Devices and methods for requesting and/or supplying information
AssigneeConnect2Me Pte Ltd
InventorsCHING YAU KANG, XIANGDONG CHEN
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Abstract
According to embodiments of the present invention, devices and methods for requesting information from a target unit and/or for supplying information to a requesting unit are provided. The devices may include one or more modules such as a transmitting module, a processing module, a processor and a memory. A data stream including a request for information may be broadcast. A return data signal may be broadcast including an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and information corresponding to the request. According to further embodiments of the present invention, there may also be provided applications adapted to be installed on a device, and computer programs and computer program products.
Claims37
A device for requesting information from a target unit, the device comprising:
- a transmitting module configured to broadcast a data stream comprising a request for the target unit;
- and
- a processing module configured to retrieve, from a return data signal by the target unit comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, information corresponding to the request.
A device for requesting information from a target unit, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- broadcast a data stream comprising a request for the target unit;
- and
- retrieve, from a return data signal by the target unit comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, information corresponding to the request.
A device for supplying information to a requesting unit, the device comprising:
- a processing module configured to broadcast, in response to a request comprised in a data stream received from the requesting unit, a return data signal comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and information corresponding to the request.
A device for supplying information to a requesting unit, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to broadcast, in response to a request comprised in a data stream received from the requesting unit, a return data signal comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and the information corresponding to the request.
A device comprising:
- a transmitting module;
- and
- a processing module,
- wherein, in a first mode of operation of the device, the transmitting module is configured to broadcast a data stream comprising a request for a target unit, and the processing module is configured to retrieve, from a return data signal by the target unit comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, information corresponding to the request, and
- wherein, in a second mode of operation of the device, the processing module is configured, in response to a request comprised in a data stream received from a requesting unit, to broadcast a return data signal comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and information corresponding to the request.
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor,
- in a first mode of operation of the device, to broadcast a data stream comprising a request for the target unit, and to retrieve, from a return data signal by the target unit comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, information corresponding to the request, and
- in a second mode of operation of the device, to broadcast, in response to a request comprised in a data stream received from a requesting unit, a return data signal comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and information corresponding to the request.
A method for requesting information from a target unit, the method comprising:
- broadcasting a data stream comprising a request for the target unit;
- and
- retrieving, from a return data signal by the target unit comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, information corresponding to the request.
A method for supplying information to a requesting unit, the method comprising:
- broadcasting, in response to a request for information comprised in a data stream received from the requesting unit, a return data signal comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and the information corresponding to the request.
A method for a device, the method comprising:
- in a first mode of operation of the device, broadcasting a data stream comprising a request for a target unit, and retrieving, from a return data signal by the target unit comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, information corresponding to the request;
- and
- in a second mode of operation of the device, broadcasting, in response to a request for information comprised in a data stream received from a requesting unit, a return data signal comprising an identifier information based on at least a portion of the data stream, and the information corresponding to the request.
An application adapted to be installed on a device, the application comprising processor-executable instructions for execution on the device to carry out a method as claimed in any one of 18 to 23.
An application adapted to be installed on a device, the application comprising processor-executable instructions for execution on the device to carry out a method as claimed in any one of 24 to 30.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.