Use of network composition descriptors for determining product compatibility

US8266248B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nokia · FI

Inventors

• Petros Belimpasakis · Tampere, FI
• Seamus Moloney · Riihimäki, FI

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2012
• Expiry date: May 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Using peer-to-peer device descriptors for determining product compatibility involves obtaining, via a home network, descriptors that describe a composition of the home network. The home network composition descriptors are compared to descriptors of products available from an e-commerce service provider that is external to the home network. The comparison determines compatibility of the products with the devices of the home network. Identity of compatible products selected from the products based on the comparison is communicated to a user.