Method and system for using a digital record in a terminal, and a terminal

• US 20030163422A1
• Filed: 02/04/2003
• Published: 08/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Suutarinen, Jari
• Application Number:
  US10/358,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20030163422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/16 Payments settled via telecommunication systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/41 Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/68 Payment of value-added services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0164 Billing record, e.g. Call Data Record [CDR], Toll Ticket[TT], Automatic Message Accounting [AMA], Call Line Identifier [CLI], details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0196 Payment of value-added services, mainly when their charges are added on the telephone bill, e.g. payment of non-telecom services, e-commerce, on-line banking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for using a digital record in a terminal. Access rights are acquired to be able to use the digital record. To acquire the access rights to the digital record, a message is formulated in a terminal to register the payment for the access rights. The message is transmitted to a predetermined recipient that examines the transmitted message. On the basis of the examination the payment data relating to the access rights is registered. The invention also relates to a terminal in which the method is applied, as well as to a business method for acquiring the access rights to the digital record.

Claims

1. A method for using a digital record in a terminal in which method access rights are acquired to use the digital record, wherein to acquire access rights to the digital record, a message is formed in the terminal to register the payment for the access rights, which message is transmitted to a predetermined recipient, and that said recipient examines the transmitted message, wherein on the basis of the examination the payment data relating to the access rights is registered.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein an authorization message of the registration of the message is transmitted to said terminal, wherein the digital record can be used with access rights complying with the payment after the reception of said authorization message.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein information on the address of said recipient is stored in the digital record and in the terminal and that the address data stored in the terminal is compared to the address data stored in the digital record in the terminal before said message is transmitted, wherein, if the comparison indicates that the compared address data correspond to each other, the application can be used after the transmission of said message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said message is a short message.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said message is a paging message.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the digital record includes one of the following:

application,

music stored in digital format,

work stored in digital format, or

an entrance ticket stored in digital format.

7. A system comprising means for storing of a digital record to be utilized in a terminal, and means for acquiring access rights for the digital record, wherein the means for acquiring access rights for the digital record comprise means for transmitting a message from the terminal to a predetermined recipient to register the payment for the access rights, means for examining said message and means for registering the payment data relating to the access rights on the basis of said message.

8. The system according to claim 7, comprising means for transmitting an authorization message of the registration of the payment to said terminal, wherein the system comprises means for executing a digital record in a terminal in a manner provided by the access rights.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein information on the address of said recipient is stored in the digital record and in the terminal and that the terminal comprises means for comparing the stored address data to the address data stored in the digital record before said message is transmitted, wherein if the comparison indicates that the compared address data correspond to each other, the application can be used after the transmission of said message.

10. A terminal comprising means for using a digital record, and means for forming a request for acquiring the access right to the digital record, wherein the terminal also comprises means for sending said request for acquiring the access rights to a predetermined recipient that is arranged to be responsible for registering the payment data relating to the access rights.

11. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein in the system an authorization message relating to the registration of the payment is arranged to be transmitted to said terminal, wherein the terminal also comprises means for receiving said authorization message and means for giving access rights to a digital record on the basis of said received authorization message.

12. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein said address data of the recipient is stored in the digital record and in the terminal and that the terminal comprises means for comparing the stored address data to the address indicated by the address data of the recipient stored in the digital record before said message is transmitted, wherein, if the comparison indicates that the compared address data correspond to each other, the digital record can be used after the transmission of said message.

13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the terminal is provided with an application program interface for the transfer of address data and messages between the terminal and the digital record.

14. A business method for acquiring access rights to a digital record, wherein a message is formed in a terminal, which is transmitted to a predetermined recipient to register the payment for the access rights, and that said recipient examines the received message, and on the basis of the examination, the payment data relating to the access rights is registered.