Locale Profile for a Fabric Network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018183751-A1
Application number	US-201815905374-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 26, 2018
Priority date	Oct 8, 2014
Publication date	Jun 28, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and systems for conveying locale information for an electronic device includes receiving, from a remote device and via a network interface of at least one network interfaces, a request for active or available locales for the electronic device. Conveying the locale information also includes sending, to the remote device and via the network interface, a message in a locale profile format including a list of available locales. The message includes a version field that indicates a version of schema used to transmit the list of available locales, an active local field that indicates a locale currently being used by the electronic device, and an available locales field that indicates which locales are available for use by the electronic device.

First claim

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a network interface; a processor; and a memory, the memory comprising instructions configured to cause the processor to:
request, from another device, and via the network interface, a list of available locales that are available to the other device;
receive the list of available locales from the other device;
select an active locale for the electronic device from the received list of available locales; and
send a request, to the other device, to change the active locale for the electronic device to the selected locale.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the request for the list of available locales comprises a request for a view of an entire profile instance of a locale profile on the other device.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the request for the list of available locales comprises a request for a view of only available locales sub-fields of a locale profile on the other device.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device presents the available locales to a user and receives a selection of the active locale from the user.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the list of available locales is a prioritized list of the available locales.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device selects the active locale to be a preferred locale stored on the electronic device, the other device, or a service.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the preferred locale is a first locale in the list of available locales.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the instructions configured to cause the processor to:
store the available locales without setting a new active locale.

9 . A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to configure an electronic device to:
request, from another device, a list of available locales that are available to the other device; receive, from the other device, the list of available locales from the other device; select an active locale for the electronic device from the received list of available locales; and send a request, to the other device, to change the active local for the electronic device to the selected locale.

10 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the request for the list of available locales comprises a request for a view of an entire profile instance of a locale profile on the other device.

11 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the request for the list of available locales comprises a request for a view of only available locales sub-fields of a locale profile on the other device.

12 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , the instructions executable by the processor to configure the electronic device to:
present the available locales to a user; and receive a selection of the active locale from the user.

13 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the list of available locales is a prioritized list of the available locales.

14 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the electronic device selects the active profile to be a preferred locale stored on the electronic device, the other device, or a service, and wherein the preferred locale is a first locale in the list of available locales.

15 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , the instructions executable by the processor to configure the electronic device to:
store the available locales without setting a new active locale.

16 . A method for conveying locale information for an electronic device, comprising:
requesting, from another device, a list of available locales that are available to the other device; receiving the list of available locales from the other device; in response to the receiving the list of available locales, selecting an active locale profile for the electronic device; and sending a request, to the other device, to change the active locale for the electronic device to the selected locale.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the requesting the list of available locale profiles comprises requesting a view of an entire profile instance of a locale profile on the other device.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the requesting the list of available locale profiles comprises requesting a view of only available locales sub-fields of the profile on the other device.

19 . The method of claim 16 , the method further comprising:
presenting the available locales to a user; and receiving a selection of the active locale from the user.

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the selecting the active profile is selecting a preferred locale stored on the electronic device, the other device, or a service, and wherein the preferred locale is a first locale in the list of available locales.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Erickson Grant M
• Logue Jay D

Classifications

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L12/2818

  from a device located outside both the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007) · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04L12/2823

  Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• H04L12/283

  Processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network · CPC title