METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SERVICE ROAMING

• US 20110268039A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• 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: Shi, Xiaomin, Li, Yan, Chen, Shan, Wang, Huan, Chang, Heng, Ma, Qifeng
• Granted Patent: US 8,731,545 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for implementing service roaming. The method includes: receiving a roaming registration request that includes a service identifier (ID); obtaining a physical access address of a service according to the service ID, and generating and storing service registration route information that includes the service ID and the physical access address of the service; obtaining an address of a home service router or a service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, and sending a roaming notification message to the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams. In this way, a user may access the service, thus the user experience and the universality of services created by the user are improved.

Claims

1. A method for implementing service roaming, comprising:

receiving a roaming registration request that comprises a service identifier (ID);

obtaining a physical access address of a service according to the service ID, and generating and storing service registration route information that comprises the service ID and the physical access address of the service; and

obtaining an address of a home service router or a service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, and sending a roaming notification message to the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, so that the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams updates service roaming route information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the step of obtaining the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams comprises one of;

querying a service directory for the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams according to the service ID in the roaming registration request; and

obtaining the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams from the roaming registration request that comprises the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an access request that comprises a service ID;

obtaining the physical access address of the service according to the service ID in the access request and service registration route information in the access request; and

sending the access request to the service according to the physical access address of the service.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the roaming registration request further comprises a service access state, and the method comprises storing the service access state;

before sending the access request to the service, the method further comprises;

obtaining the stored service access state; and

determining that the service access state is a running state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the service registration route information and the service access state is stored on a service router to which the service belongs after the service roams, or a service registration server to which the service belongs after the service roams, or in a service directory.

6. A method for implementing service roaming, comprising:

receiving a roaming notification message from a service router to which a service belongs after the service roams, wherein the roaming notification message comprises a service identifier (ID) and an address of the service router to which the service belongs after the service roams; and

updating service roaming route information according to the roaming notification message, wherein the updated service roaming route information comprises the service ID and the address of the service router to which the service belongs after the service roams.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving an access request that comprises a service ID; and

obtaining the address of the service router to which the service belongs after the service roams according to the service ID in the access request and the service roaming route information, and sending the access request to the service router after the service roams.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the service roaming route information is stored on one of a service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, a home service router, a service registration server to which the service belongs before the service roams, and a home service registration server, or a service directory.

9. A service router, comprising:

a roaming registration request receiving unit, configured to receive a roaming registration request that comprises a service identifier (ID);

a service registration route information generating unit, configured to;

obtain a physical access address of a service according to the service ID, and generate and store service registration route information that comprises the service ID and the physical access address of the service; and

a roaming notification message sending unit, configured to;

obtain an address of a home service router or a service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, send a roaming notification message to the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, so that the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams updates service roaming route information.

10. The service router of claim 9, wherein the roaming notification message sending unit is configured to query a service directory for the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams according to the service ID in the roaming registration request.

11. The service router of claim 9, further comprising:

an access request receiving unit, configured to;

receive an access request that comprises a service ID;

obtain the physical access address of the service according to the service ID and the service registration route information; and

send the access request to the service according to the physical access address of the service.

12. The service router of claim 9, further comprising:

a service access state obtaining unit, configured to;

obtain a stored service access state, determine that the service access state is a running state, and send the access request to the service.

14. The service router of claim 9, the roaming notification message sending unit is configured to obtain the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams from the roaming registration request that comprises the address of the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams.

13. A system for implementing service roaming, comprising a service router and an information storage server, wherein:

the service router is configured to;

receive a roaming registration request that comprises a service identifier (ID);

obtain a physical access address of a service according to the service ID, and generate and store service registration route information that comprises the service ID and the physical access address of the service;

obtain an address of a home service router or a service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, and send a roaming notification message to the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams, so that the home service router or the service router to which the service belongs before the service roams updates service roaming route information; and

the information storage server is configured to store the service registration route information that comprises the service ID and the physical access address of the service.