CN1879100A - Method, apparatus and system for providing a server agent for a mobile device - Google Patents
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The invention enables one or more agents to gather information from at least one server on a network and automatically provide this information to an inbox on a server and then providing it to an inbox on a mobile device if a wireless connection to the mobile device is available. A server agent facility provides for preprocessing requests for information from the mobile device, including, collecting the information out of band, filtering the collected information, and packaging the information for delivery in a format suitable for the mobile device. A server agent within the server agent facility may actively collect the information based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, time, event(s), user profile, mobile device profile, request(s), alert(s), and historical behavior.
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The cross reference of related application
The application has required the provisional application sequence number No.60/518 that is entitled as " Method, Apparatus, andSystem for Providing a Server Agent for a Mobile Device " that submitted on November 10th, 2003,989 right of priority.
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to information aggregating, and more specifically but be not exclusively to relate to utilizing the agency to compile the band external information to use for mobile device.
Background technology
In general, the agency carries out certain type the information aggregating and/or the application program of processing on the backstage of the Another Application program that is operated in the foreground.Agent has less and clear and definite relatively task usually.For example along with Internet development, for the information aggregating relevant with searching request, the agency has become more important.Can be dragged (pull) or pushed away (push) by the information that the agency compiles to the Another Application program that is operated in the foreground.Therefore, consider to have proposed the present invention based on these with other consideration.
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Describe embodiments of the invention with reference to following accompanying drawing, these embodiment are not restrictive, neither exclusiveness.In the accompanying drawings, unless stipulate that in addition similar label is represented similar parts in all figure.
For a better understanding of the present invention, will be with reference to following detailed description of the present invention, and when reading in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the functional block diagram that explanation realizes an embodiment of environment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of mobile device and the available assembly overview of server agent equipment;
Fig. 3 illustrates the logical flow chart of the embodiment that the process that is used to the inbox acquisition of information that is associated with mobile device is shown generally;
Fig. 4 shows the functional block diagram that explanation can be used to be configured and/or send to the server agent equipment disposition embodiment of some interfaces of asking;
Fig. 5 illustrates of process who is used for the request of passing on to server agent equipment is shown generally
The logical flow chart of embodiment;
Fig. 6 illustrates the logical flow chart that each agency who illustrates generally in server agent equipment passes on an embodiment of the process of asking;
Fig. 7 illustrates the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process that the management searching request is shown generally;
Fig. 8 illustrates the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process that the administrative alert request is shown generally;
Fig. 9 illustrates the logical flow chart of the embodiment that the process of using for Forward Proxy is shown generally;
Figure 10 illustrates the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process that acquisition of information is shown generally;
Figure 11 illustrates the logical flow chart of packaging information with an embodiment of the process that sends mobile device to is shown generally; And
Figure 12 illustrates the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process that the interface of managing mobile device according to the present invention is shown generally.
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In the following detailed description, with reference to the accompanying drawing that shows certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention.These embodiment are described in detail so that those skilled in the art can realize the present invention very much, and be to be understood that under the situation that does not break away from the spirit or scope of the present invention, can utilize other embodiment and can carry out other change.Therefore, it is restrictive that following detailed should not be considered to, and scope of the present invention is only limited by appending claims.
Briefly, the invention enables equipment can compile to come the information of at least one resource on the automatic network, and automatically this information is offered the inbox of mobile device by suitable form with one or more server agents.Server agent equipment be provided for pre-service to the request of information, collecting belt external information, filter the process that the information collected and packaging information transmit with the form according to the inbox that is suitable for mobile device.Server agent can will usually be collected and process information independently based at least one, and described key element includes but not limited to time, incident, user's overview, mobile device overview, request, alarm, historical data, behavioral data etc.
Server agent equipment can utilize dissimilar server agents to come acquisition of information, and described server agent includes but not limited to editing machine, search agent, alarm agency and prediction (forwardlooking) agency.Server agent equipment utilization collection module is collected by the pretreated information of server agent, and described collection module comprises the module that is used to collect the information that is provided by the third party agency and collects preceding picked-up (proactive fetch) module by the pretreated information of server agent.
The information that package module is collected by at least a form encapsulation that is fit to the mobile device use, described form includes but not limited to wireless application protocol (wap) etc.In addition, package module can provide and encrypt and compression comes the information collected according to the form encapsulation that the inbox that is suitable for to mobile device transmits.
Interface module makes server agent equipment to provide through the pretreated information of collecting or automatically information is pushed the inbox of mobile device in response to retrieval request.
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Fig. 1 shows the assembly that can realize in the exemplary environments of the present invention.Realize that the present invention does not need all assemblies, and can on the layout of assembly and type, change under the situation that does not break away from the spirit or scope of the present invention.
In Fig. 1, comprise one or more LAN (Local Area Network) (" LAN ") and/or wide area network (" WAN ") in the network 102, internet for example, it has realized the communication between each user, equipment, server, agency, module, client, the processing block etc.As shown in the figure, client computer 104 and server computer 108 utilize network 102 to communicate each other and communicate with similar equipment.Wireless network 110 is connected to network 102.Wireless network 110 can comprise various assemblies, and for example server, message center and being used to is provided to the tower of the wireless connections of mobile device.Much interconnect in these assemblies by electric wire; No line index is applicable to the equipment that uses wireless network, and is not suitable for the equipment that those represent its structure.Being connected between wireless network 110 and the network 102 can utilize various known methods to realize, for example utilizes gateway.Mobile device 106 can utilize wireless communication medium to be coupled to wireless network 110.And mobile device can comprise mobile phone, smart mobile phone, pager, intercom, radio frequency (RF) equipment, infrared (IR) equipment, Wi-Fi equipment and make up integrated equipment of one or more aforementioned device etc.Though be not illustrated, mobile device 106 can comprise the inbox of message means of transportation, and described message means of transportation for example is that Email, instant message transmit (IM), Short Message Service (SMS) etc.
Though be not illustrated, LAN in the network 102 and WAN usually by router and/switch is connected to each other.And, communication link in LAN and the WAN can comprise twisted-pair feeder, optical fiber or concentric cable, and internetwork communication link can utilize analog of telephone line, completely or the special digital line (comprising T1, T2, T3 and T4) of part, Integrated Service Digital Network, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Radio Link etc.In addition, under the situation that does not break away from the spirit or scope of the present invention, WAN among Fig. 1 and the number of LAN can at random increase or reduce.
The above-mentioned medium that is used for communication link transmission information is a kind of computer-readable medium, i.e. communication media.In general, computer-readable medium can comprise any can be by the medium of computer equipment visit.Computer-readable medium can comprise computer-readable storage medium, communication media or their combination in any.
In addition, communication media specifically comprises other data in computer-readable instruction, data structure, program block or the modulated data-signal (for example carrier wave or other transmission mechanism) usually and comprises any information-delivery media.Term " modulated data-signal " and " carrier signal " comprise such signal, and the one or more features in the described signal are provided with according to certain mode or change in signal information, instruction, data etc. are encoded.For example, communication media comprises wire medium and wireless medium, and described wire medium is twisted-pair feeder, concentric cable, optical fiber, waveguide and other wire medium for example, and described wireless medium is sound, RF, infrared and other wireless medium for example.
Server computer 108 can comprise CPU (central processing unit) (processor), be used for the storer and network interface unit that is connected through bus etc. of storage instruction.Processor is implemented in the operation of one or more application of carrying out on the server computer 108 in conjunction with being stored in instruction in the storer.These application include but not limited to server, client, agreement, interface, compiler, converter, module, agency etc.
For server computer 108, network interface unit comprises the necessary circuitry that is used for server computer is connected to network 102, and be configured to utilize various communication protocols, these communication protocols comprise but are not limited to TCP/IP, UDP/IP, SMS, IM and WAP.Network interface unit can comprise be used for wired and/or wireless communication medium upload the circuit of carry information and assembly or with this circuit and assembly interfaces, above-mentioned information is graphically demonstration, ad data etc. for example.Network interface unit refers to transceiver sometimes.
Fig. 2 shows the overview 200 of the communication structure between mobile device and the server agent equipment.The mobile device (not shown) comprises inbox 202, and it communicates with the message means of transportation of working on mobile device, and described message means of transportation for example is Email, SMS, IM etc.Server agent equipment is worked on (not shown) such as at least one server computer, client computer or host computer.
As shown in the figure, server agent equipment comprises the module that at least four classes are communicated by letter each other: interface module, package module, proxy module and collection module.When occurring to the wireless connections of mobile device and define enough bandwidth can be used to provide and collect and during through pretreated information, interface module realizes collecting and through the transmission of pretreated information to inbox 202.
Interface module can comprise push (push) assembly 204 and the retrieval (retrieve) assembly 206.If wireless connections can be used, then push the inbox 202 that assembly 204 is configured to automatically will collect and offer through pretreated information mobile device.If wireless connections can be used, then retrieval component 206 is configured to provide basic similarly information in response to the request from mobile device to inbox 202.
Between interface module and package module is to transmit agency 205.Transmit agency 205 and be configured to monitor whether mobile device is available to determine it.If mobile device can be used, then transmit agency 205 and can will offer inbox on the mobile device from the response that is positioned at the interim inbox on the server through interface module.
Package module is configured to collect and through pretreated information by the form encapsulation that is suitable for inbox 202.The characteristic that depends on inbox 202, package module can be with utilizing normalization assembly 208 to arrange to collect and through pretreated information, utilize compression assembly 210 to come compressed information and/or utilize encrypted component 212 to come enciphered message.
Proxy module comprises collection and/or the pretreated various agency who can be used to realize to information.These agencies can comprise the editing machine agency 214 who is used to edit the information of collecting.For example, editing machine agency 214 can be used for determining to search for preceding ten results that provided.Proxy module can also comprise the search agent 216 that can be used to collect information associated with the query.Alarm agency 218 also can be included in the proxy module collecting and the relevant information of incident (alarm), and described incident (alarm) for example is the variation, Changes in weather, news release of stock price etc.And as shown in the figure, proxy module can also comprise prediction agency 220, and it can be used to use the overview such as mobile device, user etc., and uses historical data and/or behavioral data to predict the information that comes in handy.This historical data and/or behavioral data for example can comprise to the search of plane ticket, in the town with incoherent direction of the current location of mobile device and the similar information relevant with behavior.Based on historical data and/or behavioral data, prediction agency 220 can predict that it will be useful collecting Weather information in that town.Prediction agency 220 can collect above-mentioned predicted information then, thereby this information can be provided for inbox 202.In addition, prediction agency 220 can also be used to provide statistics, prediction and similar information to use for mobile device.
Though only show four kinds of agencies among Fig. 2, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can comprise the agency of its most of any other type of being associated with collection and pre-service mobile device information available at least indirectly of operation.
Collection module in the server agent equipment information that is configured to make can be collected outside the band of mobile device work.Picked-up assembly 222 and third party's collection assembly 224 before collection module comprises.Preceding picked-up assembly 222 can be used for collecting the indicated information of agency in the proxy module.Third party's collection assembly 224 can be used for collecting the agency and/or the indicated information of program of the part that may directly not be server agent equipment.An agency like this can comprise the external agent, and it is arranged to the response inquiry plane ticket information is provided.Usually, such information is collected with batch methods; But the present invention is not limited thereto, also can utilize other method and external agent.
Fig. 3 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment who has shown the process 300 that is used to the inbox acquisition of information that is associated with mobile device generally.For example, process 300 can realize on the server computer 108 of Fig. 1.
After the beginning frame, process 300 starts from frame 302, wherein acquisition of information outside the band of mobile device work.Can utilize the agency in the server agent equipment that the information of collecting is carried out pre-service then, as shown in Figure 2.Can automatically dispose and select collection and the pre-service of agency to information at least in part based in the multiple standards any, described standard includes but not limited to time, preference, overview, situation, incident, historical data, behavioral data etc.
Fig. 4 shows explanation and can be used to dispose and/or send the functional block diagram 400 of request to an embodiment of some interfaces of server agent equipment 406.As shown in the figure, if the user wants reception information in mobile device, then this user can be to the request of server agent equipment 406 transmissions to information.Except the request to information, this request can also comprise predetermined instruction.And, as shown in the figure, can use the request of call 404 oral propositions to information.Also can utilize this request of auxiliary proposition of prompt (not shown), web list 403, menu, text message 401, Email 402, instant message (IM), mobile phone 400 callings etc.
Usually, the request of information is provided for server agent equipment 406, the server agent equipment class shown in the basic and Fig. 2 of the operation of this server agent equipment seemingly.Several requests are arranged usually, comprise disposable request, based on the request and the time-based request of incident.Can use the mobile phone 400 that is connected to wireless network 110 that above-mentioned request is sent to server agent equipment.Mobile phone 400 can be identical or different with the mobile device 106 among Fig. 1.Though be shown to be coupled to wireless network 110 at this mobile phone, mobile phone 400 needn't be coupled to identical network with mobile device 106.On the contrary, mobile device 106 can wirelessly be coupled to the WAN on the network 102, perhaps similar arrangement can be arranged.
In one embodiment, the user can utilize the phone 404 that is coupled to land line (land line) to pass on request, for example Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) 405.Can this request be proposed and to its processing by the similar mode of request that proposes with mobile device 400.
Perhaps, the user can utilize text message 401 to pass on request.For example, text message can be short message service (SMS) message or similar agreement.Can use mobile device, client computer, land line phone, mobile phone 400 etc. to transmit text message 401.Be included in the server agent equipment 406 or the interface reception of communication with it and the request in the processing text message.
Fig. 5 shows and has shown the logical flow chart of an embodiment that is used for passing on to server agent equipment the process 500 of request generally.In one embodiment, implementation procedure 500 in the server computer in Fig. 1 108.
After the beginning frame, process 500 starts from frame 502, receives request to information at this from mobile device.Next process arrives frame 504, the request that receives in this parsing.Can comprise the parsing of the request that receives and to utilize speech recognition application, program, script etc.Also can comprise and to become predetermined order, sentence structure etc. to the request analysis of information.This request can resolved one-tenth predetermined form so that its another resume module in can more easily serviced device agent equipment.Process proceeds to frame 506, and the request after this resolves is sent to the correlation module that is configured to further handle in this requested service device agent equipment.This correlation module depends on certain embodiments.For example, can utilize an agency in the proxy module further to handle above-mentioned request.In any case in case frame 506 is finished, process just turns back to invoked procedure to carry out other action.
Fig. 6 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment that the selected agency who has shown generally in server agent equipment passs on the process of request.This request can trigger with various forms, comprises disposable request, based on the request and/or the time-based request of incident.Particularly, as shown in the figure, this request can be pass on to search agent or alarm agency.But the present invention is not limited to this, and whole invention can utilize other Agent Type, but in process 600 they is not described.Process 600 among Fig. 6 can realize in the server computer 108 of Fig. 1.
As shown in Figure 6, after the beginning frame, process 600 starts from frame 602, receives the request to information this moment in server agent equipment.Next process arrives judgement frame 604, and determining at this whether above-mentioned request comprises can be by the action of alarm agency service, describes in conjunction with Fig. 2 above for example.If above-mentioned request can be by the alarm agency service, then process is branched to frame 608; Continue down to arrive judgement frame 606 otherwise handle.At frame 608 places, the alarm agency can be operating as to utilize as following process described in conjunction with Figure 8 and collect the information that is associated with the request that receives.For example, the information that can be collected can comprise the information that is associated with trigger event, for example variation of stock price etc.In fact any warning information can be collected by the alarm agency.Process 600 continues down to arrive judgement frame 606 then.
At judgement frame 606 places, determining whether received request comprises can be by the action of search agent service.If utilize search agent, then process is branched to frame 610, is used to serve request to information at this search agent.Search agent can Query Database, file, network infrastructure etc. can be in response to the information inquiring in the request of information to seek.In one embodiment, search agent can utilize as following process described in conjunction with Figure 7.In case if search agent is finished or do not used to frame 610, then handle just being configured to be circulated back to frame 602 to monitor reception to the next one request of information.
Fig. 7 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process 700 that has shown the management searching request generally.In one embodiment, invoked procedure 700 from the frame 610 of Fig. 6.In addition, process 700 can realize in the search agent 216 of Fig. 2.
After the beginning frame, process 700 starts from frame 702, receives searching request at this.Next process arrives frame 704, determines to be suitable for the collection assembly of the request of handling at this.Different collection assemblies can be associated with the different field in the request, the combination and/or the searching method of field.For example, can satisfy a group field better through third party's collection assembly acquisition of information.In any case in case determined collection assembly, process just down arrives frame 706, is forwarded to determined collection assembly in this request.In one embodiment, before request was sent to determined collection assembly, above-mentioned request was revised at 704 places at frame.This modification can include but not limited to the field of asking and/or be associated is reformatted as the form that is fit to determined collection assembly use.
Next process arrives frame 708, receives the result of the request of collection at this from determined collection assembly.Then, process proceeds to judgement frame 710, determines whether the result is edited at this.For example, can edit the result who returns with the formatting that can use better by the user.And this editor can be based in the multiple standards any, and described standard includes but not limited to preassigned, the user's of user's appointment the performance, browser form etc. of computing equipment.For example, the user may wish to receive only preceding ten hit results of search, and perhaps the user may wish to receive only the particular value about certain stock.In any case if edit, then process is branched to frame 712, be sent to the editing machine agency in this result.When editor finished, if perhaps do not edit, then process 700 down arrived frame 714, sent the result at this and transmitted to the user being used for after encapsulating.An embodiment of the process that is used for encapsulated result is described in more detail below in conjunction with Figure 11.In case frame 714 is finished, process 700 just turns back to invoked procedure to carry out other action.
Fig. 8 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process 800 that has shown the administrative alert request generally.For example, process 800 can realize in the alarm agency 218 of Fig. 2.
After the beginning frame, process 800 starts from frame 802, in this receiving alarm request.In one embodiment, receiving alarm request from the frame 608 of Fig. 6.As mentioned above, the alarm request can be associated with incident, state etc., and when satisfying described incident, state etc., the alarm request makes the information that is associated with alarm be sent to the user.
Next process arrives frame 804, determines to be fit to collect the collection assembly of requested warning information at this.Determine that collection assembly can comprise the type of the warning information of being asked based on various standards.And a collection assembly can be compared another collection assembly and be configured to handle specific alarm request better.In any case in case determined suitable collection assembly, process just enters frame 806, at the determined collection assembly of this status poll with regard to warning information.
Process proceeds to judgement frame 808, determines whether to receive warning information in response to inquiry at this.In one embodiment, receiving alarm information when determined collection assembly determines to satisfy the alarm request.If determine not receive the warning information in response to inquiry, then process is circulated back to frame 806, carries out another time inquiry till satisfying the alarm request at this, for example receives the information that is associated with the alarm request.Above-mentioned alarm also can be configured to after preset time overtime.For example, if the user wants to know the variation of interior stock price preset time, and not variation of stock, then warning information may be displayed on not variation of stock in preset time.
But at judgement frame 808 places, if received warning information, then process down arrives frame 810, and the warning information that receives in this transmission is used to send to the user to encapsulate.In one embodiment, the warning information that receives is sent in the process of describing below in conjunction with Figure 11 1100.In another embodiment, the warning information that receives is sent in the basic similarly package module of the package module of describing with the top Fig. 2 of combination.In any case in case frame 810 is finished, process just turns back to invoked procedure to carry out other action.
Fig. 9 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment who has shown the process of using for the prediction agency generally.Thereby, in one embodiment, in the prediction agency 220 of Fig. 2, realize the process 900 of Fig. 9.
Request from the user is not acted on behalf of at prediction usually specially.Instead, the prediction agency can monitor the request of going to other agency, determines predictability information and this predictability information is offered the user.Equally, after the beginning frame, process 900 starts from frame 902, monitors other agency's request at this.Next process 900 arrives frame 904, determines whether to detect the request of mailing to another agency at this.If then process down arrives frame 906; Else process is circulated back to the alarm that frame 902 continues to detect other agency.
At frame 906 places, the user record that is associated with the transmission requesting users is retrieved.This user record comprises and sends the information that requesting users is associated, for example statistical information, behavioural information, the applicable configuration information of user, charge information or the like.User record can comprise that a plurality of parts of one or more data recording and user record can be kept at one or more places by different forms.
Process down arrives frame 908, is based in part on detected request at this and utilizes statistics, historical data and/or behavioral data to revise user record.Can revise user record based on various statistics and/or historical behavioral data.For example, the statistics that is associated with a large amount of requests of user's transmission may be collected by another user.Statistics, historical data and/or behavioral data also can be associated with a class request, the time that is associated with request, the frequency of this class request etc.Similarly, statistics, historical data and/or behavioral data can comprise with request in the scene of key word, request or the information that is associated such as the place that is sent out of essence, request.In one embodiment, the user who is associated with detected request is provided with and can be used for helping to determine that what statistics, historical data and/or behavioral data will be collected and be used for revising user record.For example, in another embodiment, the user may indicate the request before of will preserving and in certain time after a while it be returned to the user.In fact, any statistics, historical data and/or behavioral data can be collected and be used to revise user record.And such statistics, historical data and/or behavioral data can also be used to other purposes, include but not limited to charging, research etc.
In frame 912, work out request to additional information based on the request that is detected and/or user record.For example, can be to the request of additional information based on the key word that in detected request, finds.Some history, statistics, behavior or the out of Memory that in user record, exists, also can be to the request of additional information based on the key word that in detected request, finds.Thereby, if the user record explicit user has been carried out the search about the pre-determined number of geographic position A, but the request that is monitored relates to geographic position B, and then the request to additional information can relate to the information of selecting about the traffic from geographic position A to geographic position B.
In frame 914, the request of additional information is sent to suitable collection assembly.In one embodiment, the request to additional information is sent to collection assembly to carry out and the basic similarly action of those actions of describing below in conjunction with Figure 10.But the present invention is not limited thereto, but can adopt other processing.For example, can determine that suitable collection assembly comprises that one can be collected and the collection assembly of the additional information that storage is associated with advertising message etc.In this example, can utilize the collection assembly that is specially configured to the visit advertising message as an alternative.Above-mentioned then advertisement collection assembly can utilize its oneself processing to search for, collect and provide additional advertising message.In any case in case frame 916 is finished, process just down arrives frame 918, obtains additional information at this.Process continues down to arrive frame 920 then, is sent out to encapsulate by the form that is suitable for to the user transmits in this additional information that receives.In one embodiment, additional information is sent to package module, and this package module is similar to top described in conjunction with Figure 2 substantially.In another embodiment, before sending the additional information that will encapsulate, send additional information and edit.In this embodiment, for example can utilize the editing machine agency 214 of Fig. 2 to edit.But the present invention is not limited to this, and is sent out in additional information and can utilizes before encapsulating another editing machine or agency to carry out action to additional information.In any case in case process 900 is finished, process just turns back to invoked procedure to carry out other action.
Figure 10 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment who has shown the process 1000 of utilizing collection module (as shown in Figure 2) acquisition of information generally.For example process 1000 can realize in the server computer 108 of Fig. 1.
After the beginning frame, process 1000 starts from frame 1002, receives requests for content at this.This request can receive from each provenance, includes but not limited to agency in the server agent equipment of Fig. 2 etc.For example, in one embodiment, from the process 900 of Fig. 9, receive requests for content.In case receive requests for content, process just down arrives judgement frame 1004, determines will be used for to requests for content being provided the type of the collection assembly of service at this.As shown in Figure 10 and Fig. 2, show two kinds of possible collection assemblies: preceding picked-up assembly and third party's collection assembly.But the present invention is not limited thereto, and other collection assembly also can be used to and provide service to requests for content.
Usually, if requests for content is related to general addressable information, information that can obtain by the internet, by server agent equipment etc. usually etc. for example, then this process is along the direction of preceding picked-up down.But under the situation that requests for content is related to the information that generally can not obtain by above-mentioned source, this process can be utilized third party's collection assembly.For example this information can comprise hotel reservation information, flight prices information etc.In a kind of configuration, the operator of server agent equipment can sign an agreement with third party (for example airline), and wherein server agent equipment belongs to third-party some other Proprietary Information etc. with visit.This visit can realize by third party's collection module usually.Thereby if determined can provide service by preceding picked-up assembly to requests for content, then process 1000 down arrives frame 1006; Otherwise process 1000 down arrives frame 1010 to be handled by third party's collection assembly.
At frame 1006 places, requests for content is forwarded to preceding picked-up assembly handles.Down arrive frame 1008 places, result and return results are searched for, obtained to preceding picked-up assembly based on above-mentioned request.In one embodiment, the process of describing in conjunction with Fig. 7 above the action of frame 1008 utilizes 700.In case frame 1008 is finished, process just down arrives frame 1018.
But, at frame 1010 places, to several requests batch processing together of content.Though the present invention is not limited to the request batch processing, can be carried out to batch processing in one embodiment to reduce cost, simplification to the common request of content etc.In any case, if desired like this, then request just and other ask batch processing together.After frame 1010 was finished, process continued down to arrive frame 1012, is sent to third party's collection assembly in this request (under situation in batches) in batch and handles.Process continues down to arrive frame 1014, receives the result who is associated with different requests in batch at this.Next, process down arrives frame 1016, in this separation result in batch.Process continues down to arrive frame 1018 then.
At frame 1018 places, the result who is provided is sent to user's inbox.In one embodiment, the result is sent out to return hospitality and asks the agency to do further processing, for example utilizes package module to prepare the result or to user's transmission etc.After frame 1018 was finished, process 1000 turned back to invoked procedure to carry out other action.
Figure 11 illustrates the logical flow chart of encapsulation to an embodiment of the process of the information of mobile device transmission is shown generally.In one embodiment, in the above in conjunction with the process 1100 that realizes Figure 11 in the server agent equipment of Fig. 2 description.
After the beginning frame, the process 1100 of Figure 11 starts from frame 1102, receives the information that expection sends the inbox of mobile device at this.The warning information that for example such information can comprise the Search Results that receives from search agent, receive from the alarm agency, predictability information, historical information, behavioural information etc.Receive after such information, process down arrives judgement frame 1104, determines at this whether information will standardize.The normalization of information can comprise the form of modification information.Can make above-mentioned judgement based on various factors, described factor is provided with such as but not limited to the type and the user of the mobile device that information itself, information will be sent to.For example, mobile device may not show some information format.In this case, information can be by reformatting to check on mobile device.Similarly, the user can indicate with predetermined form and transmit information.
In any case, should standardize if determined information, then process down arrives frame 1106, changes the form of information at this; Else process continues down to arrive judgement frame 1108.In one embodiment, can carry out frame 1106 by the normalization assembly 208 of Fig. 2.The normalization of information can cause the variation of the various features of information, includes but not limited to adjust image size, change picture format/coding, change font size, adjusts size text, reorganization text etc.Similarly, for example can be by operating content to carrying out reformatting, reorganization etc. to change the statement form according to the descriptive language of for example HTML or the information of SGML tissue.Information also can be reformatted as SGML, if perhaps be SGML, then can come configuration information with different SGMLs.For example, can come configuration information in order to show according to the form of deferring to synchronous multimedia integrate language (SMIL) by mobile device.Process down arrives judgement frame 1108 then.
At judgement frame 1108 places, determine whether information should be compressed.Can make above-mentioned judgement based on various factors, described factor comprises that configuration, the type of mobile device, available bandwidth, the user of server agent equipment are provided with etc.The ability of the performance of connection Network Based and mobile device decompress(ion) information is determined the type of compression at least in part.Also can be based on for example to because the compression of " diminishing " etc. and the consideration of the corrupted data that may cause to the use of compression.In any case, if determined and will compress that then process down arrives frame 1110; Otherwise process down arrives judgement frame 1112.
At frame 1110 places, information is compressed.In one embodiment, utilize the compression assembly 210 of Fig. 2 to finish compression.Can compress according to one or more compression mechanisms, described compression mechanism includes but not limited to run length encoding, Minimum-Redundancy Code, discrete irregular conversion compression, fractal (fractal) compression etc.In fact, any compression mechanism can be used for compressed information.After compression was finished, process continued down to arrive judgement frame 1112.
At judgement frame 1112 places, determine whether to carry out and encrypt.Encryption is at the privacy of guaranteeing information.Encrypt and also can be used to copy protection.In any case, can be based on various factors decision whether to information encryption, described factor includes but not limited to that configuration, the type of mobile device, the type of information, the user of server agent equipment are provided with etc.If determined and to have encrypted that then process down arrives frame 1114; Else process is to frame 1116.
At frame 1114 places, can utilize in the various encryption mechanisms any to information encryption, described encryption mechanism includes but not limited to public-key encryption, symmetric key encryption, Hybrid Encryption etc.Finished after the encryption to information, process down arrives frame 1116.
At frame 1116 places, information is forwarded to send mobile device to.In one embodiment, information is forwarded to interface module, for example top interface module described in conjunction with Figure 2.In another embodiment, in frame 1116, utilize process described in Figure 12 for example to prepare to be used to send to the information of mobile device.
Figure 12 shows the logical flow chart of an embodiment of the process that has shown the interface of managing mobile device generally.For example, can in the interface module of Fig. 2, realize the process 1200 of Figure 12.
After the beginning frame, process 1200 starts from frame 1202 places, receives the information that expection transmits to mobile device at this.Usually receive above-mentioned information from the package module of for example describing in conjunction with Figure 11, but also can receive this information from other assembly of server agent equipment, described other assembly for example is one of collection module or agency.
Receive after the information, process down arrives judgement frame 1204, and the information that receives in this decision is pushed into mobile device or by mobile device retrieval.Can make above-mentioned decision based on various standards, described standard includes but not limited to that the user is provided with, the type of the type of mobile device, information etc.
If determined that information will be by mobile device retrieval, then process continues down to arrive frame 1210, is forwarded to the inbox of mobile device in this notice, and indication information can be used.In fact above-mentioned notice can for example comprise text message, SMS message, instant message, Email etc. with any form or form.Next process arrives frame 1212, receives request to information at this from mobile device.Process down arrives judgement frame 1206 then.
At frame 1206 places, determine to comprise whether the wireless connections of the enough bandwidth that are used to the information that sends are current available.Though notification message is sent out at frame 1210 places, present bandwidth may be not enough to transmission information.A lot of existing wireless network supports have the dissimilar connection of different bandwidth capacity.For example, typical radiotelephony network can be supported the data connection (for example 1X CDMA connection) that is used to send SMS message and is connected and is used to send relatively large data with the standard of voice communication.Thereby, make the decision of frame 1206 according to the bandwidth of the quantity of information that will send and the information of transmission.If determine not have enough bandwidth or connect to disconnect, then process is circulated back to frame 1206 till connecting available and having enough bandwidth.Yet when connecting available and having enough bandwidth, process down arrives judgement frame 1214.
At judgement frame 1214 places, determine whether the information that will send is still new.When interface module waiting for mobile device can with have the connection of enough bandwidth the time, information may be out-of-date.Certain item of information out-of-date time of experiencing that becomes can be depended on various standards, for example the type of information.Thereby, check that at judgement frame 1214 places predetermined some information types tabulations and indication will become the correlation of out-of-date necessary elapsed time (for example fresh keeping time) for relevant information type.The information of some type also can be considered to will never be out-of-date, for example has the fresh keeping time of endless.But in one embodiment, judgement frame 1214 can be deleted or can predefined standard be carried out selectively based on other etc.But if determine that information will be updated, then process is branched to frame 1218; Else process enters into frame 1216, is sent to mobile device in this information.After frame 1216 was finished, process turned back to invoked procedure and carries out other action.
But at frame 1218 places, information can be updated, and for example by carrying out another time search to information, asks the collection of information again etc.After the lastest imformation, process is circulated back to judgement frame 1206.
Be to be understood that each frame in the above-mentioned process flow diagram and the combination of a plurality of frames can realize with computer program instructions.These programmed instruction can be provided for processor to produce a kind of device, so that the device of the action of the frame appointment that is used for realization flow figure is created in the instruction of carrying out on processor.Processor can computer program instructs and produces the sequence of operations step carried out by processor forming by computer implemented process, so the instruction of carrying out on processor provides the step of the action of the frame appointment that is used for realization flow figure.
Therefore, the frame support in the process flow diagram is used to carry out the operative combination of specified action, the combination of step that is used to carry out specified action and the program instruction means that is used to carry out specified action.The combination that it should also be understood that each frame in the process flow diagram and a plurality of frames can be by carrying out realizing based on the system of specialized hardware or the combination of specialized hardware and computer instruction of specified action or step.
Top instructions, example and data provide making and use complete description of the present invention.Owing under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can realize a lot of embodiment of the present invention, so scope of the present invention drops in the appending claims.
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1. method that is used for providing to mobile device information on network comprises:
Utilize at least one module in the server agent equipment to come acquisition of information;
Utilize another module at least in the described server agent equipment to encapsulate the information of collecting; And
Use at least the three module in the described server agent equipment that described information is sent to described mobile device.
2. the method for claim 1 also comprises:
The described information of collecting is sent to the interim inbox that is associated with server; And
If described mobile device can be used, then utilize to transmit to act on behalf of to monitor.
3. the method for claim 1, wherein the information collected of encapsulation also comprises at least one item in the encryption of the compression of the normalization of carrying out described information, described information and described information.
4. method as claimed in claim 3, the normalization of wherein said information also comprises the form of revising described information.
5. the method for claim 1 wherein utilizes at least one module in the described server agent equipment to come acquisition of information also to comprise preceding at least one that absorb in assembly and the third party's collection assembly of utilization.
6. the method for claim 1, wherein send described information and comprise also whether definite described information will be by described mobile device retrieval to described mobile device, if and described information will be by described mobile device retrieval, then the notice that provides described information to use to described mobile device.
7. the method for claim 1 wherein sends described information and comprises also whether the wireless connections of determining between server and the described mobile device comprise the enough bandwidth that are used for described information.
8. the method for claim 1, each can carry out described at least one module in the wherein said server agent equipment, described at least one other module and the 3rd module on the server away from described mobile device.
9. method that is used for providing to mobile device information comprises:
From one or more agencies, select the agency;
Utilize of the request of selected agent processes from described mobile device;
Utilize the collection module acquisition of information;
Utilize package module described information to be packaged into the form that is suitable for described mobile device; And
Utilize interface module that described information is sent to described mobile device, wherein said one or more agencies, described collection module, described package module and described interface module are associated with server agent equipment.
10. method as claimed in claim 9, one among wherein said a plurality of agencies also comprises at least one search agent.
11. method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises:
Utilize the described information of editing machine editor agency, described editing machine agency further is included in the described server agent equipment.
12. method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises:
Utilize prediction agents monitor described request, described prediction agency is different from the agency of processes said request;
User's overview that retrieval is associated with the mobile device of initiating described request;
Determine additional information based on described request; And
Send described additional information to described mobile device, wherein said additional information does not constitute the response to described request.
13. method as claimed in claim 9 wherein encapsulates described information and also comprises the described information of normalization, the described information of compression and encrypt in the described information at least one.
14. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein collect described information and also comprise at least one that utilize in preceding picked-up assembly and the third party's collection assembly, the picked-up assembly is used for from direct access originator acquisition of information before described, described third party's collection assembly is used for from least one dedicated source acquisition of information, and described preceding picked-up assembly and described third party's collection assembly are included in the described server agent equipment.
15. a method that is used for providing to mobile device information comprises:
Utilize the request of alarm agent processes;
Determine whether to exist alarm state by the inquiry collection module, and if have described alarm state, then use package module to comprise the information of the notice that exists of described alarm state with the form encapsulation that is suitable for described mobile device; And
Use interface module that described information is sent to described mobile device, wherein said alarm agency, described collection module, described package module and described interface module are included in the server agent equipment.
16. a server that is used for providing to mobile device information on network comprises:
Transceiver, it is used for receiving and sending information to described mobile device; And
Be coupled to the server agent equipment of described transceiver, comprise:
Interface module is configured to use described transceiver to provide information according at least a pattern that pushes in pattern and the search modes to described mobile device;
Package module is configured to prepare to be used to be sent to the information of described interface module;
Proxy module is configured to can be identified for being sent to the information of described package module; And
Collection module is configured to receive the information that request and collection to information are sent to described proxy module from described proxy module.
17. also comprising, server as claimed in claim 16, wherein said server agent equipment push assembly and retrieval component.
18. server as claimed in claim 16, wherein said package module also comprise in normalization assembly, compression assembly and the encrypted component at least one.
19. server as claimed in claim 18, wherein said normalization assembly is configured to the form of the information of revising.
20. server as claimed in claim 16, wherein said proxy module also comprises at least one in editing machine, search component, alert component and the forwarding component.
21. server as claimed in claim 20, wherein said forwarding component be configured to monitor from described mobile device to the request of information and be based in part on described request and time, incident, user's overview, mobile device overview, statistics, historical data and behavioral data at least one determine some additional information at least.
At least one before 22. server as claimed in claim 16, wherein said collection module also comprise in acquisition module and the third party's collection module.
23. also being configured to utilize, server as claimed in claim 16, wherein said collection module handle acquisition of information at least one band of the request of information is outer.
24. a modulated data-signal that is used for uploading at network carry information, described modulated data-signal comprises:
Make the interface module in the server agent equipment can use described transceiver to provide information to mobile device according at least a pattern that pushes in pattern and the search modes;
Make package module in the described server agent equipment can prepare to be used for the information that transmits to described interface module;
Make proxy module in the described server agent equipment can be identified for the information that transmits to described package module; And
Make collection module in the described server agent equipment to receive the request of information and collection are used for the information that transmits to described proxy module from described proxy module.
25. modulated data-signal as claimed in claim 24, wherein said proxy module also are caught to be based in part on the request of information is carried out in editor, search, alarm and the prediction of additional information at least one.
26. modulated data-signal as claimed in claim 24, wherein said package module also are caught to carry out in normalization, compression and the encryption to described information at least one.
27. an equipment that is used for uploading at network carry information comprises:
Transceiver is used for receiving and sending information to mobile device;
Interface arrangement is used for using described transceiver to provide information according at least a pattern that pushes pattern and search modes to mobile device;
Packaging system is used to prepare to be used for the information that transmits to described interface arrangement;
Agent apparatus is used to be identified for the information that transmits to described packaging system; And
Gathering-device is used for receiving from described agent apparatus the request of information and collection is used for the information that transmits to described agent apparatus.
28. equipment as claimed in claim 27, wherein said interface arrangement, described packaging system, described agent apparatus and described gathering-device are included in the server agent equipment.
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