Communication system between a mobile terminal and a communication server and associated communication processes

• US 20060014524A1
• Filed: 02/03/2004
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Melissima Start
• Original Assignee: Melissima Start
• Inventors: Rene, Francois, Leforestier, Marc, Sevenier, Laurent
• Application Number:
  US10/770,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20060014524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/12 Application layer protocols, e.g. WAP [Wireless Application Protocol]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication system including at least one client module built into a mobile terminal for distributing an encoded data item, a server module built into a communication server for retrieving the data coming from at least one existing external network and a communication network for transferring tho encoded data item between the client module and the server module, the data item being transmitted by sending a concatenated message including several segments at least one of the segments corresponding to a multi-character encoded command, the message being also able to include segments corresponding to variables required to execute the command and recursive variables that are placed at the head of the concatenation and may be an authentication number of the mobile terminal, the segments being terminated by a distinctive character indicating the segment end in the concatenation.

Claims

1. Communication system allowing the transfer of at least one encoded data item between a mobile terminal and a communication server, said system including at least one client module built into the mobile terminal allowing the encoded data item to be distributed to a user of said mobile terminal, a server module built into the communication server allowing the data item coming from at least one existing external network to be retrieved and at least one communication network allowing the encoded data item to be transferred between the client module of the mobile terminal and the server module of the communication server, said communication system being characterised in that the data item is transmitted by sending a concatenated message including one or more segments, at least one of the segments corresponding to a four character encoded command, the message being also able to include segments corresponding to variables required to execute the command and recursive variables said recursive variables being placed at the head of the concatenation and being able to be an authentication number of the mobile terminal, the segments being terminated by a distinctive character indicating the segment end in the concatenation.

2. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised in that a concatenated message may be transmitted via two different networks, either a short-wave communication network, such as the WI-FI network, when the mobile terminal and the communication server are located in one and the same short-wave communication zone, or, in the contrary case, a conventional network such as the mobile radiotelephone network.

3. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised in that the client module built into the mobile terminal includes an automatic detection means making it possible to ascertain whether the mobile terminal is in a short-wave communication network.

4. Communication system, according to one claim 1, characterised in that it includes a gateway module built into a terminal belonging for example to a conventional network operator, said gateway module allowing the encoded data item to be transferred between the server module of the communication server and the client module of the mobile terminal via the conventional network.

5. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised in that the client module, the server module and the gateway module include an internal engine able either to convert the encoded commands received by one or other of the modules into action, or to create a concatenated message encoded in a proprietary language to be sent to another communication system module, said internal engine including a main master engine ensuring the traffic of processing data and one or more secondary slave engines making it possible to execute the actions to be performed, said modules also including a library internal to the modules comprising a set of processes allowing actions related to the required commands to be executed.

6. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised in that the main engine of the internal engine includes a means of receiving a data item, a means of decoding a data item, a means of processing the message, a means of encoding a data item and a means of transmitting a data item, the decoding means including a means of detecting a subdivision of segments in a concatenation and a means of splitting the concatenation into segments, the encoding means including a means of creating a concatenated message.

7. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised in that the actions executed by the secondary engines of the internal engine may be an image display or a sound transmission.

8. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised if that the commands are encoded using a proprietary language of functionalities a command being able to be composed of four characters, each command being unique and not being able to combine with another command.

9. Communication system, according to claim 1, characterised in that the internal engine of the client module, the server module and the gateway module runs on a UNIX™

architectural base operating system such as Symbian®

.

10. Data transmission process performed by an internal engine of modules of a communication system, including at least a client module built into a mobile terminal, a server module built into a communication server and at least one communication network allowing encoded data item to be transferred between the client module and the server module, said data transmission process being characterised in that when a concatenated message is received by one of the modules, the process includes the following steps:

a step of reception of a data item in the form of a concatenated message, by the reception means of the main engine.

a step of detection of segments included in the concatenation and of splitting this concatenated message into several segments, said step being performed by the decoding means of the main engine.

a step of identification of the segment corresponding to the commands to be executed, by the decoding means of the main engine,

a step of searching by the processing means of the main engine for a process corresponding to a command, said process being placed in the internal library of the modules.

a step of initiation by the required process of actions by the secondary engine or engines, and in that when a concatenated message is transmitted the process includes the following steps;

a step of reception of the data item stored in a storage means or transmitted by a user via a transmission means, said step being performed by the reception means of the main engine,

a step of encoding the command corresponding to the execution of said data item, by the encoding means of the main engine,

a step of creation of a concatenated message, including at least the encoded command and the data item to be transmitted, by the encoding means of the main engine,

a step of transmission of the concatenated message to another module of the communication system, by the transmission means of the main engine.

11. Data transmission process performed by the internal engine according to claim 10, characterised in that when an action is sent by the main engine to at least one secondary engine, the main engine waits for a response from the second engine, before sending another action.

12. Communication process between a mobile terminal and a communication server according to a communication system, including at least a client module built into the mobile terminal, a server module built into the communication server and at least one communication network allowing encoded data item to be transferred between the client module and the server module, each module including an internal engine, said communication process being characterised in that the transmission of a data item from the communication server to the mobile terminal includes the following steps:

a step of reception and of encoding, by the server module of the communication server, of a data item coming from an external network,

a step of verification of the presence of the mobile terminal on the communication system network,

a step of transmission of the encoded data item via the communication system network to the client module of a mobile terminal,

a step of reception and of decoding,

a step of distribution of the data item by the client module of the mobile terminal,

and in that the transmission of a data item from the mobile terminal to the communication server includes the following steps;

a step of encoding by the client module of the mobile terminal of a data item transmitted by a user, via a transmission means belonging to said mobile terminal, intended for the client module of a second mobile terminal or intended for the server module of the communication server,

a step of transmission of the encoded data item via the communication system network to the server module of the communication server, or to the client module of the second mobile terminal,

a step of reception and of storage, in a storage means of the communication server, of the encoded data item or of decoding and distribution of the data item by the client module of the second mobile terminal.

13. Communication process between the mobile terminal and the communication server according to claim 12. via a short-wave communication network, characterised in that the step of verifying the presence of the mobile terminal on said network includes a step of transmission of an encoded message by the client module of the mobile terminal to the server module of the communication server informing the server module of the presence of the mobile terminal on the short-wave communication network, if the server module does not respond before the end of a standby step defined according to the lapse of a pre-set time, the client module repeats the stop of transmission of the encoded message.

14. Communication process between the mobile terminal and the communication server according to claim 12, via a short-wave communication network, characterised in that the stop of transmission of an encoded data item from the client module of a first mobile terminal transmitting said data item to the client module of a second mobile terminal recipient of said data item includes the following sub-steps:

transmission by the client module of the first mobile terminal to the server module of the communication server of a first encoded message asking the server module if the second mobile terminal recipient of the encoded data item is present on the short-wave communication network,

reception and decoding by the server module of the first encoded message and transmission of a second encoded message by the server module to the client module of the first mobile terminal, informing it of a response,

transmission of the encoded data item by the client module of the first terminal directly to the client module of the second mobile terminal, if said second mobile terminal is present on the short-wave communication network,

transmission of the encoded data item by the client module of the first terminal to the server module of the communication server and storage of the encoded data item by said server module, if the second mobile terminal is not present on the short-wave communication network.

15. Communication process between the mobile terminal and the communication server according to claim 12, via a conventional communication network, characterised in that the step of transmission of an encoded data item between the server module of the communication server and the client module of the mobile terminal is performed via the integrated gateway module and includes the following sub-steps:

transmission by the server module to the gateway module of a first encoded message requesting the setting up of a connection to the client module,

reception and decoding of the first encoded message by the gateway module, transmission of a second message by the gateway module to the terminal, for example of the conventional communication network operator so as to set up the connection between the gateway module and the client module and standby by the gateway module for the presence of the mobile terminal on the conventional communication network,

transmission by the client module to the gateway module of a third encoded message informing of the presence of the mobile terminal on the conventional communication network, reception by the gateway module of the third encoded message,

transmission by the gateway module to the server module of the third encoded message informing of the presence of the mobile terminal on the conventional communication network, reception and decoding by the server module of the fourth encoded message,

transmission by the server module to the gateway module of the encoded data item stored in the storage means of the communication server,

reception and transmission by the gateway module to the client module via the conventional communication network of the encoded data item.