Method and system for realizing presence service, presence information processing device and presentity client

• US 10,063,550 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2013
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sun, Qian, Zhao, Yang, Peng, Chenghui, Tian, Linyi, Bao, Hongqing, Song, Xuefei
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Nam T
• Application Number:
  US14/057,582
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047515A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,775 Days
• Field of Search: 709206-207
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

A method for processing presence information is disclosed. Presence information includes different values of a presence element, classes corresponding to the values and presentity information. Authentication configuration information of a presentity is obtained according to the presentity information. A right rule is obtained by resolving the authentication configuration information. The right rule includes a correlation configured by the presentity between a watcher identity and a class of a group that the watcher identity pertains to. A value of the presence element is sent to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information.

Claims

1. A method for processing presence information, the method comprising:

receiving presence information issued for one presentity by at least two different presence sources, with the presence information comprising presentity information, different values of a presence element, and classes corresponding to the values, wherein the classes are used to distinguish between different values of the presence element sent to different watchers;

obtaining authentication configuration information of a presentity according to the presentity information;

obtaining a right rule by resolving the authentication configuration information, the right rule comprising a correlation configured by the presentity between a watcher identity and a class of a group that the watcher identity pertains to, the watcher identity configured in a condition element of the right rule;

the class of the group that the watcher identity pertains to is configured in a transformation element of the right rule; and

a class sub-element is configured in the presence element to record a class corresponding to a value of the presence element;

determining whether class sub-elements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class sub-element is contained;

merging the presence information issued by the different presence sources if the class sub-elements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class sub-element is contained; and

sending a value of the presence element to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending the value of the presence element comprises sending the value of the presence element corresponding to the class recorded in the class sub-element to a watcher corresponding to the class recorded in the class sub-element.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the authentication configuration information is created on an XDM server via XCAP protocol;

and

wherein obtaining the authentication configuration information comprises obtaining the authentication configuration information on the XDM server via the XCAP protocol.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a flag indicating whether to provide a class is further configured in the right rule;

and

wherein, before sending the value of the presence element to the corresponding watcher, the method further comprises deleting or keeping class information contained in a presence information document according to the flag indicating whether to provide the class configured in the right rule.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a number of right rules for the watcher is at least two and wherein the method further comprises performing a logic OR or logic AND operation on the at least two right rules, and taking an obtained result as the right rule for the watcher.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving subscription information from the watcher, wherein the subscription information comprises filtering information for the class;

and

wherein, before sending the value of the presence element to the corresponding watcher, the method further comprises determining a presence element satisfying a filtering requirement according to the filtering information for the class and sending the presence element satisfying the filtering requirement.

7. A presence information processing device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor in which a computer program is stored, the computer program including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

record a grouping result for watchers sent from a presentity client according to a right rule obtained from authentication configuration information, wherein the grouping result is described by a correlation included in the right rule between a watcher identity and a class of a group that the watcher identity pertains to;

determine which group a watcher allowed to obtain presence information pertains to according to the grouping result recorded after receiving the presence information, the presence information comprising different values of a presence element and classes corresponding to the values, wherein the classes are used to distinguish between different values of the presence element sent to different watchers;

determine whether class sub-elements contained in presence information issued by at least two different presence sources have the same value or no class sub-element is contained if the presence information processing device receives the presence information issued for one presentity by the at least two different presence sources; and

merge the presence information issued by the different presence sources if the class sub-elements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class sub-element is contained

send a value of a presence element to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the computer program further includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

configure a flag indicating whether to provide a class in the right rule; and

delete or keep class information contained in a presence information document according to the flag before sending the value of the presence element to the corresponding watcher.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein a number of right rules for the watcher is at least two, and the computer program further includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a logic OR or logic AND operation on the at least two right rules and to take an obtained result as the right rule for the watcher.

10. The device according to claim 7, wherein the computer program further includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive subscription information sent by the watcher, wherein the subscription information comprises filtering information for the class;

determine a presence element satisfying a filtering requirement according to the filtering information for the class before sending the value of the presence element to the corresponding watcher; and

send the presence element satisfying the filtering requirement.