Internet of senses in a communications network

Abstract

This disclosure provides a method for handling sensorial information in a communications network. The method comprises transmitting from an application node to a sense device manager sensorial information, an action associated to the sensorial information, and an indication of a target user device for the sensorial information; transmitting from the sense device manager to a user device the sensorial information and the action associated to the sensorial information; and initiating at the user device the action. In some embodiments, the method further comprises transmitting from the user device to the sense device manager capability information on at least one sensorial information supported by the user device; and transmitting from the sense device manager to the user device sensorial information based on the capability information transmitted by the user device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.