CN103348628A

CN103348628A - Conference control method and device

Info

Publication number: CN103348628A
Application number: CN2011800032613A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡云; 梁维; 陈广民
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2011-11-10
Filing date: 2011-11-10
Publication date: 2013-10-09
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-10
Also published as: CN103348628B; WO2013067701A1

Abstract

Disclosed are a conference control method and device. In the solution provided by the embodiments of the present invention, a terminal not only establishes a communication session with a conference server but also establishes an HTTP session based on the communication session. The terminal accesses a conference control Web interface according to the established HTTP session to perform a conference control operation. Based on the embodiment of the present invention, a user can perform a conference control operation through a terminal without defining a series of complicated interfaces between the terminal and a conference server.

Description

A kind of method and device of Conference control

A kind of method and device technical field of Conference control

The present invention relates to the communication technology, more particularly to a kind of method and device of Conference control.Background technology

With global economy fast development, the scale of various businesses and institutions is growing, and business region is also constantly being expanded, and the communication of enterprise inside and outside, collaborative demand increasingly strengthen.Under this multiparty collaboration demand, conference system increasingly turns into the basic tool of enterprises and individuals' routine work.

Generally, meeting includes multiple participants, and these participants can be divided into host and the major class of guest two from role.Host is managed and controlled to whole meeting, such as extension meeting, terminating meeting, invite participant, kick out of participant；Guest can carry out exchanging for audio frequency and video with other participants, it is possible to carry out some shirtsleeve operations to oneself.

In conference process, conference system needs to provide the function of Conference control for above-mentioned two classes participant.The Conference control mode of conventional end side includes at present：A client built in conference terminal, the operation interface of Conference control is provided to participant.Send the message of Conference control to Conference server by signaling from built-in client, realize the function of Conference control.Prior art is typically to use to need close coupling interface between C/S (Client/Server) technology, the client and Conference server built in conference terminal.

Inventor has found that existing Conference control mode is not satisfactory.For example, needing the interface for defining a series of complex to realize that Conference control is operated between the client and Conference server of terminal built-in.The content of the invention

The brief overview on the present invention is given below, to provide the basic comprehension on certain aspects of the invention.It should be appreciated that this general introduction is not the exhaustive general introduction on the present invention.It is not intended to determine the key or pith of the present invention, and nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present invention.Its purpose only provides some concepts in simplified form, in this, as the preamble in greater detail discussed later.

One side according to embodiments of the present invention there is provided a kind of method of Conference control, including：

Communication session is set up between terminal and Conference server；

Terminal is based on the communication session, and the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface are sent to the Conference server； The response message that the Conference server is sent is received, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface；

The terminal sends to the Conference server according to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface and sets up http session between HTTP request message, and the Conference server；

Terminal accesses the Conference control WEB interface according to the http session, carries out Conference control operation.Other side according to embodiments of the present invention there is provided a kind of terminal for realizing Conference control, including：Communication unit, is used between Conference server set up communication session；

Transmitting element, for based on the communication session, the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface to be sent to the Conference server；

Receiving unit, for receiving the response message that the Conference server is sent, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface；

The transmitting element, is additionally operable to the access information according to the Conference control WEB interface, is sent to the Conference server and sets up http session between HTTP request message, and the Conference server；Browser cell, for according to the http session, accessing the Conference control WEB interface, carries out Conference control operation.

Another aspect according to embodiments of the present invention there is provided a kind of Conference server, including：

Communication unit, is used between terminal set up communication session；

Receiving unit, for receiving the request message that the terminal is based in the communication session, the session of transmission, the request message is used for the access information to transmitting element acquisition request Conference control WEB interface；

The transmitting element, for sending response message to the terminal, the response message carries the Conference control

The access information of WEB interface, so that access information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, HTTP request message is sent to the receiving unit；

The receiving unit, is additionally operable to receive the HTTP request message that the terminal is sent, and the terminal sets up HTTP sessions；

WEB units, for receiving terminal according to the http session, access the request message of Conference control WEB interface, Conference control WEB interface are returned to terminal.

In the scheme that the embodiment of the present invention is provided, terminal not only establishes communication session with Conference server, and based on communication session, establishes a http session.Terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carries out Conference control operation.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal. Brief description of the drawings

In order to illustrate more clearly about the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, the required accompanying drawing used in embodiment or description of the prior art will be briefly described below, apparently, drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without having to pay creative labor, other accompanying drawings can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.

Figure 1A shows the flow chart of the method for Conference control according to an embodiment of the invention；

Figure 1B shows the flow chart of the method for Conference control according to another embodiment of the invention；Fig. 2 shows the flow chart of the method for Conference control according to an embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 3 shows the flow chart of the method for Conference control according to another embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 4 shows that meeting guest according to an embodiment of the invention cancels the flow chart of Jing Yin method；Fig. 5 shows the schematic diagram of terminal according to an embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 6 shows the schematic diagram of Conference server according to another embodiment of the invention.

Specific reality lung formula

The one exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described hereinafter in connection with accompanying drawing.For clarity and conciseness, all features of actual embodiment are not described in the description.It should be understood, however, that must make many decisions specific to embodiment during any this practical embodiments are developed, to realize the objectives of developer, and these decisions may be changed with the difference of embodiment.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of scheme for realizing Conference control, needs to set up two sessions between terminal and Conference server：

The conference call of communication session, i.e. terminal-joined meeting；

HTTP（Hypertext Transfer Protocol, hereinafter referred to as HTTP) session, terminal can be according to the http session, and access Conference control WEB interface carries out Conference control operation.

It is to be based on the communication session, terminal sends the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface to Conference server in the embodiment of the present invention；According to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface of acquisition, sent to Conference server and set up http session between HTTP request message, and Conference server.Then according to the http session, Conference control WEB interface is accessed, Conference control operation is carried out.

And preferably, can be interrelated to the communication session of same terminal and http session in the embodiment of the present invention, i.e., the authority of http session is determined according to the authority of communication session.If the authority of communication session is chairman's authority, the authority of http session is also chairman's authority, and Conference server is returned to terminal can be to whole meeting Discuss the Conference control WEB interface being controlled.If the authority of communication session is meeting guest's authority, the authority of http session is also meeting guest's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to the communication session to terminal.

Terminal described in the embodiment of the present invention, refers specifically to conference terminal.User carries out Conference control operation by conference terminal.The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of method for realizing Conference control.Reference picture 1A describes in detail as follows：Communication session is set up between step 110, terminal and Conference server.

The conference call of the communication session, i.e. terminal-joined meeting.Both call setup conference call can be initiated from terminal to Conference server, the calling of Conference server initiation can also be received to set up conference call.

The communication session includes but is not limited to Session initiation Protocol（Session Initiation Protocol, hereinafter referred to as SIP) session or the sessions of H. 323.

Step 120, terminal are based on the communication session, and the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface are sent to Conference server.

Alternatively, the request message in the session includes but is not limited in session in SIP request messages or session

H. 323 request message.

In embodiments of the present invention, the logic connection set up between terminal and Conference server is referred to as communication session.Request message in session refers to the request message sent in specified communication session.

Can certainly in terminal preset Conference control WEB interface access information, or can also in terminal open interface, by the interface can in terminal preset Conference control WEB interface access information.At this time, terminal can be sent HTTP request messages to Conference server, http session set up between Conference server based on the access information in Conference control WEB interface preset thereon, then terminal can access Conference control WEB interface, carry out Conference control operation.

Step 130, the response message for receiving the Conference server transmission, the response message carry the access information of the Conference control WEB interface.

Specifically, the access information at Conference control WEB interfaces, for example, can include HTTP URLs (Uniform Resource Locator, hereinafter referred to as URL).

Alternatively, the response message can also carry the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface.

Alternatively, authentication information can include meeting identification（ID), the information such as meeting password, token.Certain authentication information can also be different according to implementing for other side's conference system.The conference system for example having is using Conference ID as the number that can directly dial, and authentication information now only needs to include meeting password. Alternatively, the response message can also carry the mark of communication session, and the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between the terminal and the Conference server.

Step 140, the terminal send to the Conference server according to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface and set up http session between HTTP request message, and the Conference server.

Alternatively, if response message also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface in above-mentioned steps, so HTTP request message can also carry the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface in this step, so that authentication information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, asks the authentication of the Conference server.

Alternatively, if response message also carries the mark of communication session in above-mentioned steps, so HTTP request messages can also carry the mark of the communication session in this step, so that mark of the Conference server according to the communication session, the http session and the communication session are associated, i.e. the authority to determine the http session according to the authority of the communication session.

The mark of communication session is that one kind refers to, and can be the characteristic information of call signaling, such as the Cal l lD in SIP message.

Due to before HTTP request message is sent, communication session is had been set up between terminal and Conference server, therefore Conference server can know the identification information of terminal.According to a kind of optional form of implementation, the HTTP request message that terminal is sent to Conference server can be with the identification information of carried terminal, so that identification information of the Conference server according to the terminal, the http session and the communication session are associated, i.e. the authority to determine the http session according to the authority of the communication session.

The identification information of terminal includes but is not limited to the number of terminal.

It is certainly not limited to the mark of communication session or the identification information of terminal, other information can also be carried, as long as can be identified for that the communication session set up between terminal and Conference server, just can be so that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited this so as to realize that http session and communication session are associated.

Step 150, terminal access the Conference control WEB interface according to the http session, carry out Conference control operation.

Method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, terminal not only establishes communication session with Conference server, and based on communication session, establishes a http session.Terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carries out Conference control operation.The embodiment of the present invention uses the technology similar to B/S (Browser/Server), is thin-client scheme.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.

End side need not develop Conference control client, therefore any Conference control interface need not be defined between terminal and Conference server, it is only necessary to which terminal follows identical mechanism and Conference server is authenticated, you can access Conference control WEB interface.Session control function need not carry out privately owned extension to signaling protocol.

Moreover, method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, user, which passes through terminal, can both participate in meeting, and meeting can be controlled again, without increasing other equipment newly（Such as PC computers）To carry out Conference control operation.The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of method for realizing Conference control.Reference picture 1B describes in detail as follows：Communication session is set up between step 101, Conference server and terminal.

The communication session includes but is not limited to SIP sessions or the sessions of H. 323.

Step 102, the reception terminal are based on the request message in the communication session, the session of transmission, and the request message is used for the access information to the Conference server acquisition request Conference control WEB interface.

Alternatively, the request message in the session includes but is not limited in session the request messages of H. 323 in SIP request messages or session.

In embodiments of the present invention, the logic connection set up between Conference server and terminal is referred to as communication session.Request message in session refers to the request message sent in specified communication session.

Step 103, to the terminal send response message, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that access information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, HTTP request message is sent to the Conference server；

Specifically, the access information of Conference control WEB interface, for example, can include HTTP URL.

Alternatively, authentication information can include meeting identification（ID), the information such as meeting password, token.Certain authentication information can also be different according to implementing for other side's conference system.The conference system for example having is using Conference ID as the number that can directly dial, and authentication information now only needs to include meeting password.

Alternatively, the response message can also carry the mark of communication session, and the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between the Conference server and the terminal.

Step 104, the Conference server receive the HTTP request message that the terminal is sent, and the terminal sets up http session.

Alternatively, if response message also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface in above-mentioned steps, so HTTP request message can also carry the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface in this step, so that authentication information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, asks the authentication of the Conference server.Then Conference server is authenticated according to the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface to the HTTP request message, and authentication is passed through HTTP request message, and the terminal sets up http session.

Alternatively, if response message also carries the mark of communication session in above-mentioned steps, HTTP request messages can also carry the mark of the communication session so in this step, and the http session and the communication session are associated by Conference server according to the mark of the communication session.

The mark of communication session is that one kind refers to, and can be the characteristic information of call signaling, such as in SIP message

Cal l lD etc..

Due to before HTTP request message is sent, communication session is had been set up between Conference server and terminal, therefore Conference server can know the identification information of terminal.According to a kind of optional form of implementation, the http session and the communication session can be associated by the HTTP request message that terminal is sent to Conference server with the identification information of carried terminal, Conference server according to the identification information of the terminal.

Http session and communication session are associated and specifically included：According to being determined the authority of the communication session

The authority of http session.

Step 105, receiving terminal access the request message of Conference control WEB interface according to the http session, and Conference control WEB interface is returned to terminal.

Alternatively, if the authority of communication session is chairman's authority, the authority of http session is also chairman's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to whole meeting to terminal；Alternatively, if the authority of communication session is meeting guest's authority, the authority of http session is also meeting guest's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to the communication session to terminal.

Method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, Conference server not only establishes communication session with terminal, and based on communication session, establishes a http session.Terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carries out Conference control operation.The embodiment of the present invention uses the technology similar to B/S (Browser/Server), is thin-client scheme.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.

End side need not develop Conference control client, therefore any Conference control interface need not be defined between terminal and Conference server, it is only necessary to which terminal follows identical mechanism and Conference server is authenticated, you can access the WEB interface of Conference control.Session control function need not carry out privately owned extension to signaling protocol.

Moreover, method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, user, which passes through terminal, can both participate in meeting, again can be to meeting It is controlled, without increasing other equipment newly（Such as PC computers）To carry out Conference control operation.Below, Fig. 2 specific descriptions terminals will be combined and realize another embodiment of the method for Conference control.

It is described as follows so that communication session is SIP sessions as an example：

202nd, participant actively dials in meeting, the scheme of its mode of operation and the existing SIP conference systems of operation flow succession.One typical membership flow is：User dials meeting Number for access and connects phone, inputs Conference ID and meeting password according to the voice message of Conference server, meeting is added after authenticating successfully.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention or Conference server to participant's terminal initiate SIP call.One typical operation flow is：Meeting presider invites some participant by Conference control interface, and conference system initiates SIP callings from trend participant, and participant's off-hook can enter meeting.

204th, terminal initiates communication session request to Conference server and sets up communication session.

Terminal and Conference server intercommunication Media Stream, now participant be successfully joined meeting.The password inputted according to participant（Meeting presider's password or meeting guest's password）, Conference server can confirm that the role of participant（Meeting presider or meeting guest）.

Now, communication session is established between terminal and Conference server.

206th, terminal is based on the communication session, and sip request message, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface in session are sent to Conference server.Sip request message in session, such as INFO message, MESSAGE message, are certainly not limited to this, and sip request message can also in other sessions.The sip request message is used to indicate to Conference server：Terminal needs to access Conference control WEB interface.

208th, Conference server sends sip response message to terminal, and the sip response message carries the Conference control

The access information of WEB interface.

210th, after terminal receives sip response message, parsing obtains the access information of Conference control WEB interface.According to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface of acquisition, HTTP request message is sent to Conference server.

212nd, after Conference server receives the HTTP request message of terminal, HTTP request message is authenticated, after authentication passes through, http session is set up between the terminal.

And http session and the communication session created are associated, i.e., according to the authority of communication session（Meeting presider or meeting guest）Determine the authority of http session.

214th, terminal is according to the http session of foundation, request access Conference control WEB interface.

In another embodiment, can also step 210 and 214 merge ground perform together.I.e. terminal sends HTTP request message according to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface of acquisition to Conference server, and asks to access Conference control WEB interface. 216th, Conference server returns to Conference control WEB interface to terminal.

Participant is that meeting presider then returns to meeting presider's operation interface, and participant is that meeting guest then returns to meeting guest's operation interface.

If the authority of communication session is chairman's authority, the authority of http session is also chairman's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to whole meeting to terminal；If the authority of communication session is meeting guest's authority, the authority of http session is also meeting guest's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to the communication session to terminal.

218th, Conference control WEB interface is presented to user by terminal（For example open browser window）, user can the associative operation based on WEB interface progress Conference control.

By above-mentioned flow, terminal not only establishes communication session with Conference server, and based on communication session, establishes a http session.Terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carries out Conference control operation.The embodiment of the present invention uses the technology similar to B/S (Browser/Server), is thin-client scheme.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.

Moreover, method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, user, which passes through terminal, can both participate in meeting, and meeting can be controlled again, without increasing other equipment newly（Such as PC computers）To carry out Conference control operation, and Conference control WEB interface can provide complete session control function, and user's request can be met to greatest extent.

Also, session control function is realized and provided by Conference server, and terminal loose coupling.When conference system increases newly, changes session control function, participant can access newest session control function by the browser of terminal, terminal need not synchronize exploitation, it is not required that upgraded version installs patch, and high degree improves the maintainability of conference system.

Further, because implementing for session control function and terminal is unrelated, therefore it can be mutually butted between the terminal and Conference server of different vendor and realize session control function.

Conference server provides meeting presider's operation pages and meeting guest's operation pages respectively according to the authority of participant, meeting presider can be controlled to whole meeting, because conference call and http session are associated, meeting guest can also be controlled to the conference call of oneself, realize that request floor, choosing Jing Yin to oneself Jing Yin/cancellation see the operations such as participant's video, application host's authority.

The embodiment of the present invention is for IPAD, IPHONE, and the equipment such as Android intelligent terminal is equally applicable, it is possible to carried For good Consumer's Experience.Below, Fig. 3 specific descriptions terminals will be combined and realize another embodiment of the method for Conference control.

302nd, participant actively dials in meeting, the scheme of its mode of operation and the existing SIP conference systems of operation flow succession.One typical membership flow is：User dials meeting Number for access and connects phone, inputs Conference ID and meeting password according to the voice message of Conference server, meeting is added after authenticating successfully.

304th, terminal initiates communication session request to Conference server and sets up communication session.

306th, terminal is based on the communication session, and sip request message, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface in session are sent to Conference server.Sip request message in session, such as INFO message, are certainly not limited to this, and sip request message can also in other sessions.The sip request message is used to indicate to Conference server：Terminal needs to access Conference control WEB interface.

308th, Conference server sends sip response message to terminal, and the sip response message not only carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface, and carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface.

Alternatively, can also be by sip response message, to the mark of terminal return communication session, the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between the terminal and the Conference server.

310th, after terminal receives sip response message, not only parsing obtains the access information of Conference control WEB interface, and parsing obtains the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface.According to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface of acquisition, HTTP request message is sent to Conference server, wherein carrying the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface.

Alternatively, if step 308 Conference server returns the mark of communication session to terminal also by sip response message.After then terminal receives sip response message, the mark for obtaining communication session can also be parsed, further, during the HTTP request message sent to Conference server, the mark of communication session can also be carried, so that mark of the Conference server according to communication session, http session and communication session are associated.

Alternatively, terminal can also be in the HTTP request sent to Conference server, the identification information of carried terminal, So that identification information of the Conference server according to terminal, http session and communication session are associated.

312nd, after Conference server receives the HTTP request message of terminal, according to the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface, HTTP request message is authenticated, and to the HTTP request message that authentication passes through, http session is set up between the terminal.

Alternatively, if carrying the mark of communication session in HTTP request message, according to the mark of communication session, http session and the communication session created are associated, i.e., according to the authority of communication session（Meeting presider or meeting guest）Determine the authority of http session.

Alternatively, if in HTTP request message carried terminal identification information, according to the identification information of terminal, http session and the communication session created are associated；According to the authority of communication session（Meeting presider or meeting guest）Determine the authority of http session.

314th, terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation.

In another embodiment, can also step 310 and 314 merge ground perform together.I.e. terminal sends HTTP request message according to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface of acquisition to Conference server, wherein carrying the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface, and asks to access Conference control WEB interface.

316th, Conference server returns to Conference control WEB interface to terminal.

318th, Conference control WEB interface is presented to user by terminal（For example open browser window）, user can the associative operation based on WEB interface progress Conference control.

By above-mentioned flow, terminal not only establishes communication session with Conference server, and based on communication session, the HTTP request message passed through to authentication establishes a http session.Terminal can access Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carry out Conference control operation.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.

Moreover, method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, user, which passes through terminal, can both participate in meeting, again can be to meeting It is controlled, without increasing other equipment newly（Such as PC computers）To carry out Conference control operation, and Conference control WEB interface can provide complete session control function, and user's request can be met to greatest extent.

The embodiment of the present invention is for IPAD, IPHONE, and the equipment such as Android intelligent terminal is equally applicable, it is possible to provide good Consumer's Experience.Below, another embodiment of the method according to the invention will be specifically described with reference to Fig. 4.The present embodiment is controlled to illustrate how meeting guest passes through the WEB interface of Conference control to the conference call of oneself.Assuming that some participant is in mute state, now the sound of the participant will not be carried out audio mixing by Conference server, namely the sound of the participant can not be heard by other participants.The participant cancels Jing Yin by the WEB interface of Conference control to oneself, so that its sound can be participated in meeting audio mixing by Conference server, namely other participants can hear the sound of the participant.It is described as follows：

402nd, participant carries out cancellation mute operation by the WEB interface of Conference control to oneself.

404th, terminal sends HTTP operation requests to Conference server, submits the cancellation mute operation of user.

Http session of the terminal based on foundation, HTTP operation requests are sent to Conference server, are submitted the Conference control operation of user, in this embodiment, are specially cancelled mute operation.

Because above-described embodiment terminal is sent after HTTP request message to Conference server, Conference server can be authenticated to HTTP request messages, and after authentication passes through, http session is set up between terminal.Had been carried out " WEB logins " equivalent to the terminal.Therefore the HTTP operation requests of step 404, are trusts. In a specific embodiment, such as Conference server creates http session in authentication after

(Session) when, a unique session identification can be produced（Session ID) and return to the browser of user（Such as SARAFI).This session identification is invisible to user.Each HTTP operation requests of the browser of user in http session（For example user carries out Conference control operation）In can all carry this session identification, Conference server can judge whether HTTP operation requests are trusts according to this session identification.

If user logs off or accessed time-out, Conference server can remove session（Delete session identification）, the HTTP operation requests that user is newly sent by browser can not obtain the trust of Conference server, and Conference server would generally go to login page, it is desirable to which user logs in again.

406th, Conference server obtains associated communication session according to http session.

408th, Conference server is handled communication session, and the communication session of the participant is participated in into audio mixing, and other participants can hear the sound of the participant.

410th, Conference server is returned to terminal operates successful result and refreshes interface（Refresh the state of participant）.412nd, terminal is returned to participant operates successful result and refreshes interface（Refresh the state of participant）.Terminal can access Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carry out Conference control operation.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.

Meeting guest can also be controlled to the conference call of oneself, realize that request floor, choosing Jing Yin to oneself Jing Yin/cancellation see the operations such as participant's video, application host's authority.The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of system for realizing Conference control, including terminal 500 and Conference server 600.Need to set up two sessions between terminal 500 and Conference server 600：

Communication session, i.e. terminal 500 participate in the conference call of meeting；

HTTP（Hypertext Transfer Protocol, hereinafter referred to as HTTP) session, terminal 500 can be according to the http session, and access Conference control WEB interface carries out Conference control operation.

It is to be based on the communication session, terminal 500 is sent in session to Conference server 600 in the embodiment of the present invention Request message, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface；According to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface of acquisition, sent to Conference server 600 and set up HTTP sessions between HTTP request message, and Conference server 600.Then according to the http session, Conference control WEB interface is accessed, Conference control operation is carried out.As shown in figure 5, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of terminal 500 for realizing Conference control, including communication unit 501, it is used to set up communication session between Conference server 600；

Transmitting element 502, for based on the communication session, the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface to be sent to Conference server 600；

Receiving unit 503, the response message for receiving the transmission of Conference server 600, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface；

The transmitting element 502, is additionally operable to the access information according to the Conference control WEB interface, is sent to Conference server 600 and sets up http session between HTTP request message, and Conference server 600；

Browser cell 504, for according to the http session, accessing the Conference control WEB interface, carries out Conference control operation.

This several big functional module of terminal are divisions in logic, and more multiple-unit can also be further divided into according to implementing, and it can be closed on physical entity sets and can also separate.

If the response message that receiving unit 503 is received also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface, the HTTP request message that then transmitting element 502 is sent also carries the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that authentication information of the terminal 500 according to the Conference control WEB interface, asks the authentication of Conference server 600.

If the response message that receiving unit 503 is received also carries the mark of communication session, what transmitting element 502 was sent

HTTP request message can also carry the mark of the communication session, so that mark of the Conference server 600 according to the communication session, the http session and the communication session are associated, to determine the authority of the http session according to the authority of the communication session.

The HTTP request message that transmitting element 502 is sent can also carry the identification information of the terminal, so that identification information of the Conference server 600 according to the terminal, the http session and the communication session are associated, to determine the authority of the http session according to the authority of the communication session.

The terminal includes but is not limited to sip terminal or the terminals of H. 323.

Can certainly in terminal preset Conference control WEB interface access information, or can also in terminal open interface, by the interface can in terminal preset Conference control WEB interface access information.At this time, terminal can be sent HTTP request messages to Conference server, http session set up between Conference server, then terminal can access Conference control WEB interface based on the access information in Conference control WEB interface preset thereon, Carry out Conference control operation.

Terminal provided in an embodiment of the present invention, not only establishes communication session, and based on communication session, establish a http session with Conference server.Terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carries out Conference control operation.The embodiment of the present invention uses the technology similar to B/S (Browser/Server), is thin-client scheme.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.

End side need not develop Conference control client, therefore any Conference control interface need not be defined between terminal and Conference server, it is only necessary to which terminal follows identical mechanism and Conference server is authenticated, you can access the WEB interface of Conference control.Session control function need not carry out privately owned extension to signaling protocol.The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of Conference server 600, as shown in fig. 6, including：

Communication unit 601, is used to set up communication session between terminal 500；

Receiving unit 602, the request message in the communication session, the session of transmission is based on for receiving terminal 500, and the request message is used for the access information to the acquisition request Conference control WEB interface of transmitting element 603；

The transmitting element 603, for sending response message to terminal 500, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that access information of the terminal 500 according to the Conference control WEB interface, HTTP request message is sent to the receiving unit 602；

The receiving unit 602, is additionally operable to the HTTP request message of the transmission of receiving terminal 500, and terminal 500 sets up http session；

WEB units 604, for receiving terminal 500 according to the http session, access the request message of Conference control WEB interface, Conference control WEB interface are returned to terminal 500.

This several big functional module of Conference server are divisions in logic, and more multiple-unit can also be further divided into according to implementing, and it can be closed on physical entity sets and can also separate.

If the response message that transmitting element 603 is sent also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface, the HTTP request message that then receiving unit 602 is received also carries the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface, receiving unit 602 is additionally operable to the authentication information according to the Conference control WEB interface, the HTTP request message is authenticated, and to the HTTP request message that authentication passes through, the http session is set up between terminal 500.

If the response message that transmitting element 603 is sent also carries the mark of communication session, the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between communication unit 601 and terminal 500, the HTTP request messages that then receiving unit 602 is received also carry the mark of the communication session, receiving unit 602 is additionally operable to the mark according to the communication session, and the http session and the communication session are associated. If the identification information for the HTTP request message also carried terminal that receiving unit 602 is received, the identification information of terminal is used to identify the communication session set up between the communication unit and terminal 500, then receiving unit 602 is additionally operable to the identification information according to the terminal, and the http session and the communication session are associated.

The http session and the communication session are associated and specifically included by receiving unit 602：

The authority of the http session is determined according to the authority of the communication session；

Then the WEB units 604 return to the Conference control WEB interface to terminal 500 and specifically included：If the authority of communication session is chairman's authority, the authority of http session is also chairman's authority, and WEB units 604 return to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to whole meeting to terminal 500；

If the authority of communication session is meeting guest's authority, the authority of http session is also meeting guest's authority, and WEB units 604 return to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to the communication session to terminal 500.

Conference server provided in an embodiment of the present invention, not only establishes communication session, and based on communication session, establish a http session with terminal.Terminal accesses Conference control WEB interface according to the http session of foundation, carries out Conference control operation.The embodiment of the present invention uses the technology similar to B/S (Browser/Server), is thin-client scheme.Based on the embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to define the interface of a series of complex between terminal and Conference server, it becomes possible to realize that user carries out Conference control operation by terminal.In addition; in an alternative embodiment of the invention; in order to protect the communication security between terminal and Conference server; prevent that the data such as access information, the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface or the communication session mark of Conference control WEB interface are intercepted or change, can be using the Session initiation Protocol encrypted between terminal and Conference server（Session Initiation Protocol Secure, SIPS) set up safe SIP sessions, it would however also be possible to employ Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure（Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, HTTPS) set up safe HTTP sessions.Above embodiment described the end side Conference control scheme of SIP conference systems, for the conference system based on the agreements of H. 323, the embodiment of the present invention is equally applicable.H. 323 agreements are actually a protocol suite, contain multiple agreements, the wherein agreements of H. 245 are the control signaling agreements in the communication systems of H. 323.Therefore the terminals of H. 323 and Conference server are set up after communication session, and terminal obtains the access information of Conference control WEB interface by the message of H. 245 to Conference server, are then sent HTTP request and are set up http session.Whole scheme is realized similar with sip message, will not be repeated here.The solution of the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art are fully contemplated that using other modes to realize The solution of the present invention.In addition, functional module above is only division in logic, more multiple subsystem can also be further divided into according to implementing, and setting or separately positioned can also be merged on physical entity, and has no effect on the essence of the present invention.

It is understood that the correlated characteristic in the above method and equipment can be referred to mutually.In addition, " first ", " second " in above-described embodiment etc. is to be used to distinguish each embodiment, and the quality of each embodiment is not represented.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can be appreciated that, the unit and algorithm steps of each example described with reference to the embodiments described herein, it can be realized with electronic hardware, computer software or the combination of the two, in order to clearly demonstrate the interchangeability of hardware and software, the composition and step of each example are generally described according to function in the above description.These functions are performed with hardware or software mode actually, depending on the application-specific and design constraint of technical scheme.Professional and technical personnel can realize described function to each specific application using distinct methods, but this realization is it is not considered that beyond the scope of this invention.

It is apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the specific work process of the system of foregoing description, device and unit may be referred to the corresponding process in preceding method embodiment, will not be repeated here.

In several embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that disclosed systems, devices and methods, it can realize by another way.For example, device embodiment described above is only schematical, for example, the division of the unit, it is only a kind of division of logic function, there can be other dividing mode when actually realizing, such as multiple units or component can combine or be desirably integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or do not perform.Another, it, by some interfaces, the INDIRECT COUPLING or communication connection of device or unit, can be electrical, machinery or other forms that shown or discussed coupling or direct-coupling or communication connection each other, which can be,.

The unit illustrated as separating component can be or may not be physically separate, and the part shown as unit can be or may not be physical location, you can with positioned at a place, or can also be distributed on multiple NEs.Some or all of unit therein can be selected to realize the purpose of this embodiment scheme according to the actual needs.

In addition, each functional unit in each of the invention embodiment can be integrated in a processing unit or unit is individually physically present, can also two or more units it is integrated in a unit.Above-mentioned integrated unit can both be realized in the form of hardware, it would however also be possible to employ the form of SFU software functional unit is realized.

If the integrated unit is realized using in the form of SFU software functional unit and as independent production marketing or in use, can be stored in a computer read/write memory medium.Understood based on such, the part or all or part of the technical scheme that technical scheme substantially contributes to prior art in other words can be embodied in the form of software product, the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including some instructions are to cause a computer equipment（Can be personal computer, server, or network equipment etc.）Perform the present invention each The all or part of step of individual embodiment methods described.And foregoing storage medium includes：USB flash disk, mobile hard disk, read-only storage（Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory（Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disc or CD etc. are various can be with the medium of store program codes.

It is described above; only embodiment of the invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, any one skilled in the art the invention discloses technical scope in; change or replacement can be readily occurred in, should be all included within the scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention described should be defined by scope of the claims.

Claims

Claim

1st, a kind of method of Conference control, it is characterised in that including：

Communication session is set up between terminal and Conference server；

Terminal is based on the communication session, and the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface are sent to the Conference server；

The response message that the Conference server is sent is received, the response message carries the access information at the Conference control WEB interfaces；

The terminal sends to the Conference server according to the access information of the Conference control WEB interface and sets up http session between HTTP request message, and the Conference server；

Terminal accesses the Conference control WEB interface according to the http session, carries out Conference control operation.

2nd, the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that the response message also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface；

Then the HTTP request message also carries the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that authentication information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, asks the authentication of the Conference server.

3rd, the method as described in claim 1 or 2 is any, it is characterised in that the response message also carries the mark of communication session, the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between the terminal and the Conference server；

Then the HTTP request message also carries the mark of the communication session, so that mark of the Conference server according to the communication session, the http session and the communication session are associated, to determine the authority of the http session according to the authority of the communication session.

4th, method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that the HTTP request message also carries the identification information of the terminal, so that identification information of the Conference server according to the terminal, will be described

Http session and the communication session are associated, to determine the authority of the HTTP sessions according to the authority of the communication session.

5th, according to any described methods of claim 1-4, it is characterised in that the request message in the session includes the request messages of H. 323 in sip request message in session or session.

6th, a kind of method of Conference control, it is characterised in that including：

Communication session is set up between Conference server and terminal； The request message that the terminal is based in the communication session, the session of transmission is received, the request message is used for the access information to the Conference server acquisition request Conference control WEB interface；

Response message is sent to the terminal, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that access information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, HTTP request message is sent to the Conference server；

The Conference server receives the HTTP request message that the terminal is sent, and the terminal sets up http session；

Receiving terminal accesses the request message of Conference control WEB interface according to the http session, and Conference control WEB interface is returned to terminal.

7th, method as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that the response message also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface；

Then the HTTP request message also carries the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface, the Conference server is according to the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface, the HTTP request message is authenticated, and the http session is set up to the HTTP request message that authentication passes through, and the terminal.

8th, method as claimed in claims 6 or 7, it is characterised in that the response message also carries the mark of communication session, the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between the Conference server and the terminal；

Then the HTTP request message also carries the mark of the communication session, and the http session and the communication session are associated by Conference server according to the mark of the communication session.

9th, method as claimed in claims 6 or 7, it is characterized in that, the HTTP request message also carries the identification information of the terminal, the identification information of the terminal is used to identify the communication session set up between the Conference server and the terminal, the HTTP sessions and the communication session are associated by the Conference server according to the identification information of the terminal.

10th, method as claimed in claim 8 or 9, it is characterised in that the http session and the communication session are associated and specifically included：

The authority of the http session is determined according to the authority of the communication session；

It is then described to be specifically included to the terminal return Conference control WEB interface：

If the authority of communication session is chairman's authority, the authority of http session is also chairman's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to whole meeting to terminal； If the authority of communication session is meeting guest's authority, the authority of http session is also meeting guest's authority, and Conference server returns to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to the communication session to terminal.

11st, according to any described methods of claim 6-10, it is characterised in that the request message in the session includes the request messages of H. 323 in sip request message in session or session.

12nd, a kind of terminal for realizing Conference control, it is characterised in that including：

Communication unit, is used between Conference server set up communication session；

Transmitting element, for based on the communication session, the request message in session, the access information of acquisition request Conference control WEB interface to be sent to the Conference server；

Receiving unit, for receiving the response message that the Conference server is sent, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface；

The transmitting element, is additionally operable to the access information according to the Conference control WEB interface, is sent to the Conference server and sets up http session between HTTP request message, and the Conference server；

Browser cell, for according to the http session, accessing the Conference control WEB interface, carries out Conference control operation.

13rd, terminal as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that, the response message that the receiving unit is received also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface, the HTTP request message that then transmitting element is sent also carries the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that authentication information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interfaces, asks the authentication of the Conference server.

14th, the terminal as described in claim 12 or 13, it is characterized in that, the response message that the receiving unit is received also carries the mark of communication session, the HTTP request message that then transmitting element is sent also carries the mark of the communication session, so that mark of the Conference server according to the communication session, the HTTP sessions and the communication session are associated, to determine the authority of the http session according to the authority of the communication session.15th, the terminal as described in claim 12 or 13, it is characterised in that what the transmitting element was sent

HTTP request messages also carry the identification information of the terminal, so that identification information of the Conference server according to the terminal, the http session and the communication session are associated, to determine the authority of the http session according to the authority of the communication session. 16th, the terminal as described in claim 12 to 15 is any, it is characterised in that the terminal includes SIP terminals or the terminals of H. 323.

17th, a kind of Conference server, it is characterised in that including：

Communication unit, is used between terminal set up communication session；

Receiving unit, for receiving the request message that the terminal is based in the communication session, the session of transmission, the request message is used for the access information to transmitting element acquisition request Conference control WEB interface；

The transmitting element, for sending response message to the terminal, the response message carries the access information of the Conference control WEB interface, so that access information of the terminal according to the Conference control WEB interface, HTTP request message is sent to the receiving unit；

The receiving unit, is additionally operable to receive the HTTP request message that the terminal is sent, and the terminal sets up http session；

WEB units, for receiving terminal according to the http session, access the request message of Conference control WEB interface, Conference control WEB interface are returned to terminal.

18th, server as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that, if the response message that the transmitting element is sent also carries the authentication information of Conference control WEB interface, the HTTP request message that the receiving unit is received also carries the authentication information of the Conference control WEB interface

The receiving unit is additionally operable to the authentication information according to the Conference control WEB interface, and the HTTP request messages are authenticated, and sets up the HTTP sessions to the HTTP request message that authentication passes through, and the terminal.

19th, the server as described in claim 17 or 18, it is characterized in that, if the response message that the transmitting element is sent also carries the mark of communication session, the mark of the communication session is used to identify the communication session set up between the communication unit and the terminal

The HTTP request message that then receiving unit is received also carries the mark of the communication session, and the receiving unit is additionally operable to the mark according to the communication session, the http session and the communication session are associated.20th, the server as described in claim 17 or 18, it is characterised in that

If the HTTP request message that the receiving unit is received also carries the identification information of the terminal, the identification information of the terminal is used to identify the communication session set up between the communication unit and the terminal, then the receiving unit is additionally operable to the identification information according to the terminal, and the http session and the communication session are carried out Association.

21st, the server as described in claim 19 or 20, it is characterised in that the http session and the communication session are associated and specifically included by the receiving unit：

The authority of the http session is determined according to the authority of the communication session；

Then the WEB units return to the Conference control WEB interface to terminal and specifically included：

If the authority of communication session is chairman's authority, the authority of http session is also chairman's authority, and the WEB units return to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to whole meeting to terminal；If the authority of communication session is meeting guest's authority, the authority of http session is also meeting guest's authority, and the WEB units return to the Conference control WEB interface that can be controlled to the communication session to terminal.