Machine to machine (M2M) application server, XDMS server, and methods for M2M applications group management

摘要

Methods and corresponding Machine-to-Machine Application Server (M2M-AS) and XML Data Management Server (XDMS) are provided for managing groups of M2M applications running on various devices. As groups of M2M applications are formed in a network, the group information comprising identities of the groups and identities of M2M applications belonging to each group is relayed to the M2M-AS. The later further sends such information to the XDMS server for storage. Requests for group membership related to M2M applications can then be handled. When a request for group membership related to an application is received at an M2M gateway or at the M2M-AS, the request is further sent to the XMDS server, which replies back to the requestor with identities of the group(s) that comprise the given M2M application, thus enabling, for example, the requestor to communicate not only with the application, but with entire groups comprising the application.

主权项

1. A method for the management of information related to groups of machine to machine (M2M) applications, the method comprising the steps of:
obtaining by the M2M Application Server (M2M-AS) information related to a group of M2M applications, the information comprising a group identity and identities of a plurality of M2M applications that belong to the group; updating by the M2M-AS an XML Data Management Server (XDMS) server with the group's identity and with the identities of the plurality of M2M applications that belong to the group receiving from a requestor a request at the M2M-AS for a group membership of one of the plurality of M2M applications, the one M2M application being other than the requestor, and the request comprising an identify of the one of the plurality of M2M applications; interrogating the XDMS server for obtaining one or more identities of groups the one of the plurality of M2M applications is part of, using the identity of the one of the plurality of M2M applications; obtaining from the XDMS server the one or more identities of groups the one of the plurality of M2M applications is part of; and sending from the M2M-AS to the requestor, which is different than the one M2M application, the one or more identities of groups the one of the plurality of M2M applications is part of.