Method for retrieving service capability of a group of contacts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9667691-B2
Application number	US-201414549341-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2014
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A method of retrieving service capability in bulk is provided. The method includes a client sending a request to create a group of contacts whose service capability is desired to an application server. The application server sends a response to the client indicating that the group of contacts has been created. The client then sends a request to retrieve the service capability of each of the contacts within the group to the application server. The application server sends a response identifying the service capability of each of the contacts within the group to the client.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method of retrieving service capability in bulk, comprising:
receiving, from a representational state transfer (REST) client, a request to create a group of contacts whose service capability is desired;
sending, to the REST client, a response indicating that the group of contacts has been created;
receiving, from the REST client, a request to retrieve the service capability of each of the contacts within the group; and
sending, to the REST client, a response identifying the service capability of each of the contacts within the group, wherein the response includes a default service capability for each of the contacts within the group whose service capability was not able to be retrieved.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of contacts corresponds to all contacts stored by the REST client.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of contacts includes all contacts in a phone book of the REST client.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of contacts is based on a current use of a same application by the contacts and the REST client.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of contacts is based on one of a common geographic area of the contacts and the REST client and a proximity of the contacts to the REST client.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of contacts is based on a common membership of the contacts and the REST client.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service capability is one of a chat capability and a file transfer capability.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to create the group of contacts comprises a Hypertext Protocol (HTTP) POST message.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to retrieve the service capability of each of the contacts within the group of contacts comprises a Hypertext Protocol (HTTP) GET message.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the contacts is a mobile phone.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the contacts is a mobile phone.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating the group of contacts based on the request and retrieving, from a contact application server corresponding to each of the contacts, the service capability of the contacts within the group.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving the service capability of less than all of the contacts within the group.

14. A method of retrieving service capability in bulk, comprising:
sending, to an application server, a request to create a group of contacts whose service capability is desired;
receiving, from the application server, a response indicating that the group of contacts has been created;
sending, to the application server, a request to retrieve the service capability of each of the contacts within the group; and
receiving, from the application server, a response identifying the service capability of each of the contacts within the group, wherein the response includes a default service capability for each of the contacts within the group whose service capability was not able to be retrieved.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the group of contacts corresponds to all contacts stored by a representational state transfer (REST) client.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the group of contacts includes all contacts in a phone book of a representational state transfer (REST) client.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the service capability is one of a chat capability and a file transfer capability, and wherein one or more of the contacts is a mobile phone.

18. An application server, comprising:
a processor operably coupled to a memory, and
a bulk service capability module stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, is configured to:
receive, from a representational state transfer (REST) client, a request to create a group of contacts whose service capability is desired;
create the group of contacts based on the request;
send, to the REST client, a response indicating that the group of contacts has been created;
receive, from the REST client, a request to retrieve the service capability of each of the contacts within the group;
retrieve, from a contact application server corresponding to each of the contacts, the service capability of the contacts within the group; and
send, to the REST client, a response identifying the service capability of each of the contacts within the group, wherein the response includes a default service capability for each of the contacts within the group whose service capability was not able to be retrieved.

19. The application server of claim 18 , wherein the group of contacts corresponds to the contacts saved in a phone book of the REST client, and wherein the service capability is one of a chat capability and a file transfer capability.

20. The application server of claim 18 , wherein one or more of the contacts is a mobile phone.

Assignees

• Futurewei Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Ding Xinmin
• Gan Yilin

Classifications

• H04L65/1016

  IP multimedia subsystem [IMS] · CPC title

• H04W4/08

  User group management · CPC title

• H04L65/1063

  Application servers providing network services (systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42) · CPC title

• H04L67/02 Primary

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04W4/001

  Electricity · mapped topic