Method and Apparatus for Integrating and Managing Information of Mobile Terminal

• US 20080208950A1
• Filed: 08/18/2005
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, O-Hyon, Oh, Tae-Ho, Cha, Young-In, Nam, Gi-Seon, Kim, Yon-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,868,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for integrating and managing information of mobile terminal which provide content in accordance with an efficiency of a mobile terminal. Method comprises the steps of A) adjusting whether a mobile terminal supports a user agent profile and requesting an information of the mobile terminal; B) deciding an approval on the information of the mobile terminal after identifying a registration content of the information of the mobile terminal; C) extracting a subscriber information and a device ID from a log file generated in the case that the mobile terminal accesses a wireless internet network, comparing the same with pre-stored data and updating the subscriber information and the device ID in accordance with the result of the comparison; D) inquiring and requesting the information of the mobile terminal from a content providing unit based on the subscriber information in the case that the mobile terminal accesses the content providing unit through the wireless internet network; and (E) transmitting an inquiring result of the information of the mobile terminal to the content providing unit.

Claims

1. A method for integrating and managing information of mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

A) adjusting whether a mobile terminal supports a user agent profile and requesting an information of the mobile terminal;

B) deciding an approval on the information of the mobile terminal after identifying a registration content of the information of the mobile terminal;

C) extracting a subscriber information and a device ID from a log file generated in the case that the mobile terminal accesses a wireless internet network, comparing the same with pre-stored data and updating the subscriber information and the device ID in accordance with the result of the comparison;

D) inquiring and requesting the information of the mobile terminal from a content providing unit based on the subscriber information in the case that the mobile terminal accesses the content providing unit through the wireless internet network; and

(E) transmitting an inquiring result of the information of the mobile terminal to the content providing unit.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of G) modifying and changing the information of the mobile terminal through a mobile terminal or a webbrowser of the terminal vendor.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step (A) comprises the steps of:

A-1a) requesting a web page for registering the information of the mobile terminal through an operator'"'"'s terminal;

A-1b) inputting a selection message in response to the support of the user agent profile through the web page, by the mobile terminal; and

A-1c) requesting the registration of the pre-generated RDF file.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step (A) comprises the steps of:

A-2a) requesting a web page for registering the information of the mobile terminal through a webbrowser of a terminal vendor;

A-2b) inputting a selection message in response to the support of the user agent profile through the web page, by the mobile terminal; and

A-2c) generating corresponding to a RDF file and requesting the registration of the RDF file.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step (A) comprises the steps of:

A-i) receiving an account generation request message of a terminal vendor for registering the information of the mobile terminal;

A-ii) transmitting a web page for registering the information of the mobile terminal to a terminal of the terminal vendor having the generated account; and

A-iii) receiving a registration request message corresponding to the information of the mobile terminal by uploading the information of the mobile terminal through a web page for the terminal vendor.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising a step (A-iv) of approving the changed account information by the operator and then registering the changed information in the case that an account information of the terminal vendor is changed by the terminal vendor.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein in the step (A-iii), the information of the mobile terminal is uploaded by a RDF file, and the information of the mobile terminal is notified through a short message or e-mail in case of requesting a registration of the information of the mobile terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step (B) comprises the steps of:

B-1) identifying content of the information of the mobile terminal by an operator having an authority warranted in accordance with a predetermined regulation.

B-2) inputting a phone type of the mobile terminal in the case that the mobile terminal doesn'"'"'t support an user agent, and selectively inputting the phone type of the mobile terminal in the case that the mobile terminal supports an user agent.

B-3) deciding an approval on the information of the mobile terminal by the operator.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step (B-1) comprises the steps of:

B-11) transmitting an attribute list included in RDF file to the operator'"'"'s terminal in the case that the modification of an attribute of the information of the mobile terminal is requested by the operator;

B-12) transmitting a schema of the attribute to the operator'"'"'s terminal in the case that any one of the attribute list is selected; and

B-13) storing a schema modified by the operator.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the information of the mobile terminal is displayed as the RDF file, and content of the information of the mobile terminal follows a type defined in the schema of the RDF file.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the RDF file includes a component and an attribute.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the user agent, the RDF file and the schema of the attribute are defined in accordance with an OMA (Open Mobile Alliance), the schema of the component and the attribute can be modified and deleted by the operator.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step (C) comprises the steps of:

C-1) receiving a log file generated by accessing a wireless internet network, by the mobile terminal;

C-2) extracting a subscriber'"'"'s information and a device ID from the log file;

C-3) discriminating whether the subscriber'"'"'s information exists in a first database managing a subscriber joined a wireless internet service;

C-4) storing the device ID to a second database by mapping the device ID with the subscriber'"'"'s information in the case that the subscriber'"'"'s information doesn'"'"'t exist in a first database;

C-5) inquiring the stored device ID corresponding to the subscriber'"'"'s information in the second database managing the information of the mobile terminal in the case that the subscriber'"'"'s information exists in a first database and;

C-6) performing an update of the device ID in the case that the device ID stored the second database is not identical to the device ID extracted from the log file.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the step (C-2) comprises the steps of:

C-2i) reading a format of an information field of the mobile terminal from the log file and extracting the device ID from the format of the information field of the mobile terminal; and

C-2ii) reading a format of an information field of the subscriber from the log file and extracting the device ID from the format of the information field of the mobile terminal in the case that the format of an information field of the subscriber is available.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the subscriber is any one of a client ID defined in an MIN (Mobile Identification Number), an MDN (Mobile Directory Number) and an OMA (Open Mobile Alliance).

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the log file is periodically received from a wap gateway.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step (D) comprises the steps of:

D-1) receiving a terminal information inquiry request message generated by using a subscriber'"'"'s information of the mobile terminal;

D-2) discriminating whether the terminal information inquiry request message is available, and transmitting the terminal information inquiry request message to a terminal information management unit managing the information of the mobile terminal in the case that the terminal information inquiry request message is available; and

D-3) checking the information of the mobile terminal corresponding to the subscriber'"'"'s information in the terminal information management unit.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the step (D-3) comprises the steps of:

D-31) checking a subscriber information corresponding to the subscriber'"'"'s information in the terminal information management unit; and

D-32) checking the information of the mobile terminal corresponding to the subscriber information.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the subscriber information is generated by substituting any one of URI (Unique Resource Identity) defined in an OMA standard, a user agent defined by a wireless internet network operator and a type of the mobile terminal.

20. The method according to claims 19, further comprising the step (D-4) of transmitting a predetermined error message to a content providing unit in the case that the subscriber information or the information of the mobile terminal don'"'"'t exist in the checking result of the two steps (D-31 and D-31).

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the information of the mobile terminal is a hardware of the mobile terminal inputted from a terminal vendor or an information related to a software stored inside of the mobile terminal.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the subscriber'"'"'s information is obtained by accessing in a wireless internet system by the mobile terminal or inputting a phone number of the mobile terminal by a user accessing a website.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein a content provider access unit discriminate an availability of a format of the terminal information inquiry request message and an availability of the content provider'"'"'s authority in the case that an availability of the terminal information inquiry request message is, in the step (D-2).

24. The method according to claims 23, further comprising the step (D-5) of transmitting to the content provider access unit an information in accordance with the checking result, changing the information into a response message having a predetermined format and transmitting the same by the content provider access unit.

25. The method according to claims 24, further comprising the step (D-6) of transmitting a message presenting an unavailability of the terminal information inquiry request message to the mobile terminal of the content provider in the case that the terminal information inquiry request message is not available.

26. A method for integrating and managing information of mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

(i) receiving a log file generated by accessing a wireless internet network by the mobile terminal;

extracting a subscriber information and a device ID from a log file;

(ii) discriminating whether the subscriber'"'"'s information exists in a first database managing a subscriber joined a wireless internet service;

storing the device ID to a second database by mapping the device ID with the subscriber'"'"'s information in the case that the subscriber'"'"'s information doesn'"'"'t exist in a first database;

(iii) inquiring the stored device ID corresponding to the subscriber'"'"'s information in the second database managing the information of the mobile terminal in the case that the subscriber'"'"'s information exists in a first database; and

(iv) performing an update of the device ID in the case that the device ID stored the second database is not identical to the device ID extracted from the log file.

27. A method for integrating and managing information of mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

i) generating a terminal information inquiry request message of a mobile terminal receiving a content using a subscriber information obtained by accessing a WAP or a phone number of the subscriber'"'"'s mobile terminal;

ii) receiving the terminal information inquiry request message by a content provider access unit;

iii) discriminating an availability of a data format included in the terminal information inquiry request message and an availability of the content provider'"'"'s authority;

iv) transmitting the terminal information inquiry request message to a terminal information management unit in case of being available in the discriminating result of the step (iii);

iv) checking a phone number of the mobile terminal or a subscriber information corresponding to a client ID in the terminal information management unit, and in the case that the subscriber information exists, checking an information of the mobile terminal corresponding to the subscriber information; and

(v) checking an information of the mobile terminal corresponding to the subscriber information and transmitting a response message changing into a predetermined format an information in accordance with the checking result to the content provider access unit.

28. An apparatus for integrating and managing information of mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising the steps of:

a subscriber information detection unit for obtaining a subscriber information of a mobile

terminal receiving a content through a communication network;

a content provider access unit for receiving a terminal information inquiry request message in order to inquire an information of the subscriber'"'"'s terminal based on subscriber information and discriminating its availability, and transmitting the received information of the subscriber'"'"'s terminal to a content providing unit; and

a terminal information management unit for managing a terminal information corresponding to the subscriber information, reading the terminal information and then transmitting the same to the content provider access unit in the case that the terminal information inquiry request message is available.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the terminal information management unit comprises:

a terminal information approval unit for deciding an approval of the terminal information by an operator'"'"'s authority warranted in accordance with a predetermined regulation concerning a registration request of the terminal information;

an automatic update management unit for extracting a subscriber information and a device ID from a log file generated when the mobile terminal accesses a wireless internet network, comparing the same with pre-stored data and updating the subscriber information or the device ID in accordance with the result of the comparison; and

a subscriber information-device ID management unit for managing the subscriber information or the device ID updated from the automatic update management unit, checking the information of the mobile terminal requested on the basis of the subscriber information from a content providing unit and then transmitting the device ID to the content providing unit by reading the device ID corresponding to the subscriber information.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the registration request of the terminal information is performed by adjusting whether the mobile terminal supports a user agent profile and requesting an registration of the generated RDF file.

31. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the RDF file includes a component and an attribute.

32. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising a terminal vendor management unit for generating an account in accordance with a request of a terminal vendor, and transmitting the information of the mobile terminal updated by the terminal vendor to the terminal information approval unit.