Method of providing a file transfer service through a mobile communication network

• US 20020073140A1
• Filed: 12/06/2001
• Published: 06/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chae, Yi Sik
• Granted Patent: US 7,249,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• 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: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of determining whether to transfer an audio, video, or text data file, requested to be transferred through a mobile station, based on specified transfer condition and/or file size, and transferring the data file to a destined mobile terminal connected through a mobile communication network. The present method stores a data file and transfer conditioning information thereof, which contains information on file size and/or transfer blocking time zone and a destination terminal, received from a calling mobile terminal connected through the mobile communication network, selects a data file to transfer and determines whether to transfer the selected data file based on the transfer conditioning information, and transmits the selected data file to a called mobile terminal specified as destination by the transfer conditioning information.

Claims

1. A method of providing a file transfer service through a mobile communication network, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing a data file and transfer conditioning information thereof received from a first mobile terminal connected through the mobile communication network;

(b) transmitting information for transferring the data file through the mobile communication network based on the stored transfer conditioning information; and

(c) checking response information sent from a second mobile terminal answering to said information for transferring the data file, and transferring the data file to the second mobile terminal based on the checked result.

2. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein said transfer conditioning information includes transfer blocking time zone information, identification information of the first and the second mobile terminal, and size information of the data file to transfer.

3. The method set forth in claim 2, wherein said information for transferring the data file includes size information of the data file to transfer.

4. The method set forth in claim 3, wherein said information for transferring the data file further includes type information of the data file to transfer.

5. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein said response information includes spare storage capacity information of a peripheral device connected to the second mobile terminal.

6. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein said step (c) determines whether or not to transmit the data file based on the response information and the stored transfer conditioning information.

7. A method of providing a file transfer service through a mobile communication network, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing a data file and transfer conditioning information thereof received from a first mobile terminal connected through the mobile communication network;

(b) selecting one among the stored data files based on the stored transfer conditioning information; and

(c) transferring the selected data file to a second mobile terminal specified as destination of the selected file.

8. The method set forth in claim 7, wherein said transfer conditioning information includes information on time zone blocking file transfer.

9. The method set forth in claim 8, wherein said step (b) selects one data file whose transfer blocking time zone is closest to a current time.

10. The method set forth in claim 8, wherein said transfer blocking time zone is set to a time zone when voice traffic is normally congested.

11. The method set forth in claim 7, wherein said step (c) transmits another data file selected next based on the transfer conditioning information to a third mobile terminal specified as destination of the next selected file, if trials of making connection to the second mobile terminal are failed.