KR100812383B1 - Method and system for providing schedule information and record media therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a system for providing schedule information, and a recording medium therefor, and to a method for providing schedule information in a system including an IMS (IP-based multimedia subsystem) domain. According to the present invention, (a) a schedule information input by a user is received, wherein the schedule information includes notification time information. It is determined whether the notification time of the schedule information has been reached. The SIP-based message determines whether another user sharing the schedule information is online. And when the notification time is reached, notifying the schedule information to a mobile terminal of another user set to share the schedule information, wherein the mobile terminal is a presence user agent supporting a presence related function. According to the present invention, there is an advantage in that a schedule registered by an individual can be shared with other users.

Calendar, IMS, Presence, SIP, XCAP, Notification, Share, Outlook

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SCHEDULE INFORMATION AND RECORD MEDIA THEREFOR}

1 is a view showing the configuration of a schedule information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing a module configuration of a schedule management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing the module configuration of the presence server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a schedule registration process according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a schedule information providing process according to the present invention;

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing schedule information and a recording medium therefor, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing personal schedule related information to another user based on IP-based multimedia service (IMS). And it relates to a recording medium for this.

With the development of a technology that combines voice communication and data communication, as a variety of communication environments are provided, a presence system that informs mobile subscribers of network access and status information has emerged as a basic service that meets new communication service needs. .

Presence system informs subscribers whether they are online, how to connect, and status of subscribers, enabling more efficient Voice over IP (VoIP), video calling, and instant messaging services. Make it easy for the subscriber to understand the situation.

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is adopted to implement such a presence system. SIP is an application level protocol that can guarantee the mobility of the subscriber because the session is connected by the same identifier (identifier).

Therefore, it is possible to check the location of online subscribers based on SIP and to provide current status information of buddy, which is another user who can communicate.

However, the current presence system has limited presence information provided to subscribers belonging to the buddy list, and cannot provide a clearly defined method of sharing an individual's registered schedule with other subscribers.

In order to solve the problems of the related art, the present invention proposes a method, a system for providing a schedule information, and a recording medium for providing a variety of services to a mobile subscriber using a presence system.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing schedule information in a system including an IMS (IP-based multimedia subsystem) domain, (a) a schedule entered by a user Receiving information, the schedule information including notification time information; (b) determining whether a notification time of the schedule information has been reached; (c) determining whether another user sharing the schedule information is online through a SIP-based message; And (d) notifying the schedule information to a mobile terminal of another user set to share the schedule information when the notification time is reached, wherein the mobile terminal is a presence user agent supporting a presence related function. A schedule information providing method is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is tangibly embodied a program of instructions which can be executed by a digital processing apparatus for notifying schedule information, and which can be read by the digital processing apparatus, which (a) is input by a user. Receiving a schedule information, the schedule information including notification time information; (b) determining whether a notification time of the schedule information has been reached; (c) determining whether another user sharing the schedule information is online through a SIP-based message; And (d) notifying the schedule information to a mobile terminal of another user configured to share the schedule information when the notification time is reached, wherein the mobile terminal is a presence user agent supporting a presence related function. A computer readable recording medium is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system is connected to a schedule management server that registers schedule information input by a user, and receives the schedule information from the schedule management server and displays presence information of another user sharing the schedule information. Collecting the presence information collecting agent; And determining whether the notification information of the schedule information has been reached by receiving the schedule information from the presence information collecting agent, and determining whether another user sharing the schedule information is online through a SIP-based message. When it arrives, the schedule information providing system comprising a presence server for notifying the schedule information to the mobile terminal of the other user, the mobile terminal is a presence user agent that supports the presence-related functions.

According to another aspect of the invention, the schedule management server for registering the schedule information input by the user; A presence information collecting agent receiving the schedule information from the schedule management server and collecting presence information of another user who shares the schedule information; And determining whether the notification information of the schedule information has been reached by receiving the schedule information from the presence information collecting agent, and determining whether another user sharing the schedule information is online through a SIP-based message. When it arrives, the schedule information providing system comprising a presence server for notifying the schedule information to the mobile terminal of the other user, the mobile terminal is a presence user agent that supports the presence-related functions.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same number as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of a method, a system and a recording medium for providing the schedule information in detail.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a schedule information providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system according to the present invention may include a schedule management server 102 and a presence system, and the presence system may be a presence information collecting agent (Presence Extern Agent, 104). 106 and database 108.

The schedule information providing system according to the present invention may be connected to the user client 100 through a network.

The network may include both the Internet, a wired network including a dedicated line, and a wireless network including a wireless Internet, a mobile communication network, and a satellite communication network.

The user client 100 is a plurality of terminals connected to a network to register schedule information. The user client 100 may include a desktop PC, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, and a mobile broadcast system (MBS) phone.

According to the present invention, the user may access the schedule management server 102 through the user client 100 and register the schedule information.

Here, the schedule information may be appointment information that may be shared by one or more users, and may include various information related to meetings, meetings, and announcements.

The user sets the title, content, schedule time, notification time, and other users (buddies) to be notified. The schedule management server 102 receives and stores the schedule information input by the user as described above.

The present invention provides a schedule registered by a user to another preset user. The user who provides schedule information may be set at the time of registering schedule information. Alternatively, the user may be a user set as a predetermined group in the schedule management server 102.

The schedule management server 102 is a server that registers, stores, and manages a schedule input by a user. The schedule management server 102 may be a mobile outlock server that is currently commercially available, but is not limited thereto. That is, in addition to mobile Outlook, all devices and client programs for storing and managing schedule related information in a wired / wireless user agent environment are included.

The schedule management server 102 registers schedule information input by a user, and performs a function of managing a user's transmission / reception mail and an address book.

According to the present invention, the schedule management server 102 transmits the schedule information to the presence system through a predetermined interface when the schedule information needs to notify other users.

The schedule management server 102 may transmit schedule information to the PEA 104 via the Ut interface. In this case, the Ut interface is implemented by the XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) and is a reference point for transmitting changes to service information from the client side to the presence system.

The PEA 104 performs a function of collecting information by interworking with an external entity that can receive the presence information, and the PEA 104 also collects the presence information and the schedule information through the predetermined interface. To the presence server 106.

Presence information collected by the PEA 104 is a variety of information on whether the user belonging to the IMS and non-IMS domains related to the logical, physical location and status of the user, and whether or not the user is connected online according to the 3GPP specification for each presence user agent It may be determined through reception of a SIP Publish Method Message (SIP Publish Method Message) transmitted by a Presence User Agent (PUA).

Here, the presence user agent may be an application capable of supporting a presence related function, that is, transmitting his own presence information and receiving status information of buddies.

Meanwhile, the interface used by the PEA 104 may be a Pex interface. The Pex interface corresponds to a reference point between the PEA 104 and the presence server. Although the Pex interface is not specified in the 3GPP standard, it is generally implemented as a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

Presence server 106 manages information about whether buddies are online, how to connect, and the status of subscribers based on SIP (or XCAP). It is a server that can manage physical state information.

The presence server 106 receives the presence information of each subscriber from the PEA 104 and manages the logical and physical state information (presence information) of the user as described above, and when the specific user requests the status of the buddies Will be sent to determine whether you are online and your buddy status information (away, during other work, mood).

The database 108 stores all information about the user who has subscribed to the service according to the IMS domain, and the presence server 106 can provide the user's status information with reference to the information stored in the database 108.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the presence server 106 provides the buddy with schedule information registered by the user in addition to the function of managing the buddy list as described above.

A plurality of mobile terminals 110 are connected to the network according to the present invention, which is a terminal capable of receiving a SIP (or XCAP) based service.

According to the present invention, in order for the mobile terminal to receive schedule information, the mobile terminal should be able to provide its own presence information and the like to the presence system and receive the presence information of other users (buddy). Therefore, the mobile terminal according to the present invention may be the presence user agent as described above, and may include all of a mobile phone, a PDA, a navigation device, a wired computer, etc. capable of performing a presence related function.

Meanwhile, the network connected to the mobile terminal 110 may include an IP-based multimedia service (IMS) domain capable of providing an IP-based multimedia service.

The IMS domain includes a call session control function (CSCF) in addition to the presence system described above.

CSCF can provide the IP-based multimedia service between subscribers through signaling call routing and the like in connection with the home subscriber server as described above. It is classified into a control unit (Interrogating-CSCF, I-CSCF) and a serving call session control unit (Serving-CSCF, S-CSCF).

The P-CSCF processes the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) registration request message as the first point of access of the mobile terminal 110 to the IMS domain, and charges data records for transmitting and receiving multimedia data. CDR) generation and management of authorization and QoS of bearer resources.

Here, SIP is a peer-to-peer signaling protocol to provide voice call service, instant messaging, and presence service based on IP anywhere. Such a SIP message consists of a start line, a header and a message body. The start line varies in content depending on whether the message is a request or a response. Both the request and response start line contain the SIP version, and the request start line also includes the method type and the URL or SIP address of the destination receiving the request, and the response start line contains the numeric status code and response that defines the response to the request. Contains a phrase.

 The header contains the header type and related variables. The header is divided into four categories: general, request, response, and entity. The general category header can be used for both request and response messages, and the message body can be provided in the form of Session Description Protocol (SDP), HTTT, PIDF, or XML.

SIP is a text-based protocol that uses a large portion of the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and has the advantage of providing ease, scalability, reusability, and subscriber mobility in an existing Internet environment.

The I-CSCF receives an S-CSCF from the home subscriber server that performs SIP registration of the mobile terminal 110 and then allocates an S-CSCF in charge of actual registration.

The S-CSCF is in charge of session control of the mobile terminal 110 and performs a control service while managing the session state of the registered mobile terminal 110.

On the other hand, the presence server 106 monitors the notification time included in the schedule information when receiving the schedule information of the user, and when the notification time is reached, the schedule information to the mobile terminal 110 of the buddy set to share the schedule Follow the process provided.

As described above, since the presence server 106 manages a list of buddies, it is possible to monitor schedule information and provide schedule information to preset buddies.

Meanwhile, the schedule information registered by the user in the schedule management server 102 should be converted into a predetermined protocol (for example, SIP or XCAP) and provided to the presence server 106, after which the buddy can be notified.

To this end, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the schedule management server is registered schedule information may be performed to convert it to SIP or XCAP, unlike the PEA 104 schedules to the presence server 106 The protocol conversion process may be performed prior to transmitting the information.

As described above, a plurality of buddies can share a schedule registered by an individual by using a protocol conversion process of the schedule management server 102 or the PEA 104 and the presence information providing function of the presence server 106.

2 is a diagram illustrating a module configuration of a schedule management server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the schedule management server may include a schedule information registration module 200, a protocol conversion module 202, and a Ut interface module 204.

The schedule information registration module 200 receives and registers schedule information input by the user through the user client 100.

The schedule information registration module 200 may provide an interface for inputting schedule information to the user client 100. The interface for inputting schedule information may be differently provided depending on whether the user client 100 is a computer or a mobile terminal. Can be.

The user can set details of a schedule, a notification time, whether to notify another buddy of the schedule, and a buddy to be notified, where the details of the schedule may be information about the schedule content and title, time, and place. .

After registration of the schedule information is completed, the protocol conversion module 202 converts the schedule information into a protocol that can be provided by the mobile terminal 110 in the IMS domain when the schedule information registered by the user is information to be shared by other buddies. do.

Here, the conversion of the protocol may include the conversion to SIP or XCAP.

The schedule information is transmitted via the Ut interface module 204 to the PEA 104 of the presence system.

In the above description, the schedule management server 102 performs protocol conversion. Alternatively, the schedule management server 102 may receive schedule information from the PEA 104 and convert the schedule information into a preset protocol. In this case, the protocol conversion of the schedule management server 102 may be performed. Module 202 may be omitted.

3 is a diagram showing the module configuration of the presence server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the presence server according to the present invention includes a subscriber state management module 300, a buddy list management module 302, a schedule monitoring module 304, a schedule information notification module 306, and a notification result providing module. 308.

According to the present invention, the presence server 106 receives the presence information of the subscribers from the PEA 104, the subscriber status management module 300 manages the status of the subscriber through the received presence information.

The buddy list management module 302 manages a list of a plurality of subscribers set as buddy.

The buddy list management manages a list of buddies set as a buddy and a service policy of the buddys. The management of the buddy list may be performed by directly interworking with a mobile terminal supporting the presence information or the presence related function provided from the PEA 104. .

The schedule monitoring module 304 determines whether the notification time included in the schedule information has been reached by monitoring schedule information transmitted through the PEA 104.

If the time to notify the schedule is reached, the schedule monitoring module 304 sends the notification time arrival information to the schedule information notification module 306, whereby the schedule information notification module 306 is configured to share the schedule. Send schedule information to.

At this time, the schedule information notification module 306 may notify the schedule information to the user at a predetermined time according to the setting of the user who registered the schedule information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to send the schedule information only to the buddy who is connected to the online, so not only the user who has registered the schedule information but also the buddies thereof need to check which buddy is notified of the schedule information.

To this end, the notification result providing module 308 receives a predetermined response signal from the mobile terminal 110 of the buddy receiving the schedule information to generate a notification result message, and transmits it to the buddy sharing the schedule information. Perform.

4 is a flowchart of a schedule registration process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a user inputs a schedule through the user client 100 (step 400).

When the schedule is input, the user may input the contents and title of the schedule, the contents of the time and place, the notification time and information on whether or not the schedule is notified, and the buddy to be notified, and the input schedule information is the schedule management server 102. Is sent (step 402).

The schedule management server 102 registers and stores schedule information (step 404), and determines whether the schedule information notifies a plurality of buddies (step 406).

If it is necessary to notify the buddy, the schedule management server 102 converts the protocol of schedule information (step 408).

Meanwhile, the converted schedule information is transmitted to the presence system. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing schedule information in the presence system.

FIG. 5 illustrates a process after the schedule management server 102 converts a protocol (step 500) in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 5, the schedule management server 102 transmits schedule information to the presence system (step 502).

Meanwhile, the presence system needs to determine whether online connection is possible from a plurality of mobile terminals that can be provided with SIP-based services in order to notify the schedule information later, and transmit it to each mobile terminal.

To this end, the presence system may transmit and receive a predetermined message for establishing a session with another user who shares schedule information. At this time, the transmission and reception messages may be INVITE and 200 OK messages according to the 3GPP standard.

SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFY messages are transmitted and received from the first mobile terminal of the user who has registered the schedule information and the second mobile terminal of the buddy (steps 504 to 510).

In this case, SUBSCRIBE corresponds to a method in which one user requests status information of another user, and NOTIFY means status information of another user to a subscriber to which the presence system has sent SUBSCRIBE. To send.

Meanwhile, the presence system may determine whether the buddies are online online before the transmission and reception of the state information through a SIP Publish Method message transmitted by a presence user agent (PUA).

After determining the online status of the users sharing the schedule information as described above, the presence system monitors the received schedule information to determine whether the time included in the schedule information has been reached (step 512).

If the schedule notification time is reached, the presence system transmits the registered schedule information to the second mobile terminal 110 of the buddy sharing it (step 514).

Thereafter, the presence system determines whether or not the schedule information needs to be notified to the person who registered the schedule (step 516), and if necessary, the presence system transmits the schedule information to the first mobile terminal of the user who registered the schedule information (step 516). Step 518).

In addition, the presence system checks whether schedule information is notified to all buddies (step 520), and then transmits the notification result to the first mobile terminal of the user who registered the schedule information (step 522).

The notification result may be transmitted to another buddy.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an advantage in that schedule information registered by one person can also be shared by other buddies.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the schedule management server or the PEA performs protocol conversion of schedule information, there is an advantage of providing schedule information to a buddy belonging to the IMS domain.

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A method of providing schedule information in a system that includes an IMS (IP-based multimedia subsystem) domain, (a) receiving schedule information input by the user, the schedule information including notification time information; (b) determining whether a notification time of the schedule information has been reached; (c) determining whether another user sharing the schedule information is online through a SIP-based message; (d) converting the schedule information into at least one of SIP or XCAP when the notification time is reached; And (e) notifying the converted schedule information to a mobile terminal of another user set to share the schedule information, And the mobile terminal is a presence user agent supporting a presence related function. delete delete The method of claim 1, The SIP-based message is a schedule information providing method, characterized in that the SIP publish method (publish method) message. The method of claim 1, Checking a notification result of the schedule information; And And transmitting the notification result to at least one user sharing the schedule information. The method of claim 1, The step (e) is a schedule information providing method characterized in that to provide the schedule information to one or more other users set at the time of registration of the schedule information or set as a group in the schedule management server. A recording medium tangibly embodied and readable by a digital processing device, the program of instructions being executed by the digital processing device to notify the schedule information, (a) receiving schedule information input by the user, the schedule information including notification time information; (b) determining whether a notification time of the schedule information has been reached; (c) determining whether another user sharing the schedule information is online through a SIP-based message; (d) converting the schedule information into at least one of SIP or XCAP when the notification time is reached; And (e) notifying the converted schedule information to a mobile terminal of another user set to share the schedule information, And the mobile terminal is a presence user agent supporting a presence related function. A system is connected to a schedule management server that registers schedule information input by a user. A presence information collecting agent receiving the schedule information from the schedule management server and collecting presence information of another user who shares the schedule information; And The schedule information is received from the presence information collection agent to determine whether the notification time of the schedule information has been reached, and whether or not another user sharing the schedule information is online is determined through a SIP-based message. If present, the presence server for notifying the schedule information to the other user's mobile terminal, The mobile terminal is a presence user agent supporting a presence related function, and the presence information collecting agent converts the schedule information into at least one of the SIP and the XCAP. delete delete The method of claim 8, The presence server, A buddy list management module managing the presence information of another user; A schedule monitoring module for monitoring a notification time of the schedule information; And And a schedule information notification module for notifying the schedule information. The method of claim 11, The SIP-based message is a schedule information providing system, characterized in that the SIP publish method (publish method) message. A schedule management server for registering schedule information input by a user; A presence information collecting agent receiving the schedule information from the schedule management server and collecting presence information of another user who shares the schedule information; And The schedule information is received from the presence information collecting agent to determine whether the notification time of the schedule information has been reached, and whether or not another user sharing the schedule information is connected online through a SIP-based message. A presence server for notifying the schedule information of the other user's mobile terminal when the device arrives; The mobile terminal is a presence information agent, characterized in that the presence user agent that supports the presence-related functions. The method of claim 13, And the schedule management server converts the schedule information into a preset protocol when the registered schedule information is set to notify another user. The method of claim 14, The preset protocol is a schedule information providing system, characterized in that at least one of SIP or XCAP.

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