Patent · US Expired

Device registry for automatic connection and data exchange between pervasive devices and backend systems

US6941148B2 · kind B2 · utility

24Cited by

5References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Uwe Hansmann · Altdorf, DE
Lothar Merk · Weilmünster, DE
Thomas Stober · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2001
Grant date	Sep 6, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/14
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to communication improvements between a mobile device (12) and backend system (20) applications. A special purpose server computer—a Device Registry Server (18)—is switched between a large variety of different mobile device types (12) and a plurality of backend systems (20) for improving the communication between a mobile device and a backend system. The server (18) stores information usable for facilitating communication setup, operation and maintenance of device applications. Preferably, a ready-to-use, already customized device-type specific application can be downloaded from said server (18) to a variety of different mobile devices which is then used for easily communicate with any desired backend system (20).

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