OPEN MOBILE BUSINESS SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20090248475A1
• Filed: 05/02/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (KT Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jae-Sung, JEON, Seog-Cheon, WON, Yoo-Hoon, CHOI, Byoung-Cheol, KIM, Min
• Granted Patent: US 8,230,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing

Abstract

An open mobile business supporting method and system are disclosed for effectively supporting various business models desired by a contents/service provider by providing single interface that can integrally use various resources of a mobile communication system. Low-level functions, which can be grouped as a unit function and performed in a mobile communication system, are selected among service logics of a CP/SP and defined as biz logic. The biz logic is performed according to a request of CP/SP by cooperating with a mobile communication system and various legacy systems. The result of performing the biz logic is returned to the CP/SP.

Claims

1. An open mobile business supporting method for supporting a content provider/service provider (CP/SP) mobile service using a legacy system of a mobile communication system, comprising:

setting up low-level functions, which can be grouped as a unit function among service logics of a CP/SP and performed by a wireless communication system, as biz logics;

receiving a request of performing a predetermined biz logic from the CP/SP; and

performing the request biz logic through cooperating with a legacy system of a mobile communication system and internally performing predetermined processes, and returning the result of performing the biz logic to the CP/SP.

2. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 1, wherein each of the biz logics is setup to start at a CP/SP side, to be performed through cooperating with a legacy system of a mobile communication system, and to end in the CP/SP.

3. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 1, wherein the step of setting up low-level functions comprises:

deciding a range of a corresponding service logic to setup each of the biz logics;

setting up at least one of first biz objects that provides an input to a legacy system of a mobile communication and receives the result thereof by analyzing the decided range of the corresponding service logic and cooperating with a legacy system of a mobile communication system, and at least one of second biz objects that determine a next process by receiving the result from the legacy system; and

forming a biz template that expresses a flow of the biz logic by arranging the first biz objects and the second biz objects according to a processing order, and setting up information about input/output values.

4. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step of receiving a request and the step of performing the request biz logic, the request from the CP/SP is received or the result is returned to the CP/SP by setting up an application program interface (API) per the setup business logic, calling the API function, and returning the result thereof.

5. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 3, wherein the biz template is formed of at least one of properties of biz objects included in a biz logic to embody, an order of performing the biz objects, expression of conditional branch, input parameter information for performing biz objects, a method of processing data, output parameter information exposed after performing a biz template, and time-out setup information.

6. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 5, wherein the biz object is formed of a first biz object performed through cooperating with a legacy system and a second biz object performing a comparison and determination process using the result of performing the first biz object.

7. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a request of performing a predetermined biz object from a predetermined legacy system of a mobile communication system;

performing the requested biz object through cooperating with a corresponding legacy system corresponding to the requested biz object; and

transferring a result obtained by performing the biz object from the legacy system transmitting the request.

8. The open mobile business supporting method according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether predetermined billing conditions are satisfied or not when the biz logic or the biz objects are performed, and collecting billing information and transmitting the collected billing information to a billing legacy system of a mobile communication system if the billing conditions are satisfied.

9. An open mobile business supporting system comprising:

a business logic processing unit for storing, managing, and performing a biz template formed of a plurality of biz objects arranged in a predetermined order, wherein the biz template is a standardized biz logic that is defined by selecting low-level functions which can be grouped as a unit function and performed in a mobile communication system among service logics provided from a contents provider/service provider (CP/SP), and the biz object cooperates with each legacy system of a mobile communication system and performs a comparison and determination operation on the result of cooperating;

an open interface processing unit for receiving a request of performing a predetermined biz logic from a CP/SP, requesting the business logic processing unit to perform a biz template corresponding to the requested biz logic, receiving the result of the request, and transferring the received result to the CP/SP; and

a legacy cooperation processing unit for relaying a request from a predetermined legacy system and returning the result to the predetermine legacy system while performing a biz template by relaying interworking between the business logic processing unit and a legacy system of a mobile communication system.

10. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 9, further comprising a memory based database (MMDB) for managing a request of a biz template, a result of performing a biz object/biz template, and a state thereof, wherein the business logic performs the biz template with reference to the MMDB and records the state thereof if the open interface processing unit records the requested biz template to the MMDB.

11. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 9, further comprising a repository DB for storing and managing information of a contents provider and a service provider, and service and contents information.

12. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 9, further comprising infra channel providing unit for receiving a request of performing a biz object from a legacy system of a mobile communication system, performing the biz object by cooperating with another legacy system through the legacy cooperation processing unit, and transferring the result to a corresponding legacy system.

13. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 12, further comprising a billing processing unit for collecting billing logs generated by performing a biz template at the business logic processing unit or by performing a biz object in the infra channel providing unit, processing the collected billing logs, and transferring the processed billing log to the billing legacy system.

14. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 12, further comprising an operating and managing unit for collecting log information of the open mobile business supporting system and monitoring malfunctioning and performing information.

15. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 12, further comprising a web service providing unit for registering a CP/SP or a manager through a web site, and inquiring and monitoring statistic data for performing an open mobile business service.

16. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 12, further comprising a message transferring unit that includes a plurality of message queues for storing a request message, a result returning message, and a report message exchanged among the open interface processing unit, the business logic processing unit, and the legacy cooperation processing unit,

wherein the open interface processing unit, the business logic processing unit, and the legacy cooperation processing unit transfer signals by writing and reading a request message, a result returning message, and a report message to/from a predetermined message queue in the message transferring unit.

17. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 16, wherein the message transferring unit includes:

at least one of first message queues for the open interface processing unit to record a request message and for the business logic processing unit to read the response message;

at least one of second message queues setup per a legacy cooperation processing unit for the business logic processing unit to record a request message and for a corresponding legacy cooperation processing unit to read the request message,

at least one of third message queues for the legacy cooperation processing unit to record a response message, and for the business logic processing unit to the response message;

at least one of fourth queues for the legacy cooperation processing unit to record a report message from a legacy system, and for the business logic processing unit to read the recorded report message; and

at least one of fifth message queues for the business logic processing unit to record a result message, and for the open interface processing unit to read the result message.

18. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 17, wherein the first to fifth message queues are identified by a system name that transmits a stored message, a system name that receives the stored message, a message type denoting whether a stored message is a response message, a request message, or a report message, and an identification value set by a domain or an IOP.

82. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 17, further comprising a report open interface (ROI) processing unit for receiving the report message from the business logic processing unit, and providing the received report message to a CP/SP system.

83. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 82, wherein the report open interface (ROI) comprises:

an MQ adaptor for receiving the report message from the business logic processing unit through a message queue;

a message analyzer for receiving the report message from the MQ adaptor and transforming the received report message to a class structure to be recognized internally;

a message builder for receiving the report message from the message analyzer, and transforming the received report message to be usable in a server contents/service providing system; and

a report sender for receiving the report message from the message builder and transferring the report message to the server contents/service providing system.

84. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 83, wherein the report open interface (ROI) further comprises:

a log manager for creating a log according to a log level, searching a log of each internal configuration module, and providing the searched log to an operating and managing unit; and

a configuration manager for managing system environment or log generation period.

85. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 84, wherein the report open interface (ROI) further comprises a report manager for receiving the report message from the message builder and transmitting the received report message to the report sender so as to transmit the received report message to the server contents/service providing system.

86. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 83, wherein a request message for processing business logic transmitted from the CP/SP system to the open interface processing unit comprises an IP address and port information to transmit the report message.

87. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 85, further comprising a confirm database server for storing the report message and session information transmitted to a server client/server, wherein the business logic processing unit obtains the report message from the confirm database server and provides the obtained report message to a CP/SP system when the CP/SP system requests the report message.

88. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 87, wherein the report message is stored and managed to be related to a unique session key generated to identify each business logic of the client CP/SP in the open interface processing unit.

89. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 87, wherein the report open interface (ROI) processing unit further comprises a scheduler for managing report information in the confirm database according to a predetermined period.

90. The open mobile business supporting system according to claim 89, wherein the report open interface (ROI) processing unit further comprises a confirm database server manager for storing report message and session information provided from the business logic processing unit to the confirm data server and manages the stored report message and session information.

19-81. -81. (canceled)

91-166. -166. (canceled)