Method and system for managing data in a near field communication network

• US 8,892,032 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Madhukar Lele, Abhijit, Naniyat, Arun, Dasarath Rao, Deepak, Won, Eun-Tae, Arunan, Thenmozhi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sorowar, Golam
• Application Number:
  US12/480,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20090325484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,989 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/3.04, 455/63.1, 455/425, 455/552.1, 719/313, 719/321, 340 43- 437, 340 44- 442, 340/10.1, 340/5.73, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 370/302, 370/295, 370/343, 370/310, 370/316, 370/341, 370/331, 370/252, 370/338, 370/469
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/06 Notations for structuring of protocol data, e.g. abstract syntax notation one [ASN.1]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method and system for managing data between a plurality of electronic devices in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network are provided. The method is performed at a first electronic device. A request is received from a second electronic device to send context data. The context data is then represented in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD). The context RTD is used for defining context data in the NFC network. The context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD is exchanged with the second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for managing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network, the method performed at the first electronic device and comprising the steps of:

receiving a request at the first electronic device from the second electronic device to send context data when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in close proximity to one another, wherein the context data changes based on an environment of a user of the first electronic device by updating, by the first electronic device, the context data with information of sensors received from an aggregator which aggregates the information from the sensors;

representing the context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is used to define context data in the NFC network;

exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device; and

encapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data with the second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein exchanging the context data comprises interchanging one or more NFC RTDs with the second electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising managing Bluetooth applications based on the context data represented using context RTD and one or more Bluetooth profiles.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving context data from a plurality of the electronic devices through at least one of a plurality of wireless communication networks; and

aggregating the context data received from the plurality of electronic devices based on the context data received from each of the plurality of electronic devices.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating a communication network between the first electronic device and the second electronic device based on at least one of a peer-to-peer mode of communication and reader/writer mode of communication.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein initiating the communication network comprises establishing one or more short range wireless communication networks.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the context data includes one of a current location of the user, room temperature and the user'"'"'s presence.

8. A system for managing data between a plurality of electronic devices in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network comprising:

a first electronic device for receiving a request from a second electronic device to send context data when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in close proximity to one another, wherein the context data changes based on an environment of a user of the first electronic device by updating, by the first electronic device, the context data with information of sensors received from an aggregator which aggregates the information from the sensors, for representing the context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is used to define context data in the NFC network, for exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device, and for encapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data with the second electronic device; and

the second electronic device for sending the request to send the context data, to the first electronic device.

9. A first electronic device in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network comprising:

a processor for representing context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context data changes based on an environment of a user of the first electronic device by updating, by the first electronic device, the context data with information of sensors received from an aggregator which aggregates the information from the sensors, wherein the context RTD is a record type definition used for defining a context data in the NFC network and for encapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data with the second electronic device; and

a transceiver for receiving a request from the second electronic device to send the context data when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in close proximity to one another, and exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device.