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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Lieve Maria Marcella Rosemarijn Bos, Sint Niklass, BE;
Marco Johannes Hubertus Peters, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A terminal (T) for use in a communication network, comprising a plurality of terminal capability functions (CAP , CAP , CAP , CAP ) to realize a plurality of terminal capability features. Terminal application execution apparatus (APP ; APP ; APP ; APP ) are coupled to the terminal capability functions to interact with one or more of the plurality of terminal capability functions (CAP , CAP , CAP , CAP ) and to execute thereby a terminal application (app ; app ; app ; app ). The terminal (T) further comprises at least one terminal capability server (CS) coupled between the terminal application execution apparatus (APP ; APP ; APP ; APP ) and to at least one of the plurality of terminal capability functions (CAP ; CAP ; CAP ; CAP ). The terminal capability server (CS) is adapted to translate a first application signal (S ) received from at least one of the plurality of terminal capability functions (CAP ) into a first predefined application open signal (SO ) and to provide the first predefined application open signal (SO ) to the terminal application execution apparatus (APP ; APP ; APP ; APP ). The terminal capability server (CS) is also adapted to translate a second predefined application open signal (SO ) received from the terminal application execution apparatus (APP ; APP ; APP ; APP ) into a second application signal (S ) and to provide the second application signal (S ) to at least one of the plurality of terminal capability functions (CAP ; CAP ; CAP ; CAP )-. The first predefined application open signal (SO1) and the second predefined application open signal (SO ) are defined independent of an underlying technology of the plurality of terminal capability functions (CAP ; CAP ; CAP ; CAP ).