Event related communications

• US 7,509,652 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2002
• Issued: 03/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Niemi, Aki
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen; Li B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Seye; Abdou K
• Application Number:
  US10/492,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20040260553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,360 Days
• Field of Search: 719/318, 709/205
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method in a communication system wherein a requestor (18) signals a request (1) for a service associated with an event. The request includes a first identifier for identifying the requested event and a second identifier for identifying the origin of the event. An executable set of instructions is then selected based on the first and second identifiers. Communications associated with the specific event is then controlled by means of the selected executable set of instructions. A communication system and a service execution entity (12) operating in accordance with the method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computerized method, comprising:

receiving from a requestor a session initiation protocol event message comprising a first identifier that identifies a user specific event created by a user and a second identifier that identifies an origin of the user specific event;

subscribing the requestor to the event in response to receiving a request generated and transmitted by a user equipment;

selecting an executable set of instructions based on the first and second identifiers, wherein the selecting comprises mapping the first identifier into executable sets of instructions and fetching the selected executable set of instructions from storage; and

controlling communications associated with the user specific event with the selected executable set of instructions, wherein the controlling comprises monitoring for a change in a state of the event and transmitting a message to the requestor in response to detection of a change in the state of the event.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the executable set of instructions comprises a script.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the session initiation protocol event message from the requestor comprises a session initiation protocol SUBSCRIBE message.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transporting information in a session initiation protocol NOTIFY message.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

communicating content to the requestor.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second identifier comprises an address of the origin of the event.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first identifier is included in a header of the request.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the request expires after a defined time.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

registering of an event package for the event in an event package directory.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set of executable instructions subscribes to another event.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user specific event is a document created by the user.

12. A system, comprising:

a unit configured to provide a user specific event created by a user;

a user equipment configured to signal a session initiation protocol event message including a first identifier configured to identify the user specific event and a second identifier configured to identify the unit configured to provide the user specific event, wherein the user equipment is configured to subscribe to the event in response to generating a request and transmitting the request to a server entity of a communication network; and

an instructions selector configured to select an executable set of instructions based on the first and second identifiers by mapping the first identifier into executable sets of instructions and fetching the selected executable set of instructions from storage;

a service executor configured to execute the executable set of instructions configured to control communications associated with the user specific event, the instructions, wherein controlling comprises monitoring for a change in a state of the event and transmitting a message to a requestor in response to detection of a change in the state of the event.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the session initiation protocol event message comprises a session initiation protocol subscribe request.

14. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the service executer is configured to transport information in a session initiation protocol NOTIFY message.

15. An apparatus having a processor, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an session initiation protocol event message including a first identifier configured to identify a user specific event created by a user and a second identifier configured to identify a unit configured to provide the user specific event;

a subscriber configured to subscribe the requestor to the event in response to receiving a request generated and transmitted by a user equipment;

a selector configured to select an executable set of instructions, the selector further configured to map the first identifier into executable sets of instructions and fetch the selected executable set of instructions from storage, the executable set of instructions being configured to control communications associated with the user specific event based on the first and second identifiers, wherein controlling comprises monitoring for a change in a state of the event and transmitting a message to a requestor in response to detection of a change in the state of the event; and

a transmitter configured to communicate session initiation protocol event messages to the user equipment.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the session initiation protocol event message comprises a session initiation protocol SUBSCRIBE message.

17. An apparatus having a processor, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a session initiation protocol event message including a first identifier identifying a user specific event created by a user and a second identifier identifying an origin of the user specific event;

a subscriber configured to subscribe the requestor to the event in response to receiving a request generated and transmitted by a user equipment;

a selector configured to select an executable set of instructions based on the first and second identifiers, the selector further configured to map the first identifier into executable sets of instructions and fetch the selected executable set of instructions from storage; and

an executor configured to control communications associated with the user specific event with the executable set of instructions, the executor further configured to monitor for a change in a state of the event and transmit a message to the requestor in response to detection of a change in the state of the event.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

wherein the session initiation protocol event message comprises a session initiation protocol SUBSCRIBE message.

19. An apparatus having a processor, comprising:

receiving means for receiving a session initiation protocol event message including a first identifier for identifying a user specific event created by a user and a second identifier for identifying a means for providing the user specific event;

subscribing means for subscribing the requestor to the event in response to receiving a request generated and transmitted by a user equipment;

selecting means for selecting an executable set of instructions for controlling communications associated with the user specific event based on the first and second identifiers, wherein the selecting means is for mapping the first identifier into executable sets of instructions and for fetching the selected executable set of instructions from storage;

controlling means for controlling communications associated with the user specific event with the selected executable set of instructions, wherein the controlling means is for monitoring for a change in a state of the event and for transmitting a message to the requestor in response to detection of a change in the state of the event; and

transmitting means for communicating session initiation protocol event messages to the user equipment.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the session initiation protocol event message comprises a session initiation protocol SUBSCRIBE message.

21. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program configured to control a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving from a requestor a session initiation protocol event message comprising a first identifier that identifies a user specific event created by a user and a second identifier that identifies an origin of the user specific event;

subscribing the requestor to the event in response to receiving a request generated and transmitted by a user equipment;

selecting an executable set of instructions based on the first and second identifiers, wherein the selecting comprises mapping the first identifier into executable sets of instructions and fetching the selected executable set of instructions from storage; and

controlling communications associated with the user specific event with the selected executable set of instructions, wherein the controlling comprises monitoring for a change in a state of the event and transmitting a message to the requestor in response to detection of a change in the state of the event.