METHOD, TERMINAL, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING ID INFORMATION OF APPLICATION SERVICE

• US 20090077242A1
• Filed: 12/02/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIN, Fei
• Application Number:
  US12/326,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20090077242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• 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 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method, a terminal, a device, and a system for obtaining ID information of an application service to solve the problem of the prior art that a terminal cannot automatically obtain the ID information of a target application service. In the invention, a first device sends an ID request to a second device, and the second device returns the ID information of the target application service to the first device. By the technical solution of the invention, a terminal which acts as the first device may automatically obtain the ID information of the target application service, and the user experience satisfaction is improved.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining ID information of an application service, comprising:

receiving, by an agent device, an ID request from a first device;

sending, by the agent device, the ID request to a second device;

receiving, by the agent device, an ID information of a target application service from the second device; and

returning, by the agent device, the ID information of the target application service to the first device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ID request carries the ID information of the application service suggested by the first device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the second device, whether suggested ID information is the ID information of the target application service after receiving the ID request;

if the suggested ID information is not the ID information of the target application service, returning the ID information of the target application service to the first device; and

receiving and saving, by the first device, the ID information of the target application service.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the suggested ID information comprises ID information of an application service saved locally in the first device or ID information of an initial application service of the first device.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising directly receiving, by the first device, the ID information of the target application service from the second device after the second device receiving the ID request.

5. The method according to claim 2, comprising:

sending, by the first device, a verification request carrying the ID information received, to the second device after receiving the ID information; and

determining, by the second device, whether the ID information carried in the verification request is correct;

if the ID information carried in the verification request is correct, returning a correctness response to the first device;

otherwise, returning a conflict response to the first device.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the conflict response carries the ID information of the target application service;

and the method further comprises;

resolving and saving, by the first device, the ID information and resending a verification request to the second device after receiving the conflict response.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the ID request carries information of an application type requested by the first device.

8. The method according to claim 7, comprising sending, by the agent device, the request to the second device according to the information of the application type carried in the ID request, wherein the second device is the target application service corresponding to the application type.

9. The method according to claim 7, comprising:

saving, by the second device, a mapping relationship between the information of the application type and the ID information of the application service on the second device; and

obtaining, by the second device, the ID information of the target application service according to the information of the application type and the mapping relation after receiving the ID request.

10. A system for obtaining ID information of an application service, comprising:

a first device, which comprises an ID request module and is adapted to send an ID request to a second device; and

a second device, which comprises a processing module and is adapted to return ID information of a target application service to the first device.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second device further comprises a first determination module, adapted to determine whether the ID request carries the ID information of the target application service and to notify the processing module to return the ID information of the target application service to the first device when the ID request does not carry the ID information of the target application service.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the first device further comprises:

a first receiving module, adapted to receive the ID information of the application service returned by the second device; and

a first storage module, adapted to save the ID information of the application service received by the first receiving module.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the first device further comprises a verification request module adapted to send a verification request to the second device after the first receiving module receives the ID information.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the second device further comprises a second determination module and a verification module, wherein:

the second determination module is adapted to determine whether the verification request carries the ID information of the target application service and notify the verification module; and

if the verification module is notified that the verification request does not carry the ID information of the target application service, the verification module sends a conflict response to the first device;

otherwise, the verification module sends a correctness response to the first device.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the system further comprises an agent device adapted to forward the ID request and the ID information of the application service between the first device and the second device.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein:

the second device is the target application service; and

the ID request module carries information of an application type corresponding to the target application service in the ID request and sends the ID request to the agent device, and the agent device sends the ID request to the second device according to the information of the application type.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second device further comprises:

a second storage module, adapted to save a mapping table indicating a mapping relation between the information of the application type and the ID information of the application service; and

a search module adapted to search the mapping table according to the ID request, and obtain and output the ID information of the target application service.

18. A terminal, comprising a module adapted to run an application, wherein the terminal further comprises an ID request module adapted to send an ID request, according to the application.

19. The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the terminal further comprises:

a first receiving module adapted to receive ID information of an application service; and

a first storage module adapted to save the ID information of the application service received by the first receiving module.

20. The terminal according to claim 19, wherein the terminal further comprises a verification request module adapted to send a verification request after the first receiving module receives the ID information.

21. A device comprising a second receiving module adapted to receive information, wherein the device further comprises a processing module adapted to send ID information of a target application service, according to an ID request received by the second receiving module.

22. The device according to claim 21, wherein the device further comprises a first determination module adapted to determine whether the ID request received by the second receiving module carries the ID information of the target application service, and notify the processing module to send the ID information of the target application service when the ID request does not carry the ID information of the target application service.

23. The device according to claim 21, wherein the device further comprises a second determination module and a verification module, wherein:

the second determination module is adapted to determine whether a verification request received by the second receiving module carries the ID information of the target application service and notify the verification module; and

if the verification module is notified that the verification request does not carry the ID information of the target application service, the verification module sends a conflict response;

otherwise, the verification module sends a correctness response.

24. The device according to claim 21, wherein the device is the target application service.

25. The device according to claim 21, further comprising:

a second storage module, adapted to save a mapping table indicating a mapping relationship between information of an application type and ID information of an application service; and

a search module adapted to search the mapping table according to the ID request received by the second receiving module, and obtain and output the ID information of the target application service.