Method and system for realizing presence service, presence information processing device and presentity client

• US 8,595,309 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2007
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• 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: Sun, Qian, Zhao, Yang, Peng, Chenghui, Tian, Linyi, Bao, Hongqing, Song, Xuefei
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder, Patrice
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, NAM T
• Application Number:
  US11/944,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20080068371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,192 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• 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

The present invention discloses a method for realizing presence service. By recording a correlation between a watcher identity and a class in an authentication configuration information of a presentity for a watcher and making presence information related to a corresponding class in the presence information issued by the presentity, a presence server determines that presence information may be obtained by the watcher according to a correlation between classes and watcher identities and presence information. The invention further discloses a system for realizing presence service, a presence information processing device and a presentity client.

Claims

1. A method for processing presence information, comprising:

receiving, by an information processing device, presence information comprising different values configured for a presence element, classes corresponding to the different values and presentity information;

obtaining, by the information processing device, authentication configuration information of a presentity according to the presentity information;

obtaining, by the information processing device, a right rule by resolving the authentication configuration information, the right rule comprising a correlation configured by the presentity between a watcher identity and a class of group to which the watcher pertains; and

sending a value corresponding to a presence element in the presence information to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information;

wherein the watcher identity is configured in a condition element of the right rule, and the class to which the watcher pertains is configured in a transformation element of the right rule;

and a class subelement is configured in the presence element to record a class corresponding to a value of the presence element, and the value of the class subelement is used to distinguish different presence information issued by different presence sources;

wherein receiving by the information processing device the presence information comprises;

receiving by the information processing device, presence information issued for one presentity by at least two different presence sources; and

before sending, the method further comprises;

determining, by the information processing device, whether the class subelements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class subelement is contained, if the class subelements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class subelement is contained, merging the presence information issued by the different presence sources.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending the value of the presence element comprises:

sending the value of the presence element corresponding to the class recorded in the class subelement to a watcher corresponding to the class recorded in the class subelement.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a flag indicating whether to provide a class is further configured in the right rule of the authentication configuration information;

and

before sending the value corresponding to the presence element in the presence information to the corresponding watcher, the method further comprises;

deleting or keeping, by the information processing device;

class information contained in a presence information document according to the flag indicating whether to provide the class configured in the right rule.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the number of right rules for the watcher is at least two, and the method further comprises:

performing, by the information processing device, a logic OR or logic AND operation on at least two right rules, and taking an obtained result as the right rule for the watcher.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the authentication configuration information is created on an Extensible Markup Language Document Management (XDM) server by a presentity client via Extensible Markup Language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) protocol, wherein the correlation is recorded in the right rule in the authentication configuration information;

and

obtaining the authentication configuration information corresponding to the presentity comprises;

obtaining the authentication configuration information on the XDM server via the XCAP protocol.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the information processing device, subscription information from the watcher, wherein the subscription information further comprises filtering information for the class; and

before sending the value corresponding to the presence element in the presence information to the corresponding watcher, the method further comprises;

determining, by the information processing device, a presence element satisfying a filtering requirement according to the filtering information for the class, and sending the presence element satisfying the filtering requirement.

7. A system for realizing presence service, comprising a presentity client and a presence information processing device, wherein

the presentity client comprises a watcher grouping unit, a presence information configuring unit and a presence information sending unit, wherein

the watcher grouping unit is adapted to group watchers of presence information by classes and transfer a grouping result to a presence information processing device and a presence information configuring unit, wherein the grouping result is described by a correlation, included in a right rule obtained from authentication configuration information, between a watcher identity and a class of group to which the watcher pertains,

the presence information configuring unit is adapted to, in the presence information, configure different values for one presence element and classes corresponding to the different values according to the grouping result of the watcher grouping unit, and configure a class subelement in the presence element to record a class corresponding to a value of the presence element, and the value of the class subelement is used to distinguish different presence information issued by different presence sources;

and

the presence information sending unit is adapted to transfer the presence information processed by the presence information configuring unit to the presence information processing device, and

the presence information processing device comprises a grouping result recording unit, a grouping unit, a presence information sending unit, and a presence information merging unit, wherein;

the grouping result recording unit is adapted to record a grouping result for watchers sent from a presentity client according to a right rule obtained from authentication configuration information, wherein the grouping result is described by a correlation included in the right rule between a watcher identity and a class of a group to which the watcher pertains,

the grouping unit is adapted to determine to which group a watcher allowed to obtain presence information pertains according to the grouping result recorded in the grouping result recording unit after receiving the presence information, the presence information comprising different values of a presence element and classes corresponding to the values, and

the presence information sending unit is adapted to send a value of a presence element in the presence information to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information,

the presence information merging unit is adapted to determine whether the class subelements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class subelement is contained, if the class subelements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class subelement is contained, the presence information issued by the different presence sources is merged,

wherein at least one of the watcher grouping unit, the presence information configuring unit, the presence information sending unit, the grouping unit result recording unit, the grouping unit, and the presence information merging unit is implemented using a processor.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein:

the presence information processing device further comprises a class processing unit adapted to;

configure a flag indicating whether to provide a class in the right rule of the authentication configuration information; and

;

delete or keep class information contained in a presence information document according to the flag indicating whether to provide the class configured in the right rule.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the number of right rules for the watcher is at least two, and the presence information processing device further comprises a right merging unit adapted to:

perform a logic OR or logic AND operation on at least two right rules and take an obtained result as the right rule for the watcher.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the presence information processing device further comprises a filtering unit adapted to:

receive subscription information sent by the watcher, wherein the subscription information further comprises filtering information for the class; and

determine a presence element satisfying a filtering requirement according to the filtering information for the class and sending the presence element satisfying the filtering requirement, before sending the value corresponding to the presence element to the corresponding watcher.

11. A presence information processing device, comprising:

a grouping result recording unit, adapted to record a grouping result for watchers sent from a presentity client according to a right rule obtained from authentication configuration information, wherein the grouping result is described by a correlation included in the right rule between a watcher identity and a class of a group to which the watcher pertains;

a grouping unit, adapted to determine to which group a watcher allowed to obtain presence information pertains according to the grouping result recorded in the grouping result recording unit after receiving the presence information, the presence information comprising different values of a presence element and classes corresponding to the values; and

a presence information sending unit, adapted to send a value of a presence element in the presence information to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information;

a presence information merging unit, adapted to determine whether class subelements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class subelement is contained, if the presence information processing device receives the presence information issued for one presentity by at least two different presence sources, and if class subelements contained in the presence information issued by the different presence sources have the same value or no class subelement is contained, merge the presence information issued by the different presence sources;

wherein a class subelement is configured in the presence element to record a class corresponding to a value of the presence element, and the value of the class subelement is used to distinguish different presence information issued by different presence sources,

wherein at least one of the grouping result recording unit, the grouping unit, the presence information sending unit, and the presence information merging unit is implemented using a processor.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the presence information processing device further comprises a class processing unit adapted to:

configure a flag indicating whether to provide a class in the right rule of the authentication configuration information; and

delete or keep class information contained in a presence information document according to the flag indicating whether to provide the class configured in the right rule before sending the presence information to the watcher.

13. The device according to claim 11, wherein the number of right rules for the watcher is at least two, and the presence information processing device further comprises a right merging unit adapted to:

perform a logic OR or logic AND operation on the at least two right rules, and take an obtained result as the right rule for the watcher.

14. The device according to claim 11, wherein the presence information processing device further comprises a filtering unit adapted to:

receive subscription information sent by the watcher, wherein the subscription information further comprises filtering information for the class;

determine a presence element satisfying a filtering requirement according to the filtering information for the class before sending the value corresponding to the presence element in the presence information to the corresponding watcher; and

notify the presence information sending unit to send the presence element satisfying the filtering requirement.