US 7,415,270 C1 (12,567th)
Middleware services layer for platform system for mobile terminals
Lars Wilhelmsson, Lund (SE); Björn Bjäre, Lund (SE); Jonas Hansson, Lund (SE); Chi Thu Le, Lund (SE); and Sebastian Weber, Malmö (SE)
Filed by Lars Wilhelmsson, Lund (SE); Björn Bjäre, Lund (SE); Jonas Hansson, Lund (SE); Chi Thu Le, Lund (SE); and Sebastian Weber, Malmö (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,067, Jun. 30, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,415,270, issued Aug. 19, 2008, Appl. No. 10/359,772, Feb. 7, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/412,756, filed on Sep. 23, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/412,844, filed on Sep. 23, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/357,291, filed on Feb. 15, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/357,366, filed on Feb. 15, 2002.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Apr. 5, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2024.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/545 (2013.01)
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-22 is confirmed.
New claims 23-25 are added and determined to be patentable.
1. A middleware services layer for a platform system for a mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system, said platform system including a mobile terminal platform assembly having a software services component, and application software loaded, installed and run in said mobile terminal platform assembly, said middleware services layer comprising:
at least one application programming interface (API) for providing access to the mobile terminal platform assembly for loading, installing and running said application software in said mobile terminal platform assembly; and
an application framework for loading, installing and running said application software, wherein the organization of the software services component with the middleware services layer define a layered architecture.
[ 23. The middleware services layer according to claim 1, wherein the software services component comprises a plurality of vertically oriented, functional software stacks and a plurality of horizontally partitioned functional software units.]
[ 24. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to 14, wherein the software services component comprises a plurality of vertically oriented, functional software stacks and a plurality of horizontally partitioned functional software units.]
[ 25. The method according to 18, wherein the software services component comprises a plurality of vertically oriented, functional software stacks and a plurality of horizontally partitioned functional software units.]