METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FILE IN CONFERENCE SYSTEM, FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND CONFERENCE SERVER

• US 20090119389A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
• 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: HUANG, Cheng, WANG, Jue, MU, Lunjian
• Granted Patent: US 8,725,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A method for transferring a file in a conference system is provided, which includes the following steps. A file sending UE sends a conference identification of the conference to the file receiving UE through a conference server; and sends the file to the file receiving UE through the conference server. A conference server, and a file sending and receiving UE are also provided. In the present invention, when a user sends a file to another user in a conference, a conference identification of the conference, together with the file, is sent to the file receiving user, so that the file receiving user can get to know the conference associated with the file when receiving the file, thereby enhancing the experience enjoyed by the file receiving user.

Claims

1. A method for transferring a file in a conference system, comprising:

sending a conference identification of a conference in which a file sending UE participates to a file receiving UE through a conference server, and sending a file to the file receiving UE through the conference server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the sending a file to the file receiving UE comprises:

sending the file to the conference server through a file transmission channel established by the conference server according to a conference session in the conference corresponding to the conference identification between the file sending UE and the conference server; and

sending the received file to the file receiving UE through the file transmission channel established by the conference server according to a conference session in the conference corresponding to the conference identification between the conference server and the file receiving UE.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining information of participating users from the conference server of the conference in which the file sending UE participates, and determining the file receiving UE, according to the information of participating users.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the file receiving UE, a request to obtaining the file.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

sending, by the file sending UE, a file storage address from the conference server to the file receiving UE through the conference server; and

sending, by the file receiving UE, the request to obtain the file to the conference server, upon receiving the file storage address.

6. A method for transferring a file in a conference system, comprising:

sending a conference identification of a conference in which a file sending UE participates to a file receiving UE, wherein the conference identification is received by a conference server from the file sending UE; and

sending a file from the file sending UE to the file receiving UE.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the conference server is a conference server of the conference in which the file sending UE participates.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

establishing file transmission channels between the conference server and the file receiving UE and between the conference server and the file sending UE, according to a conference session in the conference corresponding to the conference identification; and

receiving and sending the conference identification and the file through the file transmission channels.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

establishing a file transmission channel with the file receiving UE, according to a new session different from that in a conference corresponding to the conference identification; and

sending the file to the file receiving UE through the file transmission channel.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the conference server is a conference server of a conference in which the file sending UE does not participate.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

establishing file transmission channels between the conference server and the file receiving UE and between the conference server and the file sending UE; and

receiving and sending the conference identification and the file through the file transmission channels.

12. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a request for obtaining the file from the file receiving UE.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining a file storage address, and sending the file storage address to the file sending UE.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

sending the file storage address from the file sending UE to the file receiving UE.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

sending the file storage address to the file receiving UE in response to receiving the conference identification from the file sending UE.

16. A file sending and receiving UE configured to implement the method comprising:

sending a conference identification of a conference and a file to a conference server; and

receiving the conference identification from the conference server and receive the file from the conference server.

17. The file sending and receiving UE according to claim 16, further comprising:

obtaining users information of the conference in which the file sending UE participates from the conference server and determine the file receiving UE, according to the user information.

18. The file sending and receiving UE according to claim 16, further comprising:

sending a request to obtain the file to the conference server.

19. The file sending and receiving UE according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a file storage address from the conference server and send the file storage address to the file receiving UE through the conference server.

20. A conference server, comprising:

a conference identification transceiver module, configured to receive a conference identification from a file sending UE, and send the conference identification to a file receiving UE; and

a file transceiver module, configured to receive a file from the file sending UE, and send the file to the file receiving UE.

21. The conference server according to claim 20, further comprising:

a module configured to determine a file storage address and send the file storage address to the file sending UE.

22. The conference server according to claim 20, further comprising:

a module configured to determine a file storage address and send the file storage address to the file receiving UE in response to receiving the conference identification from the file sending UE.