Abstract: Open, horizontal service platforms are described. Service providers can, via network operators, load software associated with a service onto a dedicated, service platform server. The service platform server is connected, via a LAN, to one or more remote devices (e.g., sensors, transducers, processors, etc.). The functionality associated with the service can be distributed among two or more of the entities involved in the architecture. The distributed software operates and/or monitors these remote devices to implement the subscribed service.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2002
Assignee:
Gatespace AB
Inventors:
Jesper Vasell, Tom Idermark, Malte Lilliestråle, Hans Thorsen, Staffan Truvé, Carlo Pompili, Johan Ljungberg, Jörgen Andersson