WO2010130223A1

WO2010130223A1 - Method and device for hiding user numbers

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Publication number: WO2010130223A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/072758
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吴先玉
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2009-05-14
Filing date: 2010-05-14
Publication date: 2010-11-18
Also published as: CN101888600A

Abstract

A method and a device for hiding user numbers are provided by the invention. The method for hiding a user number includes that: a service delivery platform receives a message A which is sent to a third party application via the service delivery platform, wherein the message A includes a user number (S101); the service delivery platform replaces the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number (S102); the service delivery platform sends the message A including the user identifier to the third party application (S103). The embodiments of the invention replace the user number in the message sent to the third party application with the user identifier, thereby realizing to hide the user number from the third party application.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR Hidden User Numbers This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200910107407.3, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Hiding User Numbers", submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on May 14, 2009. The entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical field

The invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a method and apparatus for hiding a subscriber number.

Background technique

Some devices of the service access system, such as the OSG (Open Access Gateway) in the SDP (Service Delivery Platform), can concentrate the network capabilities and service support capabilities of various operators. The SP/CP (Service Provider/Content Provider) is open so that the SP/CP can take advantage of the above capabilities of the operator. A service access system usually opens its business capabilities to the SP/CP through a common open interface.

In the prior art, during the interaction between the service distribution platform and a third-party application such as SP/CP, for example, when the service distribution platform notifies the user of the subscription relationship to a third-party application such as SP/CP, and P2A (Point to Application, point to In the application and the A2P (Application to Point) process, in the interaction message between the service distribution platform and the third-party application, for example, the uplink message and the third-party application sent by the service distribution platform to the third-party application are sent to the service distribution platform. The downlink message carries the subscriber number MSISDN (Mobile Station International ISDN Number, the mobile station international ISDN number).

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: Since a third party application such as SP/CP can know the user number, there is a risk that the user number is compromised.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, it is an object of one or more embodiments of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for hiding a subscriber number to enable hiding of a subscriber number from a third party application. To solve the above problem, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for hiding a user number, including: a service distribution platform SDP receives a message A sent to a third-party application via the service distribution platform, where the message A includes a user number;

The service distribution platform replaces the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number;

The service distribution platform sends a message A containing the user identifier to a third party application.

A device for hiding a user number is also provided, including:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a message A sent by the device to a third-party application, where the message A includes a user number;

a replacement unit, configured to replace the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number;

And a sending unit, configured to send, to the third-party application, the message A that includes the user identifier.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the service distribution platform SDP receives the message A sent to the third-party application via the service distribution platform, where the message A includes the user number; the service distribution platform replaces the user number with the a user identifier corresponding to the user number; the service distribution platform sends a message A containing the user identifier to the third-party application. Therefore, the user ID is replaced with the user identifier in the message sent to the third party application, and the user number is hidden from the third party application.

The embodiment of the present invention can implement the technical solution of the present invention without any improvement on the third-party application and other network element devices, and the system has good compatibility, low transformation cost, and convenient promotion and application.

It is understood by those skilled in the art that the same technical effect of the embodiment of the present invention can be obtained by using the user identifier instead of the user number in the interaction message between the third party application and the service distribution platform without any creative work.

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 prior art description will be briefly described below, obviously, The drawings in the above description are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative work.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for hiding a number according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for hiding a number according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for hiding a number according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for hiding a user number according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a signaling flowchart of a method for hiding a number according to an embodiment 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, and 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.

The embodiment of the present invention generates a unique user identifier corresponding to the user number by the service distribution platform. When the service distribution platform needs to interact with a third-party application, such as an SP/CP, to perform message interaction including the user number, the user identifier is used to replace the user identifier. The user number enables the third-party application to exchange messages with the service access platform or the service distribution platform only through the user identifier, instead of using the user number, thereby hiding the user number and improving the information security of the user.

The service distribution platform in the embodiment of the present invention includes, but is not limited to, an SDP (Service Delivery Platform) and a VASP (Value-added Service Platform).

As shown in FIG. 1 , a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for hiding a user number according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

S101. The service distribution platform receives a message A that needs to be sent to a third-party application by using the service distribution platform, where the message A includes a user number.

The message A may be a plurality of types of messages, for example: may be a service subscription message, an uplink message, etc. sent by the user to the third party application via the service distribution platform, as long as the message A includes the user number of the user. SI 02, the service distribution platform replaces the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number;

The user identifier uniquely corresponds to the user number. For example, the service distribution platform can find a unique corresponding user identifier according to the user number, and then replace the user number with the user number.

S103. The service distribution platform sends a message eight containing the user identifier to the third-party application.

In this embodiment, the user number in the message A sent to the third-party application is replaced by the user identifier by the service distribution platform, so that the hidden user number is applied to the third-party application.

In another embodiment of the present invention, before the user number is replaced with the user identifier corresponding to the user number, there are multiple ways to obtain the user identifier, which may be specifically as follows.

For example, the service distribution platform can generate a user identifier corresponding to the subscriber number, and the manner in which the user identity is generated can be accomplished by encrypting the subscriber number or using the MD5 algorithm. Specifically, the service distribution platform may synchronize user data from the operator network element, such as the BOSS platform, obtain the user number from the user data, and generate a corresponding user identifier according to the user number. Or, the service distribution platform generates a corresponding user identifier according to the user number carried in the message A, and then internally stores the correspondence between the user number and the user identifier. When the replacement is required, the user identifier corresponding to the user number is searched through the corresponding relationship, and then The subscriber number is replaced with a subscriber identity corresponding to the subscriber number.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the service distribution platform may not generate the user identifier corresponding to the user number by itself, but the network element other than the service distribution platform, such as the BOSS platform, generates a unique corresponding user identifier according to the user number. The correspondence between the user number and the user ID may also be stored outside the service distribution platform. For example, in the BOSS platform, when the service needs to be replaced, the service distribution platform searches the BOSS platform for the user identifier corresponding to the user number.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the service distribution platform may further receive a message B sent by the third-party application to the user via the service distribution platform, where the message B includes the user identifier; the service distribution platform will use the user The identifier is replaced with the subscriber number; the service distribution platform sends the message B to the user. The final recipient of message B is the user, and the service distribution platform can send the message to the user via a short message center, a multimedia message center, a WAP gateway, and the like.

In another embodiment of the present invention, before the service distribution platform replaces the user number in the message A with the user identifier corresponding to the user number, it may also determine whether the third-party application is For the third-party application to which the user number needs to be hidden, if yes, perform the above replacement process, and execute the service distribution platform to send the message A containing the user identifier to the third-party application, otherwise, when it is not necessary to hide from the third-party application When the user number is used, the service distribution platform does not perform the book replacement process, and directly sends the message A including the user number to the third party application.

For example, the service distribution platform may store a blacklist and/or a whitelist of the third party application, and record whether the third party application is a third party application to which the user number needs to be hidden, and the above judgment is made by looking up the above list. Of course, the above blacklist and/or whitelist can also be stored in the operator network element outside the service distribution platform, and the service distribution platform searches for the above when the above judgment is needed. Which third-party applications are third-party applications that need to hide the user number from them can be set by the operator.

Before the user identification platform replaces the user number with the corresponding user identifier, it is determined whether the third-party application that is the receiver of the message is a third-party application that needs to hide the user number from the user, so that some trusted third-party applications can learn the user. The number, not trusted third-party application, can not know the user number, so that the operator can flexibly carry out the business for the specific third-party application.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the service distribution platform may further send the user-related information corresponding to the user number to the third-party application. User-related information includes: age, gender, hobbies, area, etc. The third-party application knows the user's other relevant information without knowing the user number, which is beneficial to the third-party application without leaving the user number. User-related information provides users with more accurate value-added services and marketing.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for hiding a user number according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device for hiding a user number may be a service distribution platform, such as SDP or VASP. The device for hiding a user number may include:

The receiving unit 201 is configured to receive a message A that is sent to the third-party application by using the device of the hidden user number, where the message A includes a user number;

The message A may be a plurality of types of messages, for example: may be a service subscription message, an uplink message, etc., which the user transmits to the third party application via the service distribution platform, as long as the message A includes the user number of the user.

The replacing unit 202 is configured to replace the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number;

The user identifier uniquely corresponds to the user number. For example, the replacement unit 202 can be used locally. The subscriber number looks up the unique corresponding subscriber identity and then replaces the subscriber number with it.

The sending unit 203 is configured to send, to the third-party application, the message A that includes the user identifier. The device for hiding the user number provided in this embodiment realizes hiding the user number from the third party by replacing the user number in the message A sent to the third party application with the user identifier.

The device for hiding the user number shown in FIG. 2, as shown in FIG. 3, may further include:

204. The method is configured to query, by an operator network element, a user identifier corresponding to the user number.

At this time, the user identifier uniquely corresponding to the user number is generated by the operator network element, and the correspondence between the user number and the user identifier is saved.

A network element other than the device that hides the user number, such as the BOSS platform, may generate a unique corresponding user identifier according to the user number. The correspondence between the user number and the user identifier may also be stored outside the service distribution platform, such as in the BOSS platform. When replaced, the query unit 204 searches the BOSS platform for the user identifier corresponding to the user number.

and / or,

The user identifier generating unit 205 is configured to generate a corresponding user identifier according to the user number in the message A; or, to synchronize user data from the operator network element, obtain the user number from the user data, and The user number generates a corresponding user identifier. A corresponding user identifier, the manner in which the user identifier is generated can be accomplished by encrypting the user number or using the MD5 algorithm. Specifically, the user identifier generating unit 205 may synchronize the user data from the operator network element, such as the BOSS platform, obtain the user number from the user data, and generate a corresponding user identifier according to the user number. Alternatively, the user identifier generating unit 205 generates a corresponding user identifier according to the user number carried in the message A, and then stores the correspondence between the user number and the user identifier. When the replacement is required, the user identifier corresponding to the user number is searched through the corresponding relationship, and then the user is The number is replaced with a user identifier corresponding to the user number. The correspondence between the user number and the user identification may be stored in the device of the hidden user number, or may be stored in other external devices. In the device for hiding the user number shown in FIG. 2, the user identifier corresponding to the user number may be first queried by the query unit 204 to the operator network element; if the corresponding user identifier is queried, the user identifier is generated. The unit 205 no longer performs the corresponding generation of the user number in the message A. User ID; or, synchronizing user data from the operator network element, obtaining a user number from the user data, and generating a corresponding user identifier according to the user number. If the query unit 204 does not query the user identifier corresponding to the user number, the user identifier generating unit 205 performs the above action again to generate a user identifier corresponding to the user number. In another embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for hiding a user number shown in FIG. 2 may further include: a determining unit 206, configured to determine whether the third-party application is a third-party application to which a user number needs to be hidden ;

The replacing unit 202 is specifically configured to perform a process of replacing the user number with a user identification corresponding to the user number when the determining unit 206 determines to be YES.

For example, the determining unit 206 may determine by determining whether the third-party application is a blacklist and/or a whitelist of a third-party application to which the user number needs to be hidden, and may refer to the corresponding part in the embodiment shown in FIG. Description, not to mention here.

Before the replacement unit 202 replaces the user number with the corresponding user identifier, the determining unit 206 first determines whether the third-party application as the message receiver is a third-party application to which the user number needs to be hidden, so that some trusted third-party applications are made. The user number can be known, and the trusted third party application cannot know the user number, so that the operator can flexibly carry out the business for the specific third party application.

The sending unit 201 is further configured to send, to the third-party application, user-related information corresponding to the user number. These user related information can be saved in the service distribution platform or in the carrier network element. Relevant information includes: age, gender, hobbies, area and other information. Third-party applications know other related information of users without knowing the user number, which is beneficial to third-party applications based on user-related information without leaking user numbers. Information provides users with more accurate value-added services and marketing.

The receiving unit 201 is further configured to receive a message B that is sent by the third-party application to the user by using the device that hides the user number, where the message B includes the user identifier; The user identifier is replaced with the user number; the sending unit 203 is further configured to send the message to a user corresponding to the user number.

The final recipient of the message B is the user, and the service distribution platform can send the message to the user via a short message center, a multimedia message center, a WAP gateway, and the like. These devices can then send message B to the user based on the subscriber number. FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for hiding a user number according to an embodiment of the present invention, including a service distribution platform 401, an operator network element 402, a third-party application 403, and an SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 404. , user terminal 405.

The operator network element 402 may be a BOSS (Business and Operation Support System) or a CRM (Service Activation System), and the SMSC 404 may also be an SMSGW (Short Message Service Gateway) or an MMSC ( Multimedia Messaging Service Center, Multimedia Messaging Service Center, or WAPGW (Wireless Application Protocol Gateway)

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for hiding a user number provided by the system shown in FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention, including the steps of:

301. The service distribution platform 401 synchronizes user data from the operator network element 402, where the user data includes a user number.

302. The service distribution platform 401 generates a unique corresponding user identifier, and saves a correspondence between the user number and the user identifier.

The way the user ID is generated can be done by encrypting the user number or using the MD5 algorithm. The above correspondence can be saved in the service distribution platform or in a separate external network element.

303. The service distribution platform receives a user service subscription request message sent by the user terminal 405 via the SMSC 404. The user service subscription request message includes a user number, and the purpose is a third party application 403 such as SP/CP.

For example, the user sends a user service subscription request message to the service distribution platform through the SMSC or the SMSGW or the MMSC or the WAPGW, and the user service subscription request message needs to be sent to the third-party application via the service distribution platform, and the third-party application may be the SP/ CP, etc.

304. The service distribution platform 401 determines whether the third-party application is a third-party application 403 that needs to hide the number.

For example, the service distribution platform 401 judges by a black and white list, assuming that the judgment result is yes at this time.

305. The service distribution platform 401 searches for the user identifier corresponding to the user number according to the correspondence saved in step 302, and replaces the user number with the user identifier. 306. The service distribution platform 401 sends a user service subscription request message including the user identifier to the third-party application.

The service distribution platform 401 sends a user service subscription request message including the user identifier to the third party application 403 such as SP/CP through a protocol or an interface, such as ParlayX, SMPP, MM7 or the like.

The service subscription request message in 303-306 may also be other messages.

For example, in the P2A process, an uplink message, a response message, and the like, which are sent by a user through a service distribution platform, such as a third-party application such as SP/CP.

307. The third-party application 403 sends a response message carrying the user identifier to the service distribution platform 401. 308. The service distribution platform 401 locates the user identifier in the response message, searches for a corresponding user number, and replaces the user number with the user number. The user ID in the response message;

309. The service distribution platform 401 sends a response message carrying the user number to the user terminal via the SMSC 404.

The response message in the 307-309 may also be other types of messages, such as various downlink messages sent by the third-party application, such as the SP/CP in the A2P process, for the user.

In this embodiment, when the user number needs to be hidden from the third-party application 403, the service distribution platform 401 hides the user number from the third-party application 403 by replacing the user number in the message sent to the third-party application 403 with the user identifier. . Moreover, when the third-party application 403 sends a message to the user terminal 405, the user identifier is replaced with the user number, so that the SMSC 404, or the SMSGW or the MMSC or the WAPGW), after receiving the message, conveniently sends the message to the user terminal. 405.

The embodiments of the present invention can have beneficial effects such as good system compatibility, low transformation cost, and convenient promotion and application.

Those skilled in the art understand that the interaction message between the third-party application and the service distribution platform, such as the SP/CP, can replace the user number with the user identifier without any creative work, and the implementation of the present invention can also be achieved. The same technical effect.

Moreover, the embodiment of the present invention may further set a user attribute module in the service distribution platform, which may be used to save attributes such as age, gender, and region related to the user, and these attributes may be opened to the SP/CP in the case of hidden numbers. Third-party applications inside, which help to not leak user numbers In addition, third-party applications provide users with more accurate value-added services and marketing based on user-related information. . Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation. the way. Based on the understanding, the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes a plurality of instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform various implementations of the present invention. The method described in the example.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Rights request

A method for hiding a user number, comprising:

The service distribution platform receives a message to be sent to the third party application via the service distribution platform

A, the message A includes a user number;

The service distribution platform sends a message A containing the user identifier to the third party application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the service distribution platform replaces the user number with the user identifier corresponding to the user number, the method further includes:

The service distribution platform synchronizes the user data from the operator network element, obtains the user number from the user data, and generates a corresponding user identifier according to the obtained user number; or

The service distribution platform queries the operator network element for the user identifier corresponding to the user number in the message A; or

The method according to claim 1, wherein after the service distribution platform sends the message A including the user identifier to the third-party application, the method further includes: receiving, by the service distribution platform, the third-party application The message B sent by the service distribution platform to the user, where the message B includes the user identifier;

The service distribution platform replaces the user identifier with the user number;

The service distribution platform sends a message B containing the subscriber number to the user.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, before the service distribution platform replaces the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number, the method further includes: Determining whether the third-party application is a third-party application that needs to hide a user number from the service distribution platform;

If yes, executing the service distribution platform to replace the user number in the message A with the user identifier corresponding to the user number, and executing the service distribution platform to send the message A containing the user identifier to the third-party application. process.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising the service distribution platform transmitting the user-related information corresponding to the user number to the third-party application.

6. A device for hiding a user number, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a message A to be sent to a third-party application by using the device of the hidden user number, where the message A includes a user number;

The device according to claim 6, further comprising: a querying unit, configured to query a carrier network element for a user identifier corresponding to the user number;

and / or,

a user identifier generating unit, configured to generate a corresponding user identifier by using the user number in the message A; or, for synchronizing user data from the operator network element, obtaining a user number from the user data, and The user number is generated to generate a corresponding user identifier.

8. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein:

The receiving unit is further configured to receive a message B sent by the third-party application to the user by using the device for hiding the user number, where the message B includes the user identifier;

The replacing unit is further configured to replace the user identifier with the user number;

The device according to any one of claims 6-8, further comprising: a determining unit, configured to determine whether the third-party application is a third-party application to which a user number needs to be hidden;

The replacing unit is specifically configured to perform a process of replacing the user number with a user identifier corresponding to the user number when the determining unit determines to be YES.

The device according to any one of claims 6-8, further comprising: the sending unit is further configured to send the user-related information corresponding to the user number to the third-party application.