METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERING AND RECEIVING PUSH MESSAGE

• US 20120147887A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: FAN, Shunan, YANG, Jian, WANG, Lei
• Application Number:
  US13/404,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20120147887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/390
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1868 Measures taken after transmission, e.g. acknowledgments

Abstract

A method and a device for delivering and receiving a Push message are provided, so that a Push server knows the delivery state of the Push message when delivering the Push message in a broadcast mode or a multicast mode. The method includes: a Push server receives a Push message that carries an indication of making statistics on a delivery result; and the Push server determines to deliver the Push message to terminals in a broadcast mode or a multicast mode according to the Push message, and obtains a delivery report according to the indication of making statistics on the delivery result. A method for obtaining the delivery report by the Push server includes obtaining the delivery report by querying a group management server, or obtaining the delivery report by receiving responses returned by the terminals, or obtaining the delivery report by querying the number of connections between the term.

Claims

1. A method for delivering a Push message, comprising:

receiving the Push messagethat carries an indication of making statistics on a delivery result;

determining to deliver the Push message to terminals in a broadcast mode or a multicast mode according to the Push message; and

obtaining a delivery report according to the indication of making statistics on the delivery result.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the delivery report according to the indication of making statistics on the delivery result comprises one of the following:

obtaining the delivery report by querying a group management server;

obtaining the delivery report by receiving responses returned by the terminals; and

obtaining the delivery report by querying a number of connections set up between the terminals and the server.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein obtaining the delivery report by querying a group management server specifically comprises:

querying a number of destination terminals that receive the Push message, before sending the Push message.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

returning the delivery report to a Push Initiator (PI) proactively;

or

returning the delivery report to the PI according to a message for requesting the delivery report sent by the PI;

or

determining whether to return a requested delivery report according to a returning policy if a server other than the PI sends a message for requesting the delivery report.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the obtaining the delivery report according to the indication of making statistics on the delivery result comprises;

obtaining delivery reports of all delivery result types, or obtaining delivery reports of only an indicated delivery result type.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein if the terminals have no uplink channel available for returning the receiving response, the method further comprises:

adding an indication of a bearer mode into the Push message delivered to the terminals, so that the terminal activates a corresponding application according to the indication of the bearer mode and returns a receiving response in the indicated bearer mode.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the Push message further carries an indication of a statistical mode, and the method further comprises:

making statistics on the delivery report in the indicated statistical mode, and returning a statistical result to the PI by extending a message header field, a value range, or a message body of the delivery report.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein if the Push message carries an indication of returning a receiving response but the terminal returns no receiving response or returns a delivery failure response, according to address information of the terminal, the Push message is redelivered to the terminals.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication of making statistics on the delivery result is information for requesting a result notification, carried in the Push message sent by the PI.

10. A Push server, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a Push message that carries an indication of making statistics on a delivery result;

a delivery mode determination unit, configured to determine to deliver the Push message to terminals in a broadcast mode or a multicast mode according to the Push message; and

a delivery report obtaining unit, configured to obtain a delivery report according to the indication of making statistics on the delivery result.

11. The Push server according to claim 10, wherein the delivery report obtaining unit comprises at least one of the following modules:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain the delivery report by querying a group management server;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain the delivery report by receiving responses returned by the terminals; and

a third obtaining module, configured to obtain the delivery report by querying a number of connections set up between the terminals and the server.

12. The Push server according to claim 10, further comprising a delivery report returning unit, wherein the delivery report returning unit comprises at least one of the following modules:

a proactive returning module, configured to return the delivery report to a Push Initiator (PI) proactively;

a request-based returning module, configured to return the delivery report to the PI according to a message for requesting the delivery report sent by the PI; and

a policy-based returning module, configured to determine whether to return a requested delivery report according to a returning policy if a server other than the PI sends a message for requesting the delivery report.

13. The Push server according to claim 12, further comprising:

a bearer mode indication unit, configured to add an indication of a bearer mode into the Push message delivered to the terminals, so that the terminal activates a corresponding application according to the indication of the bearer mode and returns a receiving response in the indicated bearer mode.

14. The Push server according to claim 12, further comprising:

a statistical unit, configured to make statistics on obtained delivery reports in a statistical mode indicated in the Push message;

wherein the delivery report returning unit is specifically configured to return a statistical result to the PI by extending a message header field, a value range, or a message body of the delivery report.

15. The Push server according to claim 11, further comprising:

a re-delivery unit, configured to re-deliver the Push message to the terminal according to address information of the terminal if the Push message carries an indication of returning a receiving response but the terminal returns no receiving response or returns a delivery failure response.

16. The Push server according to claim 10, wherein the Push server is a Push Proxy Gateway (PPG) in a point-to-multipoint message system.