Interworking Server for Unified OTT Access and Push
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Solution Overview
Problem
Access to multiple OTT applications is complex due to the need for separate user account information for each application, and message pushing is limited to registered and enabled terminals, lacking diversity in push occasions and manners.
Innovation Solution
An interworking server stores and manages user information to enable access to multiple OTT applications with a single set of credentials and facilitates message pushing to unregistered or unenabled terminals by selecting appropriate recipients based on user intentions and access status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate user account information is required for each OTT application, then security and application-specific authentication are improved, but access complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interworking server as an intermediary between users and multiple OTT application servers. This server stores user information and provides unified authentication, allowing users to access different OTT applications with a single set of credentials while maintaining the security requirements of each application through the intermediary's coordination
2Reliability
If message pushing is limited to registered and enabled terminals, then system security and data accuracy are improved, but message pushing versatility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The interworking server is designed to perform multiple functions: it not only authenticates users but also manages message routing to various terminals regardless of their registration or enablement status on specific OTT applications. This multi-functional approach allows the system to maintain security while expanding message pushing capabilities to diverse scenarios
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple OTT applications are accessed through separate servers, then application independence and service quality are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system architecture is segmented into independent OTT application servers that maintain their specific services and requirements, while an interworking server handles common functions like authentication and user management. This segmentation allows each application to remain independent and optimized while reducing overall complexity through functional separation
Data Source
AI summary
In the field of communications technologies, a method and an apparatus for accessing an OTT application are disclosed. By using the accessing method, a user can access multiple OTT applications by using one piece of first user information, and therefore, the user does not need to record first user information separately for each OTT application, so as to reduce complexity of accessing multiple OTT applications. Three types of methods and apparatuses for pushing a message by a server are further provided. By using the message pushing methods, a server can push a message to a terminal that registers but does not enable a related OTT application, and the server can also push a message to a terminal that does not register a corresponding OTT application, so that a terminal does not need to receive a message only if a related OTT application is enabled.