| 摘要 |
A local service manager (LSM) for discovering and accessing local services via hotspots (HS1, ...) of a wireless network, comprises:
- means for registering (1) an account created by a service provider (SP), for a new hotspot (HS1) providing at least one service;
- means for registering (1) a service profile corresponding to a registered hotspot, which describes all the services the hotspot provides;
- means for downloading (3) a user application (UA) to the terminal (T) of a service consumer (SC);
- means for receiving (6) a request message from the user application (UA) run in the terminal of a service consumer (SC), this message containing the identifier of a hotspot, and requesting to retrieve the service profile corresponding to this identifier;
- means for looking up (6) the requested service profile;
- and means for responding (6) to the terminal (T) of a service consumer (SC) by sending a message containing the service profile corresponding to this identifier. |
