Method for Prioritizing Networks in a Telecommunications Terminal Having Digital Rights Management Characteristics

• US 20070213048A1
• Filed: 04/14/2005
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Trauberg, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 9,166,985 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas

Abstract

In a method for prioritizing telecommunications networks in a telecommunications terminal, a user data object is stored in the telecommunications terminal, and the user data object is assigned an access parameter which permits access to the user data object depending on which telecommunications network the telecommunications terminal is registered into. The telecommunications networks are prioritized using the access parameter.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A method for prioritizing telecommunications networks in a telecommunications terminal, which comprises the steps of:

storing a user data object in the telecommunications terminal;

assigning the user data object an access parameter permitting access to the user data object depending on which telecommunications network the telecommunications terminal is registered into; and

prioritizing the telecommunications networks using the access parameter.

19. The method according to claim 18, which further comprises forming the access parameter to contain at least one of network-related information, technical information and geographical permission information.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the telecommunications terminal attempts to register into the telecommunications network used in which access to the user data object is permitted according to the access parameter.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the telecommunications terminal automatically attempts to register into the telecommunications network used.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein prior to registering into the telecommunications network used, registering the telecommunications terminal into a previous telecommunications network in which access to the user data object is impermissible according to the access parameter, and leaving the previous telecommunications network automatically.

23. The method according to claim 18, which further comprises giving a highest priority to at least one preferred telecommunications network permitted according to a maximum number of access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the telecommunications terminal attempts to register into the telecommunications network with the highest priority.

25. The method according to claim 23, which further comprises entering the telecommunications networks permitted according to the access parameter or according to the access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal in a list of preferred telecommunications networks maintained in the telecommunications terminal and/or in the telecommunications network.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the telecommunications networks permitted according to the access parameter and/or according to the access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal become or are a higher priority than telecommunications networks that are impermissible according to the access parameter and/or according to the access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal.

27. The method according to claim 25, wherein at least two of the access parameters are present and at least one preferred telecommunications network permitted according to the maximum number of access parameters is given the highest priority within the list of preferred telecommunications networks.

28. The method according to claim 25, wherein the telecommunications terminal attempts to register into the telecommunications network from the list of preferred telecommunications networks with the highest priority.

29. The method according to claim 23, which further comprises entering in a list of impermissible communications networks, the telecommunications networks which are impermissible according to the access parameter or according to the access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal.

30. The method according to claim 18, wherein a telecommunications network, into which the telecommunications terminal was last registered, resides or is stored in the telecommunications network and the information is used for prioritization and/or to determine the communications network used.

31. The method according to claim 20, wherein the telecommunications terminal automatically attempts to register into the telecommunications network used, after confirmation by a user.

32. The method according to claim 22, wherein the telecommunications terminal leaves the previous telecommunications network automatically after confirmation by a user.

33. A telecommunications terminal, comprising:

a control device; and

the telecommunications terminal programmed to;

store a user data object in the telecommunications terminal;

assign the user data object an access parameter permitting access to the user data object depending on which telecommunications network the telecommunications terminal is registered into; and

prioritize the telecommunications networks using the access parameter.

34. The telecommunications terminal according to claim 33, further comprising:

a memory device connected to said control device;

the telecommunications terminal further programmed to;

enter the telecommunications networks permitted according to the access parameter or according to access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal in a list of preferred telecommunications networks maintained in the telecommunications terminal and/or in the telecommunications network;

enter in a list of impermissible communications networks, the telecommunications networks which are impermissible according to the access parameter or according to the access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal;

the list of preferred telecommunications networks and/or the list of impermissible telecommunications networks are stored in said memory device.

35. The telecommunications terminal according to claim 34, further comprising a removable memory module connected to said control device, the list of preferred telecommunications networks and/or the list of impermissible telecommunications terminals is further stored at least in part in said removable memory module.

36. A removable memory module for a telecommunications terminal, the removable memory module comprising:

a memory containing;

a list of preferred telecommunications networks permitted according to an access parameter or according to access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal; and

a list of impermissible communications networks being impermissible according to the access parameter or according to the access parameters present in the telecommunications terminal.