Arragement and a method relating to end user station access of a portal
First Claim
1. A portal node providing access to end user stations using an access protocol for communicating an access request wherein said access request contains station information about a particular end user station, which station information includes class information specifying a particular class to which said a requesting end user station belongs and type information specifying the type of the requesting end user station, comprising:
- a portal session managing means for managing a communication session with an end user station;
a request handling means for processing an access request from a particular end user station;
a portal storing means for storing station information for some of said end user stations;
a device detection arrangement;
wherein in response to said request handling means determining that type information associated with a requesting end user station is not stored within said portal storing means, said request handling means retrieving pre-stored information associated with said class information associated with said requesting end user station and said device detection arrangement using said retrieved pre-stored information to request type information from said requesting end user station and storing said type information received from the end user station with said portal storing means.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a portal structure supporting access by end user stations (6) using an access protocol for access requests containing basic information specifying group(s) or class(es) to which a requesting end user station (61) belongs, and type information specifying the type of the requesting end user station. The portal structure comprises a portal core and portal storing means (52) for storing at least type information for at least some type(s) of end user stations. It further comprises a device detection arrangement (53), and the portal storing means (52) supports storing of basic information such as class belongings of end user stations. If the type of an end user station (6) requesting access is not recognized by the portal structure, and if it is established that a class/group to which the end user station belongs is known by the portal, the device detecting arrangement (53) requests, using the class/group information relating to the end user station, type information from the end user station which, when retrieved, is stored into the portal storing means (52), such that the end user station (6) is able to access the portal structure.
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25 Claims
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1. A portal node providing access to end user stations using an access protocol for communicating an access request wherein said access request contains station information about a particular end user station, which station information includes class information specifying a particular class to which said a requesting end user station belongs and type information specifying the type of the requesting end user station, comprising:
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a portal session managing means for managing a communication session with an end user station;
a request handling means for processing an access request from a particular end user station;
a portal storing means for storing station information for some of said end user stations;
a device detection arrangement;
whereinin response to said request handling means determining that type information associated with a requesting end user station is not stored within said portal storing means, said request handling means retrieving pre-stored information associated with said class information associated with said requesting end user station and said device detection arrangement using said retrieved pre-stored information to request type information from said requesting end user station and storing said type information received from the end user station with said portal storing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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17. A method of providing an end user station with access to a portal structure, when said end user station requests access to the portal structure, by means of a request, which contains information relating to the type of end user station and basic information relating to group belongings of the end user station, comprising the steps of:
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receiving the end user station request in the portal structure, examining if the end user station type is recognized by the portal;
if yes, providing the end user station with access to the portal;
if not,examining if there is any information about the group to which the end user station belongs;
if yes,using the recognized group information to retrieve further information relating to the type of the end user station from the end user station;
storing the retrieved type information in the portal storing means; and
allowing the end user station to access the portal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. The method of class 19, wherein the step of retrieving further information from the end user station comprises:
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fetching the group information comprising markup language information from the portal storing means to a device detecting arrangement;
using the markup language in the detecting arrangement according to the group information to present a configuration page to the end user station;
retrieving requested configuration data from the end user station to the device detecting arrangement;
storing the received configuration data into the portal storing means; and
allowing the end user station to access the portal.
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22. A portal node for providing access to an end user station, wherein said end user station request access to said portal node using an access request which contains information relating to the station type associated with a requesting end user station and basic information relating to a particular group associated with said requesting end user station, comprising:
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means for receiving an access request from a particular end user station;
means for determining if the station type associated with said end user station is stored within said portal node;
if yes, providing access to said end user station;
if not, means for determing if any group information for said group associated with said end user station is stored within said portal node; and
if yes, means for retrieving station type from said end user station using the stored group information; and
means for storing said retrieved station type from sand end user station and allowing access to said end user station. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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