MESSAGING ABSTRACTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE SERVER

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device server that receives a pairing key, establishes communication with a media resource center using a web server application of the mobile device server, transmits the pairing key to the media resource center to enable processing of a software application by the mobile device server, detects a request from the software application to utilize a resource of the media resource center, accesses a messaging abstraction library, retrieves a first message from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the request and that conforms to a first communication protocol of the resource, and transmits the first message to the resource to cause the resource to process the request generated by the software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A portable communication device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a pairing key;detecting a media resource center upon entering a communication zone of the media resource center;engaging in communication with a resource control manager of the media resource center, wherein the resource control manager manages utilization of a plurality of media resources of the media resource center;transmitting the pairing key to the resource control manager to be authorized to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources; andreceiving authorization to manage utilization of the plurality of media resources from the resource control manager wherein the authorization is responsive to the resource control manager identifying a service grade associated with the pairing key by the resource control manager, and wherein the service grade allows for managing the utilization of the plurality of media resources.