Method and apparatus for obtaining data information

• US 20040242203A1
• Filed: 06/21/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Aaltonen, Janne, Salo, Juha, Lipsanen, Matti, Naumi, Tero
• Granted Patent: US 7,359,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/11 Arrangements for counter-measures when a portion of broadcast information is unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for providing user a wireless terminal operating within a wireless communication network an access to a resource storing content in a network of computing systems. A user message is transferred, the message including an identifier indicating the resource in the network of computing systems from the wireless terminal over the wireless communication network to a broadcast server having an access to the network. Communicating with the network of computing systems for retrieving the content indicated in the message. The content is broadcast over a broadcast network to the wireless terminal. The content, which is received at the wireless terminal, is presented at the terminal if the data packets of the content are substantially received at the wireless terminal.

Claims

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25. A method for obtaining data content to a wireless terminal (100) operating within a wireless communication network (110), the method having the steps of:

transmitting a message from the wireless terminal via the wireless communication network to a network (120) for obtaining data content, the message indicating a resource (121) containing the data information in the network,

transferring one or more data packets relating to the data content from the resource over a broadcast network (130) to the wireless terminal,

comparing received data packets to a list of data packets forming the data content in order to identify possible existence of one or more missing data packets, which list is arranged to the terminal by obtaining the list to the wireless terminal, and

creating an additional message for obtaining at least one of the missing data packets if such was identified.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the additional message is sent to a broadcast server (112).

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein a broadcast server (112) checks the at least one of the missing data packets from a site database and the data packets are broadcasted to the wireless terminal, and if the packets are not stored in the database, the broadcast server retrieves the data packets from the network (120) and the data packets are broadcasted to the wireless terminal after receiving the data packets from the network (120) to at least one of the broadcast server and the site database.

28. The method according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the wireless communication network transfers location information of the wireless terminal to the network along with the message and the transferring of one or more data packets over the broadcast network is done using appropriate broadcast cell of the broadcast network.

29. The method according to claim 26, wherein the wireless communication network transfers location information of the wireless terminal to the network along with the message which location information addresses the message to a preferred broadcast server.

30. The method according to claim 26, wherein a virtual private network is formed in the system of the broadcast network, the broadcast server, and the wireless terminal.

31. The method according to claim 25, wherein the wireless terminal outputs received data content, user of the wireless terminal selects a link in the output information and the wireless terminal generates a further message, the further message including at least an address of the link for obtaining the resource of the link.

32. The method according to claim 25, wherein at least one of the data packets are broadcast with an identifier which a conditional access component in the wireless terminal recognizes.

33. The method according to claim 25, wherein the message identifies a plurality of wireless terminals and the data content is broadcast to the plurality of wireless terminals identified in the message.

34. The method according to claim 25, wherein the message comprises at least one of a SMS message and a message containing packages.

35. The method according to claim 25, wherein the data content comprises data information in Internet.

36. The method according to claim 25, wherein the network comprises the Internet.

37. The method according to claim 25, wherein the broadcast network comprises a digital video broadcasting network.

38. The method according to claim 26, wherein before the broadcasting, the broadcast server has a threshold for condition comprising at least one of number of terminals obtaining the data content and charging of the data content.

39. The method according to claim 25, wherein the data content is transferred as periods of data packets and the list for those packets.

40. The method according to claim 25, wherein the message creates a charge based on at least one of the following a type of the data packets, a function of time, a Quality Of Service (QOS) requirement to the data content, a function of available bandwidth, a function of simultaneous users, a load in at least on of the wireless communication network, the network, and the broadcast network, and means for accessing to the resource.

41. The method according to claim 40, wherein the charging is attached to the charging of the terminal in the wireless communication network.

42. A wireless terminal (100) for obtaining data content, the wireless terminal adapted to operate within a wireless communication network (110), the wireless terminal comprising:

an input user interface (102) to receive an address of the data content for addressing a message to a resource (121) in a network (120) via the wireless communication network (110),

means for transmitting the message from the wireless terminal via the wireless communication network to the network for obtaining data content, the message indicating the resource containing the data content in the network,

a broadcast network interface (107) to receive one or more data packets relating to the data content from the resource over a broadcast network (130),

means for comparing received data packets to a list of data packets forming the data content in order to identify possible existence of one or more missing data packets, which list is arranged to the terminal by obtaining the list to the wireless terminal, and

means for creating an additional message for obtaining at least one of the missing data packets if such was identified,

a memory (104) to store the data content received over the broadcast network (130) and received at the wireless terminal (100), and

an output user interface (101) to present the data content to the user of the wireless terminal (100).

43. A wireless terminal according to claim 42, wherein the means for transmitting the message comprises a first wireless unit (301) and the broadcast network interface comprises a second wireless unit (302), wherein the first and the second wireless units comprises two detached devices (301,302).

44. A wireless terminal according to claim 43, wherein the first wireless unit comprises a mobile phone and the second wireless unit comprises a DVB terminal.

45. A wireless terminal according to claim 42, further comprising means (103) for transmitting a further message to a broadcast server (112) if the input user interface (102) receives an instruction based on outputted data content.

46. A broadcast server (118) for transmitting data content to a wireless terminal (100) operating within a wireless communication network (110), comprising:

means for receiving a message from the wireless terminal via the wireless communication network directed to a network (120) for obtaining data content, the message indicating a resource (121) containing the data information in the network,

means for transferring one or more data packets relating to the data content from the resource over a broadcast network (130) to the wireless terminal

means for transferring a list of data packets to the wireless terminal, the list forming the data content in order to identify possible existence of one or more missing data packets, and

means for receiving an additional message for obtaining at least one of the missing data packets if such was identified.

47. A system for obtaining data content to a wireless terminal (100) operating within a wireless communication network (110), the system comprising:

a wireless terminal for transmitting a message from the wireless terminal via the wireless communication network to a network (120) for obtaining data content, the message indicating a resource ( 121) containing the data information in the network,

a broadcast network (130) for transferring one or more data packets relating to the data content from the resource via the broadcast network to the wireless terminal,

means for comparing received data packets to a list of data packets forming the data content in order to identify possible existence of one or more missing data packets, which list is arranged to the terminal by obtaining the list to the wireless terminal, and

means for creating an additional message for obtaining at least one of the missing data packets if such was identified.

48. A system according to claim 47, wherein the data content comprises Internet data information, the wireless communication network (110) comprises a mobile network, the network (120) comprises the Internet and the broadcast network (130) comprises a digital video broadcasting network.