Method for testing the transmission of text messages by radio devices

• US 20040044490A1
• Filed: 12/09/2002
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matthias Weber
• Original Assignee: Matthias Weber
• Inventors: Weber, Matthias
• Application Number:
  US10/297,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20040044490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/108
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

According to a method for testing the ability of text messages to be received and/or transmitted by radio devices (2), using a testing device (1), a text message is sent from the testing device (1) to the radio device (2). This is a simple method of testing the transmissibility of text messages using any sets of characters. Before step (a), the text message is loaded into a storage area (3) of the testing device (1) as a bit sequence. The invention also relates to a corresponding testing device (1) for carrying out this method.

Claims

1. A method for testing the reception and/or transmission capability for text messages by radio devices (2) using a test set (1), which has the following step:

(a) transmission of a text message by the test set (1) to the radio device (2);

characterized in that the text message is loaded as a bit sequence into a memory area (3) of the test set (1) before the step (a).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the radio device (2) is a mobile telephone.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the text message is an SMS message.

4. The method as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the method also has the following step:

(b) reception of the text message by the radio device (2);

(c) decoding of the text message by the radio device (2); and

(d) displaying of the decoded text message on a display device (4) of the radio device (2).

5. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the method also has the following steps:

(e) coding of the decoded text message;

(f) transmission of the coded text message back;

(g) comparison of the coded text message with the text message which was loaded as a bit sequence into the test set (1); and

(h) displaying of the comparison result.

6. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the text message is loaded as a bit sequence into a memory area (3) of the test set (1) via a radio interface of the test set (1).

7. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the text message is loaded as a bit sequence into a memory area (3) of the test set (1) via an interchangeable data storage medium (7).

8. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the text message is loaded as a bit sequence into a memory area (3) of the test set (1) via a computer network.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the computer network is the Internet.

10. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the text message, which is stored as a bit sequence, is a message in a language which does not use Roman letters.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the message has all the characters of this language.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 or 11, characterized in that, a data item which is characteristic of this language is loaded in addition to the text message.

15. A test device (1) for carrying out the method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the test device (1) has a memory device (3) in which a text message that is to be transmitted is loaded as a bit sequence.

13. A method for testing the reception and/or transmission capability for text messages by radio devices (2) using a test set (1), which has the following step:

(f′

) transmission of a text message from the radio device (2) to the test set (1);

characterized in that, before step (f′

), the text message is loaded as a bit sequence into a memory area (3) of the test set (2).

14. A method for displaying text messages on a radio device (2), in particular a mobile telephone, characterized in that the text message is a handling instruction or a test result, and in that the text message is transmitted from the test set (1) to a mobile telephone, is decoded and is displayed.