Communication system comprising a wireless communication network, a radio broadcasting network and a wireless device which can receive signals from both networks

• US 20070072542A1
• Filed: 05/13/2003
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Haagen, John
• Application Number:
  US10/556,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20070072542A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.60
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/44 for identifying broadcast stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/51 of receiving stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/85 which are mobile communication networks
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication system comprising wireless telecommunication network, a radio broadcasting network and a wireless telecommunication device, which can receive signals from both of said wireless telecommunication network and radio broadcasting network, said telecommunication network providing position of said wireless device. The communication system comprises means, which based on said position of said wireless device and information from the communication system about radio broadcasting stations, determines the broadcasting network identity.

Claims

1. A communication system for determining a broadcasting station identity from a number of broadcasting stations and providing said identity to a wireless telecommunication device arranged to communicate with a wireless telecommunication network and receive broadcasting signals from said broadcasting stations, said telecommunication network being arranged to provide a position of said wireless device, characterized in

that said communication system comprises:

a storing means for storing information about a radio broadcasting station'"'"'s identity

means, which based on a position of said wireless telecommunication device received from said telecommunication network and information stored in said storing means, determines said broadcasting station'"'"'s identity stored in said storing means, and

means in said telecommunication device for accessing a data network through said communication network for obtaining information on said radio broadcasting station based on said position of said wireless telecommunication device.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein said communication device is one of a mobile telephone or a computer unit with wireless telecommunication ability.

3. The communication system of claim 1, wherein said positioning is achieved by positioning the communication device in the telecommunication network and with respect to the radio frequency of the received radio broadcasting.

4. The communication system of claim 1, wherein said data network is one of Internet or intranet.

5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein said system comprises a database containing information on broadcasting radio stations.

6. The communication system of claim 5, wherein said information comprises at least one of frequency band, coverage, radio station position or a communication cell identity.

7. The communication system according to claim 1, comprising a database storing position of radio broadcasting stations.

8. A telecommunication device comprising a combined telecommunication transceiver and a radio broadcasting receiver unit, said device being arranged to receive data from an information source depending on a radio broadcasting station to which said radio broadcasting receiver unit is tuned into,

characterised in

that said device is arranged to be positioned by a telecommunication network and identify a radio broadcasting frequency, providing an identity for said radio broadcasting station, based on which said device receives data from said information source through said telecommunication network.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein said information is transmitted with respect to the position of the device.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein a telecommunication network positions said device.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein said device is provided with Internet access ability to transceive information from said information source.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein said device is a cell-phone.

13. A method of providing information to a wireless telecommunication device, comprising a telecommunication transceiver unit and connected to or communicating with a radio receiver unit arranged to receive signals from a radio broadcasting station, the method comprising arranging said device to receive said information from an information source through a telecommunication network depending on the reception from said radio broadcasting station by identifying a reception frequency and position of said telecommunication transceiver.

14. A method of providing a structured data set to a wireless telecommunication device in a cell of a telecommunication network, comprising a telecommunication transceiver unit and connected to or communicating with a radio receiver unit arranged to receive signals from a radio station, the method comprising the steps of:

a. sending by a Client Application in the wireless telecommunication device a request for said structured data set via said telecommunication network, by sending information on current tuned radio frequency and a cell id;

b. determining a radio station relevant to said radio frequency by combining the information on cell id and the frequency and searching in a storage device containing frequency and geographical information relevant to radio stations,

c. redirecting a structured data request to a data-operator, operated by/for said broadcast network, and

d. providing said wireless telecommunication device with a result from the data operator to the Client Application in said wireless telecommunication device through said telecommunication network.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining a geographical position of said wireless telecommunication device using the cell id relating to said wireless telecommunication device and the frequency information.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said cell id is fetched from the network.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

a. if the cell id is not fetched by the wireless telecommunication device, obtaining it from the network by sending a number identifying said device to the communication network or other service providers such as positioning services from the server application, and

b. the network returning said position (cell id).

18. The method of claim 14, substituting steps b-d by:

b. the request from said wireless telecommunication device is answered with a redirection address to a data operator operated by/for the broadcast network,

c. the application in said wireless telecommunication device sending a request directly to the determined operator, and

d. Sending a reply to the client application.