CONTEXT-DRIVEN LOCAL NETWORK SERVICES

• US 20140006588A1
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: WOUHAYBI, RITA H., KOHLENBERG, TOBIAS M., MO, STANLEY, BIRKEL, STEVEN J., BALASUNDARAM, SAI P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,854,390 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

Various embodiments are generally directed to cooperation among networked devices to obtain and use a multiple-frame screenshot. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor circuit executing a sequence causing the processor circuit to receive a signal conveying a context data; retrieve an aspect of a current context of the apparatus; compare the aspect to the context data; determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor circuit;

an interface communicatively coupled to the processor circuit, and structured to couple the apparatus to a network; and

a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to;

operate the interface to receive a signal conveying context data;

retrieve an aspect of a current context of the apparatus;

compare the aspect to the context data;

determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and

operate the interface to engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the aspect of the current context comprising a current time, the context data comprising an indication of a scheduled event having a start time, and determining that an appropriate context exists comprising determining that the start time has been reached.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, the processor circuit caused to:

compare another current time to an indication of the context data of the scheduled event having an end time to determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to discontinue the interactions; and

operate the interface to discontinue the interactions when the context to discontinue the interactions exists.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, the aspect of the current context comprising a current location of the apparatus, the context data comprising an indication of a particular place being of interest to a person associated with the apparatus, and determining that an appropriate context exists comprising determining that the current location of the apparatus is at the particular place.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, the interface is operative to receive global positioning satellite signals to enable the processor circuit to operate the interface to determine the current location.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, the processor circuit caused to:

operate the interface to receive another signal conveying an association data to the apparatus;

operate the interface to receive at least one identifier from the one or more other computing devices;

compare the at least one identifier to the association data, the association data comprising a plurality of identifiers uniquely identifying each of multiple accepted computing devices;

determine whether one of the one or more other computing devices is an accepted computing device with which to engage in the interactions based on the comparing of identifiers; and

engaging in the interactions with the one of the one or more computing devices through the network in response to determining that the one of the one or more other computing devices is an accepted computing device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, the processor circuit caused to operate the interface to share a resource of the apparatus across the network with the one or more other computing devices.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, the resource comprising space within the storage.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices comprising operating the interface to provide one of a directory service, a host service, an email relay service, and a file transfer service through the network.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, the processor circuit caused to:

compare an aspect of a current context to the context data to determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to discontinue the interactions; and

operate the interface to discontinue the interactions when the context to discontinue the interactions exists.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, the processor circuit caused to operate the interface to transmit a signal to one of the one or more other computing devices through the network, the signal conveying a command to discontinue interactions.

12. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a signal conveying context data;

retrieving an aspect of a current context of the computing device;

comparing the aspect to the context data;

determining whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising sharing a resource of the computing device through the network with the one or more other computing devices; and

engaging in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, the aspect of the current context comprising a current time, the context data comprising an indication of a scheduled event having a start time, and determining that an appropriate context exists comprising determining that the start time has been reached.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, comprising:

comparing another current time to an indication of the context data of the scheduled event having an end time to determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to discontinue the interactions; and

discontinuing the interactions when the context to discontinue the interactions exists.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, the aspect of the current context comprising a current location of the computing device, the context data comprising an indication of a particular place being of interest to a person associated with the computing device, and determining that an appropriate context exists comprising determining that the current location of the computing device is at the particular place.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, engaging in interactions comprises allocating the resources among the computing device and the one or more other computing devices, and assigning a network service to be performed by one of the computing device and the one or more other computing devices.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, comprising:

receiving another signal conveying an association data to the computing device;

receiving at least one identifier from the one or more other computing devices;

comparing the at least one identifier to the association data, the association data comprising a plurality of identifiers uniquely identifying each of multiple accepted computing devices;

determining whether one of the one or more other computing devices is an accepted computing device with which to engage in the interactions based on the comparing of identifiers; and

engaging in the interactions with the one of the one or more computing devices through the network in response to determining that the one of the one or more other computing devices is an accepted computing device.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices comprising providing one of a directory service, a host service, an email relay service, and a file transfer service through the network.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, the resource comprising space within a storage of the computing device.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, comprising:

comparing an aspect of a current context to the context data to determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to discontinue the interactions; and

discontinuing the interactions when the context to discontinue the interactions exists.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, comprising transmitting a signal to one of the one or more other computing devices through the network, the signal conveying a command to discontinue interactions.

23. At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to:

receive a signal conveying context data;

retrieve an aspect of a current context of the computing device;

compare the aspect to the context data;

determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and

engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists.

24. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 23, the aspect of the current context comprising a current time, the context data comprising an indication of a scheduled event having a start time, and determining that an appropriate context exists comprising determining that the start time has been reached.

25. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 23, the computing device caused to:

receive another signal conveying an association data to the computing device;

receive at least one identifier from the one or more other computing devices;

compare the at least one identifier to the association data, the association data comprising a plurality of identifiers uniquely identifying each of multiple accepted computing devices;

determine whether one of the one or more other computing devices is an accepted computing device with which to engage in the interactions based on the comparing of identifiers; and

engaging in the interactions with the one of the one or more computing devices through the network in response to determining that the one of the one or more other computing devices is an accepted computing device.

26. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 23, the computing device caused to:

compare an aspect of a current context to the context data to determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to discontinue the interactions; and

discontinue the interactions when the context to discontinue the interactions exists.

27. A computer-implemented method comprising:

transmitting a signal to a first computing device conveying a first association data and a first context data, the first association data comprising an identifier of a second computing device to enable the first computing device to recognize the second computing device as an accepted computing device, the first context data comprising an indication of an event to be attended by a first person associated with the first computing device and a second person associated with the second computing device to define an appropriate context for the first computing device to engage in interactions with the second computing device through a network as comprising a time at which the event starts; and

transmitting a signal to a second computing device conveying a second association data and a second context data, the second association data comprising an identifier of the first computing device to enable the second computing device to recognize the first computing device as an accepted computing device, the second context data comprising an indication of the event to define an appropriate context for the second computing device to engage in interactions with the first computing device through the network comprising the time at which the event starts.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, the indication of the event of the first context data defining an appropriate context for the first computing device to discontinue the interactions with the second computing device comprising a time at which the event ends.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, comprising:

randomly generating the identifier of the first computing device in response to receiving an indication to add the first computing device to a third association data from which the first association data and the second association data are derived; and

adding the identifier of the first computing device to the third association data.