Method, device and system for controlling push message

• US 8,335,831 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2010
• Issued: 12/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• 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: Fan, Shunan, Chen, Guoqiao, Wang, Lei, Dong, Ting, Zhang, Huiping, Yang, Jian
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN, FRANTZ B
• Application Number:
  US12/729,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20100173658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/206, 709/230, 709/227, 709/202, 455/466
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

Method and apparatus for controlling a push message is provided. The push message is compared with a matching condition in a preset push message control policy, and the push message is processed according to a processing mode corresponding to the matching condition that is satisfied by the push message.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a push message, comprising:

receiving, by a push sending agent in a server, the push message sent by a push message initiator(PI);

comparing, by the push sending agent, the push message with a matching condition in a preset push message control policy, wherein the push message control policy is set by a push receiving agent in a terminal and sent to the push sending agent in the server, the matching condition comprises a service control condition which specifies a service identifier (ID) corresponding to a service type that the terminal is allowed to receive; and

sending, by the push sending agent, the push message to the push receiving agent in the terminal if the push message matches the service type that the terminal is allowed to receive.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the push message control policy is sent to the push sending agent via a session initiation protocol (SIP) message.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the push message control policy is carried in a ua-profile header field of the SIP message or is carried in an Accept header field and a Content-type header field of the SIP message.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the push message control policy is carried in one of a SIP-Push-Trusted-List header filed of the SIP message, a SIP-Push-Block-List header field of the SIP message and a SIP-Push-Permit-List header filed of the SIP message.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the SIP message is a SUBSCRIBE message.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the sending, by the push sending agent, the push message to the push receiving agent in the terminal, the method further comprises:

returning, by the push sending agent, a success message to the PI.

7. A push message sending agent, comprising:

a policy storage module configured to store a push message control policy containing a service control condition which specifies a service identifier (ID) corresponding to a service type that a terminal is allowed to receive, wherein the push message control policy is set by a push receiving agent in the terminal and sent to the push sending agent; and

a push message processing module configured to receive a push message sent by a push message initiator (PI), compare the received push message with the service control condition in the push message control policy stored by the policy storage module, and send the push message to the push receiving agent in the terminal if the push message matches the service type that the terminal is allowed to receive.

8. The push message sending agent according to claim 7, wherein the push message processing module further comprises:

a feedback module configured to feed back a success message to the PI after the push message is sent to the push receiving agent in the terminal.

9. A push message sending agent, comprising:

a policy reading module configured to read a push message control policy containing a service control condition which specifies a service identifier (ID) corresponding to a service type that a terminal is allowed to receive; and

a push message processing module configured to receive a push message sent by a push message initiator (PI), compare the received push message with the service control condition in the push message control policy, and send the push message to a push receiving agent in the terminal if the push message matches the service type that the terminal is allowed to receive.

10. The push message sending agent according to claim 9, wherein the push message processing module further comprises:

a feedback module configured to feed back a success message to the PI after the push message is sent to the push receiving agent in the terminal.

11. A terminal, comprising:

a policy setting module configured to set a push message control policy containing a service control condition which specifies a service identifier (ID) corresponding to a service type that the terminal is allowed to receive;

a policy storage module configured to store the push message control policy set by the policy setting module; and

a push message processing module configured to

receive a push message sent by a push sending agent, compare the received push message with the service control condition in the push message control policy stored by the policy storage module, and send the push message to an application module of the terminal if the push message matches the service type that the terminal is allowed to receive.

12. The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the push message processing module further comprises a feedback module configured to feed back a success message to the push sending agent after the push message is sent to the application module.