapted to store some or all USI context as required by said ASP and wherein when a user accesses said ASP using something other than a web-browser, said USI client inserts relevant USI context as part of an ASP request message and in order to fetch said USI context of said MS, a USI proxy sends said USI context request to a USI server and said USI server sends a USI context response back to said USI proxy which contains said USI context for said MS.

8. The machine-accessible medium of claim 7, further comprising said instructions causing said machine to perform operations further comprising bundling said ASP request by using XML.

9. The machine-accessible medium of claim 7, wherein said USI context comprises said MS'"'"'s current location information and/or quality of service (QoS).