Vehicle information communication

• US 8,738,389 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2009
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Hjelm, Johan, Gerdes, Martin, Gehlen, Guido
• Primary Examiner(s): Mattia, Scott A
• Application Number:
  US12/389,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20090306834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,923 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1.1, 709/223, 701/36
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/283 Processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A mobile communications device comprising a gateway is provided. The device enables an automated discovery of a vehicle environment is enabled. Hereby context information relating to the vehicle environment can be automatically communicated to the service backend. Also context information from the service backend can be provided to the vehicle environment all utilizing SIP Presence technologies. The invention can in accordance with one embodiment be implemented in an IMS system. In accordance with one embodiment a communications device comprising gateway can be provided in the form of a mobile communications device, such as a mobile telephone. The gateway can for example be an IMS gateway.

Claims

1. A method in a communication device for automated device and service configuration of a plurality of non-Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices located in a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

discovering the plurality of non-Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices using the communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a gateway,

registering the plurality of non-UPnP devices in a device database of the communication device,

establishing, within the communication device, a UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle from the plurality of non-UPnP devices and obtained status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices, and

sending, by the communication device, a vehicle registration to an IP multimedia subsystem network, wherein the vehicle registration comprises a user identity and the UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle, wherein the UPnP vehicle profile identifies a discoverable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device defined by aggregating the plurality on non-UPnP devices, wherein device properties, service descriptions and status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices are part of a UPnP service description of the discoverable UPnP device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the UPnP vehicle profile is updated according to context changes of a driver, a passenger, the vehicle or the plurality of non-UPnP devices.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a mobile telephone.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gateway is an IP Multimedia Subsystem Gateway.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of registering the communication device with a presence server in the IP multimedia subsystem network during which presence information including the UPnP vehicle profile and user identity are published to the presence server, wherein a plurality of application servers have subscribed to receive the UPnP vehicle profile and user identity from the presence server such that independent communications sessions do not need to be established between the communication device and each of the application servers to exchange the UPnP vehicle profile.

5. A mobile communications device comprising a gateway, the mobile communications device further comprising:

a computer;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable computer program stored thereon and executed by the computer to perform following operations;

discovering a plurality of non-Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices,

registering the plurality of non-UPnP devices in a device database of the mobile communications device,

establishing, within the mobile communications device, a UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle from the plurality of non-UPnP devices and obtained status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices, and

sending a vehicle registration to an IP multimedia subsystem network, wherein the vehicle registration comprises a user identity and the UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle, wherein the UPnP vehicle profile identifies a discoverable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device defined aggregating the plurality on non-UPnP devices, wherein device properties, service descriptions and status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices are part of a UPnP service description of the discoverable UPnP device.

6. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the UPnP vehicle profile is updated according to context changes of a drive, a passenger, the vehicle or the plurality of non-UPnP devices.

7. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the mobile communications device is a mobile telephone.

8. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the gateway is a portable IP Multimedia Subsystem Gateway.

9. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the mobile communications device is configured to perform communication using a Session Initiation Protocol.

10. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the mobile communications device is configured to connect to an IP multimedia subsystem server.

14. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the mobile communications device is configured to register with a presence server in the IP multimedia subsystem network during which presence information including the UPnP vehicle profile and user identity are published to the presence server, wherein a plurality of application servers have subscribed to receive the UPnP vehicle profile and user identity from the presence server such that independent communications sessions do not need to be established between the mobile communications device and each of the application servers to exchange the UPnP vehicle profile.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable computer program product stored thereon and adapted to be executed on a computer of a mobile communications device comprising a gateway, the computer program product comprising computer program segments that when executed on the computer enables the mobile communications device to:

discover a plurality of non-Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices in a vehicle,

register the plurality of non-UPnP devices in a device database of the mobile communications device,

establish, within the mobile communications device, a UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle from the plurality of non-UPnP devices and obtained status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices, and

send, by the mobile communications device, a vehicle registration to a cellular network, wherein the vehicle registration comprises a user identity and the UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle, wherein the UPnP vehicle profile identifies a discoverable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device defined by aggregating the plurality on non-UPnP devices, wherein device properties, service descriptions and status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices are part of a UPnP service description of the discoverable UPnP device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer program segments for updating the UPnP vehicle profile according to context changes of a driver, a passenger, the vehicle or the plurality of non-UPnP devices.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer program segments that when executed on the computer enables the mobile communications device to register the mobile communications device with a presence server in the IP multimedia subsystem network during which presence information including the UPnP vehicle profile and user identity are published to the presence server, wherein a plurality of application servers have subscribed to receive the UPnP vehicle profile and user identity from the presence server such that independent communications sessions do not need to be established between the mobile communications device and each of the application servers to exchange the UPnP vehicle profile.