Data transmission method and arrangement using method calls
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a data transmission arrangement between at least two apparatuses in a system in which part of the connection between different apparatuses is a wireless connection. The apparatuses communicate with method calls containing a service request. Service brokers direct the service request to a given server, which replies to the method call according to the required service by sending the information required for the service to the service broker which sends the information to the sender of the method call. The arrangement further comprises an adapter which is connected to wireless apparatuses and which adapts the protocol used in the wireless connection to the rest of the network. The adapter finds the server providing the requested service on behalf of the apparatus which sent the method call and operates in a wireless network.
1. A method of implementing data transmission between at least two apparatuses which comprise means for establishing a connection with a data transmission system, the method comprising:
implementing at least a part of the connection between at least two different apparatuses by a wireless connection,
performing at least a part of the communication of the apparatuses by means of method calls, each method call containing a service request,
performing authentication of the parties during communication to improve safety,
directing a method call to a service broker of the system,
sending the method calls from apparatuses using wireless connections to an adapter by the service broker,
adapting by the adapter the protocol used in the wireless connection to the rest of the network,
finding a server providing the requested service by the adapter on behalf of the apparatus which sent the method call and which operates in a wireless network,
directing the service request contained in the method call by the service broker to the provided server,
sending a reply to the method call by the provided server according to the required service by sending the information required for the service to the service broker,
sending the information to the sender of the method call by the service broker.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of taking care of the authentication of the parties by the adapter on behalf of the apparatus which sent the method call and operates in a wireless network.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of requesting information by sending a method call by the software comprised by the apparatuses of the system.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of sending a method call by the software of the apparatus behind the wireless connection, the method call comprising a service request in a substantially shorter format than in a service request of an apparatus behind fixed connection.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of sending a method call by the software of the apparatus behind the wireless connection, the method call comprising a service request in text format.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of adapting the service request by the adapter to suit the rest of the network.
7. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of sending a method call by means of one or more short messages by the apparatus behind the wireless connection.
8. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of sending a method call by means of a data call by the apparatus behind the wireless connection.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of sending a method call as a packet data service by the apparatus behind the wireless connection.
10. A method as claimed in claim 1 , where in the adapter sends the reply message of the server to the apparatus behind the wireless connection by means of one or more short messages.
11. A method as claimed in claim 1 , where in the adapter sends the reply message of the server to the apparatus behind the wireless connection by means of a data call.
12. A method as claimed in claim 1 , where in the adapter sends the reply message of the server to the apparatus behind the wireless connection as a packet data service.
13. A method as claimed in claim 1 , where in the adapter and the apparatus behind the wireless connection transmit data by means of the Bluetooth method.
14. A method as claimed in claim 1 , where in the adapter and the apparatus behind the wireless connection transmit data by means of an infrared connection.