Method and apparatus for transmitting data and method and apparatus for processing data

• US 9,294,594 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2012
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Koo, Min-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Joo, Joshua
• Assistant Examiner(s): Naji, Younes
• Application Number:
  US13/352,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,525 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A method of transmitting data and a method of processing data, the methods including acquiring basic data of a type defined in the open API and extended data of a type not defined in the open API; converting the extended data to data of a type defined in the open API; and invoking the open API and transmitting the basic data and the converted extended data to the server.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data to a server by using an open application programming interface (API) including at least one field, the method comprising:

acquiring basic data corresponding to a field from among the at least one field defined in the open API and extended data not corresponding to the field;

appending the extended data to the basic data to generate a message;

generating a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request message describing the message as a field value of the field; and

transmitting the HTTP request message to the server,

wherein the message comprises identification information indicating a position of the extended data in the message,

wherein the open API is an API which is published by a service provider operating the server for providing a service related to the at least one field defined in the open API,

wherein the basic data is processed by a first module and the extended data is processed by a second module, and

wherein the message comprises identification information regarding the second module for processing the extended data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the appending comprises converting a data format of the extended data to a data format corresponding to the field;

and

appending the converted extended data to the basic data to generate the message.

3. A method of processing data received from a server by using an open API including at least one field, the method comprising:

receiving, from the server, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request message describing a message as data of a field from among the at least one field defined in the open API, the message comprising basic data corresponding to the field, extended data not corresponding to the field, and identification information indicating a position of the extended data in the message;

obtaining the message from the HTTP request message based on the field;

obtaining the basic data and the extended data from the message based on the identification information;

performing a basic function defined in the open API based on the basic data, and an extended function not defined in the open API based on the extended data, wherein the open API is an API which is published by a service provider operating the server for providing a service related to the at least one field defined in the open API,

wherein the basic data is processed by a first module and the extended data is processed by a second module, and

wherein the message comprises identification information regarding the second module for processing the extended data.

4. A device for transmitting data to a server by using an open application programming interface (API) including at least one field, the device comprising:

a memory configured to store programmed instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute the programmed instructions stored in the memory to perform a method of

acquiring basic data corresponding to a field from among the at least one field defined in the open API and extended data not corresponding to the field;

appending the extended data to the basic data to generate a message;

generating a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request message describing the message as a field value of the field; and

transmitting the HTTP request message to the server;

wherein the message comprises identification information indicating a position of the extended data in the message,

wherein the open API is an API which is published by a service provider operating the server for providing a service related to the at least one field defined in the open API,

wherein the basic data is processed by a first module and the extended data is processed by a second module, and

wherein the message comprises identification information regarding the second module for processing the extended data.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the appending comprises converting a data format of the extended data to a data format corresponding to the field, and

appending the converted extended data to the basic data to generate the message.

6. A device for processing data received from a server by using an open application programming interface (API) including at least one field, the device comprising:

a memory configured to store programmed instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute the programmed instructions stored in the memory to perform a method of;

receiving, from the server, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request message describing a message as data of a field from among the at least one field defined in the open API, the message comprising basic data corresponding to the field, extended data not corresponding to the field, and identification information indicating a position of the extended data in the message;

obtaining the message from the HTTP request message based on the field;

obtaining the basic data and the extended data from the message based on the identification information, and

performing a basic function defined in the open API based on the basic data, and an extended function not defined in the open API based on the extended data,

wherein the open API is an API which is published by a service provider operating the server for providing a service related to the at least one field defined in the open API,

wherein the basic data is processed by a first module and the extended data is processed by a second module, and

wherein the message comprises identification information regarding the second module for processing the extended data.

7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to perform a method of transmitting data to a server by using an open application programming interface (API) including at least one field, the method comprising:

acquiring basic data corresponding to a field from among the at least one field defined in the open API and extended data not corresponding to the field;

appending the extended data to the basic data to generate a message;

generating a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request message describing the message as a field value of the field; and

transmitting the HTTP request message to the server,

wherein the message comprises identification information indicating a position of the extended data in the message,

wherein the open API is an API which is published by a service provider operating the server for providing a service related to the at least one field defined in the open API,

wherein the basic data is processed by a first module and the extended data is processed by a second module,

wherein the message comprises identification information regarding the second module for processing the extended data.