Method and device for uniform resource identifier handling of user device

• US 8,589,519 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2008
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Huang, Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): DRABIK, SARAH E
• Application Number:
  US12/999,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,980 Days
• Field of Search: 713/156, 709/220
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45

Abstract

A user device (110) is connected to a web server (120) via a network (130). An owner (140) communicates with the web server and has a communication channel (141) to the user device. The owner initiates an URI assignment request to the user device and obtains the device credentials via the communication channel (141). The owner provides the credentials to the web server via a communication channel (121). The web server sends the credentials to the user device which compares the credentials with its memory (110a) and replies with the URI status. The web server sends the URI assignment to the user device which accepts and confirms back to the web server which sends a locking message to the user device. The owner can revoke the URI using a password that is verified by the user device, which deletes the URI. An advantage is that the owner can acquire the URI without being the owner of domain.

Claims

1. A method in a telecommunication network for handling assignment and revocation of at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of a user device by a device owner via a web server, an IP connection having been established between the web server and the user device;

the method comprising assigning said URI by;

sending an assignment request with a credential message to the user device, the assignment request requesting the user device be assigned one or more URIs;

sending an assignment response with specification of a URI status of the user device;

assigning a URI to the user device and sending the URI assignment to the user device, wherein the URI is a sub-domain of the web server; and

sending a locking message to lock the URI of the user device.

2. The method according to claim 1, including storing said URI on said web server.

3. The method according to claim 1, including storing said URI on a device memory.

4. The method according to claim 1, including assigning a plurality of URIs to said user device.

5. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising revoking said URI by:

sending an unlock owner status request with a revoke URI message to the user device; and

sending an unlock response with a revoke response of the user device.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein assigning said URI comprises storing said URI on said web server, and wherein revoking said URI comprises removing said URI on the web server.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein assigning said URI comprises storing said URI on a device memory, and wherein revoking said URI comprises removing said URI on the device memory.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the web server generating a time limited code and sending said time limited code to the user device.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the web server verifying a time limited code within a pre-determined time interval.

10. An assignment procedure node in a telecommunication network for handling assignment and revocation of at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of a user device based on an IP connection being established between a web server and the user device, wherein the assignment procedure node is configured to assign said URI and comprises:

a first input/output (I/O) interface circuit configured to access the web server via a network;

a second I/O interface circuit configured to communicate with said user device for outputting intrinsic information from said user device to a device owner;

an assign request circuit connected to the first I/O interface and the user device, and configured to send an assignment request with credential message to the user device, the assignment request requesting the user device be assigned one or more URIs;

an assign response circuit configured to communicate with the first I/O interface and the user device, and configured to send an assignment response with specification of a URI status of the user device;

an URI assign circuit configured to communicate with the first I/O interface and the user device, and configured to assign an URI to the user device and to send a URI assignment to the user device, wherein the URI is a sub-domain of the web server; and

a locking message circuit connected to the first I/O interface and the user device, and configured to send a locking message to lock the URI of the user device.

11. A revocation procedure node in a telecommunication network for handling assignment and revocation of at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of a user device based on an IP connection being established between a web server and the user device, wherein the revocation procedure node is configured to revoke said URI and comprises:

a first input/output (I/O) interface circuit configured to access the web server via a network;

a second I/O interface circuit configured to communicate with said user device for communication from said user device to a device owner;

an unlock status circuit configured to communicate with the first I/O interface and the user device, and configured to send an unlock owner status request with a revoke URI message to the user device, the unlock owner status request requesting that an owner status of the user device be unlocked so that the user device will no longer be locked to an owner and the revoke URI message requesting or directing revocation of at least one URI of the user device that was previously assigned to the user device in response to an assignment request, sent to the user device, comprising a credential message and requesting the device to be assigned one or more URIs; and

an unlock response circuit configured to communicate with the first I/O interface and the user device, and configured to send an unlock response with a revoke response of the user device.

12. A method implemented by a web server for assigning one or more Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to a user device, the method comprising:

sending to the user device an assignment request that requests the device be assigned one or more URIs;

sending to the user device a credential message;

receiving from the user device an assignment response indicating that the user device will accept assignment of one or more URIs;

assigning one or more URIs to the user device that each comprises a sub-domain of the web server;

sending an indication of the assigned one or more URIs to the user device; and

sending a locking message to the user device that locks the one or more URIs of the user device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving from the user device, responsive to having sent said assignment request, a credentials request that requests credentials verifying permission to assign one or more URIs to the user device;

sending said credentials in said credential message to the user device responsive to said credentials request; and

wherein receiving said assignment response occurs responsive to having sent said credentials.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating a time limited code and sending said time limited code to the user device.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving input from a user of the user device and verifying that the input corresponds to the time limited code sent to the user device, thereby verifying a proximity of the user to the user device.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising revoking the one or more URIs assigned to the user device by:

sending to the user device an unlock owner status request with a revoke URI message; and

receiving an unlock response with a revoke response of the user device.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein assigning said URI comprises storing said URI on said web server, and wherein the method further comprises revoking said URI by removing said URI on the web server.

18. A web server for assigning one or more Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to a user device, the web server comprising one or more processing circuits configured to:

send to the user device an assignment request that requests the device be assigned one or more URIs;

send to the user device a credential message;

receive from the user device an assignment response indicating that the user device will accept assignment of one or more URIs;

assign one or more URIs to the user device that each comprises a sub-domain of the web server;

send an indication of the assigned one or more URIs to the user device; and

send a locking message to the user device that locks the one or more URIs of the user device.

19. The web server of claim 18, wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

receive from the user device, responsive to having sent said assignment request, a credentials request that requests credentials verifying permission to assign one or more URIs to the user device;

send said credentials in said credential message to the user device responsive to said credentials request; and

receive said assignment response responsive to having sent said credentials.

20. The web server of claim 18, wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

generate a time limited code;

send said time limited code to the user device;

receive input from a user of the user device; and

verify that the input corresponds to the time limited code sent to the user device, thereby verifying a proximity of the user to the user device.