SEPARATION OF INSTANT MESSAGING USER AND CLIENT IDENTITIES

• US 20120331075A1
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Salmi, Matti, Dawson, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 9,544,176 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• 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: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A data structure defining two-level identification allows the integration of mobile instant messaging to Internet based instant messaging, for instance, by providing an identification of both a user of the IM system (IM user) and an IM client used to access an IM system (IM client). The client may be a hardware device, software, or a combination thereof. A method, a terminal device with the client installed, a server and a system are shown for communicating such identification information between the terminal device and the server with a primitive having such two-level identification contained in information elements.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

assembling, in a terminal device able to communicate over a network, a primitive having information elements with a structure recognizable by the terminal device and at least one other entity able to communicate over the network, the assembling including combining at least a client identifying information element identifying a client and a user of the client identifying information element; and

communicating the primitive from the terminal device to the network,

wherein the client implements a service using the primitive, and the client is installed in the terminal device.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the primitive is an update presence primitive for use in communicating presence information to the network.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the primitive is an unsubscribe presence primitive for communicating a request to the network to discontinue receipt of selected presence information.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the primitive is a leave group primitive for communicating a request to discontinue participation in a group to the network.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the primitive is a create group primitive for communicating a request to create a group to the network.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the primitive is a delete group primitive for communicating a request to delete a group to the network.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the primitive is a get group information primitive for communicating a request for group information to the network.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the at least one other entity is configured to use the client identifying information element and the user of the client identifying information element of the communicated primitive to distinguish the client and the user of the client.

9. A system comprising:

a terminal device able to communicate over a network, the terminal device configured to assemble a primitive having information elements with a structure recognizable by the terminal device, and further configured to communicate the primitive over the network; and

at least one other entity able to communicate over the network, the at least one other entity configured to receive the primitive,

wherein the primitive includes at least a client identifying information element indentifying a client and a user of the client identifying information element, and

wherein the client implements a service using the primitive and the client is installed in the terminal device

10. A system of claim 9, wherein said primitive is an update presence primitive for use in communicating presence information to said network.

11. A system of claim 9, wherein said primitive is an unsubscribe presence primitive for communicating a request to said network to discontinue receipt of selected presence information.

12. A system of claim 9, wherein said primitive is a leave group primitive for communicating a request to discontinue participation in a group to said network.

13. A system of claim 9, wherein said primitive is a create group primitive for communicating a request to create a group to said network.

14. A system of claim 9, wherein said primitive is a delete group primitive for communicating a request to delete a group to said network.

15. A system of claim 9, wherein said primitive is a get group information primitive for communicating a request for group information to said network.

16. A system of claim 9, wherein the at least one other entity is configured to use the client identifying information element and the user of the client identifying information element of the received primitive to distinguish the client and the user of the client.

18. A system of claim 10, wherein the primitive is an update presence primitive for use in communicating presence information to the network.

19. A system of claim 10, wherein the primitive is an unsubscribe presence primitive for communicating a request to the network to discontinue receipt of selected presence information.

20. A system of claim 10, wherein the second means uses the client identifying information element and the user of the client identifying information element of the received primitive to distinguish the client and the user of the client.

17. A system comprising:

a first means for assembling a primitive having information elements with a structure recognizable by the first means, and for communicating the primitive over the network; and

a second means for receiving the primitive and able to communicate over the network,

wherein the primitive includes at least a client identifying information element indentifying a client and a user of the client identifying information element, and

wherein the client implements a service using the primitive and the client is installed in the terminal device