Mobile specialized software code updated

• US 8,667,479 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2009
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Johnsson, Andreas, Damola, Ayodele
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): CONKEY, ADAM JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US13/144,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,870 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0858 One way delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/087 Jitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0882 Utilisation of link capacity

Abstract

A first host (60), computer readable medium and method for providing a specialized software package (24) to a second host (70). The method includes initializing, at the first host (60), an application (90) on the first host (60) for communicating with a corresponding application (100) on the second host (70); sending, from the first host (60), a message for verifying a presence of the specialized software package (24) on the second host (70); pushing, when the specialized software package (24) is not present on the second host (70), the specialized software package (24) from the first host (60) to the second host (70); performing, at the first host (60), a specialized activity based on the specialized software package (24) at the first host (60) and the specialized software package (24) at the second host (70); and receiving at the application (90) of the first host (60), a result of the specialized activity, wherein the result of the specialized activity is used by the application (90) at the first host (60) to communicate with the corresponding application (100) on the second host (70).

Claims

1. A method for providing a specialized software package from a first host to a second host, the method comprising:

initializing, at the first host, an application on the first host for communicating with a corresponding application on the second host;

sending, from the first host, a message for verifying a presence of the specialized software package on the second host, wherein the specialized software package is configured to perform at least one active end-to-end measurement between the first host and the second host along a network connecting the first and second hosts;

pushing, when the specialized software package is not present on the second host, the specialized software package from the first host to the second host;

performing, at the first host, a specialized activity based on the specialized software package at the first host and the specialized software package at the second host, wherein the specialized activity is one of measuring a round-trip time, jitter, availability, one-way delay, delay variation and available bandwidth between the first and second hosts; and

receiving at the application of the first host, a result of the specialized activity, wherein the result of the specialized activity is used by the application at the first host to communicate with the corresponding application on the second host.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is one of a video communication over internet protocol packets, voice over internet protocol, gaming, or interactive application between the first and second hosts.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

verifying, when the specialized software package is present on the second host, a version of the specialized software package on the second host; and

pushing a newest version of the specialized software package to that host that has an older version of the specialized software package or using a common version of the specialized software package when the first and second hosts have multiple versions of the specialized software package.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pushing step comprises:

storing the specialized software package into a mobile object that is configured to replicate from the first host to the second host.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the mobile object includes computer instructions and data related to variables of the computer instructions and the mobile object replicates without interacting with a user of the first host.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, implement a method for providing a specialized software package from a first host to a second host, the method comprising:

providing a system comprising distinct software modules, wherein the distinct software modules comprise a mobile object environment module, a mobile object module, and an application module;

initializing, at the first host, the application module on the first host for communicating with a corresponding application module on the second host;

sending, from the first host, a message for verifying a presence of the specialized software package on the second host, wherein the specialized software package is configured to run in the mobile object environment module and to perform at least one active end-to-end measurement between the first host and the second host along a network connecting the first and second hosts;

pushing, when the specialized software package is not present on the second host, the specialized software package from the first host to the second host;

performing, at the first host, a specialized activity based on the specialized software package at the first host and the specialized software package at the second host, wherein the specialized activity is one of measuring a round-trip time, jitter, availability, one-way delay, delay variation and available bandwidth between the first and second hosts; and

receiving at the application module of the first host, a result of the specialized activity, wherein the result of the specialized activity is used by the application module at the first host to communicate with the corresponding application module on the second host.

7. The medium of claim 6, wherein the application module includes one of a video communication over internet protocol packets, voice over internet protocol, gaming, or interactive application between the first and second hosts.

8. The medium of claim 6, further comprising:

verifying, when the specialized software package is present on the second host, a version of the specialized software package on the second host; and

pushing a newest version of the specialized software package to that host that has an older version of the specialized software package or using a common version of the specialized software package when the first and second hosts have multiple versions of the specialized software package.

9. The medium of claim 6, wherein the pushing step comprises:

storing the specialized software package into the mobile object module, which is configured to replicate from the first host to the second host.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the mobile object module includes computer instructions and data related to variables of the computer instructions and the mobile object module replicates without interacting with a user of the first host.

11. A communication device for providing a specialized software package to another communication device, the communication device comprising:

a memory for storing an application that is configured to communicate with a corresponding application on the another communication device; and

a processor configured to;

send a message for verifying a presence of the specialized software package on the another communication device, wherein the specialized software package is configured to perform at least one active end-to-end measurement between the first host and the second host along a network connecting the first and second hosts,

push, when the specialized software package is not present on the another communication device, the specialized software package from the communication device to the another communication device,

perform a specialized activity based on the specialized software package at the communication device and the specialized software package at the another communication device, wherein the specialized activity is one of measuring a round-trip time, jitter, availability, one-way delay, delay variation and available bandwidth between the first and second hosts, and

receive a result of the specialized activity, wherein the result of the specialized activity is used by the application at the communication device to communicate with the corresponding application at the another communication device.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the application is one of a video communication over internet protocol packets, voice over internet protocol, gaming, or interactive application between the communication device and the another communication device.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

verify, when the specialized software package is present on the another communication device, a version of the specialized software package on the another communication device; and

push a newest version of the specialized software package to that communication device that has an older version of the specialized software package or using a common version of the specialized software package when the communication device and the another communication device have multiple versions of the specialized software package.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the specialized software package is part of a mobile object stored in the memory and configured to replicate from the communication device to the another communication device without interacting with a user of the communication device.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the mobile object includes computer instructions and data related to variables of the computer instructions.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the device is one of a computer, portable computer, personal digital assistant, game console, and mobile phone.