APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WIDGETS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT

• US 20090248883A1
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: MANDYAM, Giridhar D., BERNARD, Christophe G., HUNTER, Kevin E., SURYANARAYANA, Lalitha, RAFFAELLI, Noam
• Granted Patent: US 9,110,685 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Apparatus and methods relating to mobile widgets. In particular, apparatus and methods for integrating network services and/or network resources with widget capabilities, managing mobile widgets, providing portability to mobile widgets, and generating content with respect to a mobile widget. In one aspect, a method for integration of network services and/or resources with widget capabilities is provided. The method may include providing for an interface between a widget management component and at least one of a network resource or a network service. The method may also include accessing, at the widget management component via the interface, at least one of a network resource or network service. Further, the method may include integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

Claims

1. A method for integration of network services or resources with widget capabilities, comprising

providing for an interface between a widget management component and at least one of a network resource or a network service;

accessing, at the widget management component via the interface, at least one of a network resource or a network service; and

integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for an interface further comprises providing for an interface between the widget management component and an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein accessing further comprises accessing a Home Subscriber Server that includes authentication information comprising at least one of subscriber information, or subscription information, or data session information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein integrating further comprises implementing the authentication information in a widget authentication function.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for an interface further comprises providing for an interface between the widget management component and network resources, wherein the network resources include at least one of subscriber presence, subscriber/device location, subscriber information, session information, or subscriber identity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for an interface further comprises providing for an interface between the widget management component and at least one network service, wherein the network service includes at least one of SIP/VoIP call control, or PSTN call control, or Quality of Service (QoS) or messaging service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for an interface further comprises providing for an interface between the widget management component and a user authorization function, wherein accessing further comprises accessing authorization information corresponding to a widget and a third party service, and wherein integrating further comprises automatically enabling authentication and access of the widget to the third party service based on the accessing.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for an interface further comprises providing for an interface between the widget management component and a network event notification function, wherein accessing further comprises receiving network event notification information corresponding to a widget, and wherein integrating further comprises presentation of the network event notification information by the widget.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality further comprises blending widget content from a network content source with at least one of network service content or network resource content to provide for a blended widget presentation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality further comprises blending widget-generated content with at least one of network service content or network resource content to provide for a blended widget presentation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality further comprises blending widget content from a network content source with widget-generated content and with at least one of network service content or network resource content to provide for a blended widget presentation.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the blending of widget further comprises receiving the widget-generated content from an output of a mobile widget operating on a wireless device.

13. At least one processor configured to schedule a content update of a mobile widget, comprising:

a first module for providing for an interface between a widget management component and at least one of a network resource or a network service;

a second module for accessing, at the widget management component via the interface, at least one of a network resource or network service; and

;

a third module for integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

14. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

at least one instruction for causing a computer to provide for an interface between a widget management component and at least one of a network resource or a network service;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to access, at the widget management component via the interface, at least one of a network resource or network service; and

at least one instruction for causing the computer to integrate the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

means for providing for an interface between a widget management component and at least one of a network resource or a network service;

means for accessing, at the widget management component via the interface, at least one of a network resource or network service; and

means for integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

16. A system for widget management and network/resource/service integration, comprising:

a widget management system operable to manage mobile widgets executing on at least mobile platforms;

at least one of network resource or a network service; and

an interface for interfacing the widget management system with at least one of the network resource or the network service,

wherein the widget management system is further operable to integrate the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one network service further comprises an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS).

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the interface is further operable to interface with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) of the IMS, wherein the HSS includes authentication information comprising at least one of subscriber information, or subscription information, or data session information.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the widget management system is further operable to implement the authentication information in a widget authentication function.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the network resources further comprises at least one of subscriber presence, or subscriber/device location, or subscriber information, or session information, or subscriber identity.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein network service further comprises at least one of SIP/VoIP call control, PSTN call control, Quality of Service (QoS), or messaging service.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the interface comprises a widget services broker in communication with a user authorization function, wherein the widget services broker is operable to access the user authorization function and exchange authorization information corresponding to a widget and a third party service, and wherein the widget management system is operable to automatically enable authentication and access of the widget to the third party service based on the accessed authorization information.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein the interface further comprises a widget services broker in communication with a network event notification function, wherein the widget services broker is operable to receive network event notification information corresponding to a widget, and wherein the widget management system is operable to integrate the network event notification information for presentation by the widget.

24. The system of claim 16, wherein the widget management system further comprises a content blender operable to blend widget content from a network content source with at least one of network service or network resource content to provide for a blended widget presentation.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein the widget management system further comprises a content blender operable to blend widget-generated content with at least one of network service content or network resource content to provide for a blended widget presentation.

26. The system of claim 16, wherein the widget management system further comprises a content blender operable to blend widget content from a network content source with widget-generated content and with at least one of network service content or network resource content to provide for a blended widget presentation.

27. The system of claim 16, further comprising a wireless communication device in communication at least one of the network resource or the network service, the wireless communication device comprising a mobile widget operable to generate blended content including at least one of the network resource or the network service.

28. A method of managing a mobile widget, comprising:

receiving performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget;

obtaining a mobile widget specification corresponding to the mobile widget, wherein the mobile widget specification comprises one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget;

comparing the performance data to the mobile widget specification;

identifying the mobile widget as a trusted mobile widget if the performance data meets the respective one or more acceptable activity standards; and

storing the identification corresponding to the mobile widget.

29. A network device for managing a mobile widget, comprising:

a memory comprising widget validation component, wherein the widget validation component comprises a mobile widget specification having one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget; and

a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the widget validation component and the mobile widget,

wherein the widget validation component is operable to receive performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget,

wherein the widget validation component is further operable to compare the performance data to the mobile widget specification,

wherein the widget validation component is further operable to identify the mobile widget as a trusted mobile widget if the performance data meets the respective one or more acceptable activity standards, and

wherein the widget validation component is further operable to store in the memory the identification corresponding to the mobile widget.

30. A method of managing a mobile widget on a wireless communication device, comprising:

tracking performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget on a wireless communication device;

forwarding the tracked performance data across a wireless network for analysis;

receiving a widget disabling message based on a comparison of the performance data to a mobile widget specification, wherein the mobile widget specification comprises one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget; and

disabling the mobile widget based on the widget disabling message.

31. A wireless communication device operable to manage mobile widgets, comprising:

a memory comprising a widget management client, a mobile widget and a disabling module; and

a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the widget management client and the disabling module,

wherein the widget management client is operable to track performance data corresponding to operation of the mobile widget on the wireless communication device,

wherein the widget management client is further operable to forward the tracked performance data across a wireless network for analysis,

wherein the widget management client is further operable to receive a widget disabling message based on a comparison of the performance data to a mobile widget specification, wherein the mobile widget specification comprises one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget, and

wherein the disabling module is operable to disable the mobile widget based on the widget disabling message.

32. A method for providing portability to mobile widgets, comprising

providing for a mobile widget client that includes generic code operable to more than one platform and a plurality of platform specific codes operable to a specific platform, wherein the platform specific codes includes one or more operational modes;

and

implementing the mobile widget client in a plurality of platforms associated with the plurality of platform specific codes.

33. A system for creating portability for mobile widgets, comprising:

a widget development module operable for providing a mobile widget client that includes generic code operable to more than one platform and a plurality of platform specific codes operable to a specific platform, wherein the platform specific codes includes one or more operational modes; and

a widget deployment module in communication with the widget development module that is operable implementing the mobile widget client in a plurality of platforms associated with the plurality of platform specific codes.

34. A method for generating content at a widget for upstream control of an event, comprising

generating content at a mobile widget;

and

communicating the content to a network entity, wherein the mobile widget generated content is operable for controlling an event at the network entity.

35. An apparatus for generating widget content and communicating the content for upstream control of an event, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor;

at least one mobile widget client stored in the memory, executable by the processor and operable to generate content; and

a communications module in communication with the processor and operable to communicate the content to a network entity, wherein the mobile widget generated content is operable for controlling an event at the network entity.

36. A method for controlling a network event based on content received from a mobile widget, comprising:

receiving, at a network entity, content generated at mobile widget executing on a wireless device; and

controlling a predetermined event at the network entity based on received mobile widget-generated content.

37. An apparatus for controlling a network event based on content received from a mobile widget, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor; and

a widget management module stored in the memory, executable by the processor and operable to receive content generated at mobile widget executing on a wireless device and control a predetermined event at the network entity based on received mobile widget-generated content.