METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING USER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

• US 20100186044A1
• Filed: 03/29/2010
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2007
• 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: Dong, Ting, Wang, Lei, Yang, Jian, Chen, Guoqiao
• Application Number:
  US12/749,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20100186044A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• 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

A method, system and device for obtaining user management information are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a message carrying user management information from a terminal; obtaining the user management information of the terminal from the message; and processing the user management information. The system includes: a server, adapted to: receive user management information from a terminal, and store the obtained user management information of the terminal; the terminal, adapted to send the user management information to the server. The present invention implements information interworking such as user management information statistics, interactive update and viewing rate statistics through interactions between the terminal and the server.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining user management information, comprising:

receiving a message carrying user management information from a terminal;

obtaining the user management information of the terminal from the message; and

processing the user management information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of processing the user management information comprises at least one of the following operations:

recording user login status information;

recording status information of a program that the user watches; and

recording service information that the user needs to update, wherein;

the user login status comprises at least of one kind of the following;

terminal ID, user ID, service subscription relationship, login time, login mode, and user key validity period;

the status information of the program that the user watches comprises at least one of the following;

ID of the program that the user watches, ID of a channel that the user watches, time when the user watches the channel, and time when the user logs out of the channel; and

the service information that the user needs to update comprises at least one of the following;

whether the user key needs to be updated, whether interactive information of the user needs to be updated, and whether a service guide (SG) of the user needs to be updated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of processing the user management information further comprises:

obtaining channel program watching time according to the message sending time carried in the user management information, or the time when a first frame and a last frame of a program sent by the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of processing the user management information further comprises:

obtaining a viewing rate of a channel or program.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of obtaining the viewing rate of the channel or program comprises:

setting an ID for the channel or program under statistics;

receiving a message that the terminal sends when receiving or logging out of contents of the channel or program; and

obtaining the viewing rate of the channel or program according to the message.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of obtaining the viewing rate of the channel or program comprises:

sending a message about whether to watch a specified channel or program to all terminals or a specified terminal;

receiving a response from a terminal that is watching the specified channel or program;

obtaining the viewing rate of the channel or program according to the response.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein after obtaining the user management information of the terminal from the message, the method further comprises:

obtaining interactive program statistics information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the process of obtaining interactive program statistics information comprises:

after receiving the user management information of the terminal, sending an interactive program to the terminal, wherein the interactive program comprises at least one of interactive information and interactive update information;

receiving an interactive information response from the terminal; and

obtaining the interactive program statistics information according to the interactive information response.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of receiving the message carrying user management information from the terminal comprises:

receiving the user management information from the terminal when the terminal is started or zaps a watched program or channel.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein after obtaining the user management information of the terminal from the message, the method further comprises:

authenticating the terminal according to an authentication request sent from the terminal when the terminal is started or zaps a watched program or channel.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein after obtaining the user management information of the terminal from the message, the method further comprises:

sending program contents selected by the terminal to the terminal; and

authenticating the terminal after determining that program content receiving time of the terminal exceeds a preset time.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein after obtaining the user management information of the terminal from the message, the method further comprises:

providing the terminal with optional programs comprised in a service guide (SG).

13. The method of claim 12, wherein after providing the terminal with optional programs comprised in the SG, the method further comprises:

accepting the terminal'"'"'s subscription to or unsubscription from optional programs comprised in the SG; and

receiving updated program subscription information of the terminal in case of changes in programs subscribed to by the terminal.

14. A system for obtaining user management information, comprising:

a server, adapted to;

receive user management information from a terminal, and store the obtained user management information of the terminal; and

the terminal, adapted to send the user management information to the server.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the server further comprises:

a receiving module, adapted to receive the user management information sent from the terminal; and

a statistics module, adapted to store the user management information of the terminal obtained by the receiving module.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the terminal further comprises:

a user management information sending module, adapted to send the user management information to the server.

17. A server, adapted to obtain user management information and comprising:

a receiving module, adapted to receive user management information sent from a terminal; and

a statistics module, adapted to store the user management information of the terminal obtained by the receiving module.

18. The server of claim 17, further comprising:

a program subscribing module, adapted to;

accept the terminal'"'"'s subscription or unsubscription from optional programs comprised in a service guide (SG), and update local program subscription information of the terminal according to a subscription or unsubscription result.

19. The server of claim 17, further comprising:

an authenticating module, adapted to authenticate a terminal that requests to watch a program.

20. The server of claim 17, further comprising:

an interactive program processing module, adapted to implement interactions with the terminal in an interactive program.

21. A terminal, adapted to send user management information to a server and comprising:

a user management information generating module, adapted to generate user management information; and

a user management information sending module, adapted to send the generated user management information in the form of a message.