METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUBSCRIBING TO A SERVICE

• US 20090177741A1
• Filed: 03/13/2009
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• 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
• Application Number:
  US12/404,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20090177741A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity 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

The present invention provides a service subscription method including: transmitting, by a service user terminal, a request for subscribing to a service to a subscription management server, the request including a service ID; obtaining, by the subscription management server, permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal according to the request; performing, by the subscription management server, subscription of the service if the service user terminal has permission to subscribe to the service; otherwise, terminating the service subscription. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a service subscription system and a user terminal, an authorization management server and a subscription management server. With the present invention, it is possible to improve the security of the service subscription, especially to improve the security of subscribing services by teenagers as service users, which helps to prevent service subscriptions from illegal SPs.

Claims

1. A method for subscribing to a service, comprising:

receiving a request for subscribing to a service from a service user terminal, the request comprising a service ID;

obtaining permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal according to the request; and

performing subscription of the service if the service user terminal has permission to subscribe to the service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal further comprises:

obtaining the permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal through an authorization management server according to an ID of the service user terminal;

or

after obtaining information of a service subscription authorizer terminal through an authorization management server, obtaining the permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal from the service subscription authorizer terminal according to the information of the service subscription authorizer terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein before receiving the request for subscribing to the service from the service user terminal, the method further comprises:

registering a first user terminal different from the service user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein registering the first user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal further comprises:

receiving, by the authorization management server, a request for registering the first user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal transmitted from the service user terminal, the request comprising the ID of the service user terminal and an ID of the first user terminal;

informing, by the authorization management server, the first user terminal of the request according to the ID of the first user terminal;

receiving, by the authorization management server, a message acknowledging the registration returned by the first user terminal; and

recoding, by the authorization management server, information about the registration.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the message acknowledging the registration returned by the first user terminal further carries information for setting permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal;

the method further comprises recording, by the authorization management server, the information about the permission.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein after registering the first user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal, the method further comprises:

setting permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal in the authorization management server;

and recording, by the authorization management server, information about the permission.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for subscribing to the service received from the service user terminal further comprises parameters of the service.

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

notifying, by the subscription management server, an application server that the service user terminal subscribes to the service if the service user terminal has permission to subscribe to the service;

receiving, by the subscription management server, a response message returned by the application server that determines whether the subscription is successful according to the notification;

and informing, by the subscription management server, the service user terminal of a subscription result according to the response message from the application server.

9. A method for subscribing to a service, comprising:

receiving a request for subscribing to a service from a service subscription authorizer terminal, the request comprising an ID of a service user terminal and a service ID;

obtaining permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal according to the ID of the service user terminal in the request; and

perform subscription of the service if the service user terminal has permission to subscribe to the service.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal further comprises:

obtaining, by a subscription management server, the permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal according to the ID of the service user terminal;

or

after obtaining information of the service subscription authorizer terminal through an authorization management server, obtaining, by a subscription management server, permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal from the service subscription authorizer terminal according to the information of the service subscription authorizer terminal.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein before receiving the request for subscribing to the service from the service subscription authorizer terminal, the method further comprises:

registering a second user terminal different from the service user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein registering the second user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal further comprises:

receiving, by the authorization management server, a request for registering the second user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal transmitted from the second user terminal, wherein the request comprises the ID of the service user terminal and an ID of the second user terminal;

transmitting, by the authorization management server, the request to the service user terminal according to the ID of the service user terminal;

receiving, by the authorization management server, a message acknowledging registration of the second user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal from the service user terminal; and

recoding, by the authorization management server, information about the registration.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the request for registering the second user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal transmitted from the second user terminal and received by the authorization management server further comprises information for setting permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal;

the service subscription method further comprises receiving, by the authorization management server, a message acknowledging the permission set by the service subscription authorizer terminal from the service user terminal; and

recording, by the authorization management server, information about the permission.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein after registering the second user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal, the method further comprises setting permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal in the authorization management server;

and recording, by the authorization management server, information about the permission.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the request for subscribing to the service received from the service subscription authorizer terminal further comprises parameters of the service.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the service subscription method further comprises:

notifying an application server that the service user terminal subscribes a service if the service subscription authorizer terminal has permission to subscribe to the service;

receiving a response message returned by the application server that determines whether the subscription is successful according to the notification; and

informing the service subscription authorizer terminal of a subscription result according to the response message from the application server.

17. A system for subscribing to a service, comprising a user terminal, a subscription management server and an authorization management server;

wherein

the user terminal is adapted to transmit a request for subscribing to a service to the subscription management server, the request comprising an ID of a service user terminal and a service ID; and

the subscription management server is adapted to obtain permission to subscribe to the service for the user terminal corresponding to the ID of the service user terminal through the authorization management server, and if the user terminal has the permission to subscribe to the service, the subscription management server performs subscription of the service.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the user terminal is a service subscription authorizer terminal or a service user terminal;

the service user terminal is adapted to register a user terminal different from the service user terminal as the service subscription authorizer terminal through the authorization management server;

or a user terminal different from the service user terminal requests to be registered as the service subscription authorizer terminal of the service user terminal through the authorization management server; and

the authorization server is adapted to record information about the registration.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the authorization management server is further adapted to query the service subscription authorizer terminal about the permission to subscribe to the service for the service user terminal.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the service subscription authorizer terminal is adapted to authorize the service user terminal through the authorization management server;

the authorization management server is further adapted to record address of information about the authorization for the service user terminal.