METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED LOOK-AND-FEEL CONTENTS OF TERMINALS, AND LOOK-AND-FEEL CUSTOMIZATION SERVER AND SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20100017724A1
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
• 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: ZHAO, Hui, LUO, Yaoping, LI, Kepeng, CHAI, Xiaoqian, WANG, Rui
• Application Number:
  US12/566,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017724A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for providing customized look-and-feel contents of terminals includes: obtaining information about capabilities of a terminal; obtaining a look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information; and sending the look-and-feel content to the terminal. A look-and-feel customization server includes: a capability information obtaining unit, configured to obtain information about capabilities of a terminal; a look-and-feel content obtaining unit, configured to obtain a look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information; and a look-and-feel content sending unit, configured to send the look-and-feel content to the terminal. A look-and-feel customization system is also provided. According to the present disclosure, the efficiency of sending a look-and-feel content to the terminal is improved; the waste of network resources is avoided; and the user satisfaction with the look-and-feel customization service is improved.

Claims

1. A method for providing customized look-and-feel contents of terminals, comprising:

obtaining information about capabilities of a terminal;

obtaining a look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information; and

sending the look-and-feel content to the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the obtaining of the information about the capabilities of the terminal is started according to a look-and-feel content request sent by the terminal or a look-and-feel content service policy provided by a Service Provider (SP) for the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

obtaining, if the look-and-feel content request carries capability information, the capability information directly by a look-and-feel customization server;

or

obtaining, if the look-and-feel content request carries specific information, the capability information directly by the look-and-feel customization server from a capability information server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specific information comprises at least one of a terminal model, a capability information identifier, and a terminal identifier.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the obtaining of the look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information comprises:

judging whether any look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information already exists; and

obtaining the look-and-feel content directly if the look-and-feel content already exists;

or

generating and obtaining the look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein:

obtaining, if the look-and-feel content request further carries a look-and-feel content identifier, the look-and-feel content by the look-and-feel customization server according to the look-and-feel content identifier, wherein the look-and-feel content identifier corresponds to the capability information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

judging whether any look-and-feel content corresponding to both the capability information and the look-and-feel content identifier already exists; and

obtaining the look-and-feel content directly if the look-and-feel content already exists;

or

generating and obtaining the look-and-feel content corresponding to both the capability information and the look-and-feel content identifier.

8. A look-and-feel customization server, comprising:

a capability information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about capabilities of a terminal;

a look-and-feel content obtaining unit configured to obtain a look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information; and

a look-and-feel content sending unit configured to send the look-and-feel content to the terminal.

9. The look-and-feel customization server of claim 8, wherein the capability information obtaining unit comprises:

a look-and-feel content request receiving unit configured to receive a look-and-feel content request which carries capability information from the terminal; and

a parsing unit configured to;

parse the look-and-feel content request and obtain capability information.

10. The look-and-feel customization server of claim 9, wherein:

the look-and-feel content request received by the look-and-feel content request receiving unit further carries a look-and-feel content identifier;

the parsing unit is further configured to obtain the look-and-feel content identifier; and

the look-and-feel content obtained by the look-and-feel content obtaining unit corresponds to both the capability information and the look-and-feel content identifier.

11. The look-and-feel customization server of claim 8, wherein the capability information obtaining unit comprises:

a look-and-feel content request receiving unit configured to receive a look-and-feel content request which carries specific information from the terminal;

a capability information query message sending unit configured to send a capability information query message which carries the specific information to a capability information server;

a capability information query response receiving unit configured to receive a capability information query response returned by the capability information server according to the capability information query message, wherein the response carries the capability information corresponding to the specific information; and

a capability information parsing unit, configured to;

parse the capability information query response and obtain the capability information in the response.

12. The look-and-feel customization server of claim 11, wherein:

the look-and-feel content request received by the look-and-feel content request receiving unit further carries a look-and-feel content identifier;

the look-and-feel customization server further comprises a look-and-feel content identifier parsing unit, which is configured to obtain the look-and-feel content identifier; and

the look-and-feel content obtained by the look-and-feel content obtaining unit corresponds to both the capability information and the look-and-feel content identifier.

13. A look-and-feel customization system, comprising:

a terminal configured to receive a look-and-feel content; and

a look-and-feel customization server configured to;

obtain information about capabilities of the terminal, obtain a look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information, and send the look-and-feel content to the terminal.

14. The look-and-feel customization system of claim 13, wherein the look-and-feel customization server comprises:

a look-and-feel content request receiving unit configured to receive a look-and-feel content request which carries capability information from the terminal;

a parsing unit configured to;

parse the look-and-feel content request and obtain the capability information in the request;

a look-and-feel content obtaining unit configured to obtain the look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information obtained by the parsing unit; and

a look-and-feel content sending unit configured to send the look-and-feel content to the terminal.

15. The look-and-feel customization system of claim 14, wherein:

the look-and-feel content request received by the look-and-feel content request receiving unit further carries a look-and-feel content identifier;

the look-and-feel customization server further comprises a look-and-feel content identifier parsing unit, which is adapted to obtain the look-and-feel content identifier; and

the look-and-feel content obtained by the look-and-feel content obtaining unit corresponds to both the capability information and the look-and-feel content identifier.

16. The look-and-feel customization system of claim 13, wherein:

the look-and-feel customization system further comprises a capability information server, which is configured to provide capability information for the look-and-feel customization server;

the look-and-feel customization server comprises;

a look-and-feel content request receiving unit configured to receive a look-and-feel content request which carries specific information from the terminal;

a capability information query message sending unit configured to send a capability information query message which carries the specific information to the capability information server;

a capability information query response receiving unit configured to receive a capability information query response returned by the capability information server according to the capability information query message, wherein the response carries the capability information corresponding to the specific information;

a capability information parsing unit configured to;

parse the capability information query response and obtain the capability information in the response;

a look-and-feel content obtaining unit configured to obtain the look-and-feel content corresponding to the capability information; and

a look-and-feel content sending unit configured to send the look-and-feel content to the terminal.

17. The look-and-feel customization system of claim 16, wherein:

the look-and-feel content request received by the look-and-feel content request receiving unit further carries a look-and-feel content identifier;

the look-and-feel customization server further comprises a look-and-feel content identifier parsing unit, which is adapted to obtain the look-and-feel content identifier; and

the look-and-feel content obtained by the look-and-feel content obtaining unit corresponds to both the capability information and the look-and-feel content identifier.

18. The look-and-feel customization system of claim 16, wherein:

the specific information comprises at least one of the following information items;

a terminal model, a capability information identifier, or a terminal identifier.