Application Configuration Pre-Creation for Subscription Data Queries

Solution Overview

Problem

The query efficiency of subscription data for application function network elements is low, affecting service experience due to the increasing scale of terminal device data, especially for third-party elements that require user consent checks through network exposure function network elements.

Innovation Solution

A method for creating application configuration information by a data management network element, pre-creating this information based on identification information of application function network elements, allowing for efficient querying and reducing the need to individually check all subscription data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the data management network element queries all subscription data one by one based on terminal device identification information, then the query process is thorough and accurate, but the query efficiency is low and service experience is affected

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata query efficiencyVSAvoiddata retrieval time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-creating application configuration information that includes terminal device identification information and subscription data types before actual service requests arrive. When a service request comes, the network exposure function network element can directly query the pre-created configuration information using the identification information as an index, avoiding the need to query all subscription data one by one in real-time. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces data retrieval time and improves query efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the network exposure function network element performs user consent check by obtaining subscription data from data management network element, then the authorization check is accurate and reliable, but the service response time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthorization check accuracyVSAvoidservice response time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-creating application configuration information that includes terminal device identification information and subscription data types before actual service requests arrive. When a service request comes, the network exposure function network element can directly query the pre-created configuration information using the identification information as an index, avoiding the need to query all subscription data one by one in real-time. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces data retrieval time and improves query efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4712524A1Method for creating configuration information, and communication apparatus

Publication Date: 2026.03.18 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

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AI summary

This application provides a method for creating configuration information and a communication apparatus. A core network device (for example, a network exposure function network element or a data management network element) may pre-create application configuration information for an application function network element. The application configuration information includes subscription information of all or some terminal devices related to the application function network element. When the application function network element requests a service, the core network device may query data within a range of the application configuration information. This helps improve query efficiency compared with querying data in all subscription data.