Systems and methods for enabling mobile mashups

• US 8,930,440 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2010
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Agarwal, Vikas, Goyal, Sunil, Mittal, Sumit, Mukherjea, Sougata, Ponzo, John, Shah, Fenil
• Primary Examiner(s): Zong, Ruolei
• Application Number:
  US12/825,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20110320525A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,652 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/201, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/220, 709/223, 709/225, 709/227, 709/240, 709/243, 715700-866
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

Methods and systems for enabling mobile mashups that amalgamate data and offerings from three dimensions: device features, Telecom network, and Web accessible services. Certain subject matter presented herein provides that this framework is established through middleware components, both on the server side as well as the device side, to provide support for mashing device and telecom interfaces. In addition, certain subject matter described herein provides for portability across different device platforms and different telecom operator networks.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices each having one or more client-side device features, the one or more computing devices configured to communicate device feeds of client-side device feature data;

one or more communication networks, each of the one or more communication networks having one or more network functionalities;

one or more web content providers, each of the one or more web content providers having one or more web offerings;

wherein the one or more client-side device features, the one or more network functionalities, and one or more web offerings are integrated into one or more mashup applications;

wherein the client-side device features;

are configured to provide, to the one or more mashup applications, data that has been processed solely at the client side; and

are segregated from the one or more mashup applications via a bridge.

2. The system according to claim 1, the one or more computing devices are mobile devices.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more device features are comprised of one or more of the following:

global positioning system, camera, calendar, contacts, and local communication protocols.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more communication networks are telecom networks.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more network functionalities are comprised of one or more of the following:

location, presence, call control, and short message service.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more web offerings are comprised of one or more of the following:

news, weather, traffic, maps, and social networking.

7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

device mashup middleware running on each of the one or more computing devices, the device mashup middleware comprising a defragmentation layer and a native to mashup bridge;

wherein the native to mashup bridge exposes application programming interfaces for one or more device features of the one or more computing devices in a web mashable form;

wherein the defragmentation layer exposes the application programming interfaces from the native to mashup bridge in a portable form.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the application programming interfaces are integrated into existing development tools.

9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising one or more servers having two-way communication with the one or more computing devices;

wherein the one or more servers are configured to receive the device feeds of device data, and access the one or more network functionalities and the one or more web offerings;

wherein the one or more mashup applications comprise one or more device-side mashup applications and one or more server-side mashup applications, the one or more device-side mashup applications being in two-way communication with the one or more server-side mashup applications; and

wherein the device data, the one or more network functionalities and the one or more web offerings are integrated into the one or more server-side mashup applications running on the one or more servers.

10. The system according to claim 9, further comprising

server mashup middleware running on each of the one or more servers, the server mashup middleware comprising a device block and a telecom block;

wherein the device block is configured to access the device feeds of device data and perform device specific adaptations of mashup applications;

wherein the telecom block is configured to access and provide mashable interfaces to the one or more network functionalities.

11. A method comprising:

providing one or more computing devices each having one or more client-side device features, the one or more computing devices configured to communicate device feeds of client-side device feature data;

accessing one or more communication networks, each of the one or more communication networks having one or more network functionalities;

accessing one or more web content providers, each of the one or more web content providers having one or more web offerings;

wherein the one or more client-side device features, the one or more network functionalities, and one or more web offerings are integrated into one or more mashup applications;

wherein the client-side device features;

are configured to provide, to the one or more mashup applications, data that has been processed solely at the client side; and

are segregated from the one or more mashup applications via a bridge.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the computing devices are mobile devices.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more device features are comprised of one or more of the following:

global positioning system, camera, calendar, contacts, and local communication protocols.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more network functionalities are comprised of one or more of the following:

location, presence, call control, and SMS.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more web offerings are comprised of one or more of the following:

news, weather, traffic, maps, and social networking.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

providing device mashup middleware to run on each of the one or more computing devices, the device mashup middleware comprising a defragmentation layer and a native to mashup bridge;

wherein the native to mashup bridge exposes application programming interfaces of the one or more computing devices in a web mashable form;

wherein the defragmentation layer exposes the application programming interfaces from the native to mashup bridge in a portable form.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the application programming interfaces are integrated into existing development tools.

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising providing one or more servers having two-way communication with the one or more computing devices;

wherein the one or more servers are configured to receive the device feeds of device data, and access the one or more network functionalities and the one or more web offerings;

wherein the device data, the one or more network functionalities and the one or more web offerings are integrated into one or more server mashup applications running on the one or more servers.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

providing server mashup middleware running on each of the one or more servers, the server mashup middleware comprising a device block and a telecom block;

wherein the device block is configured to access the device feeds of device data and perform device specific adaptations of mashup applications;

wherein the telecom block is configured to access and provide mashable interfaces to the one or more network functionalities.

20. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to provide one or more computing devices each having one or more client-side device features, the one or more computing devices configured to communicate device feeds of client-side device feature data;

computer readable program code configured to access one or more communication networks, each of the one or more communication networks having one or more network functionalities;

computer readable program code configured to access one or more web content providers, each of the one or more web content providers having one or more web offerings;

wherein the one or more client-side device features, the one or more network functionalities, and one or more web offerings are integrated into one or more mashup applications;

wherein the client-side device features;

are configured to provide, to the one or more mashup applications, data that has been processed solely at the client side; and

are segregated from the one or more mashup applications via a bridge.