Method of evaluating an additional service for a device of a user of a telecommunication system

• US 20070083605A1
• Filed: 10/10/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Wahl, Stefan, Satzke, Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 8,209,391 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method of evaluating an additional service for a device (11) of a user of a telecommunication system is described. The device (11) supports one or more basic services. The kind of basic service/s being provided by the device (11) is examined. An additional service that could be combined with the basic service/s already supported by the device (11) is searched.

Claims

1. A method of evaluating an additional service for a device of a user of a telecommunication system, wherein the device supports one or more basic services, whereby the steps of examining the kind of basic service/s being provided by the device, and searching for an additional service that could be combined with the basic service/s already supported by the device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the examining step comprises the step of examining the present status of the device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the searching step comprises the step of searching for a Web Service in a Web Services directory.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the basic service/s and the additional service are used as presence information of the user.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the presence information is stored in a presence server.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the additional service is stored together with an identification for its access.

7. A service extension module for a telecommunication system, wherein the telecommunication system comprises a device of a user that supports one or more basic services, wherein the service extension module is adapted to examine the kind of basic service/s being provided by the device, and to search for an additional service that could be combined with the basic service/s already supported by the device.

8. The service extension module of claim 7 wherein the service extension module is adapted to examine the present status of the device.

9. The service extension module of claim 7 wherein the service extension module is adapted to search for a Web Service in a Web Services directory.

10. A presence server for a telecommunication system in conjunction with a user device assistant for providing presence information of a user, wherein the presence information relates to one or more basic services that are actually supported by a device of the user, wherein the presence server is coupled with a service extension module according to claim 7.

11. The presence server of claim 10 wherein the additional service is used as the presence information of the user in addition to the basic service/s.

12. The presence server of claim 10 wherein the presence information is stored in a presence server.

13. The presence server of claim 10 wherein the additional service is stored together with an identification for its access.

14. A telecommunication system comprising a presence server according to claim 10.