Method, system, server and unit for setting configuration information of a presentity client

• US 7,756,952 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2007
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• 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: Tian, Linyi, Zhao, Yang, Bao, Hongqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Haresh N
• Application Number:
  US11/690,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214243A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,205 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-228, 709200-203, 707/3, 707/10, 370/352, 370/401
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

A method, a system, a document management server, a presence server and a delegation check processing unit for setting configuration information of a presentity client are used to solve the problem that the setting of configuration information must be done by a presentity client and cannot be delegated to other entities. The method for setting configuration information of a presentity client includes the processes of: determining a configuration request message sent from a configuration request sender is in delegation mode; confirming qualification of the configuration request sender according to delegation setting authorization rules set by the presentity client; and setting the configuration information of the presentity client according to the configuration request message.

Claims

1. A method for setting configuration information of a presentity client, comprising:

setting, by the presentity client, delegation setting authorization rules;

delegating, by the presentity client, a delegated entity of a presence service subscriber equipment;

setting, by the delegated entity, configuration information of the presentity client;

determining, by a delegation check hardware processing unit of a presence server, a configuration request message sent from a configuration request message sender is in delegation mode;

confirming, by the processing unit of the server, qualification of the configuration request message sender according to the delegation setting authorization rules set by the presentity client;

obtaining, by the processing unit of the server, confirmation from the presentity client through an aggregation proxy, and then setting the configuration information of the presentity client in the delegation mode according to the configuration request message; and

the delegation setting authorization rules existing in a markup language comprising categories of the configuration information that the delegated entity is delegated to set.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining a configuration request message sent from a configuration request message sender is in delegation mode comprises:

obtaining identification of the configuration request sender and identification of an object to be set;

determining the identification of the configuration request sender does not consist with the identification of the object to be set.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the identification of the configuration request sender and the identification of the object to be set are SIP addresses.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the delegation setting authorization rules comprise an SIP address of a delegated entity.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the delegation setting authorization rules further comprise categories of the configuration information that the delegated entity may be delegated to set.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the delegation setting authorization rules are presented in eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising after confirming qualification of the configuration request sender, obtaining confirmation from the presentity client before setting the configuration information of the presentity client.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein if a delegated entity lies in a presence service subscriber equipment, the method is implemented by using an aggregation proxy.

9. A system for setting configuration information of a presentity client, comprising:

the presentity client, for setting delegation setting authorization rules and delegating a delegated entity of a presence service subscriber equipment to set configuration information of the presentity client;

the delegated entity, for setting configuration information of the presentity client;

a delegation check hardware processing unit of a presence server, for determining a configuration request message sent from a configuration request sender is in delegation mode, confirming qualification of the configuration request sender according to the delegation setting authorization rules, obtaining confirmation from the presentity client through an aggregation proxy, and then setting the configuration information of the presentity client according to the configuration request message and the delegation setting authorization rules existing in a markup language comprising categories of the configuration information that the delegated entity is delegated to set.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the delegation check processing unit is in an eXtensible Markup Language document management server (Presence XDMS) or in a presence server, or the delegation check processing unit is a separate network element.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein when the delegated entity lies in a presence service subscriber equipment, the system further comprises an aggregation proxy, for enabling the presentity client or the delegated entity to interact with the delegation check processing unit.

12. The system according to claim 9, wherein when the delegated entity lies in a presence service subscriber equipment, the system further comprises an aggregation proxy for enabling the presentity client or the delegated entity to interact with the delegation check processing unit.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the delegation setting authorization rules comprise an SIP address of the delegated entity.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the delegation setting authorization rules further comprise categories of the configuration information that the delegated entity may be delegated to set.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the delegation setting authorization rules are presented in eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents.

16. A document management presence server, which stores eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents configured by a presentity client or a watcher client, the server comprises:

a delegation check hardware processing unit, for determining a configuration request message sent from a configuration request sender is in delegation mode, confirming qualification of the configuration request sender according to delegation setting authorization rules set by the presentity client, obtaining, by the processing unit of the server, confirmation from the presentity client through an aggregation proxy, and then setting the configuration information of the presentity client in the delegation mode according to the configuration request message, and the delegation setting authorization rules existing in a markup language comprising categories of the configuration information that a delegated entity of a presence service subscriber equipment is delegated to set;

the delegation setting authorization rules are set by the presentity client;

the delegated entity is delegated by the presentity client to set configuration information of the presentity client; and

the configuration information of the presentity client is set by the delegated entity.

17. A presence server, comprising:

a delegation check hardware processing unit, for determining a configuration request message sent from a configuration request sender is in delegation mode, confirming qualification of the configuration request sender according to delegation setting authorization rules set by a presentity client, obtaining, by the processing unit of the server, confirmation from the presentity client through an aggregation proxy, and then setting the configuration information of the presentity client in the delegation mode according to the configuration request message, and the delegation setting authorization rules existing in a markup language comprising categories of the configuration information that a delegated entity of a presence service subscriber equipment is delegated to set;

the delegation setting authorization rules are set by the presentity client;

the delegated entity is delegated by the presentity client to set configuration information of the presentity client; and

the configuration information of the presentity client is set by the delegated entity.

18. A delegation check processing unit of a document management presence server, comprising:

a hardware unit for determining a configuration request message sent from a configuration request sender is in delegation mode, confirming qualification of the configuration request sender according to delegation setting authorization rules set by a presentity client, obtaining, by the processing unit of the server, confirmation from the presentity client through an aggregation proxy, and then setting the configuration information of the presentity client in the delegation mode according to the configuration request message, and the delegation setting authorization rules existing in a markup language comprising categories of the configuration information that a delegated entity of a presence service subscriber equipment is delegated to set;

the delegation setting authorization rules are set by the presentity client;

the delegated entity is delegated by the presentity client to set configuration information of the presentity client; and

the configuration information of the presentity client is set by the delegated entity.

19. The delegation check processing unit according to 18, wherein the delegation check processing unit is further used for obtaining confirmation from the presentity client before setting the configuration information of the presentity client.

20. The delegation check processing unit according to 18, wherein the delegation check processing unit is in an eXtensible Markup Language document management server (Presence XDMS) or in a presence server.