Order method for mobile radio network users

• US 20060293085A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Lauper, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 7,801,514 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/02 Coin-freed or check-freed systems , e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/20 with provision for recharging the prepaid account or card, or for credit establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/204 on-line recharging, e.g. cashless
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2017/24 with on-line recharging of an account or card, e.g. cashless
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device

Abstract

Method for making services available to mobile users with the following method steps: the mobile subscriber reads an electronic code (100) stored in an RFID element (10) with an RFID reader device (2); said electronic code (100) is transmitted over a telecommunication network to a server (5); the server (5) transmits a query to a name service-server (6), wherein links between several electronic codes (100) and several electronic addresses are registered; the name service-server (6) sends the address of the page said above-mentioned page; the ordered service is supplied to the mobile user.

Claims

1. Method with which services can be made available to mobile users with a mobile device, having the following method steps:

an electronic code stored in a RFID element is read with a RFID reading device,

said electronic code is transmitted over a telecommunication network to a server,

said server sends a query to a name service-server in which connections between several electronic codes and several electronic address are registered,

said name service-server sends the electronic address of the page corresponding to said code to said server,

said server accesses said page,

the ordered service is made available.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said server is located in the infrastructure of the telecommunication network,

and wherein said name service-server is located outside the infrastructure of the telecommunication network and is accessible to several network operators.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said page includes a hypertext content in a markup language.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said RFID element is purchased by a mobile user,

and wherein said electronic code is marked as used in a server as soon as said service has been supplied.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said service includes a voucher for access by the mobile user to said telecommunication network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said service includes the supplying of configuration parameters of an apparatus.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said service includes the modification of mobile user specific parameters in a mobile radio network as telecommunication network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said service includes the supplying of SOAP and/or .NET services accessible to said server.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said service includes the supplying of executable program code elements.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein after the service has been supplied a confirmation is sent to the mobile device,

and wherein said confirmation includes at least part of the content of said page and/or a link to one said page.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said RFID reader device is part of a mobile radio telephone as mobile device,

and wherein said code is packaged by a software application in said mobile radio telephone and transmitted to said server.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said electronic codes are organized hierarchically,

and wherein a part of the code indicates the identity of said mobile radio network operator.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile user enters a password,

and wherein said service is only supplied if the password corresponds to said code.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity of the mobile user is verified,

and supplying the service depends on this identity.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity of the mobile user is determined with a chip-card.