102 results about "Service adaptation" patented technology

A network selection system that includes a mobile terminal in communication with a first network, a second network in communication with the first network and an application layer triggering mechanism that determines which one of a plurality of triggers is required in a certain set of circumstances to provide a particular application.

A method and system for detecting and communicating access network capability information to an application server such that the application server may adapt its service offerings in response to changes in the access network associated with one or more user terminals. The service adaptations may comprise increases or decreases in service level, depending upon whether the access network capability has increased or decreased.

Techniques for dynamic service invocation and dynamic service adaptation in the context of a service oriented application. In one set of embodiments, a plurality of mediator services are introduced between the application and a plurality of actual services accessed by the application. The plurality of mediator services are configured to expose a common, abstract operation. At application runtime, the application determines, via a rules engine, a selection of a mediator service, and invokes the abstract operation by sending an invocation message to the selected mediator service. The selected mediator service transforms (i.e., adapts) the message into a format appropriate for invoking an actual operation exposed by an actual service associated with the selected mediator service. The selected mediator service then invokes the actual operation by sending the transformed message to the actual service.

Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for adapting service entities using a declarative approach in a service framework. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for adapting service entities. The method includes the steps of retrieving at least one software entity from a first repository in response to a first input and receiving a declaration from a user for adapting the software entity. The method further includes the steps of adapting the software entity to an adapted software entity based on the declaration and storing the adapted software entity in a second repository.

A method for reconfiguring an application in a pervasive computing environment, includes receiving a request for a reconfiguration of a predetermined application reconfiguration according to a change in a context, searching a service in response to the change in the context with respect to each of at least one service component configuring the predetermined application, and reconfiguring the predetermined application based on the searched service.

The invention relates to an adaptation method for network television services, which comprises: receiving an access request that a set-top box accesses IPTV service; initiating a capability inquiry request of inquiring the set-top box capacity information, and initiating a content inquiry request of inquiring the IPTV content requested for using in access request; initiating a template inquiry request of inquiring a display template that matches with the set-top box capacity information according to the returned capacity information of the set-top box; and adapting the IPTV content according to the returned display template and issuing the adapted IPTV content to the set-top box. The invention also relates to a network television service adapter server and a system. The adaptable display template can be selected according to the set-top box capacity information, the IPTV content requested by the set-top box can be adapted by the display template, so the service system can provide services in uniform way to the set-top box with different software and hardware capacities and reduce development costs of services and difficulty of running and maintenance of the set-top box.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for realizing an effective service adaptation in consideration of delay factors possibly generated in combining (or compositing) already existing Web services in constituting a composite Web service. A failure or delay in executing a Web service is predicted in consideration of features (or factors) of QoS of Web services constituting a composite Web service, and a substitute Web service is executed or a speculative execution is performed to thus stably and quickly constitute a composite Web service.

Techniques for dynamic service invocation and dynamic service adaptation in the context of a service oriented application. In one set of embodiments, a plurality of mediator services are introduced between the application and a plurality of actual services accessed by the application. The plurality of mediator services are configured to expose a common, abstract operation. At application runtime, the application determines, via a rules engine, a selection of a mediator service, and invokes the abstract operation by sending an invocation message to the selected mediator service. The selected mediator service transforms (i.e., adapts) the message into a format appropriate for invoking an actual operation exposed by an actual service associated with the selected mediator service. The selected mediator service then invokes the actual operation by sending the transformed message to the actual service.

The invention provides an equipment service adaptation method used in a household network. Indirect Web servitization of equipment is realized by allocating equipment service agents in a private protocol network in which the resource-limited equipments belong, and thus problems of communication and information sharing among the equipments in the household isomerous private protocol network can be solved. By adopting the service adaptation method, a group of resource-limited equipments in the private protocol network can be abstracted into virtual equipments providing standard Web services for the outside, special operations of the limited equipments in the group can be converted into standard operations based on a Web service technology, and thus a convenient manner is provided for service integration and application development oriented to the household Internet of things.

Techniques are described for mediating enterprise service access for smart devices. The invention discloses a method and a system for mediating enterprise service access for smart devices. A system is disclosed and includes an enterprise service access mediator including an enterprise service proxy device that includes a virtual proxy device and a service adaptor. The virtual proxy device may include a mediating receiver configured to receive a first message from a smart device via a first protocol associated with the smart device, a parser configured to determine that the first message includes a smart device request for processing via an enterprise service located at a backend device, and a mediating converter configured to determine an enterprise service request and an associated enterprise request protocol based on the smart device request and a service adaptation description associated with the enterprise service and the first protocol. The service adaptor may be configured to send the enterprise service request to the backend device via the associated enterprise request protocol.

Autonomous fitness for continuing service assessment equipment interacts with the operator through natural speech, voice and sound and provides active failure prevention through automatic and / or continuous fitness for service assessment of a material under evaluation. The equipment comprises at least one computer and a material features acquisition system operable to detect a plurality of material features. The features are then evaluated according to rules that capture the multidiscipline knowledge of experts and are already inputted into the computer. The computer iterations are processed until an acceptable conclusion is made regarding the condition of the material under evaluation, thus alleviating the need for multidiscipline experts to examine and analyze all the material data manually, a very slow and expensive process. Further, the natural speech and voice interaction preferably allows the operator to operate the equipment while wearing gloves or with dirty hands as he / she will not need to constantly physically manipulate the equipment. The autonomous fitness for service assessment capability may also be retrofitted into conventional inspection systems by extracting pertinent features through spectral frequency analysis and sensor normalization and utilizing those features in the autonomous fitness for service assessment system.

A service adaptation device includes: a service access unit, configured to obtain service data, where the service data includes a Gigabit-Passive Optical Network (GPON) Encapsulation Method (GEM) frame, Time Division Multiplex (TDM) service data, and Ethernet (ETH) service data; and an Enhanced GPON Encapsulation Method (E-GEM) adaptation unit, configured to encapsulate the service data obtained by the service access unit into an E-GEM frame. A service adaptation method includes: obtaining service data, where the service data includes a GEM frame, TDM service data, and ETH service data; and encapsulating the obtained service data into an E-GEM frame.

Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for adapting service entities using a declarative approach in a service framework. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for adapting service entities. The method includes the steps of retrieving at least one software entity from a first repository in response to a first input and receiving a declaration from a user for adapting the software entity. The method further includes the steps of adapting the software entity to an adapted software entity based on the declaration and storing the adapted software entity in a second repository.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a device for service adaptation, which comprises a service access unit and an package form E-GEM adaptation unit of an enhanced type gigabit passive optical network, wherein the service access unit is used for acquiring uplink direction service data on a service adaptation layer; the service data comprises any one of or the combination of more than one of package form GEM frame of payload data, time division multiplexing (TDM) service data and internet protocol (IP) data of the gigabit passive optical network; and the package form E-GEM adaptation unit of the enhanced type gigabit passive optical network is used for packaging the uplink direction service data into an uplink E-GEM frame which at least comprises a destination identifier and a payload length indicator (PLI) of a service. The embodiment of the invention also provides a method for the service adaptation. By using the device, provided by the embodiment of the invention, for the service adaptation, the unified adaptation of a plurality of services can be realized simply and conveniently to provide convenience for a network upper layer to manage and transmit various service data in a unified mode.

The invention relates to an equipment service adaptation layer architecture in a communication system and a service adaptation layer realization method, belonging to the field of data and IP (internet protocol) transmission equipment. The equipment service adaptation layer architecture comprises a control plane and a plurality of service plates, wherein the control plane includes a network service module and a service adaptation layer module; and the network service module communicates with the service plates through the service adaptation layer module. The service adaptation layer realization method comprises: S1, the network service module generating service control information and transmitting to the service adaptation layer module, and the service plates starting; S2, storing the configuration data in a cache in a form of ID plus KEY of a configuration block when the service adaptation layer module receives the service control information for the first time, and creating a serial number and a state identification field for each configuration block; and S3, looking for the cache in the form of ID plus KEY of a configuration block during each reception, constructing a new serial number according to step S2 or updating the configuration data in the cache, and transmitting the updated configuration data to the corresponding service plate. The equipment service adaptation layer architecture provided by the invention can lower the complexity level of the system to keep the system simple and efficient.

The invention discloses a method and a system for determining a business operation mode. The method comprises that a first server receives service description information from a terminal and terminal capability description information of the terminal; the first server sends the service description information to a second server and receives service operation mode information sent by the second server; and the first server determines devices which are used for operating services according to the service operation mode information and the terminal capability description information. According to the technical scheme, operation modes of services are determined flexibly according to capability requirement of services for operation carriers, heavy workload caused by prior service adaptation of terminals is avoided, huge pressure on network side servers caused by the fact that services only operate on network side servers is also avoided, and user-friendly effects are achieved.

The invention relates to the technical field of communication and provides a method for service transmission and a device for service transmission. The method for service transmission comprises the following steps: mapping received different types of services to a service adaptation layer data frame in a unified form; further classifying the service adaptation layer data frame, packaging the same type of service adaptation layer data frames into a channel layer data frame, and acquiring corresponding types of channel layer data frames; receiving bandwidth allocation information of each service port, and acquiring the number and time slot positions of the channel layer data frames; and further packaging the channel layer data frames to acquire physical layer data frames according to the number and time slot positions of the channel layer data frames, terminating and reproducing the overhead of the physical layer data frames, and transmitting the physical layer data frames. The method for service transmission and the device for service transmission simplify the intermediate processing process, realize the simplicity, save the cost, and realize dynamic bandwidth control.

The invention discloses an open type router device and a method thereof. In the device, a control element consists of an application service layer, an application service adaptation layer and ForCES middleware; a forwarding element consists of a logical function module layer, a logical function module abstract adaptation layer and the ForCES middleware; and meanwhile, the ForCES middleware further consists of a ForCES protocol layer, a transmission mapping layer, an application function layer and a resource function layer. The invention discloses a method for constructing the open type routerdevice. In the method, all kinds of novel network services are flexibly realized by adding or deleting some components without changing a core component in the patent device. The router device is developed by adopting an open type modular construction so as to improve the flexibility and the efficiency of development of the router device.

A method and a system are described for adapting a service provided by a base station (2) in a cellular communication network to mobile stations in its coverage area. The base station (2) is supplied with energy from a renewable energy generator (8) and / or from a back-up battery supply (10). The back-up battery supply (10) is at least partially charged by the renewable energy generator (8). The service is adapted in terms of coverage and / or capacity provided to the mobile stations as a function of the stored energy in the back-up battery supply (10) and / or as a function of a forecast regarding the amount of energy supplied by the renewable energy generator (8) over a time period.

The service access device includes following units: service adaptation unit (SAU) in use for carrying out communication between its multiple first interfaces in different types and service engines of multiple subsystems of value added service (VAS), thereinto each interface protocol of each first interface is identical to interface protocol of each service engine; provider adaptation unit (PAU) in use for carrying out communication between its second interface and each CP / SP application; logic control unit in use for obtaining information of address interface of specific CP / SP application or subsystem of VAS when PAU receives message or data from specific CP / SP application to be sent to subsystem of VAS in order to for PAU or SAU to send message or data to specific CP / SP application or subsystem of VAS based on the obtained information of address interface. The invention lowers threshold for CP / SP to develop VAS.

The invention provides HiNOC equipment and an implementation method thereof. The HiNOC equipment comprises an Ethernet interface module, a CPU, an HiNOCPHY module and a coaxial radio frequency module, wherein the Ethernet interface module is used for achieving access of Ethernet data, the CPU is connected with the Ethernet interface module and used for managing an operation mode and a state of the Ethernet interface module to achieve HiNOC medium access control and service adaptation, the HiNOCPHY module connected with the CPU is used for carrying out modulation and demodulation on a physical layer base band of HiNOC according to indications of the CPU, and the coaxial radio frequency module connected with the HiNOCPHY module is used for emitting radio frequency signals from the HiNOCPHY module within a specified frequency range, receiving radio frequency signals from external equipment and transmitting the radio frequency signals to the HiNOCPHY module. The HiNOC equipment and the implementation method have advantages of being high in performance, low in cost and high in popularization capacity, and meet requirements of cable access techniques in on-line television bi-directional modification and NGB building in China.

In the service association system according to the present invention, an “association template” in which service association details are described is prepared in advance; an actual service adaptable to a template instructed by a user is extracted; a specific association operation description is generated by adapting the actual service instructed by the user to the template; and the service is operated in association. As the result, it becomes possible to construct a service association system in which different services can be automatically adapted to the template in addition to the service which simply adapted to the template.

The invention discloses a method, a device and a system of service adaptation. The method comprises the following steps of acquiring a globally unique identifier (GUID) which is generated by a terminal; searching for a key value identification corresponding to the GUID, and acquiring terminal capability parameter information according to the key value identification; and adapting a service using the terminal capability parameter information. According to the invention, the method, the device and the system of service adaptation improve the working efficiency and the performance of the system.

The invention relates to an industrial wireless network service adaptation method based on an OPC-UA service platform. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, initializing operation parameters, storing the operation parameters into a sharing memory, and initializing working states of various communication ports and protocols according to the various operation parameters in the sharing memory; reconfiguring the own working states of the communication ports and the protocols along with changes of the operation parameters in the sharing memory during working; and managing the operationparameters in the sharing memory through an OPC-UA monitoring method. The industrial wireless network service adaptation method based on the OPC-UA service platform increases the intelligence degreeof a production process, performs fine granularity monitoring and integral optimization on a production system, provides the fusion capacity for various transmission technologies in a multi-state network architecture, and improves the communication capacity among equipment.

A method of tailoring data streams transmitted to networked user devices is disclosed in which environment information associated with each device is stored at an agent located on those devices. This environment information may include information related to the hardware, interface and application capabilities of the particular device. In another embodiment, this environment information is transmitted and stored at an agent at a local network gateway. And in another embodiment, the environment information is then stored at a mirror agent located in a backbone network of a service provider. By referring to this environment information, a service provider can tailor the transmission of data streams, such as multimedia streams, to a device based on the capabilities of the device and the associated network.

The invention provides an industrial Internet container cloud platform and a flow access control method thereof. The container cloud platform comprises: a traffic access control layer, a network and workload unit and a control node unit. The traffic access control layer comprises a control service adaptation layer and a flow access assembly. The control service adaptation layer is connected with the flow access assembly to perform matching to the corresponding flow access assembly according to the difference characteristics of the flow accessed to the control service adaptation layer, whereinthe network and workload unit is connected with the flow access assembly and is used for receiving information of the flow access assembly and notifying the workload to process a work task, and the control node unit is connected with the network and workload unit and is used for deploying the network and the workload. According to the invention, the industrial Internet container cloud platform canquickly adapt to the access of various external flows, and the flow access control layer operates in the container cloud environment, thereby improving the safety, high performance and high concurrency of network flow access.

The embodiments of the invention provide a method and a device for configuring a sub-frame. In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the following steps: configuring a sub-frame to serve as a sub-frame for uplink transmission and a sub-frame for downlink transmission; and configuring the sub-frame according to at least one of a downlink control domain, a downlink data domain, an uplink control domain and an uplink data domain. Through a unified sub-frame structure and the method for configuring a sub-frame presented by the embodiments of the invention, original frame configuration can be simplified, and the signaling overhead can be reduced. In addition, dynamic sub-frame configuration based on instantaneous service adaptation is more flexible.

One embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for performing service adaptation in respect of a mobile computing device. The method includes providing a service adaptation specification as a set of rules, where each rule comprises a rule body containing one or more premises and a rule head containing one or more conclusions that hold if said one or more premises are true. The rules are defined as classes in an ontology. The premises represent adaptation context and the conclusions represent service adaptation decisions. The method further comprises running the rules on a Description Logics reasoner in conjunction with adaptation context relating to the mobile computing device for a requested service to produce one or more service adaptation decisions. The method further comprises adapting the requested service provided to the mobile computing device in accordance with the service adaptation decisions from the description logics reasoner.

The invention discloses a trust service adaptation method based on a security agent, which comprises a service adapter and a security agent, and each service producer and each service consumer comprise one security agent. According to the invention, the registered trust service is recorded, monitored and managed through the service adapter, the service consumer does not need to maintain the specific information of the service, directly obtains the target service information from the service adapter through the security agent and initiates access, and automatically redirects the service information under the condition that the service parameters are changed, thereby improving the adaptability and dynamic expansibility of the service. The method supports dynamic adaptation of services. According to the method, the unified interaction among the service adapter, the service producer and the service consumer is realized and simplified, the operation details of the interaction process are shielded, the convenience and availability of service adaptation are improved, and the consistency of a service system in a system is supported.