System and method for services access

• US 9,084,178 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2005
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Vermola, Larri
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaheed, Khalid
• Assistant Examiner(s): HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA
• Application Number:
  US11/053,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20060177028A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,808 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/452.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00 Hand-off or reselection arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in services access. For example, a node and/or other computer that moves to another area may act to determine the availability of services to which service entries correspond, and/or the availability of similar services. As another example, a node and/or other computer that moves to another area may act to modify service entries.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing, at a wireless node, a service entry corresponding to a first service, wherein the first service is available at a first area;

determining, at the wireless node, the first service to not be available at a second area, wherein the wireless node has moved to the second area;

determining, at the wireless node, a second service to be similar to the first service, wherein the second service is available at the second area; and

modifying, at the wireless node, the service entry to correspond to the second service;

wherein the second service is considered to be similar to the first service when one or more data values associated with the first service are also associated with the second service,

wherein similarity of the second service to the first service is specified when a threshold sum of point values for specified data values is met or exceeded,

wherein point values are specified for at least match of title, match of network affiliation, match of genre, and match of unique identifier,

wherein, when the wireless node has moved to the second area, one or more operations is performed, the one or more operations making use of received service listings data, and

wherein the received service listings data comprises one or more of channel listings data, EPG data, ESG data, and/or ISG data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service entry is a user preset.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service entry is a channel list member.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, at the wireless node, a second service entry, wherein the second service entry corresponds to a third service, and wherein the third service is available at the first area;

determining the third service to be available at the second area; and

modifying the second service entry to allow access to the third service as available at the second area.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising dispatching one or more queries regarding available services.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying a service entry corresponding to a third service to correspond to a fourth service,

wherein the fourth service is available at the second area,

wherein the third service is not available at the second area, and

wherein there is no service, similar to the third service, available at the second area.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein preferences are considered.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first service is of a first media type, and the second service is of a second media type.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining if previously-stored data for the second area is accessible.

10. A wireless node, comprising:

a processor configured to;

establish, at the wireless node, a service entry corresponding to a first service, wherein the first service is available at a first area;

determine, at the wireless node, the first service to not be available at a second area, wherein the wireless node has moved to the second area;

determine, at the wireless node, a second service to be similar to the first service, wherein the second service is available at the second area; and

modify, at the wireless node, the service entry to correspond to the second service,

wherein the second service is considered to be similar to the first service when one or more data values associated with the first service are also associated with the second service,

wherein similarity of the second service to the first service is specified when a threshold sum of point values for specified data values is met or exceeded,

wherein point values are specified for at least match of title, match of network affiliation, match of genre, and match of unique identifier,

wherein, when the wireless node has moved to the second area, one or more operations is performed, the one or more operations making use of received service listings data, and

wherein the received service listings data comprises one or more of channel listings data, EPG data, ESG data, and/or ISG data.

11. The wireless node of claim 10, wherein the service entry is a user preset.

12. The wireless node of claim 10, wherein the service entry is a channel list member.

13. The wireless node of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to performs:

establish, at the wireless node, a second service entry, wherein the second service entry corresponds to a third service, and wherein the third service is available at the first area;

determine the third service to be available at the second area; and

modify the second service entry to allow access to the third service as available at the second area.

14. The wireless node of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to dispatch one or more queries regarding available services.

15. The wireless node of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

modify a service entry corresponding to a third service to correspond to a fourth service,

wherein the fourth service is available at the second area,

wherein the third service is not available at the second area, and

wherein there is no service, similar to the third service, available at the second area.

16. The wireless node of claim 15, wherein preferences are considered.

17. The wireless node of claim 10, wherein the first service is of a first media type, and the second service is of a second media type.

18. The system wireless node of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to determine if previously-stored data for the second area is accessible.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a wireless node to:

establish, at the wireless node, a service entry corresponding to a first service, wherein the first service is available at a first area;

determine, at the wireless node, the first service to not be available at a second area, wherein the wireless node has moved to the second area;

determine, at the wireless node, a second service to be similar to the first service, wherein the second service is available at the second area; and

modify, at the wireless node, the service entry to correspond to the second service,

wherein the second service is considered to be similar to the first service when one or more data values associated with the first service are also associated with the second service, wherein similarity of the second service to the first service is specified when a threshold sum of point values for specified data values is met or exceeded,

wherein point values are specified for at least match of title, match of network affiliation, match of genre, and match of unique identifier,

wherein, when the wireless node has moved to the second area, one or more operations is performed, the one or more operations making use of received service listings data, and

wherein the received service listings data comprises one or more of channel listings data, EPG data, ESG data, and/or ISG data.