System and method for managing registration of services for an electronic device
View Patent ↗The present disclosure described herein relates to a device and method for managing access to a server. The method comprises: receiving a request from the device for access to servers in a network; generating and sending access requests to servers from an interface entity, where the access requests are produced from analyzing at least one capability of the device; monitoring for responses from the servers to the access requests; extracting access information from the responses; and generating and sending a response to the request for access to the device, the response including the access information from the responses from the servers.
1. A method for managing access to a server in a network for a wireless electronic device through an interface server in said network, said method comprising:
after receiving at said interface server a request from said device for access to servers in said network, identifying a capability of said device and analyzing said capability with operating parameters of said or servers to identify a set of said servers that are compatible with said capability;
sending access requests from said interface server to said set of said servers;
monitoring for responses from said set of said servers to said access requests;
generating and sending a response to said device providing information relating to said responses;
receiving updated information regarding a current capability of said device;
analyzing said updated information with operating parameters of said servers to identify a second set of said servers that are compatible with said updated information;
generating and sending supplemental access requests to said second set of said servers;
monitoring for second responses from said second set of said servers to said supplemental access requests; and
generating and sending a supplemental response to said device providing information relating to said second responses from said second set of said servers.
2. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
said request from said device is provided in a session initiation protocol (SIP) message; and
said response to said request is provided in another SIP message.
3. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said response aggregates said information relating to said responses from said set of servers.
4. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said capability of said device is identified by analyzing data in said request or other data.
5. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said device generates said request when said device enters said network.
6. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said analyzing said capability with operating parameters of said servers identifies a server that was not included in said request from said device.
7. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said updated information is provided from a message from said device.
8. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein data relating to said operating parameters of said servers is provided to said interface server from a presence server in said network.
9. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said interface server provides network server information received from said presence server to said device.
10. The method for managing access to a server in a network as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said capability is a voice communication capability and one of said servers is a voice mail server.
11. An interface server for managing access to a server in a network for an electronic device, said interface server comprising:
a connection to servers in said network;
a communication link to said device;
a microprocessor;
an analysis module providing instructions to said microprocessor
to identify servers to associate with said device after analyzing a capability of said device with operating parameters of said servers; and
to analyze updated information relating to said device with operating parameters of said servers to identify a second set of said servers that are compatible with said updated information; and
a server communication module providing instructions to said microprocessor
to receive a request from said device for access to one or more of said servers and extract any data relating to said capability of said device from said request;
to send access requests to said servers for said device based on said request;
to monitor for responses from said servers to said access requests;
to generate and send a response to said device providing information relating to said responses from said servers;
to receive said updated information regarding a current capability of said device;
to generate and send a second set of access requests to said second set of said servers;
to monitor for second responses from said second set of said servers to said second set of access requests; and
to generate and send a second response to said device providing information relating to said second responses from said second set of said servers.
12. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein data relating to said operating parameters of said servers is provided to said interface server from a presence server in said network.
13. The interface server as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said interface server provides network server information received from said presence server to said device.
14. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein:
said request from said device is provided in a session initiation protocol (SIP) message; and
said response to said request is provided in another SIP message.
15. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said response aggregates said information relating to said responses from said servers.
16. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein when said analysis module analyzes said capability with operating parameters of said servers a server that was not included in said request from said device is identified.
17. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , said updated information is provided from a message from said device.
18. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein data relating to said operating parameters of said servers is provided to said interface server from a presence server in said network.
19. The interface server as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said interface server provides network server information received from said presence server to said device.
20. The interface server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said capability is a voice communication capability and one of said servers is a voice mail server.