WO2015106524A1

WO2015106524A1 - Method, apparatus and server for notifying/sending usage of service package

Info

Publication number: WO2015106524A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/079003
Authority: WO
Inventors: 郭磊; 张丽; 丁岩
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-01-16
Filing date: 2014-05-30
Publication date: 2015-07-23
Also published as: CN104796868A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, apparatus and server for notifying/sending the usage of a service package. Notifying the usage of the service package comprises: determining information concerning the usage of the user-customized service package; sending the information concerning the usage of the service package to an application server and/or an application client, wherein the application service is used for sending the usage of the service package to the application client. The technical solution allows users to get aware of the usage of the service package or renew the service package without quite troublesome operations, achieving the effect of user experience improvement.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a notification/transmission method, apparatus, and server for use of a service package. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION On the communication network, with the explosive growth of 3G/4G and the popularity of smart phones, the development of the mobile Internet is growing rapidly, and more and more users choose to use the mobile phone to access the Internet, especially with the downward adjustment of the traffic tariff, the user chooses Watching videos on mobile phones is increasing. For operators, traffic is the source of future revenue, but in terms of traffic charges, the tariff is still very expensive, so operators have launched a number of traffic packages, which are classified according to the type of package: charging by time and by traffic . For users, when they choose to watch videos by ordering a data package, in addition to the use of video content, the user is most concerned about the use of their own packages, whether they are used. At present, when the scheduled package time or total traffic volume is about to expire, the user will generally receive an SMS reminder, but the user may not know that receiving the short message or not willing to quit the video to read the short message may cause the user package to exceed the standard. Renewing also requires replying to a text message or logging in elsewhere for renewal, which results in a very poor user experience. In view of the problem that the user in the related art uses the short message to remind the user that the user experience is poor, the effective solution has not been proposed yet. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a server for notifying and transmitting a service package, so as to at least solve the problem that the user experience is poorly notified by a short message when the usage of the package is nearing the end of the related art. According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for notifying a usage of a service package is provided, including: determining usage information of a service package customized by a user; and transmitting usage information to an application server and/or an application client, where The application server is used to send usage to the application client. Preferably, the application client is an application client that currently uses the service package; before sending the usage information to the application client, the method further includes: determining an application client that currently uses the service package. Preferably, the application server is a server corresponding to the application client that currently uses the service package; before sending the usage information to the application server, the method further includes: determining an application server corresponding to the application client currently using the service package. Preferably, the service package is a service package bound to the application client; sending the usage information to the application server and/or the application client includes: according to the correspondence between the service package and the application client, to the application server and/or the application client Send usage information. Preferably, the sending the usage information to the application server and/or the application client comprises: sending the usage information to the application server and/or the application client in response to the request message of the request usage; and/or actively according to the predetermined pushing policy Push usage information to the application server and/or application client. Preferably, the pushing policy comprises: pushing the usage information to the application server and/or the application client when the usage of the service package reaches any of the preset plurality of segment values. Preferably, determining the usage information of the customized service package includes: logically fragmenting the service package, obtaining multiple service package fragments; sending a preset number of service package fragments to the core network; receiving the core network in the preset The notification message returned when the number of service packages is exhausted; after receiving the notification message, the usage information is determined according to the remaining number of logical fragments. Preferably, the logical segmentation of the service package includes: logically dividing the service package when the user starts to use the service package; or logically dividing the remaining service package in the service package when the usage of the service package reaches a predetermined amount. sheet. According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for sending a service package usage situation is provided, including: the application server acquiring usage information of a customized service package; and the application server transmitting usage information to the application client. Preferably, the application server obtains the usage information of the customized service package by the application server, where: the application server requests to acquire the usage information, and receives the usage information returned by the network side to respond to the request; and/or the application server receives the network side according to the predetermined pushing policy. Active push usage information. Preferably, the application server obtains the usage information of the customized service package by the application server, where: when the application client is currently using the service package, the application server sends the usage information to the application client. Preferably, the business package is a business package bound to an application client. According to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a notification device for using a service package is provided, including: a determining module, configured to determine usage information of a service package customized by a user; and a notification module, configured to the application server and/or Or the application client sends usage information, where the application server is used to send usage to the application client. Preferably, the notification module comprises: a first notification unit, configured to send the usage information to the application server and/or the application client in response to the request message requesting the use condition; and/or the second notification unit, configured to press according to the predetermined push Policy, proactively push usage information to the application server and/or application client. Preferably, the pushing policy comprises: pushing the usage information to the application server and/or the application client when the usage of the service package reaches any of the preset plurality of segment values. According to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a device for transmitting a service package is provided, where the application server includes: an obtaining module, configured to acquire usage information of a customized service package; and a sending module, configured to The application client sends usage information. Preferably, the obtaining module includes: a first acquiring unit, configured to request to acquire usage information, and receive usage information returned by the network side in response to the request; and/or a second obtaining unit, configured to receive the network side according to a predetermined pushing policy Active push usage information. According to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a server is provided, including: a first interface, configured to communicate with a core network; a second interface, configured to communicate with an application server and/or an application client; And configured to communicate with the core network through the first interface, to determine usage information of the customized service package, and send usage information to the application server and/or the application client through the second interface, where the application server is used to The application client sends usage information. Preferably, the processor is further configured to perform logical fragmentation on the service package to obtain a plurality of service package fragments, and send a preset number of service package fragments to the core network through the first interface, and receive the core network in a preset number of services. The notification message returned when the package fragment is exhausted, and after receiving the notification message, the usage information is determined according to the remaining number of logical fragments. In the embodiment of the present invention, the application of the service package is notified to the application server or the application client based on the logical fragmentation mode, so that the user can intuitively know the usage of the service package from the application, and solve the related technology package. In this way, the user is not required to perform too complicated operations to know the usage of the business package or renew the business package, thereby achieving the effect of improving the user experience. . BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,, . BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a notification method for a service package usage situation according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of a notification device for use of a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a service package usage situation according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a transmission device for using a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a transmitting apparatus for using a preferred service package according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is an ITOP according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of obtaining a usage of a service package in a video scene according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The purpose of the embodiment of the present invention is to propose a scheme for embedding the usage of a user package into an application based on time slicing or traffic fragmentation. According to the solution, the user can see the usage of the package in the application and can be timely. Renew. The embodiment of the invention provides a notification method for the usage of the service package. 1 is a flowchart of a method for notifying the usage of a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method mainly includes the following steps (step S102 - step S104): Step S102, determining the use of a service package customized by the user. Situation information Step S104: Send usage information to the application server and/or the application client, where the application server is configured to send the usage to the application client. Through the above steps, the usage of the service package can be notified to the application server or the application client, so that the user can intuitively know the usage of the service package from the application. In this way, the user does not have to perform an excessively complicated operation to know the usage of the business package or renew the business package, thereby improving the user experience. In this embodiment, the application client may be an application client that currently uses the service package. In this case, before the usage information is sent to the application client, the application client that currently uses the service package may also be determined. In this embodiment, the application server may be a server corresponding to the application client that currently uses the service package. In this case, before the usage information is sent to the application server, the application client corresponding to the current service package may be determined. Application server. In this embodiment, the service package may be a service package bound to the application client. In this case, step S104 may be implemented in the following manner: first according to the correspondence between the service package and the application client, and then to the application. The server and/or application client sends usage information. In this embodiment, step S104 can be implemented in the following manner: mode (1) responding to the request message of the request usage, sending usage information to the application server and/or the application client; and/or mode (2) according to A predetermined push policy that actively pushes usage information to the application server and/or the application client. The usage information can be applied to the application server and/or the application client in either of these ways, or both. In the method (2), the pushing policy may include: pushing the usage information to the application server and/or the application client when the usage of the service package reaches any of the preset plurality of segment values. In this embodiment, step S102 can be implemented in the following manner: first, logically fragmenting the service package to obtain multiple service package fragments; and then sending a preset number of service package fragments to the core network; The notification message returned by the core network when a preset number of service packages are exhausted; after receiving the notification message, the usage information is determined according to the remaining number of logical fragments. Wherein, when the business package is logically sliced, the method may be adopted as follows: (1) when the user starts to use the business package, logically divide the business package; (2) or when the usage of the business package reaches a predetermined amount, Logical fragmentation of the remaining business packages in the business plan. The embodiment of the invention further provides a notification device for using the service package, and a notification method for realizing the use of the service package. 2 is a structural block diagram of a notification device for using a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the device mainly includes: a determining module 10 and a notification module 20. Among them, OK The module 10 is configured to determine usage information of the service package customized by the user. The notification module 20 is configured to send usage information to the application server and/or the application client, where the application server is configured to send the usage to the application client. 3 is a structural block diagram of a notification device for using a preferred service package according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, in the preferred device, the notification module 20 may further include: a first notification unit 22, configured to respond Requesting a usage request message, sending usage information to the application server and/or the application client; and/or a second notification unit 24 configured to actively push the application server and/or the application client according to a predetermined push policy Situation information. Through these two functional units, two different usage notification methods can be performed separately or simultaneously. Preferably, the pushing policy may include: pushing the usage information to the application server and/or the application client when the usage of the service package reaches any of the preset plurality of segment values. The embodiment of the invention further provides a method for sending a service package. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for sending a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the method mainly includes the following steps (step S402-step S404): Step S402: The application server acquires a customized service package. Usage information; Step S404, the application server sends usage information to the application client. In this embodiment, step S402 can be implemented in the following manner: mode (1) the application server requests to acquire usage information, and receives usage information returned by the network side in response to the request; and/or mode (2) application server receiving network The usage information that the side actively pushes according to the predetermined push policy. In this embodiment, step S402 can also be implemented in such a manner that when the application client is currently using the service package, the application server sends the usage information to the application client. In this embodiment, the service package is a service package bound to the application client. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a sending device for using a service package, which is located in an application server, and is used to implement the sending method of the service package. FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a device for transmitting a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device mainly includes: an obtaining module 30 and a sending module 40. The obtaining module 30 is configured to obtain usage information of the service package customized by the user, and the sending module 40 is configured to send the usage information to the application client. FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a device for transmitting a preferred service package according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, in the preferred device, the obtaining module 30 may further include: a first obtaining unit 32, configured to request acquisition The usage information is received, and the usage information returned by the network side to respond to the request is received; and/or the second obtaining unit 34 is configured to receive the usage information actively pushed by the network side according to the predetermined pushing policy. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a server. FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the server may include: a first interface 10 for communicating with a core network; and a second interface 20 for using an application server and/or Or the application client performs communication; the processor 30 is configured to communicate with the core network through the first interface, to determine usage information of the customized service package, and send the usage to the application server and/or the application client through the second interface. Situation information, where the application server is used to send usage information to the application client. In this embodiment, the processor 30 may be configured to perform logical fragmentation on the service package to obtain multiple service package fragments, and send a preset number of service package fragments to the core network through the first interface, and receive the core network. The notification message returned when the preset number of service packages are exhausted, and after receiving the notification message, the usage information is determined according to the remaining number of logical fragments. The notification/sending method and device and the server for using the service package provided by the foregoing embodiments can notify the application server or the application client of the usage of the service package based on the logical fragmentation mode, so that the user can intuitively know from the application. In this way, the user does not have to perform too complicated operations to know the usage of the business package or renew the business package, thereby improving the user experience. The method and device for acquiring the usage of the user service package provided by the foregoing embodiment are described and illustrated in more detail below with reference to FIG. 8 and the preferred embodiment. In the preferred embodiment, when the user subscribes to the service and starts to use the service, such as watching the video, the terminal establishes a signaling connection with the service side to form an application layer session (AF session), and the AF (Application Function, application) The functional entity) initiates an RX (3GPP standard interface) session establishment request to the PCRF (Policy and Charging Rule Function) to apply for a new RX session. In the AF session, the information about the service data plane is generally negotiated (for example, the IP address of the service data stream, the required encoding format, bandwidth, etc.), and the AF will pass the information to the PCRF through the newly created RX session, and generate specific control as the PCRF. The input information of the rule. Reference may be made herein to FIG. 8 (FIG. 8 is a process diagram for obtaining usage of a user service package by an ITOP in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention), and FIG. 8 shows a link of an APP (application) to a core network. The preferred embodiment introduces an ITTP (Intelligent Traffic Operation Platform) and gives the IOP new functions, including: It can be used to implement control and management of services, and provide services. The service access interface is used by the APP. When the user uses the service, the intelligent traffic management platform can interact with the core network through the RX interface. The service control module and the management module set in the intelligent traffic management platform can perform logical segmentation on the remaining time of the package or the remaining traffic of the package (the size of the slice can be automatically adjusted according to the condition of the package), and then sent to the core network through the RX interface. . It should be noted that there may be multiple timings for performing logical fragmentation operations. Two preferred implementations are described here: (1) Once the user starts to use the service package, the intelligent traffic management platform immediately logically processes the business package. The fragmentation operation, and then the business package fragmentation; (2) After the package value of the service package that the user has used reaches a certain package value (that is, any of the preset plurality of segmentation values), the intelligent traffic management The platform then logically fragments the remaining business packages in the business package. In this way, the business package can be obtained. Of course, the certain package value can be completely determined according to the actual situation of the customized business package and the situation in which the user uses the business package. Do dynamic adjustments. When the time or traffic of the fragment is exhausted, the core network notifies the intelligent traffic management platform to perform business logic calculation. If the time or traffic does not reach the set threshold, the intelligent traffic management platform can continue to send fragments to the core network, if the service When the control and management module calculates the total amount of fragments to reach the package value ordered by the user, it will actively notify the application user of the package usage through the core network, and the application can display the usage of the package. Of course, in practical applications, the application can also call the service access interface provided by the intelligent traffic management platform in real time to provide users with real-time usage of the package. It should be noted that the name or the number of each module that is included in the intelligent traffic management platform provided by the preferred embodiment is different from the usage of the user service package in the preset intelligent traffic management platform provided by the foregoing embodiment. There are inconsistencies in the names or numbers of the modules of the obtaining device, the functions of the modules are not completely identical, and even have functional relationships including or overlapping, but this is precisely the preferred embodiment as a preferred embodiment of the above embodiment. As a result of the implementation, the solutions provided by both are fully achievable and can produce the same effect. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of obtaining a service package usage situation in a video scene of a user according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the process includes the following steps: Step S902: The user subscribes to the service package successfully. In step S904, the user uses the service package, such as watching the video, to notify the intelligent traffic management platform to invoke the service access interface of the intelligent traffic management platform. Step S906, the control management module of the intelligent traffic management platform performs the remaining time or traffic fragmentation of the service package, and transmits the fragmentation information to the core network through the RX interface, and the intelligent traffic management platform and the core network perform traffic accumulation. In step S908, the time or flow of the fragmentation is exhausted, and the core network notifies the intelligent traffic management platform through the RX interface. In step S910, the intelligent traffic management platform performs logical calculation. If the total amount of the remaining fragments reaches the package limit, the application is notified in time through the service access interface. Otherwise, the fragmentation is continued to be sent to the core network. In step S912, after the application obtains the usage of the package through the service access interface, the application information is embedded in the application and displayed to the user, and the application can also invoke the interface provided by the platform to query the usage of the package in real time. It can be seen that, in the preferred embodiment, by using the method of controlling the flow or time by using the fragment, the user can accurately grasp the usage of the package when using the package, and embed the application through the interface to facilitate the user to renew the operation. Significantly improve the user experience. It should be noted that each of the above modules can be implemented by hardware. For example: a processor, including the above modules, or each of the above modules is located in one processor. In another embodiment, software is also provided for performing the technical solutions described in the above embodiments and preferred embodiments. In another embodiment, a storage medium is provided, the software being stored, including but not limited to: an optical disk, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a rewritable memory, and the like. From the above description, it can be seen that the present invention achieves the following technical effects: The intelligent traffic management platform can notify the application of the use of the service package based on the logical fragmentation mode, so that the user can intuitively learn the service from the application. The way of using the package solves the problem that the user experience is inferior to the user through the short message at the end of the use of the package in the related art. In this way, the user does not have to perform an excessively complicated operation to know the usage of the service package or Renew your business plan to achieve a better user experience. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a general computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed in multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from The steps shown or described are performed sequentially, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or The implementation of multiple modules or steps in them into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to the field of communications, and solves the problem that the user is inconvenienced by using a short message to remind the user at the end of the use of the package in the related art. In this way, the user does not have to be too complicated. In order to improve the user experience, the operation can be used to know the usage of the business package or to renew the business package.

Claims

Claim

A method for notifying the usage of a service package, comprising: determining usage information of a customized service package;

Sending the usage information to an application server and/or an application client, where the application server is configured to send the usage situation to the application client.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application client is an application client that currently uses the service package;

Before sending the usage information to the application client, the method further includes: determining an application client that currently uses the service package.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the application server is a server corresponding to an application client that currently uses the service package;

Before the sending the usage information to the application server, the method further includes: determining an application server corresponding to the application client currently using the service package.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the service package is a service package bound to the application client;

Sending the usage information to the application server and/or the application client includes transmitting the usage information to the application server and/or the application client according to a correspondence between the service package and the application client.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending the usage information to an application server and/or an application client comprises:

Sending the usage information to the application server and/or the application client in response to a request message requesting the usage; and/or

The usage information is actively pushed to the application server and/or the application client according to a predetermined push policy.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the pushing policy comprises: when the usage amount of the service package reaches any one of a preset plurality of segment values, to the application server and/or The application client pushes the usage information.

The method of claim 1, wherein determining the usage information of the customized service package comprises: logically fragmenting the service package to obtain a plurality of service package fragments;

Sending a preset number of service package fragments to the core network; receiving a notification message returned by the core network when the preset number of service package fragments are exhausted;

After receiving the notification message, the usage information is determined according to the remaining number of logical fragments.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the logically fragmenting the service package comprises: logically dividing the service package when the user starts using the service package; or when the service package is When the usage reaches a predetermined amount, the remaining service packages in the service package are logically sliced.

A method for sending a service package usage, comprising: acquiring, by an application server, usage information of a customized service package;

The application server sends the usage information to an application client.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the application server obtains usage information of the customized service package of the user, including:

The application server requests to acquire the usage information, and receives the usage information returned by the network side in response to the request; and/or the application server receives the network initiative that the network side pushes according to a predetermined pushing policy. Usage information.

The method according to claim 9, wherein the application server obtains usage information of the customized service package of the user, including:

When the application client is currently using the service package, the application server sends the usage information to the application client.

The method according to claim 9, wherein the service package is a service package bound to the application client.

13. A notification device for using a service package, comprising: a determining module, configured to determine usage information of a service package customized by a user; and a notification module, configured to send the usage information to an application server and/or an application client The application server is configured to send the usage situation to the application client.

The device according to claim 13, wherein the notification module comprises: a first notification unit, configured to send to the application server and/or the application client in response to a request message requesting the usage situation The usage information; and/or

The second notification unit is configured to actively push the usage information to the application server and/or the application client according to a predetermined pushing policy.

The device according to claim 14, wherein the pushing policy comprises: when the usage amount of the service package reaches any one of a preset plurality of segment values, to the application server and/or The application client pushes the usage information.

The sending device of the service package is located in the application server, and includes: an obtaining module, configured to obtain usage information of the customized service package; and a sending module, configured to send the usage information to the application client.

The device according to claim 16, wherein the acquiring module comprises: a first acquiring unit, configured to request to acquire the usage information, and receive the usage information returned by the network side in response to the request; and / or

The second obtaining unit is configured to receive the usage information that is actively pushed by the network side according to a predetermined pushing policy.

18. A server, comprising: a first interface, configured to communicate with a core network;

a second interface, configured to communicate with an application server and/or an application client;

a processor, configured to communicate with the core network by using the first interface, to determine usage information of a customized service package, and to the application server and/or the application client by using the second interface Sending the usage information, where the application server is configured to send the usage information to the application client.

The server according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform logical fragmentation on the service package to obtain a plurality of service package fragments, and send a preset to the core network by using the first interface. Receiving, by the number of service packages, a notification message returned by the core network when the preset number of service package fragments are exhausted, and after receiving the notification message, determining, according to the remaining number of the logical fragments Use usage information.