Rights management methods, communication apparatus and storage medium

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are rights management methods and apparatuses, and a storage medium. A rights management method comprises: a first network element acquires rights information data; and the first network element generates a rights policy rule on the basis of the rights information data.

Description

Equity management method, communication device and storage medium

[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202410385291.4, filed on March 28, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a rights management method, a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0003] In traditional communication networks, network participants (i.e., network entities) are primarily wireless communication network operators, equipment vendors, and users. Wireless communication network operators provide spectrum resources and communication connectivity services, equipment vendors provide network equipment, and users pay for spectrum resources and communication connectivity services.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] In one aspect, a rights management method is provided, which is applied to a first network element. The rights management method includes: acquiring rights information data; and generating rights policy rules based on the rights information data.

[0006] On the other hand, a rights management method is provided, which is applied to a second network element. The rights management method includes: determining rights information data; and sending the rights information data to a first network element.

[0007] In another aspect, a rights management device is provided, which is applied to a first network element. The rights management device includes: a communication module for acquiring rights information data; and a processing module for generating rights policy rules based on the rights information data.

[0008] In another aspect, a rights management device is provided, which is applied to a third network element. The rights management device includes: a determination module, configured to determine rights information data; and a communication module, configured to send the rights information data to the first network element.

[0009] In another aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a memory and a processor. The memory is coupled to the processor; the memory is configured to store computer program instructions executable by the processor; and the processor implements the aforementioned equity management method when executing the computer program instructions.

[0010] In another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein computer program instructions are stored on the computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program instructions are executed on a computer (eg, a rights management device or a communication device), the above-mentioned rights management method is implemented.

[0011] In another aspect, a computer program product is provided, which includes computer program instructions, and the computer program instructions implement the above-mentioned equity management method when executed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0013] FIG2 is a flowchart of a rights management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0014] FIG3 is a flowchart of another equity management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0015] FIG4 is a schematic structural diagram of a rights management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG5 is a schematic structural diagram of another equity management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0019] In the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, " / " means "or", for example, A / B can mean A or B. "And / or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. Words such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order, and words such as "first" and "second" do not limit them to be necessarily different.

[0020] It should be noted that, in this disclosure, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to describe examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design described in this disclosure using words such as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be interpreted as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a concrete manner.

[0021] Equity encompasses both rights and benefits, broadly referring to the roles assigned to specific entities and the corresponding rights and benefits. For example, equity-related roles include managers, providers, users, witnesses, transactors, and platform providers. Rights associated with equity include the right to use, ownership, modification, processing, incentives, witnessing, transaction rights, security and privacy, distribution, and information. Benefits associated with equity include rewards, incentives, returns, and commissions.

[0022] Network entities possess rights and interests associated with their activities, such as providing services, using services, and providing and using resources. These entities also possess the right to security. Managing the rights and interests of network entities not only promotes fair competition and enhances trust in cooperation among network entities, but also contributes to network stability and sustainable development.

[0023] Traditional communication networks lack mechanisms for rights management, making it difficult to guarantee the rights and interests of various network entities. For example, when the network collects user measurement data, users contribute to the network but receive no corresponding rewards. Similarly, equipment vendors struggle to determine whether data generated during device development, network testing, and optimization belongs to the operator or the equipment vendor. Clearly, the rights and interests of network entities in traditional communication networks are insufficiently protected.

[0024] For example, fifth-generation mobile communication technology (5G) networks only provide communication connectivity services, with spectrum being the only commercially valuable resource. In 5G networks, the policy control function (PCF) provides control plane policies and charging rules. This involves formulating policy control and charging rules (PCC rules) and authorizing service control to the session management function (SMF) on a per-service data flow (SDF) basis. However, PCC rules are only used for user access restriction based on subscription information, service control for quality of service assurance, and traffic statistics and billing. In 5G, the unified data repository (UDR) stores user subscription data, policy data related to session control and charging, and publicly accessible structured data. Based on this policy data, the PCF formulates session control-related policy rules. Furthermore, 5G uses the network data analytics function (NWDAF) to collect communication data. It can be seen that 5G does not specifically collect, analyze, store, or formulate specific rights and interests information data. This makes the behavior of network entities in the network lack of rights and interests protection, and it is difficult for network entities to obtain reasonable returns for their contributions to the network.

[0025] The future sixth-generation mobile communication technology (6G) network will involve a vast array of network entities, and rights and interests will become even more prominent. 6G network entities include not only communication network operators, equipment vendors, individual consumers, and industry users, but may also include satellite network operators, network virtual operators, third-party application providers, and self-built network providers. Network entities also play a variety of roles within the network, such as providing services, providing resources, utilizing network services, using network resources, and ensuring resource transactions. As can be seen, the number of network entities is increasing, and their roles within the network are becoming increasingly complex.

[0026] 6G networks will provide comprehensive services across multiple capabilities, including communications, perception, computing, intelligence, and security and trust. Commercially valuable resources in 6G networks include not only spectrum resources but also data, computing power, and storage resources. These services and resources can be traded and monetized as assets, potentially involving both commercial value transactions and the verification of ownership rights. The 5G standard lacks data collection and storage related to rights and interests, nor does it include rights and interests policy rules. This results in a lack of comprehensive rights and interests management mechanisms in current communication networks, resulting in inadequate protection of the rights and interests of network participants. Therefore, a clear rights and interests management mechanism is needed to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of network participants.

[0027] In light of this, the present disclosure proposes a rights management method, comprising: obtaining rights information data by a first network element; and generating rights policy rules based on the rights information data, thereby ensuring the real-time and accuracy of the rights policy rules. Furthermore, the rights policy rules generated based on the rights information data can better meet the actual needs of rights holders, thereby better protecting the legitimate rights and interests of rights holders and maintaining network fairness.

[0028] The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various mobile communication networks, for example, mobile communication networks using 5G new radio (NR), future mobile communication networks, or systems integrating multiple communication technologies, etc., and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

[0029] For example, FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG1 , a 5G network may include user equipment (UE), radio access network (RAN) equipment, user plane function (UPF), access and mobility management function (AMF), authentication server function (AUSF), network slice selection function (NSSF), network exposure function (NEF), network function repository function (NRF), unified data management function (UDM), UDR, application function (AF) or charging function (CHF), etc.

[0030] As shown in Figure 1, the terminal device accesses the 5G network through the RAN device. The terminal device communicates with the AMF through the N1 interface (referred to as N1); the RAN device communicates with the AMF through the N2 interface (referred to as N2); the RAN device communicates with the UPF through the N3 interface (referred to as N3); the SMF communicates with the UPF through the N4 interface (referred to as N4), and the UPF accesses the data network through the N6 interface (referred to as N6). In addition, the control plane functions shown in Figure 1, such as AUSF, AMF, SMF, NSSF, NEF, NRF, PCF, UDM, UDR, CHF, or AF, interact using service-based interfaces. For example, the service interface provided by AUSF to the outside world is Nausf; the service interface provided by AMF to the outside world is Namf; the service interface provided by SMF to the outside world is Nsmf; the service interface provided by NSSF to the outside world is Nnssf; the service interface provided by NEF to the outside world is Nnef; the service interface provided by NRF to the outside world is Nnrf; the service interface provided by PCF to the outside world is Npcf; the service interface provided by UDM to the outside world is Nudm; the service interface provided by UDR to the outside world is Nudr; the service interface provided by CHF to the outside world is Nchf; and the service interface provided by AF to the outside world is Naf.

[0031] In some embodiments, the terminal device can be a device with wireless transceiver capabilities, which can be deployed on land (including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable, or vehicle-mounted); can also be deployed on the water (such as ships, etc.); can also be deployed in the air (for example, on airplanes, balloons, and satellites, etc.). The terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical care, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the application scenarios. The terminal may sometimes also be referred to as a user, user equipment, access terminal, UE unit, UE station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, UE terminal, wireless communication equipment, UE agent or UE device, etc., which is not limited to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0032] The application scenarios of the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited. The system architecture and business scenarios described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is known to those skilled in the art that with the evolution of network architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0033] The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a rights management method, which is applied to a first network element. As shown in FIG2 , the rights management method includes the following steps S101 and S102 .

[0034] In S101, the first network element obtains rights information data.

[0035] In some embodiments, the rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: user identity attribute data, package information data, business rule policy data, point reward data, alliance data, and transaction data.

[0036] User identity attribute data includes user account, membership level, age, gender, and the business entity data to which network elements in the network belong. This data can be used to determine the specific rights and restrictions of network entities and verify the legitimacy of network entities.

[0037] Package information data includes the type of package subscribed by the user, traffic limit, call duration, data rate, etc. These data are related to the user's service rights.

[0038] Business rule policy data includes usage restrictions, priority settings, promotional activities, and other data for specific services, in order to regulate and guide users' business usage behavior.

[0039] Points reward data includes data such as users’ reward points and redemption rules, which are used to motivate users’ participation and consumption behavior.

[0040] Alliance data includes data on cooperation between network entities, such as cooperation rights and interests agreements, preferential information, etc.

[0041] Transaction data includes data related to the transaction platform, transaction object, transaction content, etc.

[0042] Benefit information data may also include other data beyond the aforementioned types. For example, benefit information data may include personalized data and time-limited data. Personalized data includes user preferences, personalized recommendations, and other data to provide services and experiences that better meet user needs. Time-limited data includes data related to specific timeframes or expiration dates that may be set by benefit policies to control benefit usage and expiration management.

[0043] In some embodiments, the first network element obtains the rights and interests information data, including: the first network element receives the rights and interests information data sent by the second network element; or the first network element accesses the second network element and receives the rights and interests information data sent by the second network element.

[0044] In some embodiments, receiving the rights and interests information data sent by the second network element includes at least one of the following: the first network element retrieves the data stored by the second network element to obtain the rights and interests information data of the second network element; the first network element receives the rights and interests information data subscribed to in the second network element; the first network element receives the rights and interests information data change notification sent by the second network element, and the rights and interests information data change notification includes the rights and interests information data.

[0045] In some embodiments, before receiving the rights and interests information data sent by the second network element, the rights and interests management method also includes at least one of the following: the first network element sends a retrieval request message to the second network element, and the retrieval request message is used to request to retrieve and obtain the rights and interests information data; the first network element sends a rights and interests information data subscription request message to the second network element, and the subscription request message is used to request the second network element to send rights and interests information data to the first network element; the first network element sends a rights and interests information data registration request message to the second network element, and the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights and interests information data from the first network element.

[0046] In some embodiments, the first network element obtaining the rights information data includes: triggering the first network element to obtain the rights information data when a preset condition is met. The preset condition includes at least one of the following: session establishment, terminal context establishment, and task establishment.

[0047] By setting pre-set conditions, the first network element can precisely trigger the acquisition of equity information data when specific scenarios and needs are met. This triggering mechanism ensures real-time and targeted data acquisition, allowing the first network element to obtain the latest data most relevant to the current operation or task at critical moments.

[0048] In some embodiments, the first network element obtains the equity information data, including: the first network element periodically obtains the equity information data.

[0049] In some embodiments, a first network element transmits equity information data to a second network element so that the second network element can obtain and store the equity information data. For example, after analyzing and deciding equity policy rules, the first network element may generate new equity information data that needs to be transmitted to the second network element for storage. For example, the first network element receives equity information data from other network elements and needs to transmit it to the second network element for storage.

[0050] In S102, the first network element generates a rights policy rule based on the rights information data.

[0051] Equity policy rules are the basis for determining the rights and interests of network entities (also known as stakeholder entities), dividing their rights and interests, and conducting network value transactions. Equity policy rules can be used to determine whether network entities are legitimate, what rights and interests they possess, and how they conduct transactions.

[0052] In some embodiments, the rights and interests are the rights and interests of the network subject. The network subject is qualified to obtain the rights and interests, or the network subject may correspond to a commercial subject that conducts commercial activities in the network.

[0053] For example, the rights and interests may be the rights and interests of the first network element, the second network element, the third network element, or other network elements in the network; or the rights and interests may be the rights and interests of the business entities corresponding to the first network element, the second network element, the third network element, or other network elements in the network. Business entities corresponding to other network elements in the network include equipment manufacturers, service providers, content providers, etc.

[0054] For example, equity strategy rules correspond to laws and regulations to stipulate the equity qualifications of network entities.

[0055] In some embodiments, equity policy rules correspond to contractual agreements, specifying the profit sharing among network entities. Alternatively, equity policy rules are one or more sets of equity-related information. Equity-related information can provide equity control parameters or equity support parameters. Alternatively, equity policy rules contain one or more rules. Each equity policy rule contains multiple equity-related information elements. Equity-related information elements include, for example, an equity policy rule identifier, a network equity entity identifier, and the equity details held by the network equity entity.

[0056] In some embodiments, the equity policy rules include at least one of the following: equity subject policy rules, equity division policy rules, and equity transaction policy rules.

[0057] In some embodiments, stakeholder policy rules are used to ensure the legitimacy of network stakeholder rights and interests and prevent illegal or non-compliant entities from obtaining stakeholder rights and interests. These rules may include at least one of the following: subject qualification determination, subject legitimacy determination, laws and regulations, contractual agreements, and subject identity verification.

[0058] In some embodiments, the equity division policy rules are used to divide the equity of network entities. The equity division policy rules include at least one of the following: ownership rights of resources, modification rights of resources, use rights of resources, ownership rights of assets, modification rights of assets, use rights of assets, ownership rights of services, modification rights of services, use rights of services, network information rights, network modification rights, incentives to be obtained, rewards to be obtained, and share of profits to be obtained.

[0059] In some embodiments, equity trading policy rules are used to define the rules that both parties must follow during a transaction. These rules may include at least one of the following: third-party certification, trading platform, transaction cycle, transaction revocability, scoring strategy, ledger selection, whether privacy protection is required, and the degree of privacy protection.

[0060] It is understandable that the equity subject management strategy, equity division strategy rules, and equity trading strategy rules are not limited to the above-mentioned contents, but may also include other contents in addition to the above-mentioned contents, and this disclosure does not limit this.

[0061] In some embodiments, the first network element is one of the following: a policy control function (PCF), an equity policy rule formulation network element, and a policy generation network element.

[0062] In some embodiments, the second network element is one of the following: a unified data repository function (UDR), a unified data management function (UDM), a data storage network element, a network data analysis network element (NWDAF), a data collection network element, and a data analysis network element.

[0063] Based on this, we obtain equity information data and generate equity policy rules based on this data, ensuring the real-time and accuracy of equity policy rules. At the same time, the equity policy rules generated based on equity information data can better meet the actual needs of equity holders, thereby better protecting the legitimate rights and interests of equity holders and maintaining network fairness.

[0064] The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another equity management method, which is applied to a second network element. As shown in FIG3 , the equity management method includes the following steps S201 and S202 .

[0065] In S201 , the second network element determines rights information data.

[0066] In some embodiments, the rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: user identity attribute data, package information data, business rule policy data, point reward data, alliance data, and transaction platform data.

[0067] In some embodiments, the second network element determining the equity information data includes at least one of the following: the second network element receiving the equity information data; and the second network element storing the equity information data.

[0068] In some embodiments, the second network element receives the rights and interests information data, including: the second network element receives the rights and interests information data sent by the first network element or the third network element.

[0069] The first network element may be a network element that formulates equity policy rules. The third network element may be a network element that provides equity information data through data collection and / or data analysis. The third network element may also be a network element that provides equity information data transfer. The third network element may also be a network element that provides feedback on its own equity information data.

[0070] In some embodiments, the second network element periodically determines the equity information data.

[0071] In S202, the second network element sends rights information data to the first network element.

[0072] In some embodiments, the second network element sends the rights and interests information data, including at least one of the following: the second network element receives an access request from the first network element and sends the rights and interests information data; the second network element sends the rights and interests information data based on the first network element's subscription information for the rights and interests information data; the second network element sends a rights and interests information data change notification to the first network element, and the rights and interests information data change notification includes the rights and interests information data.

[0073] In some embodiments, before the second network element sends the rights and interests information data, it also includes executing at least one of the following: the second network element receives a retrieval request message sent by the first network element, and the retrieval request message is used to request to retrieve and obtain the rights and interests information data; the second network element receives a rights and interests information data subscription request message sent by the first network element, and the subscription request message is used to request the second network element to send the rights and interests information data to the first network element; the second network element receives a rights and interests information data registration request message sent by the first network element, and the registration request message is used by the first network element to request the second network element to store the rights and interests information data from the first network element; the second network element receives a rights and interests information data registration request message sent by the third network element, and the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights and interests information data from the third network element.

[0074] In some embodiments, the second network element is one of the following: UDR, UDM, data storage network element, NWDAF, data collection network element, data analysis network element.

[0075] In some embodiments, the first network element is one of the following: a PCF, an equity policy rule formulation network element, and a policy generation network element.

[0076] In some embodiments, the third network element is one of the following: NWDAF, data collection network element, data analysis network element, core network element, access network element.

[0077] Based on this, the second network element is responsible for determining the data and sending the rights information data, which greatly reduces the burden on the first network element, allowing the first network element to focus more on processing and analyzing the received rights information data and generating rights policy rules, thereby improving the efficiency of generating rights policy rules.

[0078] For example, the first network element is a PCF and the second network element is a UDR. The UDR can receive and store network rights information data. This rights information data may come from the PCF or other network elements in the core network (such as NWDAF, NEF, AF). The PCF accesses the UDR when formulating rights policy rules. By searching the data stored in the UDR, the PCF obtains the required rights information data. Based on the rights information data, the PCF formulates rights policy rules.

[0079] For example, when the PCF receives a user's rights request or triggers a specific business scenario, it sends a query request to the UDR, specifying the rights information data it needs to obtain. Upon receiving the request, the UDR retrieves and extracts the relevant rights information data and returns it to the PCF. After receiving the rights information data, the PCF analyzes and makes decisions based on the rights policy rules and generates them. This collaborative work ensures that users enjoy personalized and differentiated rights within the network, improving user satisfaction and network efficiency.

[0080] As another example, the first network element is a policy generation network element, the second network element is a data storage network element, and the third network element is a data collection network element. The data collection network element collects and processes the rights and interests information data in the network. The rights and interests information data may be distributed in multiple network elements of the network, or may be data imported by the operator itself or data from operation administration and maintenance (OAM). The data collection network element sends the rights and interests information data to the data storage network element for storage. The policy generation network element accesses the data storage network element to obtain the required rights and interests information data. Based on the obtained rights and interests information data, the policy generation network element formulates rights and interests policy rules. In some embodiments, the data storage network element and the data collection network element can be the same network element or two different network elements.

[0081] As another example, different network entities within a network may have different rights and interests. Protecting the rights and interests of each network entity requires analyzing and processing rights and interests information to generate rights and interests policy rules, enabling the network to control and manage rights and interests based on these rights and interests policy rules. In addition to generating rights and interests policy rules for users, rights and interests policy rules can also be generated for operators, enterprises, and network owners.

[0082] For example, in a consortium network scenario, large networks built by operators (referred to as large networks), enterprise networks, personal networks, and small networks such as home networks can provide resources and services to each other. Relevant rights and interests information data of network entities at the operator, enterprise, individual, and home levels can be collected, analyzed, and stored, and rights and interests policy rules can be generated based on the stored rights and interests information data.

[0083] For example, in satellite-ground integration scenarios, mutual cooperation between satellite network operators and ground operators, as well as between different satellite network operators and different ground operators, requires clear definition of the rights and interests of each party. Relevant rights and interests information data of each operator as a network entity can be collected, analyzed, and stored, and rights and interests policy rules can be generated based on the stored rights and interests data.

[0084] The above mainly introduces the solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure from the perspective of method. A rights management device is also shown below. The rights management device is used to execute the rights management method of any of the above embodiments and their implementations. The rights management device is used to execute the rights management method of any of the above embodiments and their implementations.

[0085] It is understandable that, in order to implement the equity management method, the equity management device includes hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in combination with the algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the preset application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each preset application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0086] The embodiments of the present disclosure can divide the functional modules of the rights management device according to the above-mentioned method embodiments. For example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one functional module. The above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or software. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiments of the present disclosure is schematic and is only a logical functional division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation. The following is an example of dividing each functional module corresponding to each function.

[0087] 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a rights management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to a first network element. The rights management device 400 includes: a communication module 401 and a processing module 402.

[0088] The communication module 401 is used to obtain equity information data.

[0089] The processing module 402 is configured to generate equity policy rules based on the equity information data.

[0090] In some embodiments, the communication module 401 is used, for example, to: receive rights information data sent by the second network element; or access the second network element and receive rights information data sent by the second network element.

[0091] In some embodiments, receiving rights and interests information data sent by a second network element includes at least one of the following: retrieving data stored by the second network element to obtain the rights and interests information data of the second network element; receiving rights and interests information data subscribed to by the second network element; and receiving a rights and interests information data change notification sent by the second network element, wherein the rights and interests information data change notification includes the rights and interests information data. In some embodiments, before receiving the rights and interests information data sent by the second network element, the communication module 401, for example, is used to perform at least one of the following: sending a retrieval request message to the second network element, the retrieval request message being used to request retrieval and acquisition of the rights and interests information data; sending a rights and interests information data subscription request message to the second network element, the subscription request message being used to request the second network element to send rights and interests information data to the first network element; and sending a rights and interests information data registration request message to the second network element, the registration request message being used to request the second network element to store the rights and interests information data from the first network element.

[0092] In some embodiments, the communication module 401 is configured to, for example, trigger the first network element to obtain the equity information data when a preset condition is met, wherein the preset condition includes at least one of the following: session establishment, terminal context establishment, and task establishment.

[0093] In some embodiments, the rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: user identity attribute data, package information data, business rule policy data, point reward data, alliance data, and transaction data.

[0094] In some embodiments, the equity policy rules include at least one of the following: equity subject policy rules, equity division policy rules, and equity transaction policy rules.

[0095] In some embodiments, the stakeholder policy rules are used to ensure the legitimacy of the stakeholder rights in the network. The stakeholder policy rules include at least one of the following: stakeholder qualification determination, stakeholder legitimacy determination, laws and regulations, contractual agreements, and stakeholder identity verification.

[0096] In some embodiments, the equity division policy rules are used to divide the equity of network entities. The equity division policy rules include at least one of the following: ownership rights of resources, modification rights of resources, use rights of resources, ownership rights of assets, modification rights of assets, use rights of assets, ownership rights of services, modification rights of services, use rights of services, network information rights, network modification rights, incentives to be obtained, rewards to be obtained, and share of profits to be obtained.

[0097] In some embodiments, equity trading policy rules are used to define the rules that both parties must follow during a transaction. These rules may include at least one of the following: third-party certification, trading platform, transaction cycle, transaction revocability, scoring strategy, ledger selection, whether privacy protection is required, and the degree of privacy protection.

[0098] In some embodiments, the communication module 401 is further configured to send equity information data to the second network element.

[0099] In some embodiments, the first network element is one of the following: a policy control function (PCF), an equity policy rule formulation network element, and a policy generation network element.

[0100] In some embodiments, the second network element is one of the following: a unified data repository function (UDR), a unified data management function (UDM), a data storage network element, a network data analysis network element (NWDAF), a data collection network element, and a data analysis network element.

[0101] 5 is a schematic diagram of another equity management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to a second network element. The equity management device 500 includes: a determination module 501 and a communication module 502.

[0102] The determination module 501 is used to determine the equity information data.

[0103] The communication module 502 is configured to send the rights information data to the first network element.

[0104] In some embodiments, the communication module 502, before sending the rights and interests information data, is further used to perform at least one of the following: receiving a retrieval request message sent by the first network element, the retrieval request message is used to request to retrieve and obtain the rights and interests information data; receiving a rights and interests information data subscription request message sent by the first network element, the subscription request message is used to request the second network element to send the rights and interests information data to the first network element; receiving a rights and interests information data registration request message sent by the first network element, the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights and interests information data from the first network element; receiving a rights and interests information data registration request message sent by the third network element, the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights and interests information data from the third network element.

[0105] In some embodiments, the communication module 502 is used, for example, for at least one of the following: receiving an access request from the first network element and sending rights information data; sending rights information data according to the subscription information of the first network element to the rights information data; and sending a rights information data change notification to the first network element, wherein the rights information data change notification includes the rights information data.

[0106] In some embodiments, the determination module 501 is configured to, for example, perform at least one of the following: receive equity information data; and store equity information data.

[0107] In some embodiments, the communication module 502 is, for example, configured to receive equity information data sent by the first network element or the third network element.

[0108] In some embodiments, the rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: user identity attribute data, package information data, business rule policy data, point reward data, alliance data, and transaction platform data.

[0109] In some embodiments, the second network element is one of the following: UDR, UDM, data storage network element, NWDAF, data collection network element, data analysis network element.

[0110] In some embodiments, the first network element is one of the following: a PCF, an equity policy rule formulation network element, and a policy generation network element.

[0111] In some embodiments, the third network element is one of the following: NWDAF, data collection network element, data analysis network element, core network element, access network element.

[0112] In the case of implementing the functions of the aforementioned integrated modules in hardware, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device structure for executing the equity management method provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6 , the communication device 600 includes: a communication interface 603, a processor 602, and a bus 604. In some embodiments, the communication device may also include a memory 601.

[0113] The processor 602 may implement or execute the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 602 may be a central processing unit, a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof, and may implement or execute the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 602 may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP (digital signal processor) and a microprocessor, and the like.

[0114] The communication interface 603 is used to connect to other devices via a communication network, such as Ethernet, wireless access network, or wireless local area network (WLAN).

[0115] The memory 601 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto.

[0116] As an implementation, memory 601 may exist independently of processor 602. Memory 601 may be connected to processor 602 via bus 604 and used to store instructions or program code. When processor 602 calls and executes the instructions or program code stored in memory 601, the equity management method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented.

[0117] In another implementation, the memory 601 may also be integrated with the processor 602 .

[0118] Bus 604 can be an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, etc. Bus 604 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, FIG6 shows only one thick line, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or only one type of bus.

[0119] Some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium). The computer-readable storage medium stores computer program instructions. When the computer program instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the equity management method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0120] In an exemplary embodiment, the computer may be the aforementioned communication device, and the present disclosure does not limit the specific form of the computer.

[0121] In some examples, the computer-readable storage media described above may include, but are not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disks, floppy disks, or magnetic tapes), optical disks (e.g., compact disks (CDs), digital versatile disks (DVDs), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), cards, sticks, or key drives, etc.). The various computer-readable storage media described in this disclosure may represent one or more devices and / or other machine-readable storage media for storing information. The term "machine-readable storage medium" may include, but is not limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and / or carrying instructions and / or data.

[0122] The present disclosure provides a computer program product comprising instructions. When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the equity management method described in any one of the above embodiments.

[0123] The technical solution provided by the disclosed embodiments ensures the real-time and accuracy of equity policy rules by acquiring equity information data and generating equity policy rules based on that data. Furthermore, the equity policy rules generated based on equity information data can better meet the actual needs of equity holders, thereby better protecting the legitimate rights and interests of equity holders and maintaining network fairness.

[0124] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A rights management method, applied to a first network element, comprising: Obtain equity information data; Equity policy rules are generated based on the equity information data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The obtaining of the equity information data includes: receiving the rights information data sent by the second network element; or, Access the second network element and receive the rights and interests information data sent by the second network element.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The receiving the rights information data sent by the second network element includes at least one of the following: Retrieving data stored in the second network element to obtain rights and interests information data of the second network element; receiving rights information data subscribed to in the second network element; Receive a rights information data change notification sent by the second network element, where the rights information data change notification includes the rights information data.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein: Before receiving the rights information data sent by the second network element, the method further includes at least one of the following: Sending a search request message to the second network element, where the search request message is used to request to retrieve and obtain the rights information data; Sending a rights information data subscription request message to the second network element, where the subscription request message is used to request the second network element to send the rights information data to the first network element; Sending a rights information data registration request message to the second network element, where the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights information data from the first network element.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein The obtaining of the equity information data includes: When a preset condition is met, the first network element is triggered to obtain the rights information data; the preset condition includes at least one of the following: session establishment, terminal context establishment, and task establishment.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein The rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: user identity attribute data, package information data, business rule strategy data, point reward data, alliance data, and transaction data.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein The equity strategy rules include at least one of the following: equity subject strategy rules, equity division strategy rules, and equity transaction strategy rules.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The equity subject policy rules are used to ensure the legitimacy of the subject's rights and interests in the network. The equity subject policy rules include at least one of the following: subject qualification judgment, subject legitimacy judgment, laws and regulations, contractual agreements, and subject identity verification.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The rights and interests division strategy rules are used to divide the rights and interests of network entities, and the rights and interests division strategy rules include at least one of the following: ownership rights of resources, modification rights of resources, use rights of resources, ownership rights of assets, modification rights of assets, use rights of assets, ownership rights of services, modification rights of services, use rights of services, network information rights, network modification rights, incentives to be obtained, rewards to be obtained, and shares to be obtained.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The equity trading strategy rules are used to specify the rules that both parties must follow during the transaction process. The equity trading strategy rules include at least one of the following: third-party certification, trading platform, transaction cycle, whether the transaction is revocable, scoring strategy, ledger selection, whether privacy protection is required, and the degree of privacy protection.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: Send the rights and interests information data to the second network element.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein The first network element is one of the following: a policy control function PCF, a rights and interests policy rule formulation network element, and a policy generation network element.

13. The method according to claim 2 or 11, wherein: The second network element is one of the following: a unified data warehouse function UDR, a unified data management function UDM, a data storage network element, a network data analysis network element NWDAF, a data collection network element, and a data analysis network element.

14. A rights management method, applied to a second network element, comprising: Determine equity information data; Send the rights and interests information data to the first network element.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein Before sending the rights and interests information data, the method further includes at least one of the following: receiving a search request message sent by the first network element, where the search request message is used to request to search for and obtain the rights information data; receiving a rights information data subscription request message sent by the first network element, where the subscription request message is used to request the second network element to send the rights information data to the first network element; receiving a rights information data registration request message sent by the first network element, where the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights information data from the first network element; A rights information data registration request message sent by a third network element is received, where the registration request message is used to request the second network element to store the rights information data from the third network element.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: The sending of the rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: receiving an access request from the first network element and sending the rights and interests information data; Sending the rights and interests information data according to subscription information of the first network element to the rights and interests information data; Sending a rights information data change notification to the first network element, where the rights information data change notification includes the rights information data.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein: Determining the equity information data includes at least one of the following: receiving the equity information data; The equity information data is stored.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein The receiving the rights and interests information data includes: Receive the rights and interests information data sent by the first network element or the third network element.

19. The method according to claim 14, wherein The rights and interests information data includes at least one of the following: user identity attribute data, package information data, business rule strategy data, point reward data, alliance data, and transaction platform data.

20. The method according to claim 14, wherein The second network element is one of the following: a unified data warehouse function UDR, a unified data management function UDM, a data storage network element, a network data analysis network element NWDAF, a data collection network element, and a data analysis network element.

21. The method according to claim 14, wherein The first network element is one of the following: a policy control function PCF, a rights and interests policy rule formulation network element, and a policy generation network element.

22. The method according to claim 15 or 18, wherein The third network element is one of the following: NWDAF, data collection network element, data analysis network element, core network element, access network element.

23. A communication device comprising: A memory and a processor; wherein the memory is coupled to the processor; the memory is used to store instructions executable by the processor; when the processor executes the instructions, it performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 22.

24. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein: The computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 22.

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