WO2008154875A1

WO2008154875A1 - Method and system, terminal and network for providing service customizing and providing customized service

Info

Publication number: WO2008154875A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/071364
Authority: WO
Inventors: Mu Zhao
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2007-06-19
Filing date: 2008-06-19
Publication date: 2008-12-24
Also published as: CN101330393A; CN101330393B

Abstract

A method, system, terminal and provider network for providing service customizing and providing the customized service. The method for providing service customizing includes: receiving the customizing request (301) from the user terminal (300); sending the customizing identifier to the user terminal (300) according to the customizing request (301), the customizing identifier is used for indicating the content of the customized service; registering the user terminal (300). The method for providing the customized service includes: receiving the customizing identifier from the user terminal (300) by the information access point; sending the private information of the user terminal (300) to the provider network (307), the customizing identifier is used for indicating the content of the customized service; providing the service indicated by the customizing identifier to the user terminal (300) after receiving the response from the provider network (307) by the information access point.

Description

Method and system for providing service customization and providing customized services, terminal and network

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications, and more particularly to methods and systems, terminals and networks for providing service customization and providing customized services.

Background technique

A wireless personal area network (WPAN, Wires s Persona l Area Network) is a network composed of a plurality of devices that are close to each other. The WPAN is composed of a user terminal and an information access point, and the information access points can communicate with each other, and the information access point can communicate with the carrier network such as the cellular network or the IP network through the operator network access point. Each information access point manages a number of user terminals through which the user terminals communicate with other information access points or with the carrier network. When the user terminal joins the WPAN, it needs to establish an association with an information access point in the WPAN, and the information access point associated with the user terminal is an information access point that manages the user terminal.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of service customization performed by a user terminal in a WPAN in the prior art. As shown in FIG. 1 , when the user terminal needs to customize a certain service, the operator network access point sends a customization request to the operator network, where the customization request carries information about the information access point associated with the user terminal. . After receiving the customized request, the carrier network registers the requesting user terminal according to the content of the customized request. After the registration is completed, the carrier network sends a customized success response to the user terminal through the carrier network access point. At this point, the process of service customization ends. Thereafter, the operator network notifies the customized service to the information access point associated with the user terminal according to the information access point information in the customized request, and requests the information access point to immediately open the customized service.

2 is a flow chart of a prior art user terminal obtaining a customized service. As shown in FIG. 2, when an information access point receives an association request from a user terminal and accepts that the user terminal joins the WPAN, the information access point sends the user terminal to the operator network through the operator network access point. Private information (such as ID, MAC address, etc.), the operator network retrieves its own database based on the private information of the user terminal to determine whether the user terminal has a customized service, and if so, the carrier network The customized service details of the terminal are sent to the information access point associated with the user terminal by the operator network access point, and the information access point is notified to open the customized service.

The inventor of the present invention finds that when the user terminal is associated with a certain information access point, since the information access point does not know the customized service status of the user terminal, the information access point needs to be customized regardless of whether the user terminal has a customized service. Notify the operator's network of the private information of the user terminal. The operator network also retrieves its own database based on the private information of the received user terminal to determine if the user terminal has a customized service.

Therefore, in the case that the user terminal does not have a customized service, the information access point notifies the process of the private information of the user terminal to the operator network and the retrieval process of the operator network to the database, resulting in waste of network resources and time.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for providing service customization and providing customized services, a user terminal, and an operator network, so that only private information of a customized user terminal is sent to the operator network.

In order to achieve the above object, embodiments of the present invention use the following technical solutions:

A method of providing service customization, including:

Receiving a customized request from a user terminal;

And sending, according to the customization request, a customized identifier to the user terminal, where the customized identifier is used to indicate content of the customized service, and the user terminal is registered.

A method of providing customized services, including:

The information access point associated with or communicating with the user terminal in the wireless personal area network receives the customized identifier of the user terminal, and sends the private information of the user terminal to the operator network, where the customized identifier is used to indicate customization. The content of the service;

After receiving the response from the operator network, the information access point provides the user terminal with the service indicated by the customized identifier.

A method of providing customized services, including: The operator network receives the customized identifier from the user terminal, where the customized identifier is used to indicate the content of the customized service, and is sent by the user terminal through an information access point in the wireless personal area network that is associated with or communicates with the user terminal;

Receiving, by the operator network, the private information of the user terminal, where the private information is sent by the information access point after receiving the customized identifier of the user terminal;

The operator network authenticates based on the customized identification and private information.

A user terminal, comprising:

a customized request sending unit, configured to send a customization request to the operator network;

a receiving unit, configured to receive a customized identifier sent by the operator network according to the customization request, where the customized identifier is used to indicate content of the customized service;

a storage unit, configured to save the customized identifier.

A carrier network that includes:

a customized request receiving device, configured to receive a customized request from the user terminal;

And a customized identification sending device, configured to send, according to the customized request received by the customized request receiving device, a corresponding customized identifier to the user terminal, where the customized identifier is used to indicate the content of the customized service.

A system for providing service customization and providing customized services, comprising: a user terminal, an information access point and an operator network associated with or communicating with the user terminal, wherein

a user terminal, configured to send a customization request to the operator network, receive a customized identifier sent by the carrier network according to the customization request, and save the customized identifier;

The operator network is configured to receive a customized request from the user terminal, and send a corresponding customized identifier to the user terminal according to the received customized request.

The method for service customization provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the method and system for providing customized service, the user terminal and the operator network, and the operator network sends a customized identifier to the user terminal in the process of providing service customization, to indicate that the user terminal is customized. Service and customized service content, thereby, information associated with the user in the wireless personal area network when the user terminal joins the wireless personal area network The access point only sends the private information of the user terminal with the customized identifier to the operator network, thereby avoiding waste of network resources. In addition, the operator network can directly identify the service content customized by the user terminal according to the customized identifier, and does not need to retrieve the database, thereby improving the verification efficiency. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for performing service customization by a user terminal in a WPAN in the prior art; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for a user terminal to obtain a customized service in the prior art;

3 is a flow chart of a method for providing service customization according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of a method for providing a customized service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present invention more apparent, the embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the process of providing service customization is as shown in FIG. 3.

In step 301, when the user terminal wants to customize a certain service, the operator network access point sends a customization request to the operator network. In this embodiment, the user terminal has joined a WP AN that can provide a customized service, and the customization request carries information of an information access point associated with the user terminal. The customization request may be forwarded through an information access point associated with the user terminal, or may be directly sent to the operator network in the form of a short message, or may be performed by the user by logging in to the website or applying to the business hall.

In step 302, after receiving the customization request of the user terminal, if the operator network allows customization, the corresponding customized identifier is sent to the user terminal according to the service type of the customized request. Custom IDs can be carried in the custom success response. The customized success response may be directly sent to the user terminal by the operator network by means of a short message or the like, or may be forwarded by the operator network to the user terminal through the information access point, or may be sent to the user terminal through other means, for example, by the user logging in to the website. the way. The customized identification is a representation of a service customized to the user terminal, and may represent a service type or content customized by the user terminal, and may be a combination of numbers and/or letters. Customized logos can be accessed by information access points and operations Business network identification. For example, the carrier network is preset with a correspondence between numbers and/or letters and service types, and notifies the user and the information access point. After receiving the customization request of the user, the operator network determines the type of service requested by the user terminal. Select the corresponding number and / or letter. The customized success response can also carry a specific textual description of the customized service to give the user a clearer view of the detailed information of the customized service. Custom IDs may also not be carried in the custom success response, but sent separately.

After receiving the customized request from the user terminal, the carrier network can also send only the customized identifier without sending a customized success response. The user can default to receiving the customized identifier to indicate that the customization is successful.

In step 303, after receiving the customized identifier sent by the operator network, the user terminal saves the customized identifier. In the case where the customized successful response carries a specific textual description of the customized service, the user terminal can save the customized identification after confirming that the text description is correct.

In step 303, in order to ensure that the carrier network registers after the user terminal receives and saves the customized identifier, the user terminal sends a customized identifier save response to the operator network through the operator network access point to notify the operator of the network customized identifier. Saved. The customized identity save response may be forwarded through an information access point associated with the user terminal, or may be sent by SMS or the like through the operator network, or may be sent by the user by logging in to the website or the like. Since the operator sends the custom logo, the user terminal usually receives and saves it. Therefore, the user terminal can also save the response without sending a custom identifier.

In step 305, the carrier network registers the user terminal. The operator network may register the user terminal after receiving the customized identity response sent by the user terminal. In the case where the user terminal does not send a customized identification response, the operator network may register after transmitting the customized identification to the user terminal, or may register before or at the same time as sending the customized identification.

In step 306, after registering the user terminal, the operator network notifies the information access point user terminal customized service associated with the user terminal, and instructs the information access point to activate the service.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, when the user terminal customizes the service, joins the other WP AN network, or leaves the original WPAN network when the original customized service is re-joined for a period of time, The process of providing customized services by the terminal is shown in Figure 4.

In step 401, when the user terminal joins a WP AN, an association request is sent to an information access point of the WP AN, where the association request carries a customized identifier.

The association request may also not carry the customized identifier, but may be sent separately or sent to the information access point by other means. At this time, after the user terminal successfully joins the PN, the following two steps are also included:

Step 401a: The information access point associated with the user sends a customized identification request to the user terminal, to obtain a customized identifier of the user terminal.

Step 401b: After receiving the customized identification request, the user terminal sends its own customized identifier to the information access point.

In step 402, after receiving the association request and the customized identifier of the user terminal, the information access point passes the private information (such as ID, media access control MAC address, etc.) of the user terminal and the customized identifier through the operator network access point. Send to the carrier network.

In step 403, the operator network verifies the content of the customized service according to the private information and the customized identifier of the user terminal. In this step, since the operator can directly identify the service content customized by the user terminal according to the customized identifier, the database does not need to be retrieved, thereby reducing the verification time and improving the verification efficiency. If the information access point only sends the private information of the user terminal in step 402, the operator can also verify the customized service content according to the private information of the user terminal, but only needs to retrieve the database according to the private information of the user terminal. , longer than verifying with a custom identity.

In step 404, the operator network verification sends a command to the information access point to notify the user to open the customized service of the user terminal.

When the customized service of the user terminal expires, the operator network and the information access point that records the customized service details of the user terminal automatically invalidate the corresponding service record. At the same time, the operator network can notify the user terminal of the customized service expiration by means of a short message or a website. If the user terminal is in a certain WPAN, the notification that the service expires may also be through the information access point associated with the household terminal. To forward. Optionally, after receiving the service expiration notification, the user terminal deletes the corresponding customized identifier saved by the user terminal to save storage space.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, when the user terminal requests the customized service, it is not in the WP AN. Therefore, when the customized request is sent to the operator, the information access point information is not carried, and after the operator network is registered, the process ends. . For other operations, refer to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a system including a user terminal 502, an information access point 514 associated with a user terminal, and an operator network 516, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal 512 specifically includes a custom request sending unit 504, a receiving unit 506, and a storage unit 508. The user terminal 512 may further include a save response sending unit 510, and may also include a custom identifier sending unit 512. The carrier network 516 includes a custom request receiving device 524 and a custom identity transmitting device 522, and may also include a custom identity receiving device 520, a private information receiving device 518, a verification device 519, and a notification device 517.

In the process of requesting the customized service, the customized request sending unit 504 sends the customization request directly or indirectly to the operator network 516, for example, through the information access point 514, or may send the message to the carrier network in the form of a short message, or The user can do this by logging in to the website or applying to the business hall. The customized request receiving device 524 receives the customized request, and the customized identification transmitting unit 522 transmits a corresponding customized identification to the user terminal 502 according to the received customized request. The receiving unit 506 receives the customized identification and transmits it to the storage unit 5 G8 for saving. Optionally, the save response sending unit 51 G sends the response information to the carrier network 516 after the storage unit 508 saves the customized identifier.

In the process of providing a customized service for the user terminal, the customized identity sending unit 512 sends a customized identity to the information access point 514, and the information access point 514 forwards the customized identity to the carrier network 516 and sends it to the operator network 516. Private information of the user terminal 502. Custom identification receiving device 520 and private information receiving device 518 are respectively configured to receive the customized identification and private information. The verification device 519 verifies the service content customized by the user terminal based on the received customized identification and private information. If the verification is passed, the notifying means 517 notifies the information access point 514 to open the service indicated by the aforementioned customized identification for the user terminal 502.

The drawings and the related description are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Range of protection. Any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for providing service customization, characterized in that it comprises:

Receiving a customized request from a user terminal;

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before registering the user terminal, the method further comprises: receiving a customized identity preservation response from the user terminal.

3. A method of providing a customized service, characterized by comprising:

After receiving the response from the operator network, the information access point provides the user terminal with the service indicated by the customized identity.

The method according to claim 3, wherein the response of the operator network is: opening a notification of a customized service;

The operator network sends the notification of opening the customized service after authenticating the customized identifier and the private information.

5. A method of providing a customized service, comprising:

The operator network receives the customized identifier from the user terminal, where the customized identifier is used to indicate the content of the customized service, and is sent by the user terminal through an information access point in the wireless personal area network that is associated with or communicates with the user terminal;

6. A user terminal, comprising:

a custom request sending unit (504), configured to send a customization request to the operator network; a receiving unit (506), configured to receive a customized identifier sent by the operator network according to the customization request, where the customized identifier is used to indicate content of the customized service;

The storage unit (508) is configured to save the customized identifier.

The user terminal according to claim 6, further comprising:

The save response sending unit (510) is configured to send a customized identifier save response to the operator network after the storage unit (508) saves the customized identifier.

The user terminal according to claim 6, further comprising:

a custom identity sending unit (512), configured to send the storage unit (508) to an information access point (514) associated with or communicating with the user terminal in the wireless personal area network when joining the wireless personal area network The customized logo that was saved.

9. A carrier network, characterized by comprising:

a custom request receiving device (524) for receiving a customized request from the user terminal;

The customized identification sending device (522) is configured to send, according to the customized request received by the customized request receiving device (524), a corresponding customized identifier to the user terminal, where the customized identifier is used to indicate the content of the customized service.

10. The carrier network according to claim 9, further comprising:

a customized identifier receiving device (520), configured to receive a customized identifier of the user terminal, where the customized identifier is used to represent the content of the customized service;

a private information receiving device (518), configured to receive private information of the user terminal;

a full device (519) for verifying the customized service content of the user terminal according to the customized identification and private information;

The notification device (517) is configured to notify the information access point (514) associated with or communicating with the user terminal to activate the service when the verification device (519) verifies that the user terminal customizes the service indicated by the customized identifier .

11. A system for providing service customization and providing customized services, comprising: a user terminal (502), an information access point (514) associated with or communicating with the user terminal (502), and Business Network (516), where

The user terminal (502) is configured to send a customization request to the operator network (516), receive a customized identifier sent by the operator network (516) according to the customization request, and save the customized identifier; the operator network (516) And for receiving a customization request from the user terminal (502), and sending a corresponding customized identifier to the user terminal (502) according to the received customization request.