Web services architecture for providing federated data relating to a mobile device

• US 8,369,875 B1
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Lee, Wing K., Prasad, Ashim, Stone, M. Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US12/608,304
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4143, 455418-420, 4554561-457, 455410-411, 709203-206
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a web services architecture comprising a component operable for rapid development of a web services application, a mobile application. The web services architecture also includes a telecommunications provider system and a service provider. The mobile application is related to the web services application deployable on a mobile device. The telecommunications provider system is operable to host the web services application and to identify the mobile device and federate information related to the mobile device. The service provider is operable to provide a mobile device service associated with the web services application. The service provider is in communication with the web services application and operable to use the federated information related to the mobile device to provide application services to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A web services architecture, comprising:

a telecommunications provider system operable to host a web services application using one or more web services components, the telecommunications provider system further operable to identify a mobile device and federate information related to the mobile device;

a service provider operable to provide a mobile device service associated with the web services application, the service provider in communication with the web services application and operable to use the federated information related to the mobile device to provide the mobile device service to the mobile device; and

a mobile application operable on the mobile device and related to the web service application, the mobile application using a time component for the mobile device service, wherein the time component on the mobile device and a time component on the telecommunication provider system are periodically synchronized.

2. The web services architecture of claim 1, wherein time component on the mobile device is associated with a time component on the telecommunication provider system, and wherein the telecommunications provider system includes a network to promote wireless communication and a supporting computer network.

3. The web services architecture of claim 1, wherein the mobile device service uses at least one of the time components.

4. The web services architecture of claim 1, wherein the time component on the mobile device is used when the mobile device is not in communication with the telecommunications provider system.

5. The web services architecture of claim 1, wherein at least one of the time components of the mobile device and the telecommunications provider are used for one of arbitrating and authenticating aspects of the mobile device service.

6. The web services architecture of claim 1, wherein the one or more web services applications include:

a customer loyalty component operable to promote customer loyalty to the web service;

a coupon component operable to maintain, to redeem coupons, and to push coupons out to the customer;

an application vending machine component operable to package mobile applications and deploy mobile applications on the mobile device;

a location based services component operable to provide a mobile device customer with information based on the current location of the customer;

a device monitoring component operable to triggers web services to customers and web services partners based on time and location of the mobile device; and

a charging component operable to process customer mobile commerce transactions.

7. The web services architecture of claim 1, wherein the web services are further defined as selected from a group of web services including a location based service, a notification service, an instant message service, a text message service.

8. A method for enabling web services for web services partners of a telecommunications provider, the method comprising:

providing a location based web service;

identifying a mobile device by a telecommunications network;

providing identity information associated with the mobile device to the web services partner;

providing time information to the web services partner, the time information related to at least one of the mobile devices and the telecommunications network;

the web services partner providing a service related to the web service to a customer of the mobile device based on the identity information and the time information, wherein the time information related to the mobile devices and the time information related to the telecommunications network are periodically synchronized.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein identifying the mobile device includes at least one of communicating between the mobile device and a telecommunications provider system to identify physical characteristics of the device, and identifying personal information of the customer associated with the mobile device.