METHOD, SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT CENTER SERVER FOR PROVIDING MOBILE SERVICE

• US 20080045192A1
• Filed: 08/17/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tian, Linyi, Zhao, Qin, Gu, Chong
• Application Number:
  US11/840,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20080045192A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2044 Group features, e.g. closed user group
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42008 Systems for anonymous communication between parties, e.g. by use of disposal contact identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42144 by service provider
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services

Abstract

A method and a system for providing mobile service are disclosed. In the method, a management center server saves a group service subscription index; a service processing server receives a service message from a service application server, and sends a subscription verifying request containing the service ID and group ID to the management center server when it is resolved that the receiving party of the service message has a group ID; the management center server verifies whether the group has subscribed for the service according to the group service subscription index that is stored; and when the verification is passed, a service engine obtains the group user ID that pertains to the group ID and sends a service message to a user terminal. The invention further provides a management center server.

Claims

1. A method for providing mobile service, comprising:

receiving a subscription verifying request containing a service ID and a group ID from a service processing server;

verifying whether a group related to the group ID has subscribed for a service related to the service ID according to a group service subscription index; and

generating a verification response to notify the service processing server whether the verification is passed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the service processing server sends the subscription verifying request when receiving a service message containing the group ID, and obtains a group user ID that pertains to the group ID and sending the service message to a user terminal if the verification is passed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the verifying whether a group related to the group ID has subscribed for the service related to the service ID comprises:

inquiring the group service subscription index, and determining whether a correlation exists between the group and the service ID in the group service subscription index, if yes, the verification is passed;

otherwise, the verification is failed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the subscription verifying request sent comprises a parameter for indicating a subscription requirement;

after determining whether the correlation exists between the group and the service ID in the group service subscription index, the method further comprises;

determining whether the service meets the subscription requirement, if yes, the verification is passed;

otherwise, the verification is failed.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the parameter for indicating the subscription requirement comprises:

a service subscription parameter and/or a service provider ID;

the determining whether the service currently meets the subscription requirement comprises;

determining whether the service meets the subscription requirement indicated by the service subscription parameter, and/or determining whether the service provider ID obtained from a received inquiry request is consistent with the service provider ID corresponding to the service ID in the group service subscription index, if yes, the subscription requirement is met;

otherwise, the subscription requirement is not met.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein if the verification is failed, the method further comprises:

returning a notification, which contains a failure cause, to the service processing server by the management center server.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein, the service processing server obtains the group user ID that pertains to the group ID from the verification response;

or obtains the group user ID that pertains to the group ID via local inquiry;

or obtains an address of a group information management server being capable of storing a correlation between the group ID and the user ID in the group, locally or from the verification response, and obtains the group user ID that pertains to the group ID from the group information management server.

8. The method of claim 1, the method further comprises:

receiving a request containing the group ID and the service ID for subscribing for the service for the group, and creating the group service subscription index according to the request.

9. The method of claim 8, the method further comprises:

notifying that the subscribing is successful via a notification, wherein the notification comprises the group ID at least; and

the group service subscription index comprises correlation between the group ID and the at least one service ID.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

if the group service subscription index further comprises a parameter for indicating a subscription requirement, the notification further comprises a parameter for indicating the subscription requirement.

11. The method of claim 8, the method further comprises:

notifying a subscriber sending the request for subscribing for the service for the group, of a subscription state.

12. A method for providing mobile service, comprising:

receiving a service request message for requesting a service from a user terminal, and obtaining an ID in the service request message;

identifying the ID is a user ID or a group ID;

determining whether the user has subscribed for the service according to the user ID when identifying the ID is a user ID, if has not, further determining whether a group which the user ID pertains to has subscribed for the service according to a group service subscription index;

determining whether a group related to the group ID has subscribed for the service according to the group service subscription index, when identifying the ID is a group ID.

13. The method of claim 12, the determining whether the user has subscribed for the service according to the user ID when identifying the ID is a user ID, if has not, further determining whether a group which the user ID pertains to has subscribed for the service according to a group service subscription index further comprising:

inquiring of a management center server about whether a user has subscribed for a requested service when the ID is a user ID, and when the management center server determining that the user has not subscribed for the requested service according to the user ID;

further inquiring, by the management center server, about whether a group in which the user exists has subscribed for the requested service according to the group service subscription index, if yes, returning, by the management center server, a confirmation to a service processing server;

the service processing server sending a service content to the user terminal when the confirmation is received.

14. The method of claim 13, the determining whether a group related to the group ID has subscribed for the service according to the group service subscription index, when identifying the ID is a group ID further comprising:

inquiring of the management center server about whether a service may be provided to the user when the ID is a group ID;

determining, by the management center server, that the user ID belongs to a group indicated by the group ID;

inquiring, by the management center server, about whether the group in which the user exists has subscribed for the requested service according to the group service subscription index, if yes, returning, by the management center server, a confirmation to the service processing server;

sending, by the service processing server, a service content to the user terminal when the confirmation is received.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein:

if the management center server has a function of the group information management server, the inquiring, by the management center server, whether the group in which the user exists has subscribed for the requested service according to the group service subscription index comprises;

inquiring, by the management center server, locally the group in which the user exists, and then inquiring about whether the group has subscribed for the requested service according to the group service subscription index;

if the management center server does not have the function of the group information management server, the inquiring, by the management center server, about whether the group in which the user exists has subscribed for the requested service according to the group service subscription index comprises;

inquiring, by the management center server, in the group information management server the group in which the user exists, and when the management center server obtains list information of the group in which the user exists returned from the group information management server, inquiring, by the management center server, locally whether the group has subscribed for the requested service according to the group service subscription index.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

instructing the service processing server not to provide the user with the requested service, when the management center server determines that the group in which the user exists has not subscribed for the requested service of the user terminal.

17. A method for subscribing a mobile service for a group, comprising:

creating a group service subscription index according to a received request that comprises a group ID and at least one service ID, for subscribing a service for a group; and

notifying an application server of the service that is subscribed for by the group via a notification, wherein the notification at least comprises the group ID, and the group service subscription index comprises a correlation between the group ID and the at least one service ID.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

if the group service subscription index further comprises a parameter for indicating a subscription requirement, the notification further comprises a parameter for indicating the subscription requirement.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

when the management center server has created the group service subscription index, the method further comprises;

notifying a subscriber, who sends a request for subscribing for the service for the group, of a subscription state; and

after the management center server notifies the application server of group subscription information, the method further comprises;

receiving a notification confirmation from the application server;

or

when the management center server has notified the application server of the group subscription information, the method further comprises;

receiving a subscription confirmation from the application server; and

then, notifying the subscriber, who sends the request for subscribing for the service for the group, of the subscription state.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein if the management center server has the function of the group information management server, the method further comprises configuring a group before the management center server creates the group service subscription index, wherein the configuring the group comprises:

creating, by the management center server, a group information index according to a group creating request received, and configuring the group;

the group information index comprises;

a correlation between the group ID and a user ID contained in the group.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein if the management center server does not have the function of the group information management server, the method further comprises configuring a group before the management center server creates the group service subscription index, wherein the configuring the group comprises:

creating, by the management center server, a group information index according to a group creating request received, and configuring the group;

wherein the group information index comprises;

a correlation between the group ID and a user ID contained in the group.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein if the group creating request further comprises the user ID that belongs to the group, the number of the user ID in the group information index is same as that in the group creating request.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the item of user ID comprised in the group in the group information index may comprise at least one user ID, or may comprise no user ID.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein if no user ID is comprised in the item of user ID of the group in the group information index, the item of the user ID obtained from the management center server by the service processing server is null.

25. The method according to claim 20, wherein the correlation in the group information index further comprises an ID of a subscriber who sends the group creating request.

26. The method according to claim 20, wherein after configuring the group, the method further comprises:

sending the group ID to a subscriber who sends the group creating request.

27. The method according to claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

inquiring, by the management center server, the group service subscription index according to the received request that comprises a group ID and at least one service ID, for canceling a subscribed service, deleting the service ID corresponding to the group ID, and instructing the application server to cancel the service.

28. The method according to claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

inquiring, by the management center server, the group information index according to a received group deleting request comprising a group ID, and then deleting all information corresponding to the group ID.

29. The method according to claim 21, wherein the method further comprises:

inquiring, by the group information management server, the group information index according to a received group deleting request comprising a group ID, and then deleting all information corresponding to the group ID.

30. The method according to claim 28, wherein before inquiring the group information index and deleting all the information corresponding to the group ID, the method further comprises:

inquiring the group service subscription index, determining whether the service ID corresponding to the group ID exists, if yes, deleting the service ID corresponding to the group ID, and then deleting all the information corresponding to the group ID in the group information index, and then instructing the application server to cancel the service.

31. A system for providing mobile service, comprising:

a service processing server, adapted to receive a service message and send a subscription verifying request containing a service ID and a group ID, when it is resolved that a receiving party of a service message is a group ID related to a group;

a management center server, adapted to store a group service subscription index, and receive the subscription verifying request containing the service ID and group ID, verify whether the group has subscribed for the service according to the group service subscription index that is stored, and return a verification result if the group has subscribed for the service;

wherein, the service processing server obtains a group user ID that pertains to the group ID and send the service message to the user terminal in response to the result.

32. The system according to claim 31, the system further comprising a group information management server adapted to store the group ID related to the group and the group user ID that pertains to the group;

the service processing server obtains the group user ID that pertains to the group ID from the information management server.

33. The system according to claim 31, wherein:

the management center server is further adapted to send a subscription notification for notifying a subscription of a service for a group to the service processing server.

34. The system according to claim 32, wherein

the management center server and the group information management server are one physical entity, the management center server is further adapted to:

receive a group deleting request which comprises the group ID, inquire the group information index, and delete all the information corresponding to the group ID;

or, receive a group deleting request which comprises the group ID, inquire the group service subscription index, determine whether the service ID corresponding to the group ID exists, if yes, delete the service ID corresponding to the group ID, and inquire the group information index, and then delete all the information corresponding to the group ID and instruct the processing server to cancel the service.

35. The system according to claim 32, wherein the management center server and the group information management server are different physical entities,

the group information management server is further adapted to:

receive a group deleting request which comprises the group ID, inquire the group information index, and delete all the information corresponding to the group ID;

or, receive a group deleting request which comprises the group ID, instruct the management center server to determine whether the service ID corresponding to the group ID exists, and delete the service ID corresponding to the group ID when a notification feedback from the management center server is received; and

the management center server is further adapted to;

inquire the group service subscription index according to the notification received, and determine whether the service ID corresponding to the group ID exists, if yes, delete the service ID corresponding to the group ID, instruct the service processing server to cancel the service, and then return the notification feedback to the group information management server.

36. The system according to claim 31, wherein the service processing server comprises at least one of a service engine and an application server, the service engine is adapted to receive the service message from the service application server, send the subscription verifying request containing the service ID and the group ID to the management center server when it is resolved that the receiving party of the service message is the group ID, obtain the group user ID that pertains to the group ID from the group information management server, and send the service message to the terminal user, and the application server is adapted to send the service message to the service engine.

37. The system according to claim 31, wherein:

the service processing server is further adapted to receive a service request message from a user terminal, and resolve the ID in the service request message, if it is a user ID, inquire of the management center server about whether the user terminal has subscribed for the requested service;

if it is a group ID, inquire of the management center server about whether a service may be provided to the user terminal, and send the service content to the user terminal according to a confirmation returned from the management center server;

the management center server is further adapted to determine that the user terminal has not subscribed for the requested service according to the user ID, or return the confirmation to the service processing server when it is determined that the group in which the user terminal exists has subscribed for the requested service according to the stored group service subscription index, after the management center server obtains the group list in which the user ID exists from the group information management server;

or instruct the service processing server not to provide the service to the user when it is determined that the group in which the user terminal exists has not subscribed for the requested service.

38. A system for providing mobile service, comprising:

a service processing server, adapted to receive a service request message containing an ID from a user terminal, and determine whether the ID in the service request message is a user ID or a group ID;

a management center server, adapted to determine whether a user terminal has subscribed for a requested service according to the user ID, or obtain a group list and determine whether the group related the group ID has subscribed for the requested service according to a stored group service subscription index, and return a confirmation to the service processing server notifying whether to provide the service;

wherein, if the ID is a user ID, the service processing server inquires the management center server whether the user terminal has subscribed for the requested service;

if the ID is a group ID, inquires the management center server whether the requested service may be provided to the user terminal, and sends a service content to the user terminal according to the confirmation returned from the management center server.

39. The system according to claim 38, further comprising a group information management server, adapted to store a correlation between the group ID and the user ID in the group;

the management center server obtains a group list in which the user ID exists from the group information management server.

40. A system for providing mobile service, comprising:

a subscription information database, adapted to store a group ID related to a group and at least one service ID related to the group ID;

a service logic decision unit, adapted to receive a subscription verifying request containing a service ID and a group ID, verify whether a group has subscribed for a service via inquiring the subscription information database, and generate a verification result.

41. The system according to claim 40, wherein the system comprises a sending unit adapted to send out the verification result.

42. The system according to claim 40, wherein the management center server further comprises:

a group information management server unit, which is adapted to store a correlation between the group ID and a user ID in the group, and receive a request for inquiring the user ID in the group from the service logic decision unit.

43. The system according to claim 41, wherein:

the service logic decision unit is further adapted to receive a request for configuring the group, forward the request to the group information management server unit, and send a configuration result received from the group information management server unit to the sending unit;

or, receive a request for subscribing for the service for the group that comprises the group ID and at least one service ID, establish a correlation between the group ID and the at least one service ID, and store the correlation in the subscription information database, and then send a subscription result to the sending unit.

44. The system according to claim 41, wherein the service logic decision unit is further adapted to:

receive a group deleting request which comprises a group ID, forward the request to the group information management server unit, and send a configuration result received from the group information management server unit to the sending unit;

or

receive the group deleting request which comprises the group ID, and delete the service ID corresponding to the group ID in the subscription information database after inquiring the subscription information database and determining that the service ID corresponding to the group ID exists, and then forward the request to the group information management server unit, and send the configuration result received from the group information management server unit to the sending unit.