Network-based service access for wireless communication devices
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsTravis Angle, Daniel Dzuban, Graeme M. Gibbs, Jeffrey Griffin, Joachim Karlsson, Seneca D. Meyer, Kenneth Douglas Norbury
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Abstract
A device and method facilitates communication with a network-based service or application such as a Social Networking Service (SNS), for example. The device may be a cellular telephone that is not normally equipped to communicate with such services. However, a controller in the device selects a bearer service that can be used to communicate with the service.
Claims19
A low-tier or mid-tier wireless communications device comprising:
- a user interface to receive user input data;
- memory configured to store an application module;
- a controller configured to execute the application module to:
- receive the user input data from the user interface;
- select a bearer service from a plurality of bearer services to carry the user input data to a Social Networking Service (SNS) server in a communications network;
- and
- convert the user input data into one or more messages according to a protocol associated with the selected bearer service;
- and
- a transceiver configured to transmit the one or more messages to the SNS server over the selected bearer service.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having an application module stored thereon, the application module being executable by a controller in a low-tier or mid-tier wireless communications device and comprising:
- a plurality of conversion modules, each module being associated with a different bearer service and configured to convert user input data into one or more messages according to a corresponding bearer service protocol for transmission to a Social Networking Service (SNS) server over an associated bearer channel;
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- a mediator module configured to select one of the conversion modules to perform the conversion, and to provide the user input data from the user interface to the selected conversion module.
A method of communicating user data between a low-tier or mid-tier wireless communications device and a network server associated with a Social Networking Service (SNS), the method comprising:
- receiving user data bound for an SNS server at a user interface of a low-tier or mid-tier wireless communications device;
- switching from a current bearer service to a selected bearer service selected from among a plurality of bearer services available to the low-tier or mid-tier wireless communications device to communicate the user data to the SNS server;
- converting the user data into one or more messages according to the selected bearer service;
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- transmitting the one or more messages to the SNS server over the selected bearer service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.