CN112181543A - Service subscription entrance management method, service platform and terminal - Google Patents

Service subscription entrance management method, service platform and terminal Download PDF

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CN112181543A
CN112181543A CN202011092866.1A CN202011092866A CN112181543A CN 112181543 A CN112181543 A CN 112181543A CN 202011092866 A CN202011092866 A CN 202011092866A CN 112181543 A CN112181543 A CN 112181543A
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The present disclosure provides a service subscription entry management method, a service platform and a terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a signing request sent by a terminal, and acquiring the current card state in the signing request; determining a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation, wherein the mapping relation comprises the relationship among the card state, the type of the signing inlet and a signing inlet mark; and sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet. The method is suitable for a multi-card terminal and a master control terminal for managing a plurality of auxiliary cards, and the terminal carries out local management on the card state, so that the operation and maintenance pressure and the system overhead of the BSS side are reduced. The service platform establishes a mapping relation between the card state and the service signing inlet in advance, improves linkage between the bottom layer card and the upper layer service, realizes service signing inlet management based on the card state, and improves user experience and signing success rate.

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Service subscription entrance management method, service platform and terminal
Technical Field
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a service subscription entrance management method, a service platform and a terminal.
Background
With the rapid development of terminal intellectualization and card technology, the number of portable terminals with cards and terminals of the internet of things is increased day by day, and the function of the portable terminals with cards in the working life of people is increasingly prominent. The method is often attached or bound to a master control terminal to complete the opening and use of the daughter card service, and the opening of the service often depends greatly on the built-in card. However, due to the concealment of the bottom layer card, the management of the bottom layer card is very difficult, especially for a multi-card terminal and a main control terminal which governs a plurality of auxiliary cards, the upper layer service and the bottom layer card are relatively separated, and the terminal cannot timely know the accurate state of each governed card.
In the existing scheme, the card state is generally managed by a first-level background of an operator in a unified manner, a terminal queries a single state from a network side in real time, the states of multiple cards are mutually covered, a BSS (Business Support System) side query entry is frequently called, and the BSS side operation and maintenance pressure and the System overhead are increased. The BSS is an existing card management background system, such as support systems of an operator BSS, an e-commerce company, a resource center, a card management platform, and the like, and each network element interactively completes overall management of cards during service subscription. Meanwhile, services in the subscription often face the problems that the user waits for a long time and quits midway, and the foreground does not sense repeated requests, so that the subscription success rate and the user experience are greatly influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The present disclosure provides a service subscription entry management method, a service platform, and a terminal, which address the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art.
As a first aspect of the present disclosure, a service subscription entry management method is provided, including:
receiving a signing request sent by a terminal, and acquiring a current card state in the signing request, wherein the signing request is sent after the terminal receives a signing instruction of a user, acquires a target service and card information in the signing request, and acquires an identifier of the target service;
determining a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation, wherein the mapping relation comprises the relationship among the card state, the type of the signing inlet and a signing inlet mark;
and sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet.
Preferably, after sending the service subscription entry to the terminal, the method further includes:
and if the current card state is the old card state, sending the pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal so that the terminal can display the pre-stored user input data on the signing interface.
Preferably, determining a matched subscription entrance according to the current card status and a pre-stored mapping relationship includes:
if the current card state is a new card state, determining a first mark corresponding to the new card state according to the mapping relation, and determining an initial signing entrance corresponding to the first mark as the service signing entrance;
and if the current card state is the old card state, determining a service signing entrance according to the old card state and the mapping relation.
Preferably, determining a service subscription entry according to the old card status and the mapping relationship includes:
if the old card state is a configuration sub-state, determining a second mark corresponding to the configuration sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the issuing sub-state, determining a third mark corresponding to the issuing sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a verification signing inlet corresponding to the third mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, determining a fourth mark corresponding to the downloaded sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a signing prompt signing inlet corresponding to the fourth mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, acquiring the reason for card unavailability, and determining the service signing inlet according to the reason for card unavailability and the mapping relation.
Preferably, determining the service subscription entrance according to the card unavailability reason and the mapping relationship includes:
if the card unavailability reason is the configuration failure, determining a second mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the configuration failure according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the card unavailability reason is download failure, determining a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the download failure according to the mapping relation, and determining a download signing inlet corresponding to the fifth mark as the service signing inlet.
Preferably, the method further comprises:
receiving a card state change message sent by a terminal, and acquiring the card state change message, wherein the card state change message is sent after the terminal receives a card state update message sent by network side equipment, acquires the card information therein, inquires an identifier of a binding service of the card according to the card information, and determines a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the previous old card state to the next old card state, establishing the mapping relation according to the changed old card state and the contract signing entry type and mark matched with the changed old card state;
and if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the old card state or the card unavailable state to the new card state, newly establishing an initial signing inlet matched with the new card, and updating the mapping relation according to the new card state, the type of the initial signing inlet and the mark.
As a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a service subscription entry management method, including:
when a signing instruction of a user is received, acquiring target service and card information in the signing instruction;
acquiring the identifier of the target service;
if the target service is determined to be bound with the card information according to the identification, acquiring the current card state, and determining a service platform corresponding to the identification;
and sending a subscription request carrying the current card state to the service platform.
Preferably, the method further comprises:
receiving a card state updating message sent by network side equipment, and acquiring card information and card state changing information in the card state updating message;
inquiring the identification of the binding service of the card according to the card information;
determining a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
and sending a card state change message carrying the card state change information to the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
As a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a service platform, including:
the receiving module is used for receiving a signing request sent by a terminal;
a first obtaining module, configured to obtain a current card state in the subscription request, where the subscription request is sent after the terminal receives a subscription instruction of a user, obtains a target service and card information therein, and obtains an identifier of the target service, and if it is determined according to the identifier that the target service and the card information are bound, obtains the current card state, and determines a service platform corresponding to the identifier;
the determining module is used for determining a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation, wherein the mapping relation comprises the relationship among the card state, the type of the signing inlet and the signing inlet mark;
and the sending module is used for sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet.
Preferably, the sending module is further configured to send, if the current card state is an old card state, pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal, so that the terminal displays the pre-stored user input data on the subscription interface.
Preferably, the determining module includes:
a first determining submodule, configured to determine, if the current card state is a new card state, a first tag corresponding to the new card state according to the mapping relationship, and determine an initial subscription entry corresponding to the first tag as the service subscription entry;
and the second determining submodule is used for determining a service signing inlet according to the old card state and the mapping relation if the current card state is the old card state.
Preferably, the second determining submodule is specifically configured to:
if the old card state is a configuration sub-state, determining a second mark corresponding to the configuration sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the issuing sub-state, determining a third mark corresponding to the issuing sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a verification signing inlet corresponding to the third mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, determining a fourth mark corresponding to the downloaded sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a signing prompt signing inlet corresponding to the fourth mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, acquiring the reason for card unavailability, and determining the service signing inlet according to the reason for card unavailability and the mapping relation.
Preferably, the second determining submodule is specifically configured to:
if the card unavailability reason is the configuration failure, determining a second mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the configuration failure according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the card unavailability reason is download failure, determining a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the download failure according to the mapping relation, and determining a download signing inlet corresponding to the fifth mark as the service signing inlet.
Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps:
the receiving module is also used for receiving a card state change message sent by the terminal;
the second obtaining module is used for obtaining card state change information in the card state change information, wherein the card state change information is sent after the terminal receives the card state update information sent by the network side equipment, the card information is obtained, the identification of the binding service of the card is inquired according to the card information, and the service platform corresponding to the identification of the binding service is determined;
the creating module is used for creating the mapping relation according to the changed old card state and the contract signing entry type and the mark matched with the changed old card state if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the previous old card state to the next old card state;
and the updating module is used for newly establishing an initial signing inlet matched with the new card and updating the mapping relation according to the new card state, the type of the initial signing inlet and the mark if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the old card state or the card unavailable state to the new card state.
As a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal comprising:
the first acquisition module is used for acquiring target services and card information when a signing instruction of a user is received;
the second acquisition module is used for acquiring the identifier of the target service;
a third obtaining module, configured to obtain a current card state if it is determined that the target service is bound to the card information according to the identifier;
the first determining module is used for determining the service platform corresponding to the identifier;
and the sending module is used for sending a signing request carrying the current card state to the service platform.
Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps:
the receiving module is used for receiving a card state updating message sent by the network side equipment;
the fourth acquisition module is used for acquiring the card information and the card state change information in the card state update message;
the query module is used for querying the identification of the binding service of the card according to the card information;
the second determining module is used for determining a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
the sending module is further configured to send a card state change message carrying the card state change information to the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
According to the embodiment of the disclosure, a service platform receives a subscription request sent by a terminal and acquires a current card state therein, wherein the subscription request is sent after the terminal acquires a target service and card information therein and acquires an identifier of the target service when receiving a subscription instruction of a user, and acquires the current card state and determines the service platform corresponding to the identifier when determining that the target service and the card information are bound according to the identifier. The service platform determines a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation, wherein the mapping relation comprises the relationship among the card state, the type of the signing inlet and a signing inlet mark; and sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet. The terminal locally manages the card state without frequently calling BSS, can meet the requirements of differentiation and autonomy of multi-card management, and reduces operation and maintenance pressure and system overhead of a BSS side. The service platform establishes a mapping relation between the card state and the service signing inlet in advance, improves linkage between a bottom layer card and an upper layer service, realizes service signing inlet management based on the card state, avoids the problems of repeated requests, state coverage and the like caused by no perception of the state, and improves user experience and signing success rate.
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fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a service platform provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
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In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
The method aims to reduce the frequent calling of the BSS when the master control terminal of a multi-card terminal and a plurality of subordinate cards inquire the state of the card, reduce the operation and maintenance pressure and the system overhead of the BSS, and solve the problems that a foreground does not sense repeated requests when signing is interrupted, the signing success rate is low and the user experience is not high. The disclosure provides a service subscription entrance management method, a service platform and a terminal. The following detailed description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings which respectively illustrate embodiments provided by the present disclosure.
Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a service subscription entry management method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The service subscription entrance management method can be applied to a service platform. As shown in fig. 1, the service subscription entry management method provided in this embodiment includes the following steps.
Step 101, receiving a subscription request sent by a terminal.
Step 102, obtaining the current card status in the subscription request.
It should be noted that the terminal in the present disclosure is a multi-card terminal and a master control terminal that governs a plurality of sub-cards. The terminal is internally provided with a card, which refers to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card or an Embedded-SIM (SIM) card or a soft SIM of a specific security area.
It should be noted that the service refers to a card-bound service, for example, a tariff package of a SIM card. One card only binds one service, and different cards can bind the same service.
It should be noted that the terminal establishes a state management list in advance, and each state management list corresponds to one card. For a multi-card terminal, a status management list corresponding to a plurality of cards is stored. And for a plurality of cards respectively arranged in the main control terminal and other auxiliary terminals, respectively establishing a state management list for different cards by taking the cards as a unit, and respectively storing the state management list in the corresponding main control terminal and other auxiliary terminals. The state management list corresponding to one card comprises a card state, terminal information, service information and the like, and the service information comprises a service identifier. The card is bound with the card state, and the card is also bound with the service. The card states include an old card state and a new card state, the old card state including a configuration sub-state, a release sub-state, a download sub-state, a downloaded sub-state, an activation sub-state, and a card unavailable sub-state. Before the service subscription is completed, the card state is sequentially transferred according to the sequence of a new card state, a configuration sub-state, an issuing sub-state, a downloading sub-state, a downloaded sub-state and an activating sub-state, and can not be reversed, and when a certain intermediate state fails, the card state is changed into a card unavailable sub-state.
In steps 101 to 102, the subscription request is sent after the terminal acquires the target service and the card information therein and acquires the identifier of the target service when receiving the subscription instruction of the user, and acquires the current card state and determines the service platform corresponding to the identifier if the target service and the card information are bound according to the identifier. The terminal prestores a state management list, a subscription request sent to the service platform carries the current card state, and the service platform receives the subscription request and acquires the current card state. The current card status here includes card information and current card status information, i.e., what state the current card is in. The signing request is applied to a new service to be signed by a new card, or a signing request is reinitiated when a user pauses or fails to sign the service before signing.
And 103, determining a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation.
The mapping relation comprises the relation of a card state, a contract signing entry type and a contract signing entry mark. Namely, the mapping relationship can reflect which service contract-signing entry corresponds to each card state. The mapping relation does not include the service signing inlet corresponding to the activated sub-state, and the service signing inlet does not need to be sent to the terminal again because the service is activated. And inquiring the mapping relation to determine a mark corresponding to the current card state, and determining a matched service signing inlet according to the mark. The mapping is updated in real time.
In this step, the service platform queries the mapping relationship according to the current card status to determine the corresponding tag, and further determines which one the corresponding subscription entry is according to the tag. The subscription entrance refers to a first interface entered by a user when the user signs a service. The same service may correspond to multiple subscription entries, and different subscription entries may correspond to different card states.
And 104, sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet.
In the step, the service platform sends the determined service signing inlet to the terminal, and the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the received service signing inlet and displays the corresponding signing interface on the terminal. The mode of the terminal displaying the subscription interface may be displayed through APP, or a webpage, through a popup, a control, or a page, and the like, which is not limited in this disclosure.
In some embodiments, after sending the service subscription entry to the terminal (i.e. step 104), the method further includes:
and if the current card state is the old card state, sending the pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal so that the terminal can display the pre-stored user input data on a signing interface.
In this step, the same service may correspond to multiple subscription entries, and different subscription entries may correspond to different card statuses and user input data. The user input data is service archive point data, and data stored by a service platform when a user performs service subscription before, the user input data is used for storing key service node data and mainly comprises identity authentication data, number selection data and verification data, and the verification data is living body verification data. And if the current card state is the old card state, sending the pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal, and displaying the pre-stored user input data on a signing interface by the terminal to enhance the user experience.
In some embodiments, determining a matching subscription entry based on the current card status and a pre-stored mapping relationship (step 103) includes: and if the current card state is the new card state, determining a first mark corresponding to the new card state according to the mapping relation, and determining an initial signing inlet corresponding to the first mark as a service signing inlet. And if the current card state is the old card state, determining a service signing inlet according to the old card state and the mapping relation.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the card status is a new card status, a new initial subscription entry needs to be established, and the newly established initial subscription entry is marked, that is, a first mark, where the initial subscription entry corresponding to the first mark is the determined service subscription entry. And if the current card state is the old card state, determining that the service signing inlet is still the service signing inlet matched with the old card, and not needing to establish a new signing inlet. Note that the new card includes a patch card.
In some embodiments, determining a service subscription entry according to the old card status and the mapping relationship includes: and if the old card state is the configuration sub-state, determining a second mark corresponding to the configuration sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing entrance corresponding to the second mark as a service signing entrance. And if the old card state is the issuing sub-state, determining a third mark corresponding to the issuing sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a verification signing inlet corresponding to the third mark as a service signing inlet. And if the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, determining a fourth mark corresponding to the downloaded sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a signing prompt signing entrance corresponding to the fourth mark as a service signing entrance. And if the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, acquiring the card unavailable reason, and determining the service signing inlet according to the card unavailable reason and the mapping relation.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the mapping relationship includes a relationship between a card status, a subscription entry type, and a subscription entry flag. When the old card state is the configuration sub-state, the card indicates that the configuration service subscription is started before, and the card is paused in the middle of the previous configuration service subscription starting (that is, the configuration data is not completely configured, only part of the data is configured), and then the corresponding subscription entry type is the identity authentication subscription entry, and the corresponding service subscription entry is determined according to the corresponding second mark. The configuration sub-state comprises a configuration sub-state and a configured sub-state, and the configuration sub-state corresponds to an identity authentication signing entrance. And when the user carries out the subscription, the previous link is reached, and the data are prestored. When the user goes to the identity authentication link before, the pre-stored user input data comprises identity authentication data, and when the user goes to the number selection link before, the pre-stored user input data comprises the identity authentication data and the number selection data.
When the old card state is the release sub-state, it is described that the card has previously started the subscription of the release service, and is suspended midway when the subscription of the release service is previously started (i.e. the release data is not completely completed, only a part of data is completed), then the type of the corresponding subscription entry is a verification subscription entry (for example, a living body verification subscription entry), and the corresponding service subscription entry is determined according to the corresponding third mark. The release sub-state comprises a release sub-state and a release sub-state, and the release sub-state correspond to the same verification signing entrance. The pre-stored user input data of the service platform comprises identity authentication data, number selection data and verification data. Preferably, the verification data is living body verification data, that is, verification data of a photographed portrait. The subscription prompting subscription entrance comprises: for the cards in the release, the user clicks the next step, and the terminal sends an activation request to the network side equipment; and for the issued card, the user clicks the next step, and the terminal generates a downloading request to the network side equipment.
When the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, the card is described to be configured and activated. The corresponding signing inlet type is a signing prompt signing inlet, and the corresponding service signing inlet is determined according to the corresponding fourth mark. The signing prompt signing entrance is used for prompting the user to click the service opening control, and after the user clicks the service opening control, the service signing and the service opening are completed. The card status that has been turned on is active. It should be noted here that, when the old card state is the download sub-state, the terminal enters the download service when the terminal previously performs service subscription, and then performs download again at this time, the terminal directly interacts with the network side device, the service platform does not need to respond to the subscription request, and temporarily closes the subscription prompt subscription entrance, so as to prevent the user from repeatedly initiating the subscription request, and ensure that the card data is safely, continuously, and effectively downloaded into the card. And when the card state is changed from the downloading sub-state to the downloaded sub-state, responding to the signing request, namely sending a signing prompt signing inlet corresponding to the fourth mark to the terminal.
And when the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, determining the card unavailable reason, and determining the service signing entrance according to the card unavailable determination and the mapping relation.
In some embodiments, determining the service contract-signing entry according to the card unavailability reason and the mapping relationship includes: if the card unavailability reason is the configuration failure, determining a second mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the configuration failure according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as a service signing inlet; and if the card unavailability reason is download failure, determining a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the download failure according to the mapping relation, and determining a download signing inlet corresponding to the fifth mark as a service signing inlet.
When the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, and the card unavailable reason is configuration failure, the configuration failure is not caused by user suspension configuration, for example, the configuration failure is configuration data loss, the configuration is cancelled, and the like, a second mark corresponding to the card unavailable sub-state caused by the configuration failure is determined according to the mapping relation, the second mark simultaneously corresponds to the card unavailable sub-state and the configuration sub-state caused by the configuration failure, and the corresponding identity authentication signing inlet is determined according to the second mark. In a preferred embodiment, the number selection contract entry may also correspond to a card unavailable sub-state caused by a configuration failure in the mapping relationship.
When the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, and the card unavailable reason is download failure, where the download failure is not caused by the user suspending the download, for example, the download failure is download failure or download data loss, etc., a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailable sub-state caused by the download failure is determined according to the mapping relationship, and a corresponding download signing entry is determined according to the fifth mark.
The embodiment of the disclosure is suitable for a multi-card terminal and a master control terminal which governs a plurality of auxiliary cards, the terminal locally manages the card state, a BSS (base station system) does not need to be frequently called, the requirements of differentiation and autonomy of multi-card management can be met, and the operation and maintenance pressure and the system overhead of the BSS side are reduced. The service platform establishes a mapping relation between the card state and the service signing inlet in advance, improves linkage between a bottom layer card and an upper layer service, realizes service signing inlet management based on the card state, avoids the problems of repeated requests, state coverage and the like caused by no perception of the state, and improves user experience and signing success rate.
Fig. 2 shows another flowchart of a service subscription entry management method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the service subscription entry management method provided in this embodiment further includes the following steps.
Step 201, receiving a card state change message sent by a terminal.
Step 202, card state change information in the card state change message is acquired.
In steps 201 to 202, the card state change message is sent after the terminal receives the card state update message sent by the network side device (e.g., BSS), acquires the card information therein, and determines the service platform corresponding to the identifier of the bound service according to the identifier of the bound service of the card queried by the card information.
In step 203, if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the previous old card state to the next old card state, a mapping relationship is established according to the changed old card state and the subscription entry type and the mark matched with the changed old card state.
And step 204, if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the old card state or the card unavailable state to the new card state, newly establishing an initial subscription entrance matched with the new card, and updating the mapping relation according to the new card state, the type of the initial subscription entrance and the mark.
In step 201-step 202, as long as the card status at the terminal side is updated, the service platform records and determines a service subscription entrance mark for the changed card status, and when the card is in an old card status, the service platform also determines the originally corresponding service subscription entrance, and establishes a mapping relationship according to each card status of the old card and the determined service subscription entrance type and mark. If the new card is replaced, an initial signing inlet is newly built, the initial signing inlet is marked, and the mapping relation is updated according to the state of the new card and the type and the mark of the newly built initial signing inlet.
The mapping relation in the present disclosure is updated in real time, and is updated along with the transition of the card state of the terminal.
Fig. 3 shows another flowchart of a service subscription entry management method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. The service subscription entrance management method can be applied to the terminal. As shown in fig. 3, the service subscription entry management method provided in this embodiment includes the following steps.
Step 301, when a subscription instruction of a user is received, acquiring target service and card information therein.
Step 302, obtain the identifier of the target service.
Step 303, if the target service and the card information are determined to be bound according to the identifier, acquiring the current card state.
In the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal establishes a state management list in advance, and each state management list corresponds to one card. The card state management module is responsible for butt-joint interaction with network side equipment, and based on card life cycle management in an existing IT support system of an operator, synchronous recording and tracking are carried out on the card state, card state perception and service management of a terminal side are achieved, and existing card state migration and management of the network side are not interfered or changed.
For a multi-card terminal, a status management list corresponding to a plurality of cards is stored. And for a plurality of cards respectively arranged in the main control terminal and other auxiliary terminals, respectively establishing a state management list for different cards by taking the cards as a unit, and respectively storing the state management list in the corresponding main control terminal and other auxiliary terminals. The state management list corresponding to one card comprises a card state, terminal information, service information and the like, and the service information comprises a service identifier. The card is bound with the card state, and the card is also bound with the service. The card states include an old card state and a new card state, the old card state including a configuration sub-state, a release sub-state, a download sub-state, a downloaded sub-state, an activation sub-state, and a card unavailable sub-state. Before the service subscription is completed, the card state is sequentially transferred according to the sequence of a new card state, a configuration sub-state, an issuing sub-state, a downloading sub-state, a downloaded sub-state and an activating sub-state, and can not be reversed, and when a certain intermediate state fails, the card state is changed into a card unavailable sub-state.
In this step, if the terminal determines that the target service is bound with the card information according to the identifier, the current card state is acquired according to a pre-stored state management list.
Step 304, determining the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
Step 305, sending a subscription request carrying the current card state to the service platform.
The current card state includes card information and current card state information, that is, what state the current card is in.
The embodiment of the disclosure is suitable for a multi-card terminal and a master control terminal which governs a plurality of auxiliary cards, the terminal locally manages the card state, a BSS (base station system) does not need to be frequently called, the requirements of differentiation and autonomy of multi-card management can be met, and the operation and maintenance pressure and the system overhead of the BSS side are reduced. The service platform establishes a mapping relation between the card state and the service signing inlet in advance, improves linkage between a bottom layer card and an upper layer service, realizes service signing inlet management based on the card state, avoids the problems of repeated requests, state coverage and the like caused by no perception of the state, and improves user experience and signing success rate.
Fig. 4 shows another flowchart of a service subscription entry management method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the method further comprises:
step 401, receiving a card status update message sent by a network side device.
The network side equipment is a BSS, when the network side monitors that the card state of the terminal changes, a network element (for example, BSS, e-commerce, card management platform and other equipment) which triggers the card state to change synchronizes the card state change information and the card information to the BSS, the BSS queries a local database according to the card information to acquire the terminal corresponding to the card, and sends a card state update message carrying the card information and the card state change information to the terminal.
Step 402, card information and card state change information in the card state update message are acquired.
After this step, the terminal updates the locally stored status management list according to the card information and the card status change information.
And step 403, inquiring the identification of the binding service of the card according to the card information.
Step 404, determining a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the bound service.
Step 405, sending a card state change message carrying the card state change information to the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a service platform provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Based on the same technical concept as the embodiment corresponding to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 5, the service platform provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure includes the following modules.
The receiving module 11 is configured to receive a subscription request sent by a terminal.
The first obtaining module 12 is configured to obtain a current card state in the subscription request, where the subscription request is sent after the terminal receives a subscription instruction of a user, obtains a target service and card information therein, obtains an identifier of the target service, and obtains the current card state if it is determined according to the identifier that the target service and the card information are bound, and determines a service platform corresponding to the identifier.
And the determining module 13 is configured to determine a matched service subscription entry according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relationship, where the mapping relationship includes a relationship between the card state, a subscription entry type, and a subscription entry mark.
And the sending module 14 is configured to send the service subscription entry to the terminal, so that the terminal invokes a corresponding subscription interface according to the service subscription entry.
Preferably, the sending module 14 is further configured to send, if the current card state is an old card state, pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal, so that the terminal displays the pre-stored user input data on the subscription interface.
Preferably, the determining module 13 includes:
and the first determining submodule is used for determining a first mark corresponding to the new card state according to the mapping relation and determining an initial signing entrance corresponding to the first mark as the service signing entrance if the current card state is the new card state.
And the second determining submodule is used for determining a service signing inlet according to the old card state and the mapping relation if the current card state is the old card state.
Preferably, the second determining submodule is specifically configured to:
and if the old card state is the configuration sub-state, determining a second mark corresponding to the configuration sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing entrance corresponding to the second mark as the service signing entrance.
And if the old card state is the issuing sub-state, determining a third mark corresponding to the issuing sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a verification signing inlet corresponding to the third mark as the service signing inlet.
And if the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, determining a fourth mark corresponding to the downloaded sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a signing prompt signing entrance corresponding to the fourth mark as the service signing entrance.
And if the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, acquiring the reason for card unavailability, and determining the service signing inlet according to the reason for card unavailability and the mapping relation.
Preferably, the second determining submodule is specifically configured to:
if the card unavailability reason is the configuration failure, determining a second mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the configuration failure according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the card unavailability reason is download failure, determining a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the download failure according to the mapping relation, and determining a download signing inlet corresponding to the fifth mark as the service signing inlet.
Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps:
the receiving module 11 is further configured to receive a card status change message sent by the terminal;
the second obtaining module is used for obtaining card state change information in the card state change information, wherein the card state change information is sent after the terminal receives the card state update information sent by the network side equipment, the card information is obtained, the identification of the binding service of the card is inquired according to the card information, and the service platform corresponding to the identification of the binding service is determined;
and the creating module is used for creating the mapping relation according to the changed old card state and the contract signing entry type and the mark matched with the changed old card state if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the previous old card state to the next old card state.
And the updating module is used for newly establishing an initial signing inlet matched with the new card and updating the mapping relation according to the new card state, the type of the initial signing inlet and the mark if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the old card state or the card unavailable state to the new card state.
Fig. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Based on the same technical concept as the embodiment corresponding to fig. 3, as shown in fig. 6, the service platform provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure includes the following modules.
The first obtaining module 21 is configured to obtain the target service and the card information in the subscription instruction of the user when the subscription instruction is received.
A second obtaining module 22, configured to obtain an identifier of the target service.
A third obtaining module 23, configured to obtain a current card state if it is determined that the target service is bound to the card information according to the identifier.
And a first determining module 24, configured to determine a service platform corresponding to the identifier.
And the sending module 25 is configured to send a subscription request carrying a current card status to the service platform.
Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps:
and the receiving module is used for receiving the card state updating message sent by the network side equipment.
And the fourth acquisition module is used for acquiring the card information and the card state change information in the card state update message.
And the query module is used for querying the identification of the binding service of the card according to the card information.
The second determining module is used for determining a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
the sending module 25 is further configured to send a card status change message carrying the card status change information to the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
It will be understood that the above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments taken to illustrate the principles of the present invention, which is not limited thereto. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit and substance of the invention, and these modifications and improvements are also considered to be within the scope of the invention.

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1. A service subscription entrance management method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
receiving a signing request sent by a terminal, and acquiring a current card state in the signing request, wherein the signing request is sent after the terminal receives a signing instruction of a user, acquires a target service and card information in the signing request, and acquires an identifier of the target service;
determining a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation, wherein the mapping relation comprises the relationship among the card state, the type of the signing inlet and a signing inlet mark;
and sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet.
2. The method for managing a service subscription portal according to claim 1, wherein after sending the service subscription portal to the terminal, the method further comprises:
and if the current card state is the old card state, sending the pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal so that the terminal can display the pre-stored user input data on the signing interface.
3. The service subscription entrance management method according to claim 1, wherein determining a matching subscription entrance according to the current card status and a pre-stored mapping relationship comprises:
if the current card state is a new card state, determining a first mark corresponding to the new card state according to the mapping relation, and determining an initial signing entrance corresponding to the first mark as the service signing entrance;
and if the current card state is the old card state, determining a service signing entrance according to the old card state and the mapping relation.
4. The method for service subscription entry management according to claim 3, wherein determining a service subscription entry according to the old card status and the mapping relationship comprises:
if the old card state is a configuration sub-state, determining a second mark corresponding to the configuration sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the issuing sub-state, determining a third mark corresponding to the issuing sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a verification signing inlet corresponding to the third mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, determining a fourth mark corresponding to the downloaded sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a signing prompt signing inlet corresponding to the fourth mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, acquiring the reason for card unavailability, and determining the service signing inlet according to the reason for card unavailability and the mapping relation.
5. The service contract-signing portal management method according to claim 4, wherein determining the service contract-signing portal according to the card unavailability reason and the mapping relationship comprises:
if the card unavailability reason is the configuration failure, determining a second mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the configuration failure according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the card unavailability reason is download failure, determining a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the download failure according to the mapping relation, and determining a download signing inlet corresponding to the fifth mark as the service signing inlet.
6. The service subscription portal management method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a card state change message sent by a terminal, and acquiring the card state change message, wherein the card state change message is sent after the terminal receives a card state update message sent by network side equipment, acquires the card information therein, inquires an identifier of a binding service of the card according to the card information, and determines a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the previous old card state to the next old card state, establishing the mapping relation according to the changed old card state and the contract signing entry type and mark matched with the changed old card state;
and if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the old card state or the card unavailable state to the new card state, newly establishing an initial signing inlet matched with the new card, and updating the mapping relation according to the new card state, the type of the initial signing inlet and the mark.
7. A service subscription entrance management method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
when a signing instruction of a user is received, acquiring target service and card information in the signing instruction;
acquiring the identifier of the target service;
if the target service is determined to be bound with the card information according to the identification, acquiring the current card state, and determining a service platform corresponding to the identification;
and sending a subscription request carrying the current card state to the service platform.
8. The service subscription portal management method according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a card state updating message sent by network side equipment, and acquiring card information and card state changing information in the card state updating message;
inquiring the identification of the binding service of the card according to the card information;
determining a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
and sending a card state change message carrying the card state change information to the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
9. A service platform, comprising:
the receiving module is used for receiving a signing request sent by a terminal;
a first obtaining module, configured to obtain a current card state in the subscription request, where the subscription request is sent after the terminal receives a subscription instruction of a user, obtains a target service and card information therein, and obtains an identifier of the target service, and if it is determined according to the identifier that the target service and the card information are bound, obtains the current card state, and determines a service platform corresponding to the identifier;
the determining module is used for determining a matched service signing inlet according to the current card state and a pre-stored mapping relation, wherein the mapping relation comprises the relationship among the card state, the type of the signing inlet and the signing inlet mark;
and the sending module is used for sending the service signing inlet to the terminal so that the terminal calls a corresponding signing interface according to the service signing inlet.
10. The service platform of claim 9, wherein the sending module is further configured to send pre-stored user input data corresponding to the current card state to the terminal if the current card state is an old card state, so that the terminal displays the pre-stored user input data on the subscription interface.
11. The service platform of claim 9, wherein the determining module comprises:
a first determining submodule, configured to determine, if the current card state is a new card state, a first tag corresponding to the new card state according to the mapping relationship, and determine an initial subscription entry corresponding to the first tag as the service subscription entry;
and the second determining submodule is used for determining a service signing inlet according to the old card state and the mapping relation if the current card state is the old card state.
12. The service platform according to claim 11, wherein the second determining submodule is specifically configured to:
if the old card state is a configuration sub-state, determining a second mark corresponding to the configuration sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the issuing sub-state, determining a third mark corresponding to the issuing sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a verification signing inlet corresponding to the third mark as the service signing inlet;
if the old card state is the downloaded sub-state, determining a fourth mark corresponding to the downloaded sub-state according to the mapping relation, and determining a signing prompt signing inlet corresponding to the fourth mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the old card state is the card unavailable sub-state, acquiring the reason for card unavailability, and determining the service signing inlet according to the reason for card unavailability and the mapping relation.
13. The service platform according to claim 12, wherein the second determining submodule is specifically configured to:
if the card unavailability reason is the configuration failure, determining a second mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the configuration failure according to the mapping relation, and determining an identity authentication signing inlet corresponding to the second mark as the service signing inlet;
and if the card unavailability reason is download failure, determining a fifth mark corresponding to the card unavailability sub-state caused by the download failure according to the mapping relation, and determining a download signing inlet corresponding to the fifth mark as the service signing inlet.
14. The service platform according to any of claims 9-13, further comprising:
the receiving module is also used for receiving a card state change message sent by the terminal;
the second obtaining module is used for obtaining card state change information in the card state change information, wherein the card state change information is sent after the terminal receives the card state update information sent by the network side equipment, the card information is obtained, the identification of the binding service of the card is inquired according to the card information, and the service platform corresponding to the identification of the binding service is determined;
the creating module is used for creating the mapping relation according to the changed old card state and the contract signing entry type and the mark matched with the changed old card state if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the previous old card state to the next old card state;
and the updating module is used for newly establishing an initial signing inlet matched with the new card and updating the mapping relation according to the new card state, the type of the initial signing inlet and the mark if the card state change information is that the card is changed from the old card state or the card unavailable state to the new card state.
15. A terminal, comprising:
the first acquisition module is used for acquiring target services and card information when a signing instruction of a user is received;
the second acquisition module is used for acquiring the identifier of the target service;
a third obtaining module, configured to obtain a current card state if it is determined that the target service is bound to the card information according to the identifier;
the first determining module is used for determining the service platform corresponding to the identifier;
and the sending module is used for sending a signing request carrying the current card state to the service platform.
16. The terminal according to claim 15, further comprising:
the receiving module is used for receiving a card state updating message sent by the network side equipment;
the fourth acquisition module is used for acquiring the card information and the card state change information in the card state update message;
the query module is used for querying the identification of the binding service of the card according to the card information;
the second determining module is used for determining a service platform corresponding to the identifier of the binding service;
the sending module is further configured to send a card state change message carrying the card state change information to the service platform corresponding to the identifier.
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