METHOD FOR PERSONAL NETWORK SERVICE CONFIGURATION AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL NETWORK SERVICE CONFIGURATION

• US 20110149802A1
• Filed: 06/26/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Fok Ah Chuen, Frederic, Roger, Vincent
• Granted Patent: US 8,879,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User 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: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An invention concerns a method for enabling Service configuration by a plurality of Personal Network Entities connected to a Personal Network comprising a Personal Network Application Server accessible via IP Multimedia Subsystem domain, a primary Personal Network Entity holding a subscription to control the Personal Network and a plurality of secondary Personal Network Entities controlled by the primary Personal Network Entity, the method comprising the following steps: —associating to each PNE configuration rights describing the services to be configured by each of the PNE, —storing the PNE identities, and configuration rights associated to each PNE in a Configuration Element (PNRCE), —sending to the PN Application Server (AS) a configuration request based on the stored configuration rights.

Claims

1. A method for personal network service configuration enabling Service configuration by a plurality of Personal Network Entities connected to a Personal Network comprising a Personal Network Application Server accessible via IP Multimedia Subsystem domain, a primary Personal Network Entity holding a subscription to control the Personal Network and a plurality of secondary Personal Network Entities controlled by the primary Personal Network Entity, comprising:

associating configuration rights to each Personal Network Entity describing services to be configured by each of the Personal Network Entities;

storing identities of the Personal Network Entities and the configuration rights associated to each Personal Network Entity in a Personal Right Configuration Element; and

sending to the Personal Network Application Server a configuration request based on the stored configuration rights.

2. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 1, wherein every Personal Network configuration request issued by anyone of the Personal Network Entity terminates at the primary Personal Network Entity which checks the PNRCE and sends the desired Personal Network configuration request to the Personal Network Application Server on behalf of the originated Personal Network Entity.

3. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 1, wherein any Personal Network configuration request issued by anyone of the Personal Network Entity is directly sent to the Personal Network Application Server by the originated Personal Network Entity.

4. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 2, wherein the primary Personal Network Entity is a device that has all privileges to modify the Personal Right Configuration Element such as a Customer Network Devices, a Home Gateway device, or Internet Gateway.

5. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 4, wherein the Personal Network Entities are Secondary device of the Personal Network different from the primary Personal Network Entity.

6. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 4, wherein the primary Personal Network Entity is a UE that holds the USIM to which is associated a Controller Service Profile.

7. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 4, wherein the PNRCE is stored in the primary Personal Network Entity.

8. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 4, wherein the Personal Right Configuration Element is hosted on the Personal Network Application Server.

9. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 4, wherein the Personal Right Configuration Element is a server independent from the primary Personal Network Entity and from the secondary Personal Network Entity.

11. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 3, wherein the primary Personal Network Entity is a device that has all privileges to modify the Personal Right Configuration Element such as a Customer Network Devices, a Home Gateway device, or Internet Gateway.

12. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 11, wherein the Personal Network Entities are Secondary device of the Personal Network different from the primary Personal Network Entity.

13. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 11, wherein the primary Personal Network Entity is a UE that holds the USIM to which is associated a Controller Service Profile.

14. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 11, wherein the PNRCE is stored in the primary Personal Network Entity.

15. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 11, wherein the Personal Right Configuration Element is hosted on the Personal Network Application Server.

16. The method for personal network service configuration according to claim 11, wherein the Personal Right Configuration Element is a server independent from the primary Personal Network Entity and from the secondary Personal Network Entity.

10. A system for personal network service configuration enabling Service configuration by a plurality of Personal Network Entities connected to a Personal Network comprising a Personal Network Application Server accessible via IP Multimedia Subsystem domain, a primary Personal Network Entity holding a subscription to control the Personal Network and a plurality of secondary Personal Network Entities controlled by the primary Personal Network Entity, comprising:

an associating unit associates configuration rights to each Personal Network Entity describing services to be configured by each of the Personal Network Entities;

a storing unit stores identities of the Personal Network Entities and the configuration rights associated to each Personal Network Entity in a Personal Right Configuration Element; and

a sending unit sends to the Personal Network Application Server a configuration request based on the stored configuration rights.