Method for providing contents in a mobile communication system and apparatus thereof

• US 10,212,052 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2016
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Yon-Hee, Oh, Tae-Ho, Cha, Young In, Nam, Gi-Seon, Kwon, O-Hyon
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US15/243,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20160373316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5045 Making service definitions prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/844 Message, e.g. SMS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising searching subscriber information of client information of the mobile terminal connected with a wireless internet, performing an authentication of the subscriber information, transmitting an inquiry message as to whether to be affiliated with a wireless internet to the mobile terminal in the case that a subscriber has a due right but didn'"'"'t register to a wireless internet in the authenticating result, and automatically affiliating with a wireless internet in the case that a terminal of the subscriber receives an agreement message of an affiliation with a wireless internet. The automatically affiliating with a wireless internet comprising generating a predetermined provisional data for affiliating except for the subscriber information and apparatus information of the subscriber terminal of data requested in case of being affiliated with the wireless internet.

Claims

1. A method for an integrating and managing apparatus to manage contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a content providing apparatus, an inquiry request corresponding to a service offered by the content providing apparatus;

responding to an inquiry request related to a service provision using the content providing apparatus connected through a communication network; and

managing contents provided from the content providing apparatus to a subscriber terminal according to the service by;

obtaining apparatus information of the subscriber terminal;

obtaining user information corresponding to a user associated with the subscriber terminal;

authenticating the user information;

automatically registering the subscriber terminal with a wireless internet service when authenticating the user determines the user is affiliated with a communication network associated with the wireless internet service according to a searched registered subscriber service;

generating a service menu based on the apparatus information and the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service;

transmitting, to the subscriber terminal, the service menu, wherein the subscriber terminal is configured to display the service menu.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the service menu comprises:

including a history menu of the subscriber terminal, the history menu comprising a previously selected menu by the subscriber terminal; and

filtering the service menu to include menu items associated with the apparatus information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information includes at least a telephone identification number, and the apparatus information includes at least one of a phone type or a Unique Resource Identifier (URI).

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the wireless internet service, a request for personally identifiable information; and

transmitting, to the wireless internet service, at least one of a predetermined provisional data, the authenticated user information, or the apparatus information in response to the request for personally identifiable information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encrypting the user information into a predetermined format when the user information is determined not to be in a format approved by an Open Mobile Appliance (OMA) standard; and

encrypting the apparatus information into the predetermined format when the apparatus information is determined not to be in a format approved by the OMA standard.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating terminal group information by classifying the apparatus information in accordance with a predetermined rule;

generating contents-apparatus information when contents to be provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service is stored on the integrating and managing apparatus;

connecting contents-apparatus information with a menu item included in the service menu; and

storing the connected contents-apparatus information when generating the service menu by connecting contents with corresponding terminal group information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

adjusting a layout of a segment within the service menu based on a received user adjustment command; and

transmitting, to the subscriber terminal, an adjusted service menu including the adjusted layout of the segment.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein adjusting the layout of the segment comprises adjusting at least one of a view type or a position of a menu item.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

adjusting a layout of a segment within the service menu based on the apparatus information; and

transmitting, to the subscriber terminal, an adjusted service menu including the adjusted layout of the segment.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein adjusting the layout of the segment comprises adjusting a size of a menu item based on the apparatus information including a screen size of the subscriber terminal.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, from a content providing apparatus, an inquiry request corresponding to a service offered by the content providing apparatus;

respond to an inquiry request related to a service provision using the content providing apparatus connected through a communication network; and

manage contents provided from the content providing apparatus to a subscriber terminal according to the service by;

obtaining apparatus information of the subscriber terminal;

obtaining user information corresponding to a user associated with the subscriber terminal;

authenticating the user information;

automatically registering the subscriber terminal with a wireless internet service when authenticating the user determines the user is affiliated with a communication network associated with the wireless internet service according to a searched registered subscriber service;

generating a service menu based on the apparatus information and the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service;

transmitting, to the subscriber terminal, the service menu, wherein the subscriber terminal is configured to display the service menu.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein generating the service menu comprises:

including a history menu of the subscriber terminal, the history menu comprising a previously selected menu by the subscriber terminal; and

filtering the service menu to include menu items associated with the apparatus information.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user information includes at least a telephone identification number, and the apparatus information includes at least one of a phone type or a Unique Resource Identifier (URI).

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, further storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service by:

receiving, from the wireless internet service, a request for personally identifiable information; and

transmitting, to the wireless internet service, at least one of a predetermined provisional data, the authenticated user information, or the apparatus information in response to the request for personally identifiable information.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, further storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service by:

encrypting the user information into a predetermined format when the user information is determined not to be in a format approved by an Open Mobile Appliance (OMA) standard; and

encrypting the apparatus information into the predetermined format when the apparatus information is determined not to be in a format approved by the OMA standard.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, further storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service by:

generating terminal group information by classifying the apparatus information in accordance with a predetermined rule;

generating contents-apparatus information when contents to be provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service is stored on the integrating and managing apparatus;

connecting contents-apparatus information with a menu item included in the service menu; and

storing the connected contents-apparatus information when generating the service menu by connecting contents with corresponding terminal group information.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, further storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service by:

adjusting a layout of a segment within the service menu based on a received user adjustment command; and

transmitting, to the subscriber terminal, an adjusted service menu including the adjusted layout of the segment.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein adjusting the layout of the segment comprises adjusting at least one of a view type or a position of a menu item.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, further storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage the contents provided from the content providing apparatus to the subscriber terminal according to the service by:

adjusting a layout of a segment within the service menu based on the apparatus information; and

transmitting, to the subscriber terminal, an adjusted service menu including the adjusted layout of the segment.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein adjusting the layout of the segment comprises adjusting a size of a menu item based on the apparatus information including a screen size of the subscriber terminal.