METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING APPLICATION CLIENT BEING ALWAYS ONLINE

• US 20130124618A1
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ZHONG, Qitao
• Application Number:
  US13/686,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124618A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/65 Telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/654 International mobile subscriber identity [IMSI] numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4588 containing mobile subscriber information, e.g. home subscriber server [HSS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/25 Maintenance of established connections

Abstract

A method supporting an application client being always online is provided, and the method includes: establishing a long link between an always online engine AOE (101) located in a terminal (10) and an always online service gateway AOG (20) located at a network side, where at least two application clients each communicate with one or more application servers (04, 05) through the long link; and in the process of establishing the long link, providing, by a user management server (30) at the network side, routing information for the AOE (101), and providing authentication information for the AOG (20).

Claims

1. A method supporting an application client being always online, wherein a long link is established between an always online engine AOE (101) located at a terminal (10) and an always online service gateway AOG (20) located at a network side, at least two application clients each communicate with one or more application servers (04, 05) through the long link, the method comprising:

proving, by a user management server (30) located at the network side, routing information for the AOE (101), wherein, the AOE (101) requests establishment of the long link according to the routing information; and

the user management server (30) is further configured to provide authentication information for the AOG (20) during a process of establishing the long link.

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

acquiring and storing, by the user management server (30), correspondence between terminal identity information and user identity information, and storing an address of a home AOG (20) of the user identity information;

when the AOE (101) sends a routing information request carrying the terminal identity information, providing, by the user management server (30), the AOE (101) with the address of the home AOG of the user identity information, according to stored correspondence between the terminal identity information and the user identity information, and the address of the home AOG of the user identity information; and

when the AOG (20) sends an authentication information request carrying the terminal identity information, providing, by the user management server (30), the AOG (20) with the user identity information, according to the correspondence between the terminal identity information and the user identity information.

3. The method according to claim 1, the terminal identity information is IMSI information, and the user identity information is a cell phone number;

a process of the user management server (30) providing the routing information for the AOE (101) and providing the authentication information for the AOG (20) specifically comprises;

when the always online engine AOE (101) is started or it is detected that ISMI information in an SIM card is different from information registered last time, sending automatically, by the AOE (101), a reporting message to the user management server (30), wherein the reporting message carries the IMSI information and the cell phone number;

acquiring, by the user management server (30), the IMSI information and the cell phone number according to the received reporting message, and storing correspondence between the cell phone number and the IMSI information;

sending, by the AOE (101), a routing information request to the user management server (30), wherein the routing information request carries the IMSI information;

finding, by the user management server (30), a corresponding cell phone number according to the IMSI information in received routing information request, and returning an address of the home AOG (20) of the cell phone number to the AOE (101) according to a pre-stored address of the home AOG of the cell phone number;

initiating, by the always online engine AOE (101), a registration request to the home AOG (20) of the cell phone number, wherein the registration request carries the IMSI information;

after receiving the registration request of the AOE (101), determining, by the AOG (20), whether the IMSI information comprised in the registration request has been registered in the AOG (20), and if not registered, sending an authentication information request to the user management server (30), wherein the authentication information request carries the IMSI information that is in the registration request;

after receiving the authentication information request, returning, by the user management server (30), the cell phone number corresponding to the IMSI information according to stored correspondence between the cell phone number and the IMSI information; and

when the AOG (20) determines that the cell phone number is in a service range of the AOG (20), storing, by the AOG (20), the cell phone number, and returning a registration response to the AOE (101).

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

the reporting message is a short message, and the reporting message carrying the IMSI information and the cell phone number specifically comprises that:

content of the short message comprises the IMSI information, and a sender of the short message is the cell phone number.

5. An always online engine AOE (101), located in a terminal (10), and in communication connection with at least two application clients;

comprising;

a link management module (1011), configured to establish a long link between the AOE (101) and an always online service gateway AOG (20), wherein the at least two application clients each communicate with one or more application servers (04, 05) through the long link;

acquire routing information from the user management server (30), and request establishment of the long link according to the routing information.

6. The AOE (101) according to claim 5, wherein

the link management module (1011) is specifically configured to send a routing information request comprising terminal identity information to the user management server (30), receive an address of an AOG returned by the user management server (30), according to a stored correspondence between the terminal identity information and user identity information, and the address of the home AOG of the user identity information

7. The AOE (101) according to claim 5, wherein the terminal identity information is IMSI information, the user identity information is a cell phone number;

and

the link management module is specifically configured to;

when the always online engine AOE (101) is started or it is detected that ISMI information in an SIM card is different from information registered last time, automatically send a reporting message to the user management server (30), wherein the reporting message carries the IMSI information and the cell phone number;

send a routing information request to the user management server (30), wherein the routing information request carries the IMSI information; and

initiate a registration request to the home AOG (20) of a received cell phone number, wherein the registration request carries the IMSI information.

8. The AOE (101) according to claim 5, wherein

the reporting message is a short message, and the reporting message carrying the IMSI information and the cell phone number specifically comprises that:

content of the short message comprises the IMSI information, and a sender of the short message is the cell phone number.

9. The AOE (101) according to claim 5, wherein the terminal identity information is terminal device identification, and the user identity information is a user name or user identification.

10. An always online service gateway AOG (20), located at a network side and in communication connection with one or more application servers (04, 05) at the network side;

the AOG (20) comprising;

a terminal management module (2011), configured to establish a long link between an always online engine AOE (101) and the AOG (20), wherein at least two application clients each communicate with the one or more application servers (04, 05) through the long link; and

acquire authentication information from a user management server (103) during a process of establishing the long link.

11. The AOG (20) according to claim 10, wherein

the terminal management module (2011) is specifically configured to:

send, to the user management server (30), an authentication information request carrying terminal identity information, and receive the user identity information that is returned by the user management server (30) according to correspondence between the terminal identity information and the user identity information.

12. The AOG (20) according to claim 11, wherein the terminal identity information is IMSI information, the user identity information is a cell phone number;

and

the terminal management module (2011), specifically, after receiving a registration request of the AOE (101), determines whether IMSI information comprised in the registration request has been registered in the AOG (20), if not registered, sends the authentication information request to the user management server (30), wherein the authentication information request carries the IMSI information, and receive a returned cell phone number corresponding to the IMSI information; and

when it is determined that the cell phone number is in a service range of the AOG (20), the AOG (20) stores the cell phone number, and returns a registration response to the AOE (101).

13. The AOG (20) according to claim 10, wherein the terminal identity information is terminal device identification, and the user identity information is a user name or user identification.

14. A user management server (30), located at a network side, and in communication connection with an always online engine AOE (101) and an always online service gateway AOG (20), wherein at least two application clients each communicate with the one or more application servers (04, 05) through an long link, the user management server (30) comprising:

a routing information module (3012), configured to provide routing information to the AOE (101), so as to request establishment of the long link according to the routing information; and

an authentication information module (3013), configured to provide authentication information to the AOG (20) during a process that the AOE (101) and the AOG (20) establish the long link.

15. The user management server (30) according to claim 14, wherein

the user management server (30) further comprises a registration management module (3011), configured to acquire and store correspondence between terminal identity information and user identity information, and store an address of a home AOG (20) of the user identity information;

the routing information module (3012) is specifically configured to provide the AOE (101) with the address of the home AOG of the user identity information according to the terminal identity information in the routing information request sent by the AOE (101), and the correspondence between the terminal identity information and the user identity information, wherein the correspondence is acquired and stored by the registration management module; and

the authentication information module (3013) is specifically configured to;

when the AOG (20) sends the authentication information request, provide the AOG (20) with the user identity information according to the terminal identity information in the authentication information request, and the correspondence between the terminal identity information and the user identity information, wherein the correspondence is acquired and stored by the registration management module.