CN101374044B - Method and system for making business engine to obtain user identification - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a subscription ID obtaining method for a service enabler. The method comprises the following steps: (1) after the subscription relation authentication of a subscriber succeeds, a portal applies a subscriber ID of the subscriber to the URL related to the subscription content of the subscriber and transmits the URL to a terminal; (2) the terminal transmits a request for obtaining the subscripted service content to the service enabler, wherein the request comprises the URL with the subscriber ID; and (3) the service enabler resolves the subscriber ID according to the URL contained in the subscription request, and the subscriber ID is obtained. The method can allow the service enabler to rapidly identify the subscribe, and perform charging and other operations after the subscriber logs in the network.

Description

A method and system for enabling service engine to obtain user identification

technical field

The invention relates to wireless communication, in particular to a method and a system for enabling a service engine to obtain user identification.

Background technique

At present, in the scenario of accessing the Internet through a mobile communication network (such as GPRS or 3G network), when a mobile user terminal uses services on the portal, the portal sends the link of the corresponding engine to the terminal, and when the terminal requests services based on the link, WAP The gateway adds the user's MSISDN number or user's IP address information to the request message and informs the service engine, and the service engine can further trigger charging processing for the user.

However, when accessing the Internet through a non-mobile communication network (such as a wireless local area network WLAN), when the terminal visits the portal, it authenticates once by entering the user name and password. If there is no MSISDN number, the identity cannot be identified through the MSISDN number. Therefore, when the service engine identifies the user for billing, it can generally identify the user through the following methods:

1. Ask the user to enter the user name and password again to identify the user; or

2. The terminal performs secondary authentication by saving the corresponding cookie after visiting the portal for the first authentication.

The first method will cause certain operational complexity for the user, and the second method requires the service engine to be able to read the cookie. Neither of the two methods can quickly and easily provide the user ID for the service engine during non-mobile communication.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes a method for the service engine to obtain the user identification, which can realize that after the user logs in to the network, the service engine can quickly and easily identify the user and perform operations such as charging.

The present invention proposes a kind of method that makes service engine obtain user identification, comprises the following steps:

(1) When the user first accesses the network in the authentication stage, the user ID has been uploaded to the portal through the terminal, and the portal saves the corresponding relationship between the user ID and the IP address in its temporary database, and sends the user ID to the service management platform;

(2) The portal sends the user's order request to the service engine, then the content ordered by the user has been saved in the service engine, and the service provider saves the URL address corresponding to the content in the portal according to the order content;

(3) After the user is authenticated by the subscription relationship, the portal adds the user ID of the user to the URL corresponding to the content ordered by the user, and sends the URL to the terminal;

(4) The terminal sends a request to the service engine to obtain the ordered service content, and the request includes a URL carrying the user identification;

(5) The service engine parses and obtains the user identifier according to the URL carried in the order request.

Further, the above-mentioned method for enabling the business engine to obtain the user ID may also have the following characteristics. In step (3), the portal sends the user's order request to the business management platform, and the business management platform performs subscription relationship authentication according to the user ID, and in the After the authentication is passed, an authentication pass message is returned to the portal.

Further, the above-mentioned method for enabling the service engine to obtain the user identification can also have the following characteristics, step (2) also includes: the user logs in to the portal according to the portal address embedded in the terminal browser, and according to the business type displayed on the portal, sends a Request to select the required service; if the user has passed the service authorization, the portal returns the catalog index to the terminal browser, and after the user selects the service content from the catalog index, he sends a request for ordering the above content to the portal through the terminal browser.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned method for enabling the service engine to obtain a user ID may also have the following features, the user ID includes a user name and/or a user account.

Further, the above-mentioned method for enabling the service engine to obtain the user identifier may also have the following characteristics, the method is applied to a communication network, and when applied to a mobile communication network including a wireless application protocol gateway, the corresponding relationship between the user identifier and the IP address is stored in The wireless application protocol gateway, in step (4), the terminal initiates a request content to the service engine through the wireless application protocol gateway, and the URL is carried in the request.

A system for enabling a service engine to obtain user identification, including: a portal, a terminal and a service engine, wherein,

The portal is used to save the corresponding relationship between the user ID and the IP address in its temporary database, send the order request to the service engine, receive and save the URL address corresponding to the order content returned by the service engine, and when the user passes the order After the relationship is authenticated, the user ID is added to the URL corresponding to the ordered content, and the URL is sent to the terminal;

The terminal is used to upload the user identification to the portal when the user first accesses the network in the authentication phase, and requests the ordered content from the service engine, and the request includes a URL carrying the user identification;

The service engine is configured to parse and obtain the user identifier according to the URL carried in the order request.

Further, the above-mentioned system for enabling the service engine to obtain the user identification may also have the following characteristics, further comprising a service management platform, the portal, used for sending the user identification to the service management platform, and sending the user's order request to the service management platform; The service management platform performs subscription relationship authentication according to the user ID, and returns an authentication pass message to the portal when the authentication passes.

Further, the above-mentioned system for enabling the service engine to obtain the user identification may also have the following features: the portal, after the user logs in, sends the service category on it to the terminal, and then displays it to the user; according to the service category selected by the user, it sends The terminal browser returns the directory index; the terminal is used to embed the portal address in the terminal browser, and the user logs in to the portal according to the address; it is used to send the request of the user to select the required service to the portal; Order requests for catalog indexing are sent to the portal.

Further, the above-mentioned system for enabling the service engine to obtain the user ID may also have the following features, the user ID includes a user name and/or a user account.

Further, the above-mentioned system for enabling the service engine to obtain the user ID may also have the following characteristics. The system is applied to a communication network. When applied to a mobile communication network including a wireless application protocol gateway, the corresponding relationship between the user ID and the IP address is stored in A wireless application protocol gateway, wherein the terminal initiates a request content to the service engine through the wireless application protocol gateway, and the URL is carried in the request.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention carries the user identification in the corresponding URL returned by the portal to the terminal, that is, the URL includes the service ID and content ID, and adds the user's username to identify the user's identity . The invention can realize that when a user uses the service of the service engine after logging into the network, the service engine can identify the user and perform operations such as charging. The method of the present invention has no additional requirements on users and terminals, and is a way of performing business authentication under the scene of accessing the Internet through a communication network.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for obtaining a user ID by a non-mobile communication network in an embodiment.

Detailed ways

The method of the present invention transmits the user identification to the terminal through the portal and enables the service engine to obtain the user identification, that is, the portal returns the corresponding URL to the terminal to carry the user identification, and the URL includes the service ID and content ID to add the user ID. The user name is used to identify the user’s identity, and then the terminal initiates a request content to the service engine, using the aforementioned URL, the service engine parses the URL (including the service ID, content ID and the newly added user name), thereby obtaining The user ID of the user is obtained, which is used for subsequent event billing and other work.

Below with reference to Fig. 1, describe in detail the present invention after the user logs on to the portal, the business engine identifies the user's processing process by adding a user name, including the following steps:

Step 101, the user starts the terminal browser, and logs in the portal according to the portal address embedded in the terminal browser;

Generally, in the authentication phase of the user's first access to the network, the user name and other information have been uploaded to the portal through the terminal, and the portal will save the corresponding relationship between the user name and the IP address through a temporary database (in traditional cases, it is stored in the WAP gateway) , and further send the above information to the business management platform via the portal.

Step 102, the user sends a request to the portal to select the desired service according to the types of services displayed on the portal;

Step 103, the portal returns the directory index to the terminal browser;

A user needs to perform service authorization when accessing the network. If the user passes the service authorization, the portal sends the directory index to the user.

Step 104, the user selects the content he/she is interested in from the directory index, and sends a request for ordering the above-mentioned content to the portal through the terminal browser, and the request includes relevant parameters of the ordered content, such as program ID, etc.; sent to the business engine;

At this point, the content ordered by the user has been stored in the service engine, and the service provider stores the URL address corresponding to the content in the portal in advance according to the ordered content.

Step 105, the portal sends the order request to the service management platform (responsible for authentication, etc.), that is, requests the service management platform to perform order relationship authentication on the user according to the user name;

Step 106, the service management platform performs subscription relationship authentication according to the user name, if the authentication is passed, then return the authentication pass message to the portal, and execute step 107; otherwise, return the authentication failure message, and end;

Step 107, the portal adds the user name USERNAME to the URL, and then sends the URL to the terminal browser, that is, the URL carries the service ID and content ID, and the user name of the user;

The business ID and content ID are allocated in advance by the business management platform and stored in the database of the platform, and are mainly used for billing.

Step 108, the terminal browser requests the selected content from the service engine, and the request includes the URL carrying the service ID, content ID and USERNAME;

Step 109, the service engine parses the URL and obtains the user name identifying the user.

After the service engine obtains the user name, it sends a billing start request message to the service management platform, and performs subsequent billing and other related processes. Of course, other operations can also be performed according to the user ID, such as customizing a specific service, ensuring the service priority and Qos of a specific user, and so on.

A system for enabling a service engine to obtain user identification, including: a portal, a service management platform, a terminal and a service engine, wherein,

The portal is used to send information such as user name to the business management platform; it is used to send the business category on it to the terminal, and then display it to the user; according to the business category selected by the user, return the directory index to the terminal browser; The portal sends the order request to the service engine, receives and saves the URL address corresponding to the order content returned by the service engine; sends the user's order request to the service management platform (responsible for authentication, etc.), that is, requests the service management platform to The user name authenticates the subscription relationship of the user; it is used to add the user name USERNAME to the URL after the user authentication is passed, and then send the URL to the terminal browser, that is, the URL carries the business ID and content ID, and the user's username;

The service management platform performs subscription relationship authentication according to the user name, and if the authentication passes, returns an authentication pass message to the portal, otherwise, returns an authentication failure message;

The terminal is used to embed the portal address in the terminal browser, and when the user logs in the portal according to the address, send information such as the user name to the portal; to send the request for the user to select the required service to the portal; It is used to send the user's order request according to the catalog index to the portal; it is used to request the selected service content from the service engine, and the request includes the URL carrying the service ID, content ID and USERNAME;

The service engine is used to parse the URL to obtain a user name identifying the user; it is also used to send a charging start request message to the service management platform according to the user name to perform subsequent charging and other related processes. Of course, other operations can also be performed according to the user ID, such as customizing a specific service, ensuring the service priority and Qos of a specific user, and so on.

It should be noted that although the user name is used as a sign to identify the user identity in the present invention, the user identification is not limited to the user name, and may also include user account number, mobile phone number and so on. In the process of sending the user ID, the portal is required to support the user's URL to carry the user ID (including the user name), and the service engine is also required to support reading the user ID in the URL.

In addition, the present invention is not only applicable to non-mobile communication networks, but also applicable to mobile communication networks. When applied to a mobile communication network including a wireless application protocol gateway WAP GW, then in step 108, the terminal can also initiate a request content to the service engine through the WAP GW, and carry the URL in the request.

Claims (10)

1. method that makes service enabler obtain user ID may further comprise the steps:

(1) when the authentication phase of the first access network of user, user ID promptly is uploaded to door by terminal, and door is kept at the corresponding relation of user ID and IP address in its volatile data base, and this user ID is sent to Business Management Platform;

(2) door sends to service enabler with user's subscription request, and then user's subscription content has been stored in the service enabler, is stored in the door according to the URL address of this subscription content with this content correspondence by the service provider;

(3) after the user passes through the order relations authentication, by door this user's user ID is added among the URL corresponding with user's subscription content, and described URL is sent to terminal;

(4) send the request of obtaining ordered business tine by terminal to service enabler, comprise the URL that carries user ID in this request;

(5) by service enabler according to the URL that carries in the described subscription request, resolve to obtain this user ID.

2. make service enabler obtain the method for user ID according to claim 1, it is characterized in that,

In the step (3), by door user's subscription request is sent to Business Management Platform, Business Management Platform carries out the order relations authentication according to user ID, and returns authentication by the back to door in authentication and pass through message.

3. make service enabler obtain the method for user ID according to claim 1, it is characterized in that step (2) also comprises:

The user logins door according to portal address embedded in the terminal browser, and according to the class of business of showing on the door, sends request to it and select needed business;

If this user is by service authorization, then door the user selects business tine from this directory index after, to door sends the request of ordering foregoing by the terminal browser to terminal browser Returning catalogue index.

4. as described in arbitrary in the claim 1 to 3, make service enabler obtain the method for user ID, it is characterized in that,

Described user ID comprises user name and/or user account number.

5. as described in claim l, make service enabler obtain the method for user ID, it is characterized in that,

Described method is applied to communication network, when in the mobile communications network that is applied to comprise Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, the corresponding relation of user ID and IP address is kept at Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, in step (4), terminal is initiated to the request content of service enabler by Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, carries described URL in described request.

6. system that makes service enabler obtain user ID comprises: door, terminal and service enabler, wherein,

Described door, be used for the corresponding relation of user ID and IP address is kept at its volatile data base, subscription request is sent to service enabler, receive and preserve the URL address corresponding returned by service enabler with subscription content and the user by after the order relations authentication, user ID is added among the URL corresponding with subscription content, and this URL is sent to terminal;

Described terminal is used for when the authentication phase of the first access network of user user ID being uploaded to door, and to the ordered content of service enabler request, comprises the URL that carries user ID in request;

Described service enabler is used for the URL that carries according to described subscription request, resolves to obtain this user ID.

7. as described in claim 6, make service enabler obtain the system of user ID, it is characterized in that, also comprise Business Management Platform,

Described door is used for user ID is sent to Business Management Platform, and user's subscription request is sent to Business Management Platform;

Described Business Management Platform carries out the order relations authentication according to user ID, and passes through message in authentication by returning authentication to door.

8. as described in claim 6, make service enabler obtain the system of user ID, it is characterized in that,

Described door after user's login, sends to terminal with the class of business on it, and then shows the user; According to user-selected class of business, to terminal browser Returning catalogue index;

Described terminal is used in the embedded portal address of terminal browser, and the user is according to this address login door; Be used for selecting the request of needed business to send to door the user; Be used for the user is sent to door according to the subscription request that directory index carries out.

9. as described in arbitrary in the claim 6 to 8, make service enabler obtain the system of user ID, it is characterized in that,

Described user ID comprises user name and/or user account number.

10. as described in claim 6, make service enabler obtain the system of user ID, it is characterized in that,

Described system applies is in communication network, when in the mobile communications network that is applied to comprise Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, the corresponding relation of user ID and IP address is kept at Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, described terminal is initiated to the request content of service enabler by Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, carries described URL in described request.

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