System and method for providing multimedia service using a mobile communication terminal

• US 20010048685A1
• Filed: 04/20/2001
• Published: 12/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Next Generation Ventures, LLC, Nextgen Partners Fund Limited Partnership, ProSeed Capital Holdings CVA, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Connecticut Innovations, Inc. (State of Connecticut), Technology Investment Fund Incorporated, Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Young-Sik, Kim, Soon-Jin, Kim, Jeong-Dae, Park, Jeon-Man, You, Hoe-Gun, Park, Kyung-Kyu
• Granted Patent: US 7,079,518 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006

Abstract

A system and method for providing multimedia service using a mobile communication terminal comprising the steps of accessing a web server of an IP address in response to a request for multimedia information from a user via an Internet, receiving the requested multimedia information from the web server and displaying the multimedia information on a display as a moving image.

Claims

1. A system for providing multimedia service, comprising:

a mobile communication terminal for accessing an Internet in response to a request for multimedia information by a user and displaying the multimedia information downloaded from the Internet on a display; and

a mobile switching center for accessing, in response to the request for the multimedia information from the mobile communication terminal, a web server containing the multimedia information and being connected to the Internet and transmitting the multimedia information received from the web server to the mobile communication terminal;

wherein the web server contains various multimedia information and provides the multimedia information requested by the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal via the mobile switching center.

2. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the web server is a video server which retrieves video data requested by the mobile communication terminal from a database containing various video contents, and provides the video data to the mobile communication terminal.

3. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the web server is a traffic information server which stores traffic condition image data inputted through cameras established on a plurality of roads, and provides traffic condition image data of a road requested by the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal.

4. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the web server is a security server which stores security condition image data inputted through cameras established in areas of a particular place, and provides security condition image data of an area requested by the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal.

5. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the mobile switching center comprises a Video-On-Demand (VOD) server which, in response to a request by the user, stores VOD contents provided from the web server and downloads the VOD contents to the mobile communication terminal.

6. A method for providing multimedia service, comprising the steps of:

accessing a web server of an IP address via an Internet, in response to a request for multimedia information by a user of a mobile communication terminal;

retrieving the multimedia information requested by the user from the web server; and

displaying the multimedia information received, in response to the request, from the web server by wireless on a display as a moving image.

7. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of accessing the web server further comprises the steps of:

requesting the user to input the user'"'"'s ID and password for connection to the web server,

allowing the user to access the web server if the inputted ID and password are identical to those registered in the web server.

8. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the multimedia information comprises video data.

9. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the multimedia information comprises traffic condition image data showing traffic conditions of one of a plurality of roads.

10. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the multimedia information comprises security condition image data showing security conditions of one of a plurality of areas.

11. The method according to

claim 8

, wherein the video data, transmitted from a video server via the Internet, is stored in a VOD contents database of a VOD server of a mobile switching center, and then transmitted to the mobile communication terminal by wireless.

12. The method according to

claim 9

, wherein the traffic condition image data, transmitted from a traffic information server via the Internet, is stored in a VOD contents database of a VOD server of a mobile switching center, and then transmitted to the mobile communication terminal by wireless.

13. The method according to

claim 10

, wherein the security condition image data is transmitted in real time from a security server to the mobile communication terminal via a mobile switching center.

14. A method for providing multimedia service, comprising the steps of:

displaying a multimedia service menu on a display in response to a request for multimedia information from a user of a mobile communication terminal via an Internet;

accessing a VOD server by inputting an IP address of the VOD server connected to a mobile switching center and the user'"'"'s ID and password, if “

video service”

is selected from the multimedia service menu;

downloading a video list from the VOD server and displays the video list on the display;

requesting video data selected by the user from the video list; and

receiving the video data from the VOD server in response to the request, and displaying the video data on the display as a moving image.

15. a method for providing multimedia service, comprising the steps of:

displaying a multimedia service menu on a display in response to a request for multimedia information from a user of a mobile communication terminal via an Internet;

accessing a VOD server by inputting an IP address of the VOD server connected to a mobile switching center and the user'"'"'s ID and password, if “

traffic information service”

is selected from the multimedia service menu;

downloading a traffic information service road list from the VOD server and displaying the traffic information service road list on the display;

requesting traffic condition image data of a road selected by the user from the traffic information service road list from the VOD server; and

receiving the traffic condition image data from the VOD server in response to the request, and displaying the traffic condition image data on the display as a moving image.

16. A method for providing multimedia service, comprising the steps of:

displaying a multimedia service menu on a display in response to a request for multimedia information from a user of a mobile communication terminal via an Internet;

accessing a security server, by inputting an IP address of the security server connected to a mobile switching center and the user'"'"'s ID and password if “

security service”

is selected from the multimedia service menu;

downloading a security service area list from the security server and displaying the security service area list on the display;

requesting security condition image data of an area selected by the user from the security service area list from the security server; and

receiving the security condition image data of the area from the security server via the mobile switching center in real time in response to the request and displaying the security condition image data on the display as a moving image.

17. The method according to

claim 16

, wherein the security server is a PC.