Client-server system

• US 20020183045A1
• Filed: 03/19/2002
• Published: 12/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nicholas, Andrew, Emmerson, Francis, Hewlett, Dean, Sharp, Jonathan, Thomas, Graham
• Application Number:
  US10/099,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20020183045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

A way of downloading content from a server to a mobile phone in which the server can be accessed directly from within a phone menu application. The content is thus downloaded from the server to the mobile phone, and accompanying the content is an HTTP header that indicates the source URL of the server. The content once received at the phone from the server is then subjected to examination whereby the mobile phones determines whether or not the downloaded content is from a trusted server.

Claims

1. A client-server system comprising

a client terminal and a remote server,

wherein the client terminal comprises a portable radio communication device having a user interface and authentication means,

the user interface comprising

a plurality of user selectable menu applications and a browser application,

and operable to request content stored at the server,

wherein one or more of the menu applications includes, embedded in a sub-menu thereof, a user selectable direct download link comprising the server address, whereby in response to user selection of the direct download link from the sub-menu the browser application controls the radio communication device to transmit a signal to connect to the server,

and the authentication means comprising means for checking validation data of content downloaded from the server,

and wherein the remote server comprises

means for downloading said content to the portable radio communication device whereby validation data is associated with said content so as to be identifiable by said authentication means as originating from the said server.

3. A system or terminal as defined in claim 1, wherein the terminal comprises means automatically, after said checking of the validation data, for storing the downloaded content to a memory of the terminal as a default memory setting.

4. A system or terminal as defined in claim 1, wherein said validation data comprises download transport protocol HTTP header and the authentication means examines said header.

12. A system or terminal as defined in claim 3, wherein the terminal comprises means automatically, after said checking of the validation data, for storing the downloaded content to a memory of the terminal as a default memory setting.

2. A client terminal comprising a portable radio communication device having a user interface and authentication means, the user interface comprising a plurality of user selectable menu applications and a browser application operable to request content stored at the server, wherein one or more of the menu applications includes, embedded in a sub-menu thereof, a user selectable direct download link comprising the server address, whereby in response to user selection of the direct download link from the sub-menu the browser application controls the radio communication device to transmit a signal to connect to the server, and the authentication means comprising means for security checking validation data associated with the content downloaded from the server.

10. A system or terminal as defined in claim 2, wherein the terminal comprises means automatically, after said checking of the validation data, for storing the downloaded content to a memory of the terminal as a default memory setting.

11. A system or terminal as defined in claim 2, wherein the terminal comprises means automatically, after said checking of the validation data, for storing the downloaded content to a memory of the terminal as a default memory setting.

5. A computer program product on a portable radio communication device, the product comprising a user interface comprising a plurality of user selectable menu applications and a browser application, wherein one or more of the menu applications includes, embedded in a sub-menu thereof, a user selectable direct download link comprising a server address, whereby in response to user selection of the direct download link from the sub-menu the browser application controls the radio communication device to transmit a signal to connect to the server.

6. A computer program product on a portable radio communication device, the product comprising authentication means for security checking content downloaded from a server to the device so as to determine whether or not the downloaded content is from a trusted server.

7. A method for downloading content to a client terminal consisting of a portable radio communication device from a server, the portable radio communication device having a user interface comprising a plurality of user selectable menu applications and a browser application,

wherein one or more of the menu applications includes, embedded in a sub-menu thereof, a user selectable direct download link comprising the server address, whereby in response to user selection of the direct download link from the sub-menu the browser application controls the radio communication device to transmit a signal to connect to the server, the method comprising selecting said direct download link from the sub-menu so as to request content stored at the server,

processing and downloading said content from the server to the portable radio communication device, and

security checking the content downloaded from the server.

8. A client terminal comprising a portable radio communication device having a user interface comprising a plurality of user selectable menu applications and a browser application, wherein one or more of the menu applications includes, embedded in a sub-menu thereof, a user selectable direct download link comprising a server address, whereby in response to user selection of the direct download link from the sub-menu the browser application controls the radio communication device to transmit a signal to connect to the server.

9. A client terminal comprising a portable radio communication device having a user interface comprising a plurality of user selectable menu applications and a browser application, means for requesting content stored at a server, authentication means for security checking the content downloaded from the server so as to determine whether or not the downloaded content is from a trusted server.