Method and system for data transfer between interactive public terminals and personal terminals

• US 20060199574A1
• Filed: 01/08/2004
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vanexport Sarl
• Original Assignee: Vanexport Sarl
• Inventors: Vandromme, Pascal, Fournil, Nicolas, Raison, Sebastien, Cortes, Ramon
• Application Number:
  US10/541,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20060199574A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3552 Downloading or loading of personalisation data
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8083 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0168 On line or real-time flexible customization or negotiation according to wishes of subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0184 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

The method for transferring data, such as sounds and/or images and/or alphanumeric data and/or programs, between at least one electronic terminal and at least one terminal. The method is characterized in that it includes inputting at the electronic terminal used, references of the terminal; selecting, at the terminal, specific data; settling the amount for the selected service, using a payment peripheral installed on the terminal; and transmitting to the terminal, via a communication network, the selected data so as to personalize the terminal. The invention also concerns a data transfer system adapted to implement the method.

Claims

1. Method for transferring data, such as sounds and/or images and/or alphanumeric data and/or programs, between at least one electronic terminal and at least one terminal comprising the steps of:

inputting at a level of an electronic terminal used, which is of the type interactive public terminal, the references, namely the telephone address, and, in addition, the brand name and the model, of the terminal to be personalized, which is of the type electronic device for personal use, namely a mobile telephone;

selecting, at the level of said terminal, specific data, such as sounds and/or images and/or alphanumeric data and/or programs, namely logos, bell tones, games or answering-machine messages;

settling the amount for the selected service, using a payment peripheral installed on said terminal (B1); and

transmitting to said terminal, via a communication network, the selected data with a view to personalize said terminal.

2. Method for transferring data according to claim 1, further comprising, before inputting the references of a terminal:

loading, at the level of a volatile memory and from a mass storage peripheral said electronic terminal having a software for operating as well as data related to the services offered which can be selected, namely a visual and/or sound representation of specific data likely to be selected.

3. Method for transferring data according to claim 1, further comprising, after inputting the references of a terminal and before selecting the specific data analyzing possibilities of the terminal, depending on the references input, in order to provide specific data compatible with the possibilities of the terminal and likely to be selected.

4. Method for transferring data according to claim 1, further comprising, before selecting the specific data, reproducing a visual and/or sound of the specific data likely to be selected, this at the level of means for visual and/or sound reproduction of said electronic terminal.

5. Method for transferring data according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting the selected data directly from the terminal to said terminal, or transmitting a designation of the selected data first from said terminal to an operating center, this operating center then transmitting the selected data to said terminal based on the designation of the selected data received.

6. Computer program of program-code portions for carrying out the steps of the method for transferring data according to claim 1.

7. System for transferring data, such as sounds and/or images and/or alphanumerical data and/or programs, between at least one interactive public terminal and at least one personal terminal to be personalized, namely for implementing the method according to claim 1, said system comprising:

at least one terminal, each terminal being comprised of;

a central unit comprising storage means aimed at containing, when the terminal is operating, an operating software as well as data regarding the services offered;

means for interaction with a user, such as selection and reproduction peripherals for the data;

means for interaction with an operator, such as a interface for communicating with an operating center, via a communication network;

a mass storage peripheral, containing the operating software and the data which are transferred, at each activation and/or at each switching on of the terminal, to the storage means of the central unit;

means for transmitting said selected data to at least one selected personal terminal, this via a telecommunication network; and

at least one terminal, each terminal being comprised of means for reproducing the data received.

8. System according to claim 7, wherein said storage means of each terminal are defined, at least partly, by a volatile memory, on the one hand and when the terminal is operating, which is aimed at containing the operating software as well as the data related to the services offered and, on the other hand, to which this operating software and these data are transferred, this at each activation and/or at each switching on of the terminal.

9. System according to claim 7, wherein the data related to services offered contained, as the case may be, at the level of the mass storage peripheral or at the level of the volatile memory are formed by visual and/or sound representations of the specific data likely to be selected.

10. System according to claim 7, wherein the storage means of each terminal are defined, at least partly, by a non-volatile memory comprised of an encrypting key for the identifiers of the subunits of the terminal and means for loading the operating software and the data, or for downloading said information from the operating center, which is re-calculated, at each loading or downloading, and compared with the stored key in order to authorize, or not, its operation.

11. System according to claim 7, wherein each terminal comprises means adapted to send, at regular time intervals, an operating report to the operating center as well as a statement on its operation and/or an event log.

12. System according to claim 7, wherein the peripherals for selecting and reproducing the data of each terminal are formed by a touch screen.

13. System according to claim 7, wherein the peripherals for selecting and reproducing the data is a keyboard and the peripheral for reproducing same is a display.

14. System according to claim 7, wherein each terminal comprises a peripheral for payment, namely with coins, card, prepaid voucher or by any other payment means.

15. System according to claim 7, wherein each terminal comprises means adapted to input and send telemessages.

16. System according to claim 7, wherein each terminal comprises means adapted to input and send photographs.

17. System according to claim 7, wherein the terminal comprises means arranged so as to directly ensure a transmission of the selected data from the terminal to the personal terminal, via a telecommunication network.

18. System according to claim 7, wherein the terminal comprises means for transmitting to the operating center, via a communication network, wherein a designation of the selected data and in that the operating center comprises means for transmitting, via a communication network, the selected data to said terminal based on the designation of the selected data received.

19. System according to claim 7, wherein the communication network is comprised of the hertzian type, namely GSM, GPRS, UMTS, or of a switched type.

20. System according to claim 7, wherein the communication network is comprised of the hertzian type, namely GSM, GPRS, UMTS, or of a switched type.

21. System according to claim 19, wherein the communication networks are one and the same.