Method And System For Internet Of Things Capability Integration

• US 20150143462A1
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Li, Chunlei
• Granted Patent: US 9,813,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2425 for supporting services specification, e.g. SLA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

Disclosed is an Internet of things capability integration system, which relates to the field of Internet of things, and the field of telecommunication network and Internet. The disclosed Internet of things capability integration system includes: an Internet of things capability integration access platform, configured to be accessed by Internet of things capability devices, authenticate the accessed Internet of things capability devices, develop Internet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices, and load the developed Internet of things capability services; an Internet of things capability operation management platform, configured to perform an operation management operation on the Internet of things capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform; and an Internet of things capability opening management platform, configured to open the Internet of things network capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform, and perform an management operation on the opening of the Internet of things capability services. An Internet of things capability integration method is also disclosed. The present technical schemes sufficiently exert the operation capability and resources of operators, and cover the shortage of the current Internet of things industry development.

Claims

1. An Internet of things capability integration system, comprising an Internet of things capability integration access platform, an Internet of things capability operation management platform, and an Internet of things capability opening management platform, wherein,

the Internet of things capability integration access platform is configured to be accessed by Internet of things capability devices, authenticate the accessed Internet of things capability devices, and develop Internet of things capability services and load the developed Internet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices;

the Internet of things capability operation management platform is configured to perform an operation management operation on the Internet of things capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform; and

the Internet of things capability opening management platform is configured to open the Internet of things network capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform, and perform a management operation on the opening of the Internet of things capability services.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein, the Internet of things capability integration access platform comprises a capability access module and a capability service development module, wherein,

the capability access module is configured to access the Internet of things capability devices, and perform authentication, management, and safety functional operations on the accessed Internet of things capability devices;

and

the capability service development module is configured to develop the Internet of things capability services based on atomic capabilities provided by operators and the accessed Internet of things capability devices, wherein, the development of the Internet of things capability services at least comprises one or more of;

atomic capability development, service arrangement, service test, service deployment, and service execution.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein,

the capability access module is configured to identify addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange between various network levels, to complete physical layer access of the Internet of things capability devices, and acquire information of the accessed Internet of things capability devices using one or more of the following networks, and perform authentication, management, and safety functional operations on the accessed Internet of things capability devices according to the acquired information of the Internet of things capability devices:

a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network, an internet, a wireless communication network, and other Internets of things with private media.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein, the operation management operation performed by the Internet of things capability operation management platform at least comprises authentication and accounting.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein, the Internet of things capability operation management platform comprises a unified operation portal module, a management unit, an accounting module, a statistic module, and a service execution module, wherein,

the unified operation portal module is configured to provide a manager operated WEB interface to device providers, capability providers, capability service developers, terminal users, and operator managers;

the management unit is configured to mange contents related to Internet of things services and Internet of things and conventional telecommunication convergent services, manage portals of the Internet of things services and Internet of things and telecommunication convergent services, manage schemes of pricing and accounting policies and preferential policies related to the Internet of things services, and manage an ordering life cycle related to the Internet of things services;

the accounting module is configured to perform rating and accounting on the Internet of things services after the Internet of things services are used and ordered;

the statistic module is configured to analyze operation information and generate an operation report or a settlement statement; and

the service execution module is configured to operate the Internet of things capability services developed by the Internet of things capability integration access platform and invoke the conventional telecommunication capabilities.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of things capability opening management platform on the opening of the Internet of things capability services at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein, the Internet of things capability opening management platform at least comprises a capability opening module, an authentication module, a flow control module, and an SLA management module, wherein,

the capability opening module is configured to provide a unified capability opening interface, to open the Internet of things capability services to a third party;

the authentication module is configured to perform authentication and link maintenance on the access in the process of opening the capabilities;

the flow control module is configured to perform flow monitoring and load balancing in the process of opening the capabilities; and

the SLA management module is configured to perform service policies in the process of opening the capabilities.

13. The system according to claim 2, wherein, the operation management operation performed by the Internet of things capability operation management platform at least comprises authentication and accounting.

14. The system according to claim 3, wherein, the operation management operation performed by the Internet of things capability operation management platform at least comprises authentication and accounting.

15. The system according to claim 2, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of things capability opening management platform on the opening of the Internet of things capability services at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

16. The system according to claim 3, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of things capability opening management platform on the opening of the Internet of things capability services at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

8. An Internet of things capability integration method, comprising:

having Internet of things capability devices access to an Internet of things capability integration system, authenticating, by the Internet of things capability integration system, the accessed Internet of things capability devices, and developing Internet of things capability services and loading the developed Internet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices; and

performing, by the Internet of things capability integration system, an operation management operation on the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded while opening the Internet of things network capability services which are developed and loaded, opening the Internet of things network capability services, and performing a management operation on the opening of the Internet of things capability services.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein, the process of having Internet of things capability devices access to an Internet of things capability integration system, and authenticating, by the Internet of things capability integration system, the accessed Internet of things capability devices comprises:

identifying addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange between various network levels, to complete physical layer access of the Internet of things capability devices, and acquiring information of the accessed Internet of things capability devices using one or more of the following networks, and performing authentication, management, and safety functional operations on the accessed Internet of things capability devices according to the acquired information of the Internet of things capability devices;

a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network, an Internet, a wireless communication network, and other Internets of things with private media.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the process of developing, by the Internet of thins capability integration system, Internet of things capability services and loading the developed Internet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices comprises:

developing the Internet of things capability services based on atomic capabilities provided by operators and the accessed Internet of things capability devices, wherein, the development of the Internet of things capability services at least comprises one or more of;

atomic capability development, service arrangement, service test, service deployment, and service execution.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein,

the operation management operation performed by the Internet of things capability integration system on the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of things capability integration system on the opening of the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

17. The method according to claim 9, wherein,

the operation management operation performed by the Internet of things capability integration system on the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein,

the operation management operation performed by the Internet of things capability integration system on the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.

19. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of things capability integration system on the opening of the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

20. The method according to claim 10, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of things capability integration system on the opening of the Internet of things capability services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.