Telecommunication network, method of operating same, and terminal apparatus therein
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1. A telecommunication network, comprising:
- a central server of an access or service provider, the central server having an interrogation part for interrogating hardware and software configurations of a plurality of terminal devices and a software transmitting part for loading at least one of software and data that is customized to the respectively detected hardware and software configuration onto one of the plurality of terminal devices;
a plurality of terminal devices, each with a predetermined hardware and software configuration, each of the plurality of terminal devices including a response transmitting part for transmitting a configuration code identifying the respective hardware and software configuration to the central server in response to an inquiry by the interrogation part, each of the plurality of terminal devices also including a software receiving part for receiving and internally storing at least one of the transferred software and data, the interrogation part and the response transmitting part being designed to interrogate the respective hardware and software configuration and to transmit the respective configuration code when at least one of the terminal device logs onto the telecommunication network, predetermined times occur, and predetermined time intervals occur; and
distributed control parts, which are distributed in both the central server and the plurality of terminal devices, the distributed control parts implementing an interactive control over the software transmitting part, and being constructed for the interactive specifying of a charging mode for at least one of downloaded software and downloaded data.
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Abstract
A telecommunication network with a number of terminal devices and a central server of an access or service provider, whereby the server includes an interrogation part for interrogating the hardware and software configurations of the terminal devices and a software transmitting part for loading software and/or data that are suited to the detected hardware and software configuration onto the terminal devices, and whereby the terminal devices include a response transmitting part for transmitting a configuration code to the server identifying the hardware and software configuration.
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1. A telecommunication network, comprising:
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a central server of an access or service provider, the central server having an interrogation part for interrogating hardware and software configurations of a plurality of terminal devices and a software transmitting part for loading at least one of software and data that is customized to the respectively detected hardware and software configuration onto one of the plurality of terminal devices;
a plurality of terminal devices, each with a predetermined hardware and software configuration, each of the plurality of terminal devices including a response transmitting part for transmitting a configuration code identifying the respective hardware and software configuration to the central server in response to an inquiry by the interrogation part, each of the plurality of terminal devices also including a software receiving part for receiving and internally storing at least one of the transferred software and data, the interrogation part and the response transmitting part being designed to interrogate the respective hardware and software configuration and to transmit the respective configuration code when at least one of the terminal device logs onto the telecommunication network, predetermined times occur, and predetermined time intervals occur; and
distributed control parts, which are distributed in both the central server and the plurality of terminal devices, the distributed control parts implementing an interactive control over the software transmitting part, and being constructed for the interactive specifying of a charging mode for at least one of downloaded software and downloaded data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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15. A method of operating a telecommunication network having a plurality of terminal devices of users, each with a predetermined hardware and software configuration, and a central server of an access or service provider, the method comprising the steps of:
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interrogating the current hardware and software configurations of one of the plurality of terminal devices in an interrogation step at one of a time during logon onto the telecommunication network, predetermined times, and time intervals;
transmitting, in a transmission step, the current hardware and software configuration of the respective terminal device to the central server;
setting up in the central server and transmitting to the respective terminal device, based on the respectively transmitted hardware and software configuration, offer information for a user of a respective terminal device;
displaying, in the context of an interactive menu in the respective terminal device, the offer information together with one of a select and a reject request, one of a request and a reject signal of the user which is generated by the user being registered;
transmitting, together with the offer information, charging mode signals to the respective terminal device and displaying the charging mode signals in the context of the interactive menu for selection by the user, and registering a charging mode in the central server in response to a selection made by the user; and
downloading onto the respective terminal device by the central server, in response to the registered one of the request and the reject signals, software and/or data that are suitable for the respective terminal device and that are not already present at the respective terminal device.
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21. A terminal device for use in a telecommunication network having a plurality of terminal devices of users, each with a predetermined hardware and software configuration, and a central server of an accessor service provider, the terminal device comprising:
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a response transmitting part for transmitting a configuration code that identifies a currently implemented hardware and software configuration to the central server in response to an interrogation by the central server;
distributed control parts for implementing an interactive control of the downloading of at least one of software and data from the central server;
a charging mode display part for displaying at least one available charging mode for one of offered and selected software and data; and
a charging mode confirmation part for specifying the charging mode. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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