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Patent No.:

US 9781583 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2013
Applicant:

Zte Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Aifang Sun, Shenzhen, CN;

Chong Gao, Shenzhen, CN;

Zhifei Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;

Zhihao Ling, Shenzhen, CN;

Yifeng Yuan, Shenzhen, CN;

Xuewen Qi, Shenzhen, CN;

Jianfu Cao, Shenzhen, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device and service discovery method and a piece of device middleware are provided. The method includes that a user terminal device broadcasts its own device information and service capability information, and searches for information about a surrounding service network, information about a device not joining the service network and service capability information about the device; if it is discovered that a service network, which has a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish a service, exists in the surrounding area, the user terminal device is configured to join the service network, and interact with a central node of the service network to accomplish the service; and if the service network is not discovered, the user terminal device selects a central node from devices which do not join a service network and have a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish the service, is configured to generate a service network according to the selected central node, and interact with the selected central node to accomplish the service. A ubiquitous service can be provided through discovery, acquisition and networking of surrounding available service resources.


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