Method, apparatus and system for implementing login of IP telephone number

• US 9,380,084 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• 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: Zhang, Kai, Zhu, Yiquan, Luan, Yuanhua
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Henson, Jamaal
• Application Number:
  US14/139,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20140177628A1
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 Reducing energy consumption in communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for implementing login of an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number. The method includes: after receiving a neighbor discovery protocol message of a data link layer sent by a connected IP telephone, obtaining, by a communication client, when determining that the communication client has used a communication account to log in to a communication server, from the communication server, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account, and sending the IP telephone number to the IP telephone, so that the IP telephone uses the IP telephone number to execute a login operation, thereby solving the problem in the prior art that the user operation is complex because a manual input manner needs to be used in logging in by using both the communication account and the IP telephone number.

Claims

1. A method for implementing login of an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number, the method comprising:

receiving, by a communication client, a neighbor discovery protocol message of a data link layer sent by an IP telephone, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises an IP address and a port number of the IP telephone;

in response to determining, by the communication client, that the communication client has used a communication account to log in to a communication server, obtaining, by the communication client, from the communication server, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account;

and sending, by the communication client, the IP telephone number to the IP telephone according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone, so that the IP telephone uses the IP telephone number to execute a login operation to the communication server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before obtaining, from the communication server, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account, the method further comprises:

determining that the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login, wherein the information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login is used for indicating that the IP telephone supports using an IP telephone number associated with a communication account of a communication client that has logged in to execute a login operation.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before obtaining, from the communication server, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account, the method further comprises:

sending, by the communication client, to the IP telephone, information indicating that the communication client has logged in, an IP address of a personal computer (PC) where the communication client is located and a port number of the communication client, and receiving a login application request sent by the IP telephone according to the IP address of the PC and the port number of the communication client when the IP telephone determines that the communication client has logged in.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving, by a communication client, a neighbor discovery protocol message sent by an IP telephone comprises:

receiving, by the communication client, the neighbor discovery protocol message through a network adapter of the PC where the communication client is located, wherein a network adapter driver of the network adapter reports the neighbor discovery protocol message to an operating system on the PC after determining that the network adapter receives the neighbor discovery protocol message, so that the operating system transmits the neighbor discovery protocol message to the communication client when determining that the communication client is running.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the neighbor discovery protocol message is a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) message; and

reporting, by a network adapter driver of the network adapter, the neighbor discovery protocol message to an operating system on the PC after determining that the network adapter receives the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises;

reporting, by the network adapter driver of the network adapter, the neighbor discovery protocol message to the operating system on the PC when determining that the neighbor discovery protocol message is the LLDP message according to a destination address of the neighbor discovery protocol message received by the network adapter.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein after sending, by the communication client, the IP telephone number to the IP telephone according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone, the method further comprises:

logging out of, by the communication client, the communication account when a user operation used for indicating logout of the communication account is detected, and instructing the IP telephone to log out of the IP telephone number.

7. A method for implementing login of an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number, the method comprising:

when an IP telephone detects that an Ethernet port of the IP telephone is connected to a personal computer (PC), sending a neighbor discovery protocol message of a data link layer to the PC, so that when the PC determines that a communication client is running on the PC, the PC transmits the neighbor discovery protocol message to the communication client, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises an IP address and a port number of the IP telephone;

receiving, by the IP telephone, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account and sent by the communication client according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone when the communication client determines that the communication client has used a communication account to log in to a communication server;

and using, by the IP telephone, the IP telephone number to execute a login operation to the communication server.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login, so that the communication client sends the IP telephone number to the IP telephone when determining, according to the neighbor discovery protocol message, that the IP telephone supports associated login, wherein the information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login is used for indicating that the IP telephone supports using an IP telephone number associated with a communication account of a communication client that has logged in to execute a login operation.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein before receiving, by the IP telephone, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account and sent by the communication client according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone when the communication client determines that the communication client has used a communication account to log in to a communication server, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the IP telephone, information sent by the communication client indicating that the communication client has logged in, an IP address of the PC and a port number of the communication client, and when determining that the communication client has logged in, sending a login application request to the communication client according to the IP address of the PC and the port number of the communication client.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein before sending a login application request to the communication client according to the IP address of the PC and the port number of the communication client, the method further comprises:

determining that the response message is received through the Ethernet port connected to the PC.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein after using, by the IP telephone, the IP telephone number to execute a login operation, the method further comprises:

when receiving a logout instruction sent by the communication client, logging out of, by the IP telephone, the IP telephone number.

12. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a receiving unit implemented by a network adapter, a login unit implemented by a processor, an obtaining unit implemented by the processor, and a sending unit implemented by the network adapter, wherein;

the receiving unit is configured to receive a neighbor discovery protocol message of a data link layer sent by an IP telephone, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises an IP address and a port number of the IP telephone;

the login unit is configured to use a communication account to log in to a communication server;

the obtaining unit is configured to;

when the receiving unit receives the neighbor discovery protocol message, and determines that the login unit has used the communication account to log in to the communication server, obtain, from the communication server, an IP telephone number associated with the communication account, and transmit the IP telephone number to the sending unit; and

the sending unit is configured to receive the IP telephone number from the obtaining unit, and send the IP telephone number to the IP telephone according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone, so that the IP telephone uses the IP telephone number to execute a login operation to the communication server.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a judging unit implemented by the processor, and wherein:

the receiving unit is further configured to transmit the neighbor discovery protocol message to the judging unit;

the judging unit is configured to receive the neighbor discovery protocol message from the receiving unit, determine whether the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login, and transmit a determination result to the obtaining unit, wherein the information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login is used for indicating that the IP telephone supports using an IP telephone number associated with a communication account of a communication apparatus that has logged in to execute a login operation; and

the obtaining unit is configured to receive the determination result from the judging unit, and when the determination result is yes, obtain, from the communication server, the IP telephone number associated with the communication account.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send, to the IP telephone, information indicating that the communication apparatus has logged in, an IP address of a personal computer (PC) where the communication apparatus is located and a port number of the communication apparatus; and

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a login application request sent by the IP telephone according to the IP address of the PC and the port number of the communication apparatus when the IP telephone determines that the communication apparatus has logged in.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a logout unit implemented by the processor, configured to log out of the communication account when a user operation used for indicating logout of the communication account is detected, and instruct the IP telephone to log out of the IP telephone number.

16. An Internet Protocol (IP) telephone, comprising:

a detection unit implemented by a processor, a sending unit implemented by a network adapter, a receiving unit implemented by the network adapter, and a login unit implemented by the processor, wherein;

the detection unit is configured to detect whether an Ethernet port of the IP telephone is connected to a personal computer (PC), and transmit a detection result to the sending unit;

the sending unit is configured to receive the detection result sent by the detection unit, and when the detection result is that the Ethernet port of the IP telephone is connected to the PC, send a neighbor discovery protocol message of a data link layer to the PC, so that when it is determined that a communication client is running on the PC, the PC transmits the neighbor discovery protocol message to the communication client, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises an IP address and a port number of the IP telephone;

the receiving unit is configured to receive an IP telephone number associated with the communication account and sent by the communication client according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone when the communication client determines that the communication client has used a communication account to log in to a communication server; and

the login unit is configured to receive the IP telephone number from the receiving unit, and use the IP telephone number to execute a login operation to the communication server.

17. The IP telephone according to claim 16, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message sent by the sending unit comprises information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login, so that the communication client sends the IP telephone number to the IP telephone when determining, according to the neighbor discovery protocol message, that the IP telephone supports associated login, wherein the information indicating that the IP telephone supports associated login is used for indicating that the IP telephone supports using an IP telephone number associated with a communication account of a communication client that has logged in to execute a login operation.

18. The IP telephone according to claim 16, further comprising a determining unit implemented by the processor, and wherein:

the receiving unit is further configured to receive information sent by the communication client indicating that the communication client has logged in, an IP address of the PC and a port number of the communication client;

the determining unit is configured to determine, according to the information indicating that the communication client has logged in, that the communication client has logged in, and transmit a determination result to the sending unit; and

the sending unit is further configured to receive the determination result sent by the determining unit, and send a login application request to the communication client according to the IP address of the PC and the port number of the communication client.

19. The IP telephone according to claim 16, further comprising a logout unit implemented by the processor, and wherein:

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a logout instruction sent by the communication client, and transmit the logout instruction to the logout unit; and

the logout unit is configured to receive the logout instruction from the receiving unit, and log out of the IP telephone number.

20. A communication system, comprising:

an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone, a communication client and a communication server, and wherein;

the IP telephone is connected, through an Ethernet port, to a personal computer (PC) where the communication client is located;

the IP telephone is configured to;

when it is detected that the Ethernet port of the IP telephone is connected to the PC, send a neighbor discovery protocol message of a data link layer to the PC, so that the PC, when determining that the communication client is running, transmits the neighbor discovery protocol message to the communication client, wherein the neighbor discovery protocol message comprises an IP address and a port number of the IP telephone;

receive an IP telephone number associated with the communication account and sent by the communication client according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone when the communication client determines that the communication client has used a communication account to log in to a communication server; and

use the IP telephone number to execute a login operation to the communication server;

the communication client is configured to receive the neighbor discovery protocol message;

when determining that the communication client has used the communication account to log in to the communication server, obtain, from the communication server, the IP telephone number associated with the communication account; and

send the IP telephone number to the IP telephone according to the IP address and the port number of the IP telephone; and

the communication server is configured to send the IP telephone number associated with the communication account to the communication client.