Method and system for utilizing standardized interface in a wireless device to discover and use local and remote resources

• US 9,661,626 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2015
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Buer, Mark, Quigley, Thomas, MacInnis, Alexander G., Walley, John, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Behzad, Arya
• Primary Examiner(s): Mew, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/706,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20150237608A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5691 Access to open networks; Ingress point selection, e.g. ISP selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/824 Applicable to portable or mobile terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/246 Connectivity information discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may discover available networks, and available local and/or remote resources. The WMC device may configure routes utilizing one or more of discovered resources and one or more available networks. The routes may be utilized to performed operations requested via the WMC device. A standardized language and/or protocol may be utilized in discovering and/or communicating with available resources and/or networks. The standardized language and/or protocol may enable commonality among the discovered networks and/or resources, and encryption of data communicated through the established routes. The standardized language and/or protocol may be updated and/or modified to incorporate new resources either by direct interactions between the new resources and the WMC device, or via existing available resources and/or networks. The discovery of resources and/or establishment of routes may be user-triggered, or it may be based on user preference information.

Claims

1. A method, implemented by a wireless communication device, comprising:

communicating with a first device by using a standardized language or protocol, said standardized language or protocol specifying a resource format;

communicating with a second device by using the standardized language or protocol;

configuring an ad hoc network to establish a communication route between the first device and the second device; and

facilitating a performance of an operation using the first device and the second device by sending a control message to the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying said standardized language or protocol to enable communication with a third device, wherein the third device is not supported in said standardized language or protocol prior to modifying said standardized language or protocol.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying said standardized language or protocol comprises updating said standardized language or protocol in response to receiving a look-up table from the device, the look-up table identifying the third device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising discovering the first device in response to receiving an announcement message from the first device, the announcement message specifying an availability of the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising discovering the second device in response to receiving an announcement message, the announcement message specifying an availability of the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein discovering the first device comprises polling the first device to determine whether the first device is available to perform the operation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the ad hoc network in response to receiving a request to perform the operation.

8. A system, comprising:

a wireless communication device comprising circuitry that is operable to;

communicate with a first device by using a standardized language or protocol, said standardized language or protocol specifying a resource format;

communicate with a second device by using the standardized language or protocol;

configure an ad hoc network to establish a communication route between the first device and the second device; and

facilitate a performance of an operation using the first device and the second device by sending a control message to the first device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operation is performed in response to sending a control message from the wireless communication device to the first device, the control message being based on said standardized language or protocol.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said standardized language or protocol comprises a look-up table that enables determining whether the first device is available.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further operable to modify said standardized language or protocol to enable communication with a third device, wherein the third device not supported in said standardized language or protocol prior to modifying said standardized language or protocol.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operation comprises a play operation to play media content, the media content being streamed via the route.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the circuitry that is operable to determine whether the first device is available is further operable to determine whether the first device is available in response to receiving an announcement message from the first device, the announcement message specifying an availability of the resource.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further operable to poll the first device to determine whether the first device is available to perform the operation.

15. A method, comprising:

determining, by a wireless communication device, whether a first device is available in response to receiving a request to perform an operation;

discovering a wireless network including at least one second device to perform the operation;

establishing a route between the first device and the wireless network; and

facilitating a performance of the operation using the first device, wherein the operation is performed according to data that is communicated to the first device by the wireless network via the route.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising using a standardized language or protocol to determine whether the first device is available and to discover the wireless network, wherein said standardized language or protocol specifies a resource format.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising modifying said standardized language or protocol to enable communication with another device, wherein the other device is not supported in said standardized language or protocol prior to modifying said standardized language or protocol.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the operation is performed in response to sending a control message from the wireless communication device to the first device, the control message being based on said standardized language or protocol.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining whether the first device is available comprises determining whether the first device is available by receiving an announcement message from the first device, the announcement message specifying an availability of the first device, the announcement message being based on said standardized language or protocol.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein determining whether the first device is available comprises polling the device to determine whether the resource is available to perform the operation.