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US 2003/0191802 A1Published application
Reshaped UDDI for intranet use
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsLuyin Zhao, Jin Lu
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsLuyin Zhao, Jin Lu
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A method for obtaining service information over an Intranet network is provided. The method includes: making a service request by a service user to a local server operatively connected to the Intranet network; searching a first database operatively connected to the local server for the service request, the first database containing a listing of local service providers available on the Intranet network; and under predetermined circumstances, also searching the Internet for the service request. Preferably, the method also includes informing the service user of the results of the searching. The predetermined circumstances under which the Internet is searched is preferably if the searching of the first database provides no matches to the service request.
A method for obtaining service information over an Intranet network, the method comprising:
A system for obtaining service information over an Intranet network, the system comprising:
A method for obtaining service information from an Intranet network, the method comprising:
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Retrieval from the web: querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques
Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation: of access to content, e.g. by caching
Computing and data processing
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for obtaining service information, and more particularly, to obtaining service information using UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) over an Intranet Network (hereinafter simply referred to as “the Intranet”).
2. Prior Art
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the apparatus and methods of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where:
FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic of a UDDI based web service model of the prior art.
FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic of an example of a basic home networking environment according to the present invention.
Although this invention is applicable to numerous and various types of Intranet networks, it has been found particularly useful in the environment of home networking. Therefore, without limiting the applicability of the invention to home networking, the invention will be described in such environment.
A home networking environment can be viewed as an Intranet connecting various home devices. Home devices can be categorized into three groups according to their primary usage:
Entertainment appliances. This group includes TV, VCR, DVD player, etc. The primary usage of these appliances is to receive and display video streaming and audio (collectively referred to as “content”).