Profile and capability of WAP-terminal with external devices connected
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsRobert Skog, Erwin van Rijssen
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Abstract
Data communication system and a method in a data communication system comprising a terminal, e.g. a mobile phone, adapted to communicate with an application server using a wireless transmission protocol, preferably WAP, including a terminal profile. The wireless transmission protocol also includes an attached device's profile that is dynamically updated with data related to a device attached to the terminal.
Claims23
An application server associated with a network service and adapted to communicate with a mobile terminal in a data communication system, the application server comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- request, from the mobile terminal, a terminal profile and a device profile, prior to establishing a mobile internet session with the mobile terminal, wherein the terminal profile comprises characteristics of the mobile terminal and wherein the device profile comprises capabilities of a particular device attached to the mobile terminal;
- receive the terminal profile and the device profile from a capability handler in the mobile terminal via a wireless transmission protocol;
- and
- send tailored information to the mobile terminal, wherein the information is tailored to the terminal profile and the device profile.
A method in an application server associated with a network service and adapted to communicate with a mobile terminal in a data communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- requesting, from the mobile terminal, a terminal profile and a device profile, prior to establishing a mobile internet session with the mobile terminal, wherein the terminal profile comprises characteristics of the mobile terminal and wherein the device profile comprises capabilities of a particular device attached to the mobile terminal;
- receiving the terminal profile and the device profile from a capability handler in the mobile terminal via a wireless transmission protocol;
- and
- sending tailored information to the mobile terminal, wherein the information is tailored to the terminal profile and the device profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.