METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERWORKING CONVERGED MESSAGING SERVICE

• US 20110047233A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Wuk, Park, Sung-Jin, Lee, Ji-Hye, Lee, Seung-Yong, Lee, Kyung-Tak
• Granted Patent: US 8,626,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

In a Converged IP Messaging (CPM) service, an arbitrary terminal generates a message based on a user input, and transmits the message to a CPM server. Upon receiving the message, the CPM server requests a presence server to provide presence information corresponding to a recipient of the message. The presence server searches for presence information corresponding to the recipient in response to the request of the CPM server, and transmits the searched presence information to the CPM server. Based on the transmitted presence information, the CPM server decides to perform interworking for the message, decides a type of a messaging service for interworking, and transmits the message to an Interworking Function (IWF) according to the decided type of the messaging service. The IWF receives the message, converts the message according to the decided messaging service, and transmits the converted message to the recipient.

Claims

1. A method for performing interworking between different messaging services in a converged IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising:

upon receiving from an arbitrary terminal a message generated based on a user input, requesting by a CPM server a presence server to provide presence information corresponding to a recipient of the message;

upon receiving the presence information that is transmitted from the presence server in response to the request, deciding by the CPM server whether to perform interworking for the message, based on the presence information, and deciding a type of a messaging service for interworking if the CPM server decides to perform interworking;

delivering by the CPM server the message to an Interworking Function (IWF) according to the decided type of the messaging service; and

upon receiving the message, converting by the IWF the message according to the decided messaging service and transmitting the converted message to the recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presence information comprises a type of a messaging service supportable to a user corresponding to the presence information, a grant/non-grant of messaging interworking, a type of a messaging service preferred during interworking, and a priority of a preference.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the presence information is determined by the user corresponding to the presence information, and registered in the presence server.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the presence information comprises a message receiving address corresponding to each of the messaging service preferred during interworking.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the deciding by the CPM server whether to perform interworking for the message and deciding a type of a messaging service for interworking, comprises:

checking the presence information; and

delivering the message to the recipient if a CPM service is included in the presence information as a messaging service available by the recipient and interworking-related information for the message is not included or not activated in the presence information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to perform interworking for the message, if interworking-related information for the message is activated in the presence information; and

deciding a type of a messaging service for interworking according to a type of a messaging service preferred during interworking and a priority of a preference, which are included in the presence information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the IWF exists to correspond to a type of each messaging service, and the message is included in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) MESSAGE during its delivery.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein when transmitting the message according to the decided type of the messaging service, the CPM server inserts an address of a specific IWF corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service instead of a SIP URI of the recipient, into a Request URI in the SIP MESSAGE, and delivers the message to the specific IWF over a Session Initiation Protocol/Internet Protocol (SIP/IP) core network;

and

wherein upon receiving the SIP MESSAGE, the specific IWF converts the SIP MESSAGE into a format of a desired messaging service for interworking, and then delivers the converted message to the recipient based on a To-Header field in the SIP MESSAGE.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein when transmitting the message according to the decided type of the messaging service, the CPM server generates a media feature tag corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service, inserts it into the SIP MESSAGE, and delivers the SIP MESSAGE to a specific IWF corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service over a SIP/IP core network;

and

wherein upon receiving the SIP MESSAGE, the specific IWF converts the SIP MESSAGE into a format of a desired messaging service for interworking and then delivers the converted message to the recipient.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein when transmitting the message according to the decided type of the messaging service, the CPM server directly delivers the message to a specific IWF using an IP address of the specific IWF corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the CPM server delivers an indicator indicating the decided type of the messaging service, to the IWF along with the message.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the CPM server is based on a SIP/IP core network;

and

wherein if the decided messaging service is a service based on a SIP/IP core network, the IWF converts only routing information of the message, and if the decided messaging service is a service based on a non-SIP/IP core network, the IWF converts a media format of the message according to the decided messaging service and converts the message according to a transport protocol of the decided messaging service.

13. A method for performing interworking between different messaging services in a Converged IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising:

generating by an arbitrary terminal a message based on a user input and transmitting the message to a CPM server;

upon failure to route the message, deciding by the CPM server to perform interworking for the message and transmitting the message to an interworking selection server;

requesting by the interworking selection server a presence server to provide presence information corresponding to a recipient of the message;

searching, by the presence server, for presence information corresponding to the recipient in response to the request of the interworking selection server, and transmitting the searched presence information to the interworking selection server;

selecting by the interworking selection server a type of a messaging service for interworking based on the transmitted presence information, and delivering the message and the selected type of the messaging service to a Interworking Function (IWF); and

receiving by the IWF the message, converting the message according to the decided messaging service, and transmitting the converted message to the recipient.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the presence information comprises a type of a messaging service supportable to a user corresponding to the presence information, a user'"'"'s interworking grant/non-grant, and a type of a messaging service preferred during interworking.

15. A system for performing interworking between different messaging services in a Converged IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising:

a CPM server for requesting a presence server to provide presence information corresponding to a recipient of a message upon receiving from an arbitrary terminal the message generated based on a user input, deciding whether to perform interworking for the message based on the presence information upon receiving the present information that is transmitted from the presence server in response to the request, and if the CPM server decides to perform interworking, deciding a type of a messaging service for interworking, and delivering the message to an Interworking Function (IWF) according to the decided type of the messaging service; and

the IWF for converting, upon receiving the message, the message according to the decided messaging service, and delivering the converted messaged to the recipient.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the presence information comprises a type of a messaging service supportable to a user corresponding to the presence information, a grant/non-grant of messaging interworking, a type of a messaging service preferred during interworking, and a priority of a preference.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the presence information is determined by the user corresponding to the presence information, and registered in the presence server.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the presence information comprises a message receiving address corresponding to each of the messaging service preferred during interworking.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the CPM server checks the presence information, and delivers the message to the recipient if a CPM service is included in the presence information as a messaging service available by the recipient and interworking-related information for the message is not included or not activated in the presence information.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the CPM server determines to perform interworking for the message if interworking-related information for the message is activated in the presence information, and decides a type of a messaging service for interworking according to a type of a messaging service preferred during interworking and a priority of a preference, which are included in the presence information.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the IWF exists to correspond to a type of each messaging service, and the message is included in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) MESSAGE during its delivery.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein when transmitting the message according to the decided type of the messaging service, the CPM server inserts an address of a specific IWF corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service instead of a SIP URI of the recipient, into a Request URI in the SIP MESSAGE, and delivers the message to the specific IWF over a Session Initiation Protocol/Internet Protocol (SIP/IP) core network;

and

wherein upon receiving the SIP MESSAGE, the specific IWF converts the SIP MESSAGE into a format of a desired messaging service for interworking, and then delivers the converted message to the recipient based on a To-Header field in the SIP MESSAGE.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein when transmitting the message according to the decided type of the messaging service, the CPM server generates a media feature tag corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service, inserts it into the SIP MESSAGE, and delivers the SIP MESSAGE to a specific IWF corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service over a SIP/IP core network;

and

wherein upon receiving the SIP MESSAGE, the specific IWF converts the SIP MESSAGE into a format of a desired messaging service for interworking and then delivers the converted message to the recipient.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein when transmitting the message according to the decided type of the messaging service, the CPM server directly delivers the message to a specific IWF using an IP address of the specific IWF corresponding to the decided type of the messaging service.

25. The system of claim 15, wherein the CPM server delivers an indicator indicating the decided type of the messaging service, to the IWF along with the message.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the CPM server is based on a SIP/IP core network;

and

wherein if the decided messaging service is a service based on a SIP/IP core network, the IWF converts only routing information of the message, and if the decided messaging service is a service based on a non-SIP/IP core network, the IWF converts a media format of the message according to the decided messaging service and converts the message according to a transport protocol of the decided messaging service.

27. A system for performing interworking between different messaging services in a Converged IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising:

an arbitrary terminal for generating a message based on a user input and transmitting the message to a CPM server;

the CPM server for receiving the message, and upon failure to route the message, deciding to perform interworking for the message and transmitting the message to an interworking selection server;

the interworking selection server for requesting a presence server to provide presence information corresponding to a recipient of the message, selecting a type of a messaging service for interworking based on the presence information that is received from the presence server in response to the request, and then delivering the message and the selected type of the messaging service to a Interworking Function (IWF); and

the IWF for receiving the message, converting the message according to the decided messaging service, and transmitting the converted message to the recipient.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the presence information comprises a type of a messaging service supportable to a user corresponding to the presence information, a user'"'"'s interworking grant/non-grant, and a type of a messaging service preferred during interworking.