Service providing system allowing flexible cooperation between applications exploiting different protocols

• US 20050044188A1
• Filed: 08/19/2004
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Nakazawa, Osamu, Fukuda, Haruo
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,731 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In a service providing system, the problem of extensibility of applications may be overcome, and flexible cooperation is rendered possible between applications exploiting different protocols. An SIP environment and a Web environment are connected to a network. The SIP environment includes an SIP server, an SIP database, an SIP application server, an SIP application and a Web accessor component. The Web environment includes a Web server, a Web database, a Web application server, a Web application and an SIP accessor component. The management information is transmitted and received by cooperation management components, arranged in a Web accessor component and an SIP accessor component, respectively, in such a manner that the SIP environment and the Web environment cooperate with each other to provide services.

Claims

1. A service providing system wherein a first communication environment device exploiting a first communication protocol and a second communication environment device exploiting a second communication protocol respectively render a service for a client device,

said first communication environment device including a first application provider for providing an application by the first communication protocol to said client device and a first manager for accessing and supervising said second communication environment device;

said second communication environment device including a second application provider for providing an application by the second communication protocol to said client device and a second manager for accessing and supervising said first communication environment device;

said first and second managers transmitting and receiving cooperation information for cooperating with each other to render a service to said client device.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first manager includes a first cooperation manager for cooperating with said second communication environment device, said second manager including a second cooperation manager for cooperating with said first communication environment device, the cooperation information being transmitted between said first and second cooperation managers.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said first manager includes a first presence manager for operating and managing presence information, said second manager including a second presence manager for accessing said first presence manager.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein said first manager includes a first user manager for operating and managing user information in the first communication protocol, said second manager including a second user manager for accessing said first user manager.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein said second user manager accesses said first user manager using a stub conforming with a remote access.

6. The system according to claim 2, wherein said first manager includes a first signaling manager for operating and managing signaling information in the first communication protocol, said second manager including a second signaling manager for accessing said first signaling manager.

7. The system according to claim 2, wherein said first and second cooperation managers are interconnected over a network and transmits and receives the cooperation information in accordance with a predetermined protocol.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined protocol is SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined protocol is a protocol by CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture).

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first communication environment device and said second communication environment device are provided in a same server.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein said first manager transmits and receives the cooperation information using a function call.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first communication environment device provides the service for said client device using a procedure by SIP as the first communication protocol.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said second communication environment device provides the service for said client device using a procedure by HTTP as the second communication protocol.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein said second communication environment device provides the service for said client device using a procedure by FTP as the second communication protocol.

15. A service providing apparatus providing a service for a client device, using a first communication protocol, said apparatus being connected over a network to a communication environment device exploiting a second communication protocol;

said apparatus comprising a first application provider for providing an application by the first communication protocol to said client device, and a control manager for accessing and managing said communication environment device;

said control manager transmitting and receiving cooperation information for cooperating with said communication environment device for providing a service to said client device.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control manager includes a first cooperation manager for cooperating with said communication environment device, the cooperation information being transmitted between said first cooperation manager and said communication environment device using a predetermined protocol.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said control manager includes a presence manager for operating and managing presence information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said control manager includes a user manager for operating and managing user information in the first communication protocol.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said control manager includes a first signaling manager for operating and managing signaling in the first communication protocol.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the predetermined protocol is SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), said first cooperation manager transmitting and receiving the cooperation information with said communication environment device using the SOAP.

21. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the predetermined protocol is CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), said first cooperation manager transmitting and receiving the cooperation information with said communication environment device using the SOAP.

22. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said first application provider provides the service for said client device using a procedure by SIP as the first communication protocol.

23. A method of providing a service for a client device by a first communication environment device exploiting a first communication protocol and a second communication environment device exploiting a second communication protocol, said method comprising:

a first service providing step of providing an application service from the first communication environment device to the client device, using the first communication protocol;

a first management step of accessing to the second communication environment device from the first communication environment device for managing the second communication environment device;

a second service providing step of providing an application service from the second communication environment device to the client device, using the second communication protocol;

a second management step of accessing the first communication environment device from the second communication environment device for managing the first communication environment device; and

a cooperation information transmitting step of transmitting cooperation information for the first and second communication environment devices to cooperate with each other, from the first communication environment device to the second communication environment device.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein said cooperation information transmitting step transmits a response to the cooperation information, transmitted to the second communication environment device, from the second communication environment device to the first communication environment device.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein said first management step includes a first presence management step of operating and managing presence information, said second management step including a second presence management step of accessing the presence information.

26. The method according to claim 24, wherein said first management step includes a first user management step of operating and managing user information in the first communication protocol, said second management step including a second user management step of accessing the user information.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein said second user management step accesses the user information using a stub conforming with remote access.

28. The method according to claim 24, wherein said first management step includes a first signaling management step of operating and managing signaling information in the first communication protocol, said second management step including a second signaling management step of accessing the signaling information.

29. The method according to claim 24, wherein said cooperation information transmitting step transmits the cooperation information between the first communication environment device and the second communication environment device using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol).

30. The method according to claim 24, wherein said cooperation information transmitting step transmits the cooperation information between the first communication environment device and the second communication environment device using CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)

31. The method according to claim 23, wherein, when the first communication environment device and the second communication environment device are provided in a same server, said first manager transmitting and receiving the cooperation information using a function call.

32. The method according to claim 23, wherein the first communication environment device provides the service for the client device using a procedure by SIP as the first communication protocol.

33. The method according to claim 23, wherein the second communication environment device provides the service for the client device using a procedure by HTTP as the second communication protocol.

34. The method according to claim 23, wherein the second communication environment device provides the service for the client device using a procedure by FTP as the second communication protocol.

35. A service providing program controlling a computer, wherein a first communication environment device exploiting a first communication protocol and a second communication environment device exploiting a second communication protocol render a service for a client device, said program comprising:

a first service providing step of providing an application service from the first communication environment device to the client device, using the first communication protocol;

a first management step of accessing the second communication environment device from the first communication environment device for managing the second communication environment device;

a second service providing step of providing an application service from the second communication environment device to the client device, using the second communication protocol;

a second management step of accessing the first communication environment device from the second communication environment device for managing the first communication environment device; and

a cooperation information transmitting step of transmitting the cooperation information for the first and second communication environment devices to cooperate with each other from the first communication environment device to the second communication environment device.

36. The program according to claim 35, wherein said cooperation information transmitting step transmits a response to the cooperation information, transmitted to the second communication environment device, from the second communication environment device to the first communication environment device.

37. The program according to claim 36, wherein said first management step includes a first presence management step of operating and managing presence information, said second management step including a second presence management step of accessing the presence information.

38. The program according to claim 36, wherein said first management step includes a first user management step of operating and managing user information in the first communication protocol, said second management step including a second user management step of accessing the user information.

39. The program according to claim 38, wherein said second user management step accesses the user information using a stub conforming with remote access.

40. The program according to claim 35, wherein said first management step includes a first signaling management step of operating and managing signaling information in the first communication protocol, said second management step including a second signaling management step of accessing the signaling information.

41. The program according to claim 35, wherein said cooperation information transmitting step transmits the cooperation information between the first communication environment device and the second communication environment device using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol).

42. The program according to claim 35, wherein said cooperation information transmitting step transmits the cooperation information between the first communication environment device and the second communication environment device using CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture).

43. The program according to claim 35, wherein, when the first communication environment device and the second communication environment device are provided in a same server, said first management step transmitting and receiving the cooperation information using a function call.

44. The program according to claim 35, wherein the first communication environment device provides the service for the client device using a procedure by SIP as the first communication protocol.

45. The service providing program according to claim 35, wherein the second communication environment device provides the service for the client device using a procedure by HTTP as the second communication protocol.

46. The program according to claim 35, wherein the second communication environment device provides the service for the client device using a procedure by FTP as the second communication protocol.