Mobile services hosting

摘要

A mobile device stores a service-creation application and presents, via the service-creation application, a user interface to solicit a service definition for client mobile devices. The mobile device stores a service-engine for providing the service and announces availability of the service to the client mobile devices. The mobile device receives, in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices and validates the registration request. The mobile device then provides, to the one of the client mobile devices, the service via the service engine.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a host mobile device, a service-creation application; presenting, by the host mobile device and via the service-creation application, a user interface to define a service enabling the host mobile device to act as a web server to provide services to paired client mobile devices; soliciting, via the service-creation application and from a user, functional specifications of the service; obtaining, by the host mobile device, executable code for implementing the functional specifications of the service; storing, in a memory of the host mobile device, a service-engine for hosting the service, wherein the service-engine provides the service based on the executable code; announcing, by the host mobile device, availability of the service; receiving, by the host mobile device and in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices; validating, by the host mobile device, the registration request; providing, by the host mobile device and to the one of the client mobile devices, the service via the service-engine, wherein the service adds a functionality to the one of the client mobile devices; detecting, by the host mobile device, a handoff to a cellular coverage area that cannot support the service; and providing, by the host mobile device and to the one of the client mobile devices a service interruption announcement.