SHARING CONTROL RIGHT OF M2M DEVICE

• US 20140242940A1
• Filed: 02/26/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: KOO, Bum-Mo
• Granted Patent: US 10,291,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/406
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14

Abstract

The disclosure is related to a method of allowing user terminals to share a control right of a machine to a machine (M2M) device by a M2M service server. The method may include receiving a sharing request message from a first user terminal registered at the M2M service server to share predetermined control rights of a M2M device with a second user terminal, creating a virtual resource for the second user terminal based on information included in the sharing request message, and allowing the second user terminal to control predetermined features of the M2M device based on the created virtual resource in response to a control request message from the second user terminal.

Claims

1. A method of allowing user terminals to share a control right of a machine to a machine (M2M) device by a M2M service server, the method comprising:

receiving a sharing request message from a first user terminal registered at the M2M service server to share predetermined control rights of a M2M device with a second user terminal;

creating a virtual resource for the second user terminal based on information included in the sharing request message; and

allowing the second user terminal to control predetermined features of the M2M device based on the created virtual resource in response to a control request message from the second user terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sharing request message includes information on the second user terminal, information on the M2M device to control, information on the predetermined control rights of the M2M device, and information on a sharing time period.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual resource includes:

a first element containing information on the second user terminal;

a second element containing information on controllable features of the M2M devices each matched with the predetermined control rights, respectively;

a third element containing information on a uniform resource identifier (URI) of the second user terminal; and

a fourth element containing information on a sharing time period.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining whether the second user terminal is a subscriber of the first M2M service server; and

temporary registering the second user terminal when the second user terminal is not a subscriber of the first M2M service server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the temporary registering includes transmitting a temporal registration request message to the second user terminal through a first communication service platform of the first user terminal and a second communication service platform of the second user terminal; and

performing the temporary registering upon receipt of a registration request message from the second user terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the temporal registration message is an session initiation protocol (SIP) message that includes at least one of information on an address of the second communication service platform, a temporary ID of the second user terminal, and an encryption key for sharing the control right.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting a temporal registration request message includes:

determining domain information on a second communication network of the second user terminal from an ENUM server; and

transmitting the temporal registration request message to the second user terminal using the determined domain information of the second communication network.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the temporary registering the second user terminal includes:

generating an encryption key for sharing the control right with the second user terminal;

creating a temporal registration request message including the generated encryption key;

transmitting the temporal registration request message to the second user terminal; and

performing an authentication process upon receipt of a registration request message from the second user terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the performing an authentication process includes:

comparing the generated encryption key with an encryption key included in the registration request message from the second user terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the allowing the second user terminal to control predetermined features of the M2M device includes:

receiving the control request message from the second user terminal;

determining target features of a M2M device to control based on information in the control request message;

determining whether the second user terminal has control rights matched with the target features of the M2M device based on the virtual resource associated with the second user terminal; and

allowing the second user terminal to control the target features of the M2M device when the second user terminal has the control rights matched with the target features of the M2M device based on the associated virtual resource.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the control request message is received before a sharing period time associated with the second user terminal expires.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising:

charging the first user terminal for data exchanged with the second user terminal and the M2M device.

13. A server of allowing user terminals to share a control right of a machine to a machine (M2M) device, the server is configured to:

receive a sharing request message from a first user terminal registered at the server to share predetermined control rights of a M2M device with a second user terminal;

create a virtual resource for the second user terminal based on information included in the sharing request message; and

allow the second user terminal to control predetermined features of the M2M device based on the created virtual resource in response to a control request message from the second user terminal.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the sharing request message includes information on the second user terminal, information on the M2M device to control, information on the predetermined control rights of the M2M device, and information on a sharing time period.

15. The server of claim 13, wherein the virtual resource includes:

a first element containing information on the second user terminal;

a second element containing information on controllable features of the M2M devices each matched with the predetermined control rights, respectively;

a third element containing information on a uniform resource identifier (URI) of the second user terminal; and

a fourth element containing information on a sharing time period.

16. The server of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to:

determine whether the second user terminal is a subscriber of the first M2M service server; and

temporary register the second user terminal when the second user terminal is not a subscriber of the first M2M service server.

17. The server of claim 16, wherein the server is configured to:

transmit a temporal registration request message to the second user terminal through a first communication service platform of the first user terminal and a second communication service platform of the second user terminal; and

perform the temporary registering upon receipt of a registration request message from the second user terminal.

18. The server of claim 17, wherein the server is configured to:

generate an encryption key for sharing the control right with the second user terminal;

create a temporal registration request message including the generated encryption key;

transmit the temporal registration request message to the second user terminal; and

perform an authentication process upon receipt of a registration request message from the second user terminal.

19. The server of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to:

receive a control request message from the second user terminal;

determine target features of a M2M device to control based on information in the control request message;

determine whether the second user terminal has control rights matched with the target features of the M2M device based on the virtual resource associated with the second user terminal; and

allow the second user terminal to control the target features of the M2M device when the second user terminal has the control rights matched with the target features of the M2M device based on the associated virtual resource.

20. The server of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to:

charge the first user terminal for data exchanged with the second user terminal and the M2M device.