WO2017054495A1

WO2017054495A1 - Capability detection device and method

Info

Publication number: WO2017054495A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/084776
Authority: WO
Inventors: 田会芹; 史庭祥
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-09-30
Filing date: 2016-06-03
Publication date: 2017-04-06
Also published as: CN106559401A

Abstract

Disclosed are a capability detection device and method. The capability detection method comprises: when an application server (AS) in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network receives a third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for a rich media communication (RCS) terminal, acquiring terminal capability set information about the RCS terminal from the third-party registration request, and locally storing the acquired terminal capability set information.

Description

Capability detecting device and method

Technical field

The present application relates to, but is not limited to, the field of rich media communication RCS, and in particular provides a capability detecting apparatus and method.

Background technique

As an important means for telecom operators to cope with the increasingly powerful OTT (Over The Top, which provides multiple application services to users through the Internet), RCS services are valued by more and more operators.

The RCS (Enriched Media Communication) service is an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network architecture defined by the Global System for Mobile Communications Alliance (GSM). The mobile phone number is used as the user identifier to implement voice. A general term for multimedia services such as messages and status presentations. When the RCS service is actually deployed, the operator will provide a differentiated feature set according to the user characteristics, and then add some extensions to the standard RCS specification. Due to the diversity of RCS terminals, the RCS standards followed by RCS terminals provided by each operator are not completely consistent. When an RCS user communicates with another RCS user, it needs to confirm the capability set information supported by the peer, such as video sharing, file transfer, RCS voice call, VOLTE voice call, and some capabilities customized by the operator.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

Although the RCS specification clarifies the use of OPTIONS messages for capability probing, the implementation of OPTIONS capability probing is not defined and described.

This document provides a capability detecting apparatus and method to solve the problem of capability detection based on OPTIONS message in the related art RCS standard.

A capability detection method, the method comprising:

When the application server AS in the IP multimedia subsystem IMS network receives the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the rich media communication RCS terminal, the terminal capability set information of the RCS terminal is obtained from the third-party registration request, and the The obtained terminal capability set information is stored locally.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

When the AS stores the acquired terminal capability set information locally, the AS configures an expiration date for the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

When the AS receives the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal, the AS obtains the terminal capability set information of the refreshed RCS terminal from the refresh third-party registration request, and stores the terminal of the RCS terminal locally. The capability set information is updated to the refreshed terminal capability set information, and the validity period of the terminal capability set is updated.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

Receiving, by the IMS network, the terminal capability detection request initiated by the RCS terminal A for the terminal B;

The AS queries the status of the terminal B according to the terminal capability detection request. If the status of the terminal B is accounted for and has not expired, the AS will locally store the terminal capability set information of the terminal B through the IMS network. Feedback to the RCS terminal A.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

When the status of the terminal B is unopened, the AS feeds back the information of the terminal B to the non-RCS user to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

If the status of the terminal B is already open but has expired, the AS feeds back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network information that the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is valid; or

The AS initiates a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, and if the AS receives the response of the terminal B to the terminal capability set query request, the AS obtains the terminal B from the response. The capability set information, the AS feeds back the capability set information of the terminal B to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

The AS initiates a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network. If the AS does not receive the response of the terminal B for the terminal capability set query request within the set duration, the user B passes the user B through the IMS network. The information that is not online is returned to the RCS terminal A.

A capability detecting device includes a capability set information reporting and updating processing module and a terminal capability set storage module, wherein:

The capability set information reporting and updating processing module is configured to: when receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IP multimedia subsystem IMS network for the rich media communication RCS terminal, obtain the RCS terminal from the third-party registration request And the terminal capability set information is reported to the terminal capability set storage module;

The terminal capability set storage module is configured to: store the received terminal capability set information locally.

Optionally, in the foregoing apparatus, the terminal capability set storage module is further configured to: when the received terminal capability set information is stored locally, configure an expiration date for the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal.

Optionally, in the foregoing apparatus, the capability set information reporting and updating processing module is further configured to: when receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal, obtaining a refresh from the refreshing third-party registration request The terminal capability set information of the RCS terminal is reported to the terminal capability set storage module;

The terminal capability set storage module is further configured to: update the terminal capability set information of the locally stored RCS terminal to the updated terminal capability set information, and update the validity period of the terminal capability set.

Optionally, the foregoing apparatus further includes:

The capability detection request processing module is configured to: receive, by the IMS network, a terminal capability detection request initiated by the RCS terminal A for the terminal B, and query the terminal capability set storage module for the status of the terminal B according to the terminal capability detection request, If the status of the terminal B is accounted for and has not expired, the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is fed back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

Optionally, in the foregoing apparatus, the capability detection request processing module is further configured to: when the status of the terminal B is unopened, feed back information of the terminal B to the non-RCS user to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network. .

Optionally, the foregoing apparatus further includes an active information collection module:

The capability detection request processing module is further configured to: when the status of the terminal B is accounted for but has expired, feed back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network information that the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is valid; or Sending a query request to the capability information active collection module to query the capability set information of the terminal B, and sending the capability set information of the terminal B fed back by the capability information active collection module to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network ;

The capability information active collection module is configured to: when receiving the query request sent by the capability detection request processing module, initiate a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, and receive the terminal B for the When the terminal capability set query response is requested, the capability set information of the terminal B is obtained from the response, and is fed back to the capability detection request processing module.

Optionally, in the foregoing apparatus, the capability information active collection module is further configured to: when the response of the terminal B for the terminal capability set query request is not received within the set duration, the information that the user B is offline is feedback. Giving the capability detection request processing module;

The capability detection request processing module is further configured to: return information that the user B is offline to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the above method.

The technical solution of the present application implements interaction of capability set information between RCS terminals.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an OPTIONS capability detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of reporting terminal capability set information in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of requesting a capability set information of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of failure processing of a terminal capability set in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for detecting an OPTIONS capability according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that it is not washed In the case of abruptness, the features of the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other arbitrarily.

Example 1

As shown in FIG. 1 , the present embodiment provides a capability detecting apparatus, which includes at least a capability set information reporting and updating processing module 11 and a terminal capability set storage module 12.

The capability set information reporting and updating processing module 11 is configured to: when receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal, obtain the terminal capability set information of the RCS terminal from the third-party registration request, and obtain the obtained The terminal capability set information is reported to the terminal capability set storage module;

The terminal capability set storage module 12 is configured to: store the received terminal capability set information locally.

In an actual application, the foregoing apparatus may further include: a capability detection request processing module 13 configured to: receive, by the IMS network, a terminal capability detection request (OPTIONS) initiated by the RCS terminal A for the terminal B, and send the terminal capability set according to the terminal capability detection request. The storage module 12 queries the status of the terminal B. If the status of the terminal B is already open and has not expired, the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is fed back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

Optionally, the foregoing apparatus may further include a capability information active collection module 14: at this time, the capability detection request processing module 13 is further configured to: when the status of the terminal B is opened but has expired, to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network. The information that the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is valid is sent; or the query request is sent to the capability information active collection module to query the capability set information of the terminal B, and the capability set of the terminal B fed back by the capability information active collection module through the IMS network. The information is sent to the RCS terminal A;

The capability information active collection module 14 is configured to: when receiving the query request sent by the capability detection request processing module 13, initiate a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, and receive the terminal B for the terminal capability set. When the response of the request is queried, the capability set information of the terminal B is obtained from the response, and is fed back to the capability detection request processing module 13.

The operation of the above device will be described in detail below with reference to other drawings.

The above device implements the process of reporting and updating the terminal capability set information, as shown in FIG. 2 .

All RCS users open an account in the device, and the user information is stored in the "terminal capability set storage module 12". The account opening process is omitted.

The terminal capability set information reporting process is as follows:

In step 201, the RCS terminal initiates a Register registration to the IMS network. The registration message carries information about the capability set of the terminal.

Step 202: After the IMS network completes registration, initiate a third-party registration request to the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention. The third-party registration request is received by the "Capability Set Information Reporting and Update Processing Module" of the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

In step 203, the apparatus of the present invention returns a 200 OK confirmation message to the IMS network.

In step 204, the IMS network returns a 200 OK confirmation message to the RCS terminal.

Step 205: The capability set information reporting and updating processing module extracts the terminal capability set information from the third party registration message, and initiates an update request to the terminal capability set storage module of the device in the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 206: The terminal capability set storage module records the terminal capability set information, and sets the capability set validity period T.

The capability set validity period T may be calculated from the moment when the terminal capability set information is first recorded.

In step 207, the “terminal capability set storage module” returns an ACK acknowledgement message to the “capability set information reporting and update processing module”.

When the RCS terminal initiates a refresh registration request to the IMS network, the above device needs to update the capability set validity period T. The process is as follows:

Step 208: The RCS terminal initiates a refresh registration Re-Register registration to the IMS network.

Step 209: After completing the refresh registration, the IMS network initiates a third-party registration request to the device. The third-party registration request is received by the "Capability Set Information Reporting and Update Processing Module" of the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

In step 210, the apparatus of the present invention returns a 200 OK confirmation message to the IMS network.

In step 211, the IMS network returns a 200 OK confirmation message to the RCS terminal.

In step 212, the “Capability Set Information Reporting and Update Processing Module” initiates an update request to the “Terminal Capability Set Storage Module” of the device.

In step 213, the “terminal capability set storage module” updates the capability set validity period T.

The updated capability set validity period T may be from the moment when the terminal capability set information is updated. Count.

In step 214, the “terminal capability set storage module” returns an ACK acknowledgement message to the “capability set information reporting and update processing module”.

The process of implementing the terminal capability set information request by the foregoing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 3, includes the following operations:

Steps 301-302, the terminal user A initiates the OPTIONS capability detection request of the user B, and forwards the OPTIONS message to the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention through the IMS network.

Step 303: The capability detection request processing module of the device receives the message and initiates a query request to the terminal capability set storage module.

Step 304: The terminal capability set storage module receives the query request and checks the status of the user B.

Step 305 "Terminal Capability Set Storage Module" sends the information of User B to the "Capability Probe Request Processing Module". among them:

a) If User B does not open an account, return a "B Non-RCS User" status code to the "Capability Probe Request Processing Module".

b) If User B has opened an account and the status is valid (not expired), the User B capability set information is returned to the "Capability Probe Request Processing Module".

c) If User B has opened an account but the status has expired, the process proceeds to Method 3.

In steps 306-307, the capability detection request processing module returns the user B capability set or the "non-RCS user" information to the terminal A through the IMS network.

The process of the device performing the terminal capability set failure processing, as shown in FIG. 4, includes the following operations:

In steps 401-402, the terminal user A initiates the OPTIONS capability detection request of the user B, and forwards the OPTIONS message to the device in the embodiment of the present invention through the IMS network.

Step 403: The capability detection request processing module of the device receives the message and initiates a query request to the terminal capability set storage module.

Step 404: The terminal capability set storage module receives the query request and checks the status of the user B.

Step 405, if the B state has expired, return a failure status code to the "Capability Probe Request Processing Module".

Step 406: The capability detection request processing module initiates a query request to the capability information active collection module.

In step 407, the “Capability Information Active Acquisition Module” returns an ACK acknowledgement message to the “Capability Probe Request Processing Module”.

Steps 408 to 409, the "Capability Information Active Acquisition Module" initiates an OPTIONS capability detection request to the terminal B through the IMS.

Steps 410-411, the terminal B returns the capability set information to the "Capability Information Active Acquisition Module" through the IMS network.

In step 412, if the response is not received by the terminal B, the identifier B is not online.

In step 413, the “Capability Information Active Acquisition Module” returns the terminal B capability information or the “B is not online” state to the “Capability Probe Request Processing Module”.

In step 414, the capability detection request processing module returns an ACK confirmation message to the capability information active collection module.

Steps 415-416, the capability detection request processing module returns the user B capability set information or the "B not online" status to the terminal A through the IMS network.

Example 2

As shown in FIG. 5, this embodiment provides a capability detection method, where the method includes:

Step 501: The AS in the IMS network obtains the terminal capability set information of the RCS terminal from the third-party registration request when receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal.

Step 502: Store the acquired terminal capability set information locally.

Optionally, when the AS stores the acquired terminal capability set information locally, the AS may configure an expiration date for the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal. That is, after this expiration date, the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal can be re-acquired or updated.

When receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal, the AS may obtain the terminal capability set information of the refreshed RCS terminal from the refreshed third-party registration request, and set the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal stored locally. The information is updated to the refreshed terminal capability set information, and the validity period of the terminal capability set is updated.

In addition, on the basis of the foregoing method, the point-to-point capability detection can also be implemented. At this time, the AS receives the terminal capability detection request initiated by the RCS terminal A for the terminal B through the IMS network, and the AS queries the terminal B according to the terminal capability detection request. status;

If the status of the terminal B is already open and has not expired, the AS can feed back the terminal capability set information of the locally stored terminal B to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

If the status of the terminal B is unopened, the AS can feed back the information of the terminal B to the non-RCS user to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

If the status of the terminal B is already open but has expired, the AS can directly feed back the information about the terminal capability set information of the terminal B to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.

If the status of the terminal B is already open but has expired, the AS may re-acquire the terminal capability set information of the terminal B and then feed back to the RCS terminal A, that is, the AS initiates a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, if the AS receives To the response of the terminal B to the terminal capability set query request, the capability set information of the terminal B is obtained from the response, and the capability set information of the terminal B is fed back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network. It is to be noted that, after the AS initiates the terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, if the AS does not receive the response of the terminal B for the terminal capability set query request within the set duration, the AS considers that the terminal B does not respond, and the AS passes The IMS network returns information that User B is offline to RCS terminal A.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, which are implemented by the processor to implement the capability detection method.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps described above can be accomplished by a program that instructs the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, the modules/units in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. This application is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above is only an alternative example of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Industrial applicability

Through the embodiments of the present invention, interaction of capability set information between RCS terminals is implemented.

Claims

A capability detection method, the method comprising:

When the application server AS in the IP multimedia subsystem IMS network receives the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the rich media communication RCS terminal, the terminal capability set information of the RCS terminal is obtained from the third-party registration request, and the The obtained terminal capability set information is stored locally.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

When the AS stores the acquired terminal capability set information locally, the AS configures an expiration date for the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal.
The method of claim 2, further comprising:

When the AS receives the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal, the AS obtains the terminal capability set information of the refreshed RCS terminal from the refresh third-party registration request, and stores the terminal of the RCS terminal locally. The capability set information is updated to the refreshed terminal capability set information, and the validity period of the terminal capability set is updated.
The method of claim 2 or 3, further comprising:

Receiving, by the IMS network, the terminal capability detection request initiated by the RCS terminal A for the terminal B;

The AS queries the status of the terminal B according to the terminal capability detection request. If the status of the terminal B is accounted for and has not expired, the AS will locally store the terminal capability set information of the terminal B through the IMS network. Feedback to the RCS terminal A.
The method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

When the status of the terminal B is unopened, the AS feeds back the information of the terminal B to the non-RCS user to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.
The method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

If the status of the terminal B is already open but has expired, the AS feeds back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network information that the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is valid; or

The AS initiates a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, and if the AS receives the response of the terminal B to the terminal capability set query request, the AS obtains the terminal B from the response. Capacity set information, the AS sets the capability set information of the terminal B through the IMS network. Feedback to the RCS terminal A.
The method of claim 6 further comprising:

The AS initiates a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network. If the AS does not receive the response of the terminal B for the terminal capability set query request within the set duration, the user B passes the user B through the IMS network. The information that is not online is returned to the RCS terminal A.
A capability detecting device includes a capability set information reporting and updating processing module and a terminal capability set storage module, wherein:

The capability set information reporting and updating processing module is configured to: when receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IP multimedia subsystem IMS network for the rich media communication RCS terminal, obtain the RCS terminal from the third-party registration request And the terminal capability set information is reported to the terminal capability set storage module;

The terminal capability set storage module is configured to: store the received terminal capability set information locally.
The device of claim 8 wherein

The terminal capability set storage module is further configured to: when the received terminal capability set information is stored locally, configure an expiration date for the terminal capability set of the RCS terminal.
The device according to claim 9, wherein

The capability set information reporting and updating processing module is further configured to: when receiving the third-party registration request initiated by the IMS network for the RCS terminal, obtain the terminal capability set of the refreshed RCS terminal from the refresh third-party registration request The information is reported to the terminal capability set storage module;

The terminal capability set storage module is further configured to: update the terminal capability set information of the locally stored RCS terminal to the updated terminal capability set information, and update the validity period of the terminal capability set.
The apparatus of claim 9 or 10, further comprising:

The capability detection request processing module is configured to: receive, by the IMS network, a terminal capability detection request initiated by the RCS terminal A for the terminal B, and query the terminal capability set storage module for the status of the terminal B according to the terminal capability detection request, If the status of the terminal B is accounted for and has not expired, the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is fed back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.
The device of claim 11 wherein

The capability detection request processing module is further configured to: when the status of the terminal B is unopened, feed back information of the terminal B to the non-RCS user to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.
The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a capability information active acquisition module:

The capability detection request processing module is further configured to: when the status of the terminal B is accounted for but has expired, feed back to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network information that the terminal capability set information of the terminal B is valid; or Sending a query request to the capability information active collection module to query the capability set information of the terminal B, and sending the capability set information of the terminal B fed back by the capability information active collection module to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network ;

The capability information active collection module is configured to: when receiving the query request sent by the capability detection request processing module, initiate a terminal capability set query request to the terminal B through the IMS network, and receive the terminal B for the When the terminal capability set query response is requested, the capability set information of the terminal B is obtained from the response, and is fed back to the capability detection request processing module.
The device of claim 13 wherein

The capability information active collection module is further configured to: when the response of the terminal B to the terminal capability set query request is not received within the set duration, the information that the user B is offline is fed back to the capability detection request processing module. ;

The capability detection request processing module is further configured to: return information that the user B is offline to the RCS terminal A through the IMS network.