Method and apparatus for enabling distributed subscription services

摘要

The architecture comprises a marking device (110) which has an application program interface. The device stores device specific status information, to provide available service from service host (310). A device model agent (120) provides a runtime environment for the marking device to interact with service hosts through common interface. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) method of providing device-independent services; and (2) service model agent.