Electronic apparatus with server device for managing setting data

• US 8,150,944 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Lindquist, Tobias, Van Sebille, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M
• Application Number:
  US11/240,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20070076227A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,377 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 370254-258
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a method for managing access to data for a setting. The electronic apparatus includes a server device and at least one client device that is adapted to interact with the server device to access data for a setting. The data is stored in a memory device. The server device includes at least one interface module that is adapted to manage access to data for a specific setting.

Claims

1. A portable communication apparatus comprising:

a server device; and

at least one client device adapted to interact with the server device to access data for a plurality of settings, which data is stored in a memory device;

wherein the server device comprises a plurality of interface modules, each of which comprises a discrete component implementing functionality for managing access to data for a different one of the settings in response to a request received from the client device, wherein each of the interface modules is adapted to respond to receipt of a request by requesting to set data for an associated one of the settings, by getting data for the associated one of the settings, by changing data for the associated one of the settings, and/or by handling subscription to at least one change notification, and a number of the interface modules corresponds to a number of the different settings;

wherein data for a respective one of the plurality of settings is stored only at a single storage location; and

wherein the server device and the at least one client device are disposed within a common housing.

2. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface module is adapted to register the physical storage location of data for an associated one of the settings.

3. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface modules are provided by a software plug-in.

4. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server device is responsive to at least one API received from the client device for accessing data for the settings.

5. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server device is responsive to at least one client device implemented in an operational platform and at least one client device implemented in a communication platform.

6. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface modules or the server device is adapted to register a change of data for the associated settings, and notify any client device having a subscription for a notification of the changed setting.

7. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a first memory device is connected to an operational platform and a second memory device is connected to a communication platform.

8. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a portable mobile radio communication equipment, a mobile radio terminal, a mobile telephone, a pager, a communicator, an electronic organizer, a smartphone, and/or a computer.

9. A method for accessing data for settings of a portable communication apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving in a server device a request from a client device for access to data for one of the settings of the portable communication apparatus, wherein the server device and the client device are disposed within a common housing;

identifying based on the request the specific setting for which data is requested; and

forwarding the request to a specific interface module among a plurality of interface modules, each of which comprises a discrete component implementing functionality for managing access to data for said specific setting, wherein each of the interface modules manages access to data for a different one of the settings, wherein each of the interface module separately responds to receipt of a request by requesting to set data for an associated one of the settings, by getting data for the associated one of the settings, by changing data of the associated one of the settings, and/or by handling subscription to at least one change notification, and a number of the interface modules corresponds to a number of the different settings, and wherein data for a respective one of the settings of the portable communication apparatus is stored only at a single storage location.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising managing access to the data in accordance with a type of request.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of managing comprises determining a main setting to which the received request pertains, and forwarding data for any sub-setting of the main setting.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of managing comprises determining whether the request is a set request and, when the request is a set request, accessing the data pertaining to the specific setting by storing data received in the request message and registering the storage location thereof in the associated interface module.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of managing comprises determining whether the request is a get request and, when the request is a get request, accessing the data pertaining to the specific setting by retrieving said data from a memory device and forwarding said data to the client device from which the request message was received.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of managing comprises determining whether the request is a change notification request and, when the request is a change notification request, accessing the data pertaining to the specific setting by registering that data pertaining to the specific setting is changed, and issuing a change notification including said data to any client device subscribing to a change notification pertaining to the specific setting.

15. A computer program product configured to access data for settings of a portable communication apparatus, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code that is configured to receive at a server device a request from a client device for access to data for one of the settings of the portable communication apparatus, wherein the server device and the client device are disposed within a common housing;

computer readable program code that is configured to identify based on the request the specific setting for which data is requested;

computer readable program code that provides a plurality of interface modules, each of which comprises a discrete component implementing functionality for managing access to data for a different one of the settings, wherein a number of the interface modules corresponds to a number of the different settings; and

computer readable program code that is configured to forward the request to a specific interface module among the plurality of interface modules that is responsible for managing access to data for said specific setting, wherein each of the interface modules separately responds to receipt of a request by requesting to set data for an associated one of the settings, by getting data for the associated one of the settings, by changing data for the associated one of the settings, and/or by handling subscription to at least one change notification;

wherein data for a respective one of the settings of the portable communication apparatus is stored only at a single storage location.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type of request.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine a main setting to which the received request pertains and to forward data for any sub-setting of the main setting.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine whether the request is a set request and, when the request is a set request, to access the data pertaining to the specific setting by storing data received in the request message and registering the storage location thereof.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine whether the request is a get request and, when the request is a get request, to access the data pertaining to the specific setting by retrieving said data from a memory device and forwarding said data to the client device from which the request message was received.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program code that is configured to manage access to the data in accordance with a type the request comprises computer readable program code that is configured to determine whether the request is a change notification request and, when the request is a change notification request, to access the data pertaining to the specific setting by registering that data pertaining to the specific setting is changed, and issuing a change notification including said data to any client device subscribing to a change notification pertaining to the specific setting.