METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING GROUP MESSAGE SERVICE BASED ON CONVERGED SERVICE SYSTEM

• US 20110153764A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Zheng, Li, Fengjun, Ghazanfar, Ali
• Granted Patent: US 9,237,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method and system for implementing a group message service based on a converged service system, and the method comprises: a sender converged service client sending a message to a sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and the message including a group identifier; said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message to a controller session and message processing module according to said group identifier; the controller session and message processing module authorizing the sender, and forwarding said message to a destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the destination user corresponding to the group identifier; and said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message to a converged service client terminal of said destination user.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a group message service based on a converged service system, and the method comprising:

a sender converged service client sending a message to a sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and the message including a group identifier;

said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message to a controller session and message processing module according to said group identifier;

the controller session and message processing module authorizing the sender, and forwarding said message to a destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the destination user corresponding to the group identifier; and

said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message to a converged service client of said destination user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, and said method further comprising:

said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module sending a message delivery notification to said controller session and message processing module, said controller session and message processing module forwarding said message delivery notification to said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message delivery notification to said sender converged service client.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said message delivery notification is a failure delivery notification message generated by said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and after receiving a failure response message transmitted by the converged service client of said destination user, said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module generates the failure delivery notification message.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said message delivery notification is received from the converged service client of the destination user by said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and after receiving said notification, said converged service client of the destination user sends the message delivery notification to said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein,

when there are a plurality of destination users, said controller session and message processing module sets a waiting time when receiving the first message delivery notification returned by said a plurality of destination users, and, after the waiting time is due, combines a plurality of message delivery notifications returned by said a plurality of destination users and sends the combined message delivery notification to the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

when there are a plurality of destination users, said controller session and message processing module directly forwards a plurality of message delivery notifications returned by said a plurality of destination users to the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2, and said method further comprising:

when receiving a repeated message delivery notification, said controller session and message processing module discarding the repeated message delivery notification, or directly forwarding the repeated message delivery notification to the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sender converged service client, the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the controller session and message processing module, the destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and the converged service client of said destination user interact with one another through a Session Initiation Protocol/Internet Protocol (SIP/IP) core bearer network.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said message also includes a converged service identifier, and said sender converged service client sending the message to the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module comprises the following steps of:

the sender converged service client sending the message to the SIP/IP core bearer network; and

said SIP/IP core bearer network forwarding the message to the participant session and message processing module of the sender'"'"'s home converged service system according to said converged service identifier.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message to the controller session and message processing module according to the group identifier further comprises:

said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module authorizing said user, and sending the message to said SIP/IP core bearer network if the user has permission to send the message;

the SIP/IP core bearer network sending said message to a SIP/IP core bearer network to which a group information'"'"'s home converged service system belongs according to the group identifier, namely forwarding the message to a SIP/IP core bearer network managing the group; and

the SIP/IP core bearer network managing the group sending said message to a controller session and message processing module of the group information'"'"'s home converged service system.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, and said method further comprising:

when said message includes indication information of requiring a message delivery notification and anyone of the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module or said controller session and message processing module requires blocking sending of the message delivery notification, the module returning the message delivery notification to the sender converged service client to inform the sender that the system does not support the message delivery notification.

15. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said sender converged service client, the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the controller session and message processing module, the destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and the converged service client of said destination user interact with one another through a Session Initiation Protocol/Internet Protocol (SIP/IP) core bearer network.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said message also includes a converged service identifier, and said sender converged service client sending the message to the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module comprises the following steps of:

the sender converged service client sending the message to the SIP/IP core bearer network; and

said SIP/IP core bearer network forwarding the message to the participant session and message processing module of the sender'"'"'s home converged service system according to said converged service identifier.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module forwarding said message to the controller session and message processing module according to the group identifier further comprises:

said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module authorizing said user, and sending the message to said SIP/IP core bearer network if the user has permission to send the message;

the SIP/IP core bearer network sending said message to a SIP/IP core bearer network to which a group information'"'"'s home converged service system belongs according to the group identifier, namely forwarding the message to a SIP/IP core bearer network managing the group; and

the SIP/IP core bearer network managing the group sending said message to a controller session and message processing module of the group information'"'"'s home converged service system.

18. The method as claimed in claim 2, and said method further comprising:

when said message includes indication information of requiring a message delivery notification and anyone of the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module or said controller session and message processing module requires blocking sending of the message delivery notification, the module returning the message delivery notification to the sender converged service client to inform the sender that the system does not support the message delivery notification.

12. A system for implementing a group message service based on a converged service system, and the system comprising:

a sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, which is used to receive a message from a sender converged service client, and forward said message to a controller session and message processing module according to a group identifier included in said message;

the controller session and message processing module, which is used to receive the message from the participant session and message processing module, authorize a sender, and forward said message to a destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, wherein the destination user corresponds to the group identifier; and

the destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, which is used to forward said message to a converged service client of said destination user.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, and the system further comprising:

a SIP/IP core bearer network, which is used to bear message interaction among said sender converged service client, the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, the controller session and message processing module, the destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module, and the converged service client of said destination user.

14. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein

said destination user'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module also sends a message delivery notification to said controller session and message processing module;

said controller session and message processing module receives said message delivery notification, and when there are a plurality of destination users and said controller session and message processing module receives the first message delivery notification returned by these a plurality of destination users, said controller session and message processing module sets a waiting time and combines a plurality of message delivery notifications returned by said a plurality of destination users when the waiting time is due, and then sends the combined message delivery notification to the sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module; and

said sender'"'"'s home participant session and message processing module sends said message delivery notification to said sender converged service client.