METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT REPORT BEHAVIOR

• US 20130067104A1
• Filed: 11/06/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Yuanyuan, Yue, Peiyu, Shi, Teng, Tian, Linyi, Tian, Yonghui, Zhang, Chuxiong, Liu, Guangyuan, Yuan, Weizhong, Zhang, Renzhou, Wu, Lingyan
• Granted Patent: US 9,325,744 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2405 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the server, e.g. server load allocation of resources in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/50; performance measurement of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38

Abstract

The present invention relates to the multimedia field, and discloses a method, a device, and a system for controlling content report behavior. The method includes: receiving a request for subscribing to a configuration update notification, in which the request is sent by the terminal or the media control function, and a configuration update request that is sent by an SCF and carries the new content report configuration information, and sending a configuration update notification message to the terminal or the media control function, where the configuration update notification message carries the new content report configuration information or acquiring information thereof. The method of the present invention avoids using the message body of the SIP message to transmit the content report configuration information, is compliant and compatible with logic for processing a SIP INFO message specified in the RFC 2976.

Claims

1. A method for controlling content report behavior, comprising:

generating a session initiation protocol SIP message, wherein a preset parameter in a header field of the SIP message carries new content report configuration information; and

sending the SIP message to a terminal or a media control function MCF so that the terminal or the MCF implements content report according to the new content report configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIP message is a SIP 200 success OK response message, a SIP update UPDATE request message, or a SIP re-invite re-INVITE request message.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the header field of the SIP message is a receiving information recv-info header field.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIP message is a SIP information INFO request message.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the header field of the SIP message is an information package info-package header field.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the header field of the SIP message further carries priority information of the new content report configuration information.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the new content report configuration information comprises:

at least one of configuration information of a content report timer, configuration information of a content report sending time interval, and configuration information of the number of content reports packaged together to be sent.

8. A method for controlling content report behavior, comprising:

receiving a request for subscribing to a configuration update notification, wherein the request is sent by a terminal or a media control function MCF;

receiving a configuration update request sent by a service control function SCF, wherein the configuration update request carries new content report configuration information; and

sending a configuration update notification message to the terminal or the MCF, wherein the configuration update notification message carries the new content report configuration information or acquiring information of the new content report configuration information, so that the terminal or the MCF implements content report according to the new content report configuration information or the new content report configuration information obtained according to the acquiring information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the receiving a configuration update request sent by a service control function SCF comprises:

receiving a configuration update request sent by the SCF based on a hypertext transfer protocol HTTP or a session initiation protocol SIP.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the configuration update request further carries priority information of the new content report configuration information;

and

the configuration update notification message further carries the priority information of the new content report configuration information.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the configuration update request further carries a session identity;

and

the configuration update notification message further carries the session identity.

12. A device for controlling content report behavior, comprising:

a generation module, configured to generate a session initiation protocol SIP message, wherein a preset parameter in a header field of the SIP message carries new content report configuration information; and

a sending module, configured to send the SIP message generated by the generation module to a terminal or a media control function MCF so that the terminal or the MCF implements content report according to the new content report configuration information.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the generation module comprises a first generation unit or a second generation unit;

the first generation unit is configured to generate a session initiation protocol SIP message, wherein the SIP message is a SIP 200 success OK response message, a SIP update UPDATE request message, or a SIP re-invite re-INVITE request message; and

the second generation unit is configured to generate a session initiation protocol SIP message, wherein the SIP message is a SIP information INFO request message.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein a header field of the SIP message in the first generation unit is a receiving information recv-info header field.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein a header field of the SIP message in the second generation unit is an information package info-package header field.

16. The device according to claim 12, wherein the header field of the SIP message in the generation module further carries priority information of the new content report configuration information.

17. The device according to claim 12, wherein the new content report configuration information in the generation module comprises:

at least one of configuration information of a content report timer, configuration information of a content report sending time interval, and configuration information of the number of content reports packaged together to be sent.

18. A device for controlling content report behavior, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a request for subscribing to a configuration update notification, wherein the request is sent by a terminal or a media control function MCF;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a configuration update request sent by a service control function SCF, wherein the configuration update request carries new content report configuration information; and

a sending module, configured to send a configuration update notification message to the terminal or the MCF subscribing to the configuration update notification in the first receiving module, wherein the configuration update notification message carries the new content report configuration information received by the second receiving module or acquiring information of the new content report configuration information, so that the terminal or the MCF implements content report according to the new content report configuration information or the new content report configuration information obtained according to the acquiring information.

19. The device according to claim 18, wherein the second receiving module is configured to:

receive a configuration update request sent by the SCF based on a hypertext transfer protocol HTTP or a session initiation protocol SIP, wherein the configuration update request carries the new content report configuration information.

20. The device according to claim 18, wherein the configuration update request received by the second receiving module further carries priority information of the new content report configuration information;

and

the configuration update notification message sent by the sending module further carries the priority information of the new content report configuration information.

21. The device according to claim 18, wherein the configuration update request received by the second receiving module further carries a session identity;

and

the configuration update notification message sent by the sending module further carries the session identity.

22. A system for controlling content report behavior, at least comprising a service control function SCF, and further comprising a terminal or a media control function MCF, wherein:

the SCF is configured to;

generate a session initiation protocol SIP message, wherein a preset parameter in a header field of the SIP message carries new content report configuration information; and

send the SIP message to the terminal or the MCF; and

the terminal or the MCF is configured to implement content report according to the new content report configuration information.

23. A system for controlling content report behavior, at least comprising a profile server and a service control function SCF, and further comprising a terminal or a media control function MCF, wherein:

the profile server is configured to;

receive a request for subscribing to a configuration update notification, wherein the request is sent by the terminal or the MCF;

receive a configuration update request sent by the SCF, wherein the configuration update request carries new content report configuration information;

and send a configuration update notification message to the terminal or the MCF, wherein the configuration update notification message carries the new content report configuration information or acquiring information of the new content report configuration information; and

the terminal or the MCF is configured to implement content report according to the new content report configuration information or the new content report configuration information obtained according to the acquiring information.