Service platform for cellular telephony
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsYoad Gidron, Shai Kapon, Yaron Gur-Ari, Benny Reich
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Abstract
A single platform for the provision of multiple services over a cellular telephone network, comprises a generic definition of a cellular service, which is designed to take specific service-defining parameters, and a parameter setting mechanism for inputting respective service defining parameters to the generic definition, thereby to implement a desired service through the generic definition. The platform thus provides an infrastructure to support numerous services, and reduces the development time for individual services since they can be added as plug-ins to the platform using the generic definition which is shared.
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A method for managing a content delivery interface between a content provider and a subscriber wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of modules for the content delivery interface, each module for providing content as part of a different service, each module being associated with at least one content type, at least one content delivery protocol and at least one device;
- providing a definition incorporating common features of different services;
- selecting one of said modules for the content delivery interface according to a currently desired service and said definition wherein said definition includes consideration of resource constraints of different devices;
- and
- adding said selected module to the content delivery interface, thereby to provide said currently desired service from a platform that supports a plurality of services;
- wherein said adding said selected one of said modules comprises providing a functional alteration for the content delivery interface for interacting with the wireless communication device, according to said currently desired service;
- wherein said functional alteration comprises a change to a flow of interaction between the content delivery interface and the wireless communication device;
- wherein said functional alteration comprises altering a logic of said service;
- and
- wherein said functional alteration comprises at least one functional alteration from a group of functional alterations comprising:
- adding support for a new content type;
- adding support for a new content delivery protocol;
- and
- adding support for a new device.
A method for managing a content service platform, the content service platform supporting subscriber access to content services via a content delivery interface adapted for subscriber wireless communication devices, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of modules for the content delivery interface, each module for providing content as part of a different service, each module being associated with at least one content type, at least one content delivery protocol and at least one device;
- providing a definition incorporating common features of different services;
- selecting one of said modules for the content delivery interface according to a currently desired service and said definition wherein said definition includes consideration of resource constraints of different devices;
- and
- adding said selected module to the content delivery interface, thereby to provide said currently desired service from a platform that supports a plurality of services;
- wherein said adding said selected one of said modules comprises providing a functional alteration for the content delivery interface for interacting with the wireless communication device, according to said currently desired service;
- wherein said functional alteration comprises a change to a flow of interaction between the content delivery interface and the wireless communication device;
- wherein said functional alteration comprises altering a logic of said service;
- and
- wherein said functional alteration comprises at least one functional alteration from a group of functional alterations comprising:
- adding support for a new content type;
- adding support for a new content delivery protocol;
- and
- adding support for a new device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.