WO2009024099A1

WO2009024099A1 - A method to implement network directory inquiries and a network directory inquiries server

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Publication number: WO2009024099A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/072107
Authority: WO
Inventors: Lei Xie
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2007-08-23
Filing date: 2008-08-22
Publication date: 2009-02-26
Also published as: CN101374161A

Abstract

A method to implement network directory inquiries is disclosed. The method includes the following steps. The requests for operating network directory inquiries are received. If the data formats contained in said requests, which are supported by users' equipment, are inconsistent with the formats stored in network directory inquiries, the data formats contained in said requests are transformed and said operation is implemented according to the styles of said requests. A concerned network directory inquiries server is disclosed. A user, who uses network directory inquiries, can operate said network directory inquiries even when the formats stored in network directory inquiries are not supported by the user's equipment. The scope of the applications of the network directory inquiries is enlarged.

Description

Network address book implementation method and network address book server This application claims to be submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on August 23, 2007, the application number is 200710146120.2, and the invention name is "network address book implementation method and network address book server" Chinese patent Priority of the application, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for implementing a network address book and a network address book server. Background technique

With advances in mobile communication technology and computer technology, users can receive and send information anytime and anywhere. Since multiple devices of the user have communication capabilities, users need to establish their own address book on each device, and some instant messaging services. ( INSTANT MESSAGE SERVICE ) Also provide your own address book. This increases the burden on users to maintain their own address book. In response to the situation in which the user maintains multiple address books on multiple devices, the service provider begins to construct a network address book, that is, the user stores the address book information in the network, and all devices can synchronize data with the network address book. Currently, the network address book can be divided into XML-based (extensible markup language) document management service (XDMS, XML Document Management Service) and personal information manager (PIM, Personal Information Manager)-based network according to stored data elements. address book.

In the prior art, China Mobile's "book manager" provides a typical network address book service based on PIM data. Through the "book manager", users can keep the phone book information in the mobile phone through the mobile network and the server. Consistent, and can be managed through a variety of terminals and access methods, the data management operations of the directory manager to the network address book, such as synchronization, import, export, etc., operate according to the format defined by PIM. The functions provided by the directory manager system include : Basic information management functions and value-added service functions based on address book implementation. The basic information management functions include: (1) querying, adding, modifying, and deleting contact information in the directory manager system; and contacting the directory manager system. Persons perform classification operations, such as adding, modifying, transferring, deleting, and sorting; (2) importing contact information into the directory manager system in batches, and exporting contact information in batches from the directory manager system; (3) batches Inherit the contact information and classification information owned by other users; (4) The system also performs import operations Keep the history record so that the user can check it at any time; (5) Provide the contact information recycle bin function. When the user is not sure whether to delete a contact information completely, it can be saved to the recycle bin first, and the restore operation can be realized later.

A network address book based on the XML Document Management Service is a network address book implemented in accordance with international standards defined by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). The address book data in the network address book based on the XML document management service is stored in the OMA self-defined XML document, and the user can add, modify, delete, etc. the address book data in the network on the client side. In addition, the XML Address Management Service's Network Address Book provides an interface to third-party applications through which third-party applications can obtain network address book data.

In the research and practice of the prior art, the inventors found that the prior art has the following problems: The existing network address book provides a static address book data storage service for the user, and the user can only support the network address book. The data format to operate on the data in the network storage greatly limits the scope of application of the network address book. Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for implementing a network address book and a network address book service.

A method for implementing a network address book according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

Receiving a request to operate on a network address book;

When the data format in the request is inconsistent with the data format stored in the network address book, the data format in the request or the data format stored in the network address book is converted.

Another implementation method of the network address book provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes:

Obtaining dynamic information of a network address book user friend, and saving the dynamic information in the network address book;

Receiving a query request from the network address book user for the dynamic information of the friend, and transmitting the dynamic information to the network address book user.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a network address book server, including:

a storage unit, configured to store information of a network address book; An access unit, configured to receive a request to operate on a network address book;

a storage control unit, configured to receive, by the access unit, the operation request, when a data format in the request is inconsistent with a data format stored in the storage unit, a data format in the request or the network The data format stored in the address book is converted.

Another network address book server provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes:

a saving unit, configured to acquire and save dynamic information of a network address book user friend; a receiving unit, configured to receive a query request of the network address book user for the friend dynamic information; and a sending unit, configured to save the dynamic information of the saving unit Information is sent to the network address book user.

In the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the request information for operating the network address book, if the data format in the request information is different from the data format of the data information stored in the network address book, performing according to the requested category The requested operation and data format conversion. Therefore, the network address book user can operate the network address book without supporting the information data format in the network address book, and expands the application range of the network address book.

In addition, the dynamic information of the network address book user friend is saved in the network address book. When the network address book user wants to communicate with the friend, the current address information of the friend can be queried through the network address book, and the latest communication method and friend are selected. Communicate, which improves the user's feelings. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a network address according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a device for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention; A schematic diagram of a device for implementing a network address book provided in Example 6; FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for implementing a network address book and a network address book server, which are used to enable a network address book user to operate a network address book without supporting a network address book to store a data format, and to make a network address The user of the book obtains the dynamic information of the user of the network address book, and the user of the network address book selects the best communication method to communicate with the friend through the dynamic information of the friend. In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention clearer and clearer, the following description will be given by way of examples.

Embodiment 1

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a flowchart provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention:

101 : receiving a request to operate on a network address book;

102: Verify that the initiator of the request has the right to perform the operation; if not, go to step 103, and if yes, go to step 104;

103: Reject the operation of the request, return a failure response message to the initiator of the request, and end the process.

104: Compare whether the supported data format indicated in the request is consistent with the data format stored in the network address book, if yes, go to step 105, otherwise, go to step 106;

105: Perform the requested operation, proceed to step 107;

106: Perform the requested operation according to the requested operation category and perform data format conversion. For example, a request sent by a user of a network address book indicates that the PIM format is supported, and the information in the network address book network storage in the system is Is based on the XML file information, then the information based on the XML file is converted into PIM format, and then proceeds to step 107;

107: Return a response message to the originator of the request. The performing the requested operation according to the requested category and performing data format conversion includes: performing data format conversion before performing the requested operation according to the category of the request; or, according to the request The class performs a data format conversion after performing the requested operation. For example, a request to add network address book data needs to convert the added data before the operation, and a request to obtain the network address book data needs to perform data format conversion on the acquired data after the request operation.

The operating the network address book includes: modifying a network address book; or acquiring network address book related information, and performing data synchronization with the network address book.

The modification of the network address book operation request may be an operation of adding, deleting or modifying a certain information.

The network address book user includes: an owner user of the network address book; or a user authorized to use the network address book application service.

With this embodiment, the network address book user can be operated on the network address book without supporting the network address book storage data format.

In addition, before performing the data format conversion and performing the operation according to the requested operation category, it is also necessary to check whether the address book format can be converted.

Check the settings of the address book format conversion by the operator or/and the user before the step 106 performs the request requested by the user. These settings include: Whether to allow conversion of the address book format, whether to allow the current address book format to be converted to a specific other The address book format, if not, rejects the user request, returns an error message, and if so, proceeds to the next step.

Embodiment 2

2 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention: 201: Acquire dynamic information of a user friend of a network address book, and save the dynamic information in the network address book, a network address book The user selects a manner of communicating with the friend through the dynamic information. For example, the network address book user has authorized the friend in the network address book, and the network address book interacts with the XML document management service (XDMS) to obtain the friend dynamic information in the address book, including:

(a) Obtain the configuration information of the friend in the user address book in the shared user profile in the XDMS.

(b) Obtain the user address in the shared user list in the XDMS Contact list information of friends in this book.

(c) Obtain the specified group information in the shared group (Shared Group) shared by the user in the XDMS.

The network address book and the presence (Presence) obtain the dynamic information of the friends in the user's network address book through the subscription mechanism provided by the presence service. The possible information includes: the current user's status, the user's preferred communication method, and the like.

The Network Address Book and Device Profile Evolution (DPE) service implements interaction through the interface provided by the DPE to other applications to obtain device information. The network address book obtains the device capabilities of the friends in the network address book through the DPE.

202: Receive a request to operate on a network address book;

203: Verify that the initiator of the request has the right to perform the operation; if not, execute step 204, and if yes, go to step 205;

204: Reject the operation of the request, return a failure response message to the initiator of the request, and end the process.

205: Compare the supported data format indicated in the request with the data format stored in the network address book, if yes, go to step 206, otherwise, go to step 207;

206: Perform the requested operation, proceeds to step 208;

207: Perform the requested operation according to the requested category and perform data format conversion. For example, a request sent by a user of a network address book indicates that the PIM format is supported, and the information in the network address book network storage in the system is ^ ^ The information in the XML file, then the information based on the XML file is converted into PIM format, and then proceeds to step 208;

208: Return a response message to the originator of the request.

The performing the requested operation according to the requested category and performing data format conversion includes: performing data format conversion before performing the requested operation according to the category of the request; or, according to the request The class performs a data format conversion after performing the requested operation. For example, a request to add network address book data requires conversion of the added data before the operation, and a request to acquire the network address book data requires a data format conversion of the acquired data after the request operation.

The operating the network address book includes: modifying a network address book; or Obtaining network address book data; or synchronizing data with the network address book.

With this embodiment, the network address book user can also operate the network address book without supporting the network address book to store the data format, and enable the network address book user to obtain the dynamic information of the network address book user friend, the network address. The book user communicates with the friend by selecting the best communication method through the dynamic information of the friend.

Before performing the request requested by the user in step 207, check the settings of the address book format conversion by the operator or/and the user, including: whether to allow the conversion of the address book format, whether to allow the current address book format to be converted into a specific other The address book format, if not, rejects the user request, returns an error message, and if so, proceeds to the next step.

Embodiment 3

3 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the network address book dynamically obtains the information of the network address book user friend, so that the network address book user can select the data format supported by the friend to communicate with the friend.

Here, the fused address book used in the user of the IP-based Converged IP Messaging (CPM) is taken as an example to illustrate the specific process. The process of dynamically obtaining the user buddy information in the network address book in other application scenarios is similar.

When the IP-based CPM user acts as the calling party and sends a communication setup request message to other non-CPM users in the non-CPM message network, the process of acquiring the receiver-to-message service support information by using the converged address book and transmitting the message according to the information is as follows:

301: According to their own knowledge, CPM users configure other communication objects to support non-CPM service in the converged address book.

302: The CPM user sends a communication establishment request to the CPM capability center unit, where the information that can identify the other party is carried, and the request may be session-independent information or may be related to the session. Session establishment request;

303: The CPM capability center unit uses the called party identification information in the received communication request to query the fused address book unit for the message service support capability of the called user.

304: The fused address book unit searches the local database, and the obtained support capability information about the message service of the called user is returned to the CPM capability center unit, and when the returned called user supports the message service, the content is empty, indicating that the fused address book is in the fused address book. There is no relevant information about the called user;

305: The CPM capability center unit performs processing related to service control, for example, according to the obtained support capability of the called user's message service, determining that the communication request needs to be forwarded to the interworking unit for processing;

306: The CPM capability center unit adds information about the support capability of the called user to the message service in the communication request message, and then sends the communication request to the interworking unit.

307: The interworking unit determines, according to the obtained message service support capability indication about the called user, which non-CPM message service is used for message conversion, and sends the message to the corresponding message gateway.

308: The interworking unit sends a response message of the called user to the CPM capability center unit. 309: The CPM capability center unit sends a response message of the called user to the converged address book unit.

310: The fused address book unit sends a response message of the called user to the CPM user.

In the actual application, the response message of the called user can also be directly sent to the user through the CPM capability center unit, that is, the above step 310 is omitted.

With this embodiment, the network address book can aggregate the dynamic information of the network address book user friends, and the network address book user selects the best communication method through the dynamic information of the friend to communicate with the friend.

Embodiment 4

Referring to FIG. 4, it is a flowchart of a method for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, which includes:

401: Obtain dynamic information of a network address book user friend, and save the dynamic information in the network address book; for example, obtain configuration information, contact list information, and specified group information of a network address book user friend; or Current status, preferred communication method; or, device capability.

402: Receive a request for a network address book user to query a friend's dynamic information, for example, a receiving network The address book user queries the current status of the friend and the preferred communication mode.

403: Send the dynamic information to the network address book user.

With this embodiment, the network address book user can obtain the dynamic information of the network address book user friend, and the network address book user selects the best communication method to communicate with the friend through the dynamic information of the friend.

Embodiment 5

5 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention, which includes:

The storage unit 501 is configured to store information of the network address book, and the stored data format is determined according to the setting of the system, and may be information based on the XML file, or may be PIM information;

The accessing unit 502 is configured to receive a request for operating the network address book, where the request includes: modifying a network address book, acquiring network address book related information, and performing data synchronization with the network address book, where the request further carries a network address book The network address book data format supported by the user and the application using the network address book user. a storage control unit 503, configured to receive the operation request from the access unit 502, if the data format in the request is inconsistent with the data format stored in the storage unit 501, according to the type of the request, such as modifying the network address book Obtaining network address book related information or performing data synchronization with the network address book, performing corresponding operations on the information of the storage unit 501, and performing data format conversion;

In the data format conversion, if the request sent by the user of a network address book indicates that the PIM format is supported, and the information in the network address book network storage in the system is based on the information of the XML file, the information based on the XML file is converted into PIM format, similarly, if the request sent by the user of a network address book indicates that the XML format is supported, and the information in the network address book network storage in the system is based on the information of the PIM file, the information based on the XML file is converted into PIM format; Similarly, the format requested by the user can be converted to the format of the information stored in the network address book according to the type of the request.

Embodiment 6

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a device for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention, where Includes:

The apparatus provided in this embodiment is added to the apparatus provided in the fifth embodiment: an authentication unit 601, configured to verify whether the initiator of the request has the right to perform the operation, and if not, return a failure response message; If so, the request is forwarded to the storage control unit 503.

With this embodiment, the network address book user can also operate the network address book without supporting the network address book storage data format, and the operation of the network address book is further improved due to the increased authentication of the user. Safety.

Example 7

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention, including:

The accessing unit 502 is configured to receive a request for operating the network address book, where the request includes: modifying a network address book, acquiring network address book related information, and performing data synchronization with the network address book, where the request further carries a network address book The network address book data format supported by the user and the application using the network address book user.

a storage control unit 503, configured to receive the operation request from the access unit, if the data format in the request is inconsistent with a data format stored in the storage unit, according to a type of the request, such as modifying a network address book, acquiring The network address book related information is synchronized with the network address book, performs corresponding operations on the network address book, and performs data format conversion; when performing data format conversion, if a request sent by a user of a network address book is indicated as Support PIM format, and the information in the network address book network storage in the system is based on the information of the XML file, then the information based on the XML file is converted into the PIM format. Similarly, if the request sent by the user of a network address book is indicated as Support XML format, and the information in the network address book network storage in the system is based on the information of the PIM file, then the information based on the XML file is converted into the PIM format; similarly, the format requested by the user can be converted into the format according to the type of the request. The format of the information stored in the network address book.

The information aggregation control unit 701 is configured to acquire a network related application that provides information, such as a presentation, an XML document management service, and a device attribute evolution, by using a registration or an active manner according to a system setting. Dynamic information of the address book user friend, sending the dynamic information to the storage control unit

The storage control unit 503 sends the dynamic information to the network address book user according to the user's request or directly.

It should be noted that the dynamic information of the network address book user friend acquired by the information aggregation control unit 701 may be saved by the information aggregation control unit 701; or may be directly sent to the storage control unit 503, and stored by the storage control unit 503. The dynamic information described above may also be stored by the storage unit 501, and the storage control unit 503 transmits the dynamic information stored in the storage unit 501 to the user according to the request of the user.

The device provided in this embodiment may further include: an authentication unit

601. Verify that the initiator of the request has the right to perform the operation, and if not, return a failure response message; if yes, forward the request to the storage control unit 503. The operation of the network address book is made more secure due to the increased authentication of the user.

Example eight

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a network address book according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention, including:

a saving unit 801, configured to acquire and save dynamic information of a network address book user friend; a receiving unit 802, configured to receive a query request of the network address book user for the friend dynamic information; and a sending unit 803, configured to send the dynamic information to The network address book user.

With this embodiment, the network address book user obtains the dynamic information of the network address book user friend, and the network address book user selects the best communication mode to communicate with the friend through the dynamic information of the friend.

The foregoing embodiment describes the conversion between the PIM format and the data format based on the XML file in the process of implementing the technical solution of the present invention. In practical applications, there may be other Conversion between data formats, such as data formats based on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files, and XML-based texts The conversion between the data formats of the pieces.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the embodiment of the present invention has the following beneficial effects: After receiving the request for operation on the network address book, if the initiator of the verification request has the right to perform the requested operation, if the data format and network address in the request are The data format stored in the book is inconsistent, the requested operation is performed according to the requested category, and the data format conversion is performed. Therefore, the network address book user can also access the network address book without supporting the network address book to store the data format. The operation expands the application scope of the network address book; and, because the dynamic information of the network address book user friend is saved in the network address book, when the network address book user wants to communicate with the friend, the network address book can be queried. The current dynamic information of the friend, selecting the most recent communication method to communicate with the friend, thereby improving the user's feelings.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps in implementing the above-described embodiments can be accomplished by a program instructing associated hardware, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The above-mentioned storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

The method for implementing the network address book and the network address book server provided by the present invention are described in detail above. For those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific implementation manner and the application range are In the above, the contents of the specification are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Claims

Rights request

A method for implementing a network address book, comprising:

Receiving a request to operate on a network address book;

2. The method of claim 1 wherein

Converting a data format in the request or a data format stored in the network address book according to a category of the request, and performing an operation according to the request after the conversion; or performing an operation according to the requested category Converting the data format in the request or the data format stored in the network address book.

The method according to claim 2, wherein the converting the data format in the request comprises:

Converting the data format in the request into a data format stored in the network address book; and converting the data format stored in the network address book, including:

Converting the data format stored in the network address book into a data format in the request.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: when the data format in the request is consistent with a data format stored in the network address book, performing according to the requested category operating.

The method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein before receiving the request for operating the network address book, the method includes:

Obtaining dynamic information of the network address book user friend, and saving the dynamic information in the network address book.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the dynamic information includes at least one of the following:

State of presentation, preferred communication method, device capability.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the network address book user comprises:

The owner of the network address book; or, authorized to use the network address book application service Household.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operating the network address book comprises at least one of the following operations:

Modify the network address book data; or,

Obtain network address book data; or,

Synchronize data with the network address book.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

Before performing data format conversion, check whether the address book format is allowed to be converted. If yes, perform the conversion operation, otherwise reject the user request and return the error message.

10. A method for implementing a network address book, comprising:

The method according to claim 10, wherein the dynamic information comprises: a state of presentation; or a preferred communication mode; or a device capability.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the network address book user comprises:

The owner of the network address book; or, the user authorized to use the network address book application service.

13. A network address book server, comprising:

a storage unit, configured to store information of a network address book;

An access unit, configured to receive a request to operate on a network address book;

The server according to claim 13, wherein the server further comprises: an authentication unit, configured to verify whether the initiator of the request has the right to perform the operation, and if not, return a failure response message; If so, the request is forwarded to the storage control unit.

The server according to claim 13, wherein the server further comprises:

An information aggregation control unit, configured to acquire dynamic information of a network address book user friend, and send the dynamic information to the storage control unit;

The storage control unit transmits the dynamic information to a network address book user.

16. A network address book server, comprising:

a saving unit, configured to acquire and save dynamic information of a network address book user friend; a receiving unit, configured to receive a query request of the network address book user for the friend dynamic information; and a sending unit, configured to save the dynamic information of the saving unit Information sent to the network