Method and system for Internet of things capability integration

• US 9,813,398 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Inventors: Li, Chunlei
• Primary Examiner(s): Arani, Taghi
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, PHY ANH TRAN
• Application Number:
  US14/406,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20150143462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,777 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2425 for supporting services specification, e.g. SLA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

Disclosed is an Internet of things capability integration system, which relates to the field of Internet of things, and the field of telecommunication network and Internet. The disclosed Internet of things capability integration system includes: an Internet of things capability integration access platform, configured to be accessed by Internet of things capability devices, authenticate the accessed Internet of things capability devices, develop Internet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices, and load the developed Internet of things capability services; an Internet of things capability operation management platform, configured to perform an operation management operation on the Internet of things capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform; and an Internet of things capability opening management platform, configured to open the Internet of things network capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform, and perform an management operation on the opening of the Internet of things capability services. An Internet of things capability integration method is also disclosed. The present technical schemes sufficiently exert the operation capability and resources of operators, and cover the shortage of the current Internet of things industry development.

Claims

1. An Internet of Things integration method, the method being applied in a terminal device and comprising the following steps executed by hardware that performs instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium in the terminal device:

providing Internet of Things devices with access to an Internet of Things integration system;

authenticating the Internet of Things devices with the Internet of Things integration system;

developing Internet of Things services based on atomic capabilities provided by operators and the Internet of Things devices;

loading the developed Internet of Things services based on the Internet of Things devices;

performing a management operation, with the Internet of Things integration system, on the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded while opening the Internet of Things services;

opening the Internet of Things services; and

performing a management operation on the opening of the Internet of Things services;

wherein the developing Internet of Things services comprises configuring at least one of service arrangement, service testing, and service deployment;

wherein the method further comprises the following steps;

invoking telecommunication operations to interact with Internet of Things services, wherein the telecommunication operations comprise message services, flow services, and location services; and

managing a life cycle related to the Internet of things services;

wherein the life cycle comprises service deployment, service upgrade, service scheduling, service offline, and service unloading.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the providing the Internet of Things devices with access to the Internet of Things integration system and authenticating the Internet of Things devices comprises:

identifying addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange between various network levels to complete physical layer access of the Internet of Things devices, and acquiring information of the Internet of Things devices using one or more of the following networks, and performing authentication, management, and safety functional operations on the Internet of Things devices according to the acquired information of the Internet of Things devices;

a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network, an Internet, a wireless communication network, and other Internets of Things with private media.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein,

the management operation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on the opening of the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the management operation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on the opening of the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

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

providing a manager operated WEB interface to device providers, service developers, terminal users, and operator managers;

managing contents related to the Internet of Things services and the Internet of Things devices and conventional telecommunication convergent services, managing portals of the Internet of Things services and Internet of Things devices and telecommunication convergent services, managing schemes of pricing and accounting policies and preferential policies related to the Internet of Things services, and managing an ordering life cycle related to the Internet of Things services;

performing rating and accounting on the Internet of Things services after the Internet of Things services are used and ordered;

analyzing operation information and generating an operation report or a settlement statement; and

operating the Internet of Things services developed by the Internet of Things integration system and invoking the conventional telecommunication convergent services.

8. An Internet of Things integration system, comprising:

a processor, and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing programs that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following steps;

providing Internet of Things devices with access to the Internet of Things integration system;

authenticating the Internet of Things devices;

developing Internet of Things services based on atomic capabilities provided by operators and the Internet of Things devices;

loading the developed Internet of Things services based on the Internet of Things devices;

performing a management operation on the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded while opening the Internet of Things services; and

performing a management operation on the opening of the Internet of Things services;

wherein the developing Internet of Things services comprises configuring at least one of service arrangement, service testing, and service deployment;

wherein the programs further cause the processor to perform the following steps;

invoking telecommunication operations to interact with Internet of Things services, wherein the telecommunication operations comprise message services, flow services, and location services; and

managing a life cycle related to Internet of things services;

wherein the life cycle comprises service deployment, service upgrade, service scheduling, service offline, and service unloading.

9. The Internet of Things integration system according to claim 8, wherein, the providing the Internet of Things devices with access to the Internet of Things integration system, and authenticating the Internet of Things devices comprises:

identifying addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange between various network levels to complete physical layer access of the Internet of Things devices, and acquiring information of the Internet of Things devices using one or more of the following networks, and performing authentication, management, and safety functional operations on the Internet of Things devices according to the acquired information of the Internet of Things devices;

a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network, an Internet, a wireless communication network, and other Internets of Things with private media.

10. The Internet of Things integration system according to claim 8, wherein,

the management operation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.

11. The Internet of Things integration system according to claim 8, wherein,

the management operation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on the opening of the Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

12. The Internet of Things integration system according to claim 8, wherein the programs further cause the processor to perform the following steps:

providing a manager operated WEB interface to device providers, service developers, terminal users, and operator managers;

managing contents related to the Internet of Things services and the Internet of Things devices and conventional telecommunication convergent services, managing portals of the Internet of Things services and Internet of Things devices and telecommunication convergent services, managing schemes of pricing and accounting policies and preferential policies related to the Internet of Things services, and managing an ordering life cycle related to the Internet of Things services;

performing rating and accounting on the Internet of Things services after the Internet of Things services are used and ordered;

analyzing operation information and generating an operation report or a settlement statement; and

operating the Internet of Things services developed by the Internet of Things integration system and invoking the conventional telecommunication convergent services.