SERVICE PROVISIONING METHOD, A RELATED SERVICE PROVISIONING SYSTEM A RELATED SERVICE PROVISIONING SERVER AND A RELATED EVENT REGISTRATION SERVER

• US 20120086559A1
• Filed: 12/01/2009
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Trappeniers, Lieven, Van Broeck, Sigurd, Lou, Zhe, Godon, Marc Bruno Frieda, Criel, Johan Georges Prosper, Claeys, Laurence Annie Hugo Marie, Lauwers, Thais
• Application Number:
  US13/140,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20120086559A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for Service provisioning in a communications system that comprises a plurality of communications devices, each including a tag reader for reading a tag-identifier from a tag attached to an object and for forwarding this tag-identifier to a service provisioning server. This service provisioning server is coupled to the communications devices over a communications network and the tag having a unique tag-identification. The service provisioning method further includes the steps of forwarding by a communications device of the plurality of communications devices a trigger message including trigger-information at reading the tag-identification of the tag towards the service provisioning server. Subsequently, a service-description of a service based on the trigger-information associated with the service stored in a service-list is determined followed by the executing of the service determined by the service provisioning server based on the retrieved service description.

Claims

1. Service provisioning method in a communications system comprising a plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) each including a tag reader (TR) for reading a tag-identifier from a tag attached to an object and for forwarding said tag-identifier to a service provisioning server (SPS), said service provisioning server being coupled to said communications device over a communications network, said tag having a unique tag-identification, wherein said service provisioning method further comprises the following steps of:

a2. forwarding, by a communications device (CD2) of said plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) a trigger message including trigger-information at reading the tag-identification of said tag, towards said service provisioning server (SPS); and

b. determining a service-description of a service based on said trigger-information associated with said service stored in a service-list.

c. executing said service, by said service provisioning server (SPS) based on said service description retrieved.

2. Service provisioning method according to claim 1, wherein said service provisioning method further comprises before said step a2, the step of:

a0. at reading a tag by a first communications device (CD1) of said plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) storing a service description of a service in said service-list together with at least one of said tag-identification read and a triggering communications device identification reading said tag; and

a1. storing trigger-information associated with said service together with said service description in said list.

3. Service provisioning method according to claim 1, wherein said trigger information includes at least one of a tag-identification of said tag read and a reader-identification uniquely identifying said tag-reader.

4. Service provisioning system, for provisioning a service in a communications system comprising a plurality of communications devices (CD, CD1, CD2, CD3) each including a tag reader (TR) for reading a tag-identifier from a tag attached to an object and for forwarding said tag-identifier to a service provisioning server (SPS), said service provisioning server (SPS) being coupled to said communications device over a communications network, said tag having a unique tag-identification, wherein said service provisioning system further comprises:

a. a communications device (CD1) of said plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3), adapted to forward a trigger message including trigger-information at reading the tag-identification of said tag towards said service provisioning server (SPS); and

b. a device adapted to determine a service-description of a service based on said trigger-information associated with said service stored in a service-list.

c. a service provisioning server (SPS), adapted to execute said service based on said service description retrieved.

5. Service provisioning server (SPS), for use in a communications system comprising a plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) each including a tag reader (TR) for reading a tag-identifier from a tag attached to an object and for forwarding said tag-identifier to said service provisioning server (SPS), said service provisioning server (SPS) being coupled to said communications device over a communications network, said tag having a unique tag-identification, wherein said service provisioning server (SPS) comprises the following parts:

a. a trigger receiving part (TRP), adapted to receive from a communications device (CD2) of said plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) a trigger message including trigger-information forwarded at reading the tag-identification of said tag towards said service provisioning server (SPS); and

b. service-description determining part (SDDP), adapted to determine a service-description of a service based on said trigger-information associated with said service stored in a service-list.

c. service execution part (SEP), adapted to executing said service, based on said service description retrieved.

6. Service provisioning server (SPS) according to claim 5, wherein said service provisioning server (SPS) further comprises:

a. service description retrieval part (SRP), adapted to a retrieve a service description of a service from a first communications device at reading a tag by said first communications device (CD1) of said plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) for storing in said service-list together with at least one of said tag-identification read and a triggering communications device identification reading said tag-identification; and

a1. storing part (SP), adapted to storing trigger-information associated with said service (including said tag-identification of said tag read) together with said service description in said service-list.

7. Service provisioning server (SPS) according to claim 5, wherein said service provisioning server (SPS) contains a list holding part (LHP) for storing said service-list.

8. Service registration server (SRS), for use in a communications system comprising a plurality of communications devices (CD1, CD2, CD3) each including a tag reader (TR) for reading a tag-identifier from a tag attached to an object and for forwarding said tag-identifier to a service provisioning server (SPS), said service provisioning server (SPS) being coupled to said communications device over a communications network, said tag having a unique tag-identification, said service registration server (SRS) being coupled to said service provisioning server (SPS), further comprises a service-list holding part (LHP′

), adapted to hold said list for storing service-description of a service based on said trigger-information associated with said service stored in a service-list.