REAL-TIME INTERACTION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20150341464A1
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Adisesha, Naveen
• Granted Patent: US 9,807,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• 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: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A method for achieving real-time interaction is described herein. According to an implementation, the method includes determining a context feature associated with a request received from a requesting terminal (104). The request is transmitted in a service region based on the context feature. The request is transmitted by broadcasting the request over a communication network (108). In response to the request, at least one request response is received from one or more of a plurality of target terminals (106). Further, the request response is provided to the requesting terminal (104), based on the request.

Claims

1. A method for real-time interaction, the method comprising:

determining a context feature associated with at least one request, the at least one request being received from a requesting terminal;

transmitting the at least one request in a service region based on the context feature, wherein the at least one request is transmitted by broadcasting over a communication network;

receiving at least one request response from one or more of a plurality of target terminals, in response to the at least one transmitted request; and

providing the at least one request response to the requesting terminal wherein providing also comprises;

tagging the at least one request response with a user category to determine an accuracy of the at least one request response.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises determining at least one service parameter associated with the context feature in the at least one request.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the method further comprises transmitting a delete-request instruction to the plurality of target terminals, based on the at least one service parameter associated with the context feature.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one service parameter comprises at least one of a service region, a response request limit, and a time-out window.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the providing comprises:

transmitting the at least one request response to the requesting terminal based on the service parameter.

6. An interaction system for real-time interaction, the interaction system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising,

an analysis engine configured to,

obtain a context feature associated with a request, wherein the request is received from a requesting terminal; and

determine a service parameter associated with the context feature; and

a transmission module configured to,

broadcasting the request in a service region to a plurality of target terminals, wherein the service region is identified based on the context feature and the service parameter; and

transmit at least one request response received from at least one target terminal to the requesting terminal, based on the service parameter and

tagging the at least one request response with a user category to determine an accuracy of the at least one request response.

7. The interaction system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the analysis engine is further configured to:

identify a serviced cell for broadcasting the request, based on the context feature; and

determine the service region in the serviced cell for broadcasting the request, based on the service parameter.

8. The interaction system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmission module is further configured to broadcast the request in the serviced cell.

9. The interaction system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transmission module is further configured to transmit the request to a broadcast centre for broadcasting the request in the service region.

10. The interaction system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transmission module is further configured to broadcast a delete-request instruction to the plurality of target terminals, based on the service parameter.

11. The interaction system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a parsing module configured to validate content of the request and the at least one request response, prior to the broadcasting and the transmitting, respectively.

12. A target terminal participating in real-time interaction, configured to:

receive a request from an interaction system through a broadcast message, the request comprising a context feature;

determine, based on the context feature, whether the target terminal is an intended recipient of the request; and

perform an action in response to the request, based on the determining, wherein the action comprises one of transmitting a request response comprising a tag with a user category and rejecting the request.

13. The target terminal as claimed in claim 12, further configured to:

determine validity of the request based on at least one service parameter, the target terminal being the intended recipient of the request; and

delete the request based on the determined validity of the request.

14. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method for achieving real-time interaction, the method comprising:

determining a context feature and a service parameter associated with at least one request, the request being received from a requesting terminal;

broadcasting the at least one request to a plurality of target terminals in a service region within a serviced cell, based on the context feature and the service parameter;

receiving at least one request response from one or more of the plurality of target terminals, in response to the at least one transmitted request;

providing the at least one request response to the requesting terminal based on the service parameter, the at least one request response comprising a tag with a user category.

15. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14, wherein the broadcasting the at least one request comprises tagging the at least one request, the tag being indicative of a credibility of the at least one request.