Mobile services hosting
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsLalit R. Kotecha, Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva
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Abstract
A mobile device stores a service-creation application and presents, via the service-creation application, a user interface to solicit a service definition for client mobile devices. The mobile device stores a service-engine for providing the service and announces availability of the service to the client mobile devices. The mobile device receives, in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices and validates the registration request. The mobile device then provides, to the one of the client mobile devices, the service via the service engine.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a host mobile device, a service-creation application;
- presenting, by the host mobile device and via the service-creation application, a user interface to define a service for client mobile devices;
- storing, in a memory of the host mobile device, a service-engine for providing the service;
- announcing, by the host mobile device, availability of the service;
- receiving, by the host mobile device and in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices;
- validating, by the host mobile device, the registration request;
- and
- providing, by the host mobile device and to the one of the client mobile devices, the service via the service engine.
A mobile device, comprising:
- a memory to store a service-creation application and other instructions;
- a wireless transceiver to transmit and receive signals over a wireless network;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the instructions in the memory to:
- store, in the memory, a service-engine for providing a service to offer to client mobile devices;
- announce, via the wireless network, availability of the service;
- receive, in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices;
- validate the registration request;
- and
- provide, to the one of the client mobile devices and after the validating, the service via the service-engine.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, the computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions to:
- store, in a local memory, a service-creation application;
- present, via the service-creation application, a user interface to solicit a service definition for client mobile devices;
- store, in a local memory, a service-engine for providing the service;
- announce availability of the service to the client mobile devices;
- receive, in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices;
- validate the registration request;
- and
- provide, to the one of the client mobile devices, the service via the service engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.