Gateway apparatus and method of providing information to mobile terminals
First Claim
1. An information providing method on a communication network including a mobile packet communication network accommodating a plurality of mobile terminals via a radio channel and an IP (Internet Protocol) core network to which a server for providing information service is connected, said mobile packet communication network and the IP core network being connected via a gateway apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- making a request from a service management node for managing visit location information of each mobile terminal in said mobile packet communication network to said gateway apparatus to set management information for providing information service to a mobile terminal, in an execution process of a procedure for accommodating the mobile terminal to said mobile packet communication network; and
registering management information regarding said mobile terminal into a management table by said gateway apparatus in response to reception of said setting request, checking whether a service request has been issued to a service provider with respect to information service indicated by a service identifier included as a part of said management information and, making a request by said gateway apparatus to a specific server in said IP core network as said service provider to start the information service if a service request has not been issued.
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Abstract
A push-type information providing service, wherein a request for setting management information as to information service to a mobile terminal 2 is issued from a service management node 4 for managing a visit location of the mobile terminal to a gateway when the location of the mobile terminal is registered in a mobile packet communication network 12. The gateway 3 requests a push server 1 to start the information service as necessary, and selectively transfers a service information packet received from the push server to the mobile terminal 2.
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13 Claims
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1. An information providing method on a communication network including a mobile packet communication network accommodating a plurality of mobile terminals via a radio channel and an IP (Internet Protocol) core network to which a server for providing information service is connected, said mobile packet communication network and the IP core network being connected via a gateway apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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making a request from a service management node for managing visit location information of each mobile terminal in said mobile packet communication network to said gateway apparatus to set management information for providing information service to a mobile terminal, in an execution process of a procedure for accommodating the mobile terminal to said mobile packet communication network; and
registering management information regarding said mobile terminal into a management table by said gateway apparatus in response to reception of said setting request, checking whether a service request has been issued to a service provider with respect to information service indicated by a service identifier included as a part of said management information and, making a request by said gateway apparatus to a specific server in said IP core network as said service provider to start the information service if a service request has not been issued. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information providing method on a communication network including a mobile packet communication network accommodating a plurality of mobile terminals via a radio channel and an IP (Internet Protocol) core network to which a server for providing information service is connected, said mobile packet communication network and the IP core network being connected via a gateway apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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making a request from a service management node for managing a visit location of each mobile terminal in said mobile packet communication network to said gateway apparatus to set management information for providing information service to a mobile terminal by designating a mobile terminal address and an information service identifier at the time of registering location of the mobile terminal in said mobile packet communication network; and
registering the management information regarding said mobile terminal into a management table by said gateway apparatus having received said setting request, checking whether a service request has been issued to a service provider with respect to information service to be provided to said mobile terminal and, making a request to a specific server as said service provider to start the information service when a service request has not been made. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A gateway apparatus for connecting a mobile packet communication network accommodating a plurality of mobile terminals via a radio channel, and an IP (Internet Protocol) core network to which a server for providing information service is connected, comprising:
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means for registering management information regarding said mobile terminal into a management table when a setting request of the management information for information service to said mobile terminal is received from a service management node for managing a visit location of the mobile terminal in said mobile packet communication network, and if a service request of information service for said mobile terminal has not been made to a service provider, requesting a specific server as said service provider to start the information service; and
packet transferring means for specifying when a packet including service information is received from said specific server, an address of a mobile terminal, to which information service by said received packet is to be provided, based on said management table and transferring said received packet to said mobile packet communication network by using the address as a destination address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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