Embodiment
Main thought of the present invention is: in integrated value-added service system of the present invention, set up a business management system that is independent of operation system, required to provide unified support miscellaneous service to carry out to operation system such as authentication and billing function (AAA), subscriber management function, content/service provider's management function, service management function and order such function such as relation management function.
Below, will describe integrated value-added service system of the present invention and method for processing business thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in detail.
Fig. 2 shows the configuration diagram of the integrated value-added service system of first embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2, integrated value-added service system of the present invention is made up of operation system 10 and business management system 20.Wherein, operation system 10 only comprises module relevant with its Business Processing in each business, and for example, operation system 10 only comprises the Service Processing Module of WAP business, the application download module of Brew downloading service and the speech processing module of voice value-added service.Business management system 20 comprises by the shared supporting business of the various value-added services in the operation system 10 carries out required authentication and accounting module (AAA), user management module, content/service provider (CP/SP) administration module, service management module, orders relation management module.
In business management system 20, user management module is mainly used in storage and maintenance registered user's user profile, and this user profile comprises: user's name, user terminal number, type of user terminal, payment type, User Status etc.Wherein, payment type represents that the user is prepaid user or postpaid service user; User Status represents that the user is in normally, suspends (temporarily can not use all business), shuts down (can not use all business), arrearage a certain in (can only use coin free service and pay the business of Monthly Fee), blacklist (all functions that the user can't use integrated value-added service system to provide), the state such as to be activated and canceled.
The service management module is mainly used in the business information of the miscellaneous service that exists in the storage and maintenance operation system 10, and this business information comprises: SP, business tine classification, charging policy, discount strategy, issuing time, entry-into-force time, out-of-service time, the life cycle state of Business Name, operation code, type of service, professional ownership.Wherein, life cycle state represents that business is in any in the states such as professional application and audit, operational trials, service distribution, business modification, professional time-out, service cancellation.
Order relation management module and be mainly used in the purchase order information of storage and maintenance user business.
Content/service provider's administration module is mainly used in provider's information of safeguarding and store the content/service provider who has registered in integrated value-added service system.This provider's information comprises the code information and the state information of provider at least.Wherein, content/service provider's code information is used for identifying uniquely content/service provider, and content/service provider's state is used to represent whether content/service provider is in normal condition.
Authentication and accounting module (AAA), it mainly comprises authentication ' unit, authenticating unit and Charging Detail Record unit, wherein, whether authentication ' unit is used to authenticate the user who uses miscellaneous service legal with content/service provider's that the miscellaneous service service is provided identity, the state of authenticating unit authentication user, content/service provider and business and user's service subscription relation, and Charging Detail Record unit is deducted fees to the prepaid user and extra money is handled and the postpaid service user is generated and the storage record of deducting fees.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing 2,3A and 3B, be example with the user's short message on-demand service in the short message service, describe the method for processing business of the integrated value-added service system of first embodiment of the invention in detail.
Shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B, user U1 uses mobile phone via cordless communication networks such as GSM, CDMA or 3G, send a Short-Message-on-Demand request message by the sms center of the SGW in the operation system in operation system, from content/service provider P1, download the mobile phone (step S10) that a particular ringtone is given user U2 with request.
After sms center was received Short-Message-on-Demand request message from user U1, authentication in business management system and accounting module (AAA) sent an authentication wholesale price message (step S20).This authentication wholesale price message comprises at least that the Business Initiator identifies, business purpose square mark, content/service provider's sign, type of service sign, action type, professional up-downgoing type and charging relevant information, wherein, the charging relevant information comprises such as professional time started and professional such business hours information of duration, perhaps, such as number of times/such number of services information such as bar number/page number.Here, in this authentication wholesale price message, Business Initiator's sign is the mobile phone logo of user U1, the business purpose square mark is the mobile phone logo of user U2, content/service provider's sign provides the sign of the content/service provider P1 that downloads this particular ringtone, and the type of service sign is the type identification of short message on-demand service, and action type comprises authentication operation and authentication operations, professional up-downgoing type is professional up, and the charging relevant information is empty.
After receiving this authentication wholesale price message, authentication and accounting module (AAA) are carried out corresponding operation based on the action type in this authentication wholesale price message.Here, because the action type in the authentication wholesale price message comprises authentication operation and authentication operations, so authentication and accounting module (AAA) need to carry out authentication operation and authentication operations.Below, the authentication operation and the authentication operations of detailed description authentication and accounting module (AAA).
Authentication and accounting module (AAA) at first determine that according to the professional up-downgoing type in this authentication wholesale price message up to business still is to authenticate (step S30) to business is descending.Because professional up-downgoing type is professional up here, so authentication and accounting module (AAA) are determined to authenticate business is up.
Determining to business after up the authentication that authentication and authentication ' unit in the accounting module (AAA) then judge whether to retrieve and obtain its user terminal number and identify identical user profile (step S40) with Business Initiator in this authentication wholesale price message from user management module.If judged result determines then that for not user U1 is illegal user, returns an authentication wholesale price response message (step S50) that shows authentification failure to sms center then.
If judged result is for being, determine that then user U1 is a validated user.Then, included User Status judges whether user U1 is in normal condition (step S60) in the user profile that obtains according to this retrieval of the authenticating unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA).If judged result is that then authentication and accounting module (AAA) do not return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S70) that shows failed authentication to sms center.
If judged result is for being, then authentication and the authenticating unit in the accounting module (AAA) are retrieved type of service sign (being the type identification of short message on-demand service) the identical business information in its operation code and this authentication wholesale price message from professional administration module, and judge according to the life cycle state in this business information that retrieves whether this short message on-demand service is in service distribution state (step S80).If judged result is that then authentication and accounting module (AAA) do not return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S90) that shows failed authentication to sms center.
If judged result is for being that then the authenticating unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA) judges via ordering relation management module whether user U1 has ordered short message on-demand service (step S100).If judged result is then ordered the information (step S110) that relation management module generates and storage user U1 orders short message on-demand service for not.If judged result is for being, perhaps judged result for not but after having generated in ordering relation management module and having stored user U1 and order the information of short message on-demand service, then authentication and accounting module (AAA) return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S120) that shows authentication and authentication success to sms center.
After receiving the authentication wholesale price response message that authentication and accounting module (AAA) return, if this authentication wholesale price response message shows authentication or failed authentication, then sms center shows short message on-demand service failure (step S130) via corresponding cordless communication network to one of the mobile phone transmission of user U1 by SGW.
If this authentication wholesale price response message shows authentication and authentication all successfully, then the Short-Message-on-Demand request message that will receive from user U1 of sms center sends to content/service provider P1 (step S140).
After content/service provider P1 receives Short-Message-on-Demand request message from user U1 from sms center, will comprise that user U1 program request sends to sms center (step S150) for the message of the tinkle of bells of user U2.
After sms center was received from content/service provider P1 and comprised the message of user U1 program request to the tinkle of bells of user U2, authentication in business management system and accounting module (AAA) sent an authentication wholesale price message (step S160).In this authentication wholesale price message, Business Initiator's sign is the mobile phone logo of user U1, content/service provider's sign is the sign of content/service provider P1, the business purpose square mark is the mobile phone logo of user U2, the type of service sign is the type identification of short message on-demand service, action type comprises authentication operation, authentication operations and billing operation, and professional up-downgoing type is professional descending, and the charging relevant information represents to download a tinkle of bells.
After receiving the authentication wholesale price message from sms center, authentication and accounting module (AAA) are carried out authentication operation, authentication operations and billing operation according to the action type in this authentication wholesale price message.
Particularly, authentication and accounting module (AAA) at first determine that according to the professional up-downgoing type in this authentication wholesale price message up to business still is to authenticate business is descending.Because professional up-downgoing type is professional descending here, so authentication and accounting module (AAA) are determined to authenticate (step S170) to business is descending.
Determining to business after descending the authentication that authentication and authentication ' unit in the accounting module (AAA) then judge whether to retrieve and obtain its content/service provider's code and identify identical provider's information (step S180) with content/service provider in this authentication wholesale price message from content/service provider's administration module.If judged result determines then that for not content/service provider P1 is illegal content/service provider, authentication and accounting module (AAA) return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S190) that shows authentification failure to sms center then.
If judged result is for being that then the authenticating unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA) judges according to the state information in the provider's information that is retrieved whether content/service provider P1 is in normal condition (step S194).If judged result is that then authentication and accounting module (AAA) do not return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S196) that shows failed authentication to sms center.
If judged result is for being, then authentication and the authenticating unit in the accounting module (AAA) are retrieved type of service sign (being the type identification of short message on-demand service) the identical business information in its operation code and this authentication wholesale price message from professional administration module, and judge according to the life cycle state in this business information that retrieves whether this short message on-demand service is in service distribution state (step S200).If judged result is that then authentication and accounting module (AAA) do not return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S210) that shows failed authentication to sms center.
If judged result is for being that then the authenticating unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA) judges via ordering relation management module whether user U1 has ordered short message on-demand service (step S220).If judged result is that then authentication and accounting module (AAA) do not return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S230) that shows failed authentication to sms center.
If judged result is for being, then authentication and the Charging Detail Record unit in the accounting module (AAA) are retrieved Business Initiator's sign (being the mobile phone logo of user U1) the identical user profile in its user terminal number and this authentication wholesale price message from user management module, and the payment type in the user profile that obtains according to this retrieval determines whether user U1 is prepaid user (step S240).
If determining user U1 is the prepaid user, then the Charging Detail Record unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA) according to charging relevant information included in this authentication wholesale price message to user U1 deduct fees (step S250).If Charging Detail Record unit is to the user U1 failure of deducting fees, then authentication and accounting module (AAA) return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S260) that shows charging failure to sms center.
If determine that user U1 is the postpaid service user, determine that perhaps user U1 is the prepaid user and user U1 deducted fees successfully that then authentication and accounting module (AAA) return an authentication wholesale price response message (step S270) that shows authentication, authentication and charging success to sms center.
After from authentication and accounting module (AAA), receiving authentication wholesale price response message, if this authentication wholesale price response message shows authentication, authentication or charging failure, then sms center shows short message on-demand service failure (step S280) via corresponding cordless communication network to one of the mobile phone transmission of user U1 by SGW.
If this authentication wholesale price response message shows authentication, authentication and charging success, then sms center comprises user U1 program request message (step S290) to the tinkle of bells of user U2 via corresponding cordless communication network to the mobile phone transmission of user U2 by SGW, generate this message of expression then and whether send successful status report messages (step S294), and this status report messages is sent to authentication and accounting module (AAA) (step S300).Wherein, this status report messages includes the charging relevant information of user U1.
Receive after the status report messages from sms center, if this status report messages is represented message and is sent successfully, then when user U1 was the postpaid service user, the Charging Detail Record unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA) generated the record (step S310) of deducting fees of user U1 according to the included charging relevant information of this status report messages.If this status report messages is represented message and is sent failure, then when user U1 was the prepaid user, the Charging Detail Record unit in authentication and the accounting module (AAA) generated the amendment bill/reimbursement bill (step S330) of user U1 according to the included charging relevant information of this status report messages.
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Though in above-mentioned first embodiment, business management system has only comprised user management module, service management module, has ordered relation management module, content/service provider's administration module, authentication and accounting module (AAA), but the present invention is not limited thereto.In the present invention, business management system can also comprise the required functional module of other support miscellaneous service execution.
For example, business management system can also comprise a charge accounting rules administration module, is used for the charge accounting rule that storage and maintenance is used by the charge accounting center.The example of charge accounting rule comprises according to the fixing sharing proportion of the sharing proportion of traffic carrying capacity Different Dynamic, SP level, service level sharing proportion etc.
For example, business management system can also comprise a terminal/card management module, is used for storage and maintenance terminal type information and terminal ability information.The example of terminal ability information comprises: picture ultimate resolution, picture maximum color depth, picture format, audio format, vendor types, video stream format, Java ability, MMS ability, WAP browser capabilities and language ability etc.The example of terminal type information comprises 2G terminal type, 3G terminal type, Personal Handyphone System type etc.This terminal/card management module provides interface and user terminal type information is inquired about, revised in the interface in real time for external entity, and finishes terminal adapting function for external entity.
In addition, though in above-mentioned first embodiment, operation system by service enabler (for example is, sms center) carries out authentication alternately with business management system to user and content/service provider, state authentication to user, content/service provider, business and service subscription relation, and the charging that business is used etc., still, the present invention is not limited thereto.In the present invention, operation system can also authenticate alternately by wherein included other functional module and business management system except service enabler, authentication and charging etc.
In addition, though in above-mentioned first embodiment, be the method for processing business that example illustrates integrated value-added service system of the present invention only with the user's short message on-demand service in the short message service, but this and do not mean that the method for processing business of integrated value-added service system of the present invention can only be used for short message service.In fact, the method for processing business of integrated value-added service system of the present invention can be applied to other various value-added services too, and such as the WAP business, Brew uses downloading service, and Java uses downloading service and streaming media playing business etc.
Therefore; those skilled in the art are to be understood that; integrated value-added service system disclosed in this invention and method for processing business thereof can be made various modifications and distortion under the situation that does not break away from essence of the present invention, thereby protection scope of the present invention is determined by appending claims.