Patent ID: 8762487
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a Service Group (SG) Discovery procedure in a communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a Request message from a first personal network element (PNE) to a personal network (PN) gateway (GW) and then transmitting a Response message from the PN GW to the first PNE according to the Request message; or transmitting the Request message from the PN GW to a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) Server and then transmitting the Response message from the CPNS Server to the PN GW according to the Request message; wherein the Request message comprises an OriginEntityID, and a first SGInfo which comprises a keyword, or the Response message comprises a second SGInfo; wherein the Response message further comprises a ServiceInfo, for specifying service information of a service queried by the first PNE, and the ServiceInfo comprises a second ServiceID and a ServiceName, for specifying an identification and a service keyword of the service queried by the first PNE, respectively.