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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Joseph Barone, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, CA (US);
Joseph Barone, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus simultaneously hosting multiple service providers on a network. A method is provided for hosting multiple service providers in a data network. The method includes controlling access to services offered by one or more service providers, and discovering affiliation provisions associated with a device, wherein the affiliation provisions are associated with one or more selected service providers. The method also includes filtering the services according to the affiliation provisions to generate a package database of services offered by the one or more selected service providers, and transmitting the package database to the device.