METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROFILES

• US 20110202600A1
• Filed: 10/12/2009
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Oh, Jae-Kwon, Ramamoorthy, Arun Prasath, Pattan, Basavaraj Jayawant
• Granted Patent: US 10,051,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A method and system for managing profiles is provided. The method includes maintaining Profile Information of one or more service recipients in a Profile Registrar XDMS. The method also includes identifying an Active Profile of a user from a Profile Registrar document in response to an input indicative of communication request for an address of record of the user. Further, the method includes obtaining user preferences associated with the Active Profile and applying the user preferences to the communication request or the service provisioning to the user. The system includes an extensible markup language data management server, a communication interface in electronic communication with a network to send and receive signals, and a processor.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A method for managing profiles in a device performing wireless communication, method comprising:

upon receipt of an active profile change request for the device from a user, acquiring, by a client, a profile registrar document that provides active profile information, including information indicating a relationship between an Address of Record (AOR), a device identifier, and a profile registered to the user;

displaying, by the client, a profile list of profiles included in the profile registrar document; and

sending, by the client, an active profile change request that includes identification information of a profile selected from the profile list by the user, an identifier of the device, and an AOR corresponding to the device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving and displaying update results indicating a change in an active profile in response to the active profile change request.

18. An apparatus for managing profiles in a device performing wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a client for, upon receipt of an active profile change request for the device from a user, acquiring a profile registrar document that provides active profile information, including information indicating a relationship between an Address of Record (AOR), a device identifier, and a profile registered to the user, displaying a profile list of profiles included in the profile registrar document on the display, and sending an active profile change request that includes identification information of a profile selected from the profile list by the user, an identifier of the device, and an AOR corresponding to the device.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the client receives and displays update results indicating a change in an active profile in response to the active profile change request.

20. A method for managing profiles by a server providing a communication application in a network providing various communication services, the method comprising:

upon receipt of a communication request from a device, acquiring a profile registrar document that provides active profile information, including information indicating a relationship between an Address of Record (AOR), a device identifier, and a profile registered to a recipient designated as a target of the communication request;

searching the profile registrar document for an active profile corresponding to an AOR designated as a target of the communication request and an identifier of a device designated as the target of the communication request;

acquiring a preference corresponding to the active profile; and

applying the preference to the communication request.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the preference is divided into a generic preference and a device specific preference that is applied only to a specific device.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving an active profile change request from the device;

acquiring a profile registrar document corresponding to a user of the device;

parsing an active profile associated with an identifier of the device and an AOR corresponding to the device, which are included in the change request in the profile registrar document corresponding to the user of the device; and

changing the parsed active profile to a profile included in the active profile change request.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising sending an eXtensible markup language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) GET message to a profile registrar server storing the profile registrar document in order to acquire the profile registrar document, wherein the profile registrar document is delivered along with a 200 OK response.

24. The method of claim 20, further comprising sending an eXtensible markup language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) GET message to a server storing a preference corresponding to the active profile in order to acquire the preference, wherein the preference corresponding to the active profile is delivered along with a 200 OK response.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the active profile change request is sent along with an eXtensible markup language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) PUT message.

26. An apparatus for managing profiles by a server providing a communication application in a network providing various communication services, the apparatus comprising:

a communication interface for transmitting and receiving signals; and

a processor for, upon receipt of a communication request from a device, acquiring a profile registrar document that provides active profile information, including information indicating a relationship between an Address of Record (AOR), a device identifier, and a profile registered to a recipient designated as a target of the communication request, searching the profile registrar document for an active profile corresponding to an AOR designated as a target of the communication request and an identifier of a device designated as the target of the communication request, acquiring a preference corresponding to the active profile, and applying the preference to the communication request.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the preference is divided into a generic preference and a device specific preference that is applied only to a specific device.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein upon receipt of an active profile change request from the device, the processor acquires a profile registrar document corresponding to a user of the device, parses an active profile associated with an identifier of the device and an AOR corresponding to the device, which are included in the change request in the profile registrar document corresponding to the user of the device, and changes the parsed active profile to a profile included in the active profile change request.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the processor sends an eXtensible markup language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) GET message to a profile registrar server storing the profile registrar document in order to acquire the profile registrar document, and the profile registrar document is delivered along with a 200 OK response.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the processor sends an eXtensible markup language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) GET message to a server storing a preference corresponding to the active profile in order to acquire the preference, the preference corresponding to the active profile is delivered along with a 200 OK response, and the active profile change request is sent along with the XCAP PUT message.