USING SERVICES PROVIDED VIA A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20070258570A1
• Filed: 11/27/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Tenhunen, Jouko, Selenius, Jari
• Application Number:
  US11/563,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20070258570A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service portal configured to receive information relating to a number of services provided via a communication network, to represent online the information to a user of user equipment End to provide the user equipment, in response to a selection from the user, with a configuration entity comprising said information for adapting a service logic entity in the user equipment, the service logic entity interfacing the service with features or the user equipment. The present invention relates also to user equipment and a method adapted to embodiments of the invention.

Claims

1. A service portal configured to:

receive information relating to a number of services provided via a communication network;

represent online the information to a user of user equipment; and

provide the user equipment, in response to a selection from the user, with a configuration entity comprising said information for adapting a service logic entity in the user equipment, the service logic entity interfacing the service with features of the user equipment.

2. A service portal according to claim 1, configured to receive updated information from the number of services.

3. A method for using services provided via a communication system, the method comprising:

retrieving in user equipment information relating to a service from an online service portal relating to a number of service providers;

adapting configuring information in the user equipment using said information relating to the service; and

initiating a connection to the service using said configuring information.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein adapting comprises adapting a configuration file configuring a service logic entity for interfacing the service with features of the user equipment.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein retrieving comprises retrieving updated information relating to the service.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein retrieving comprises retrieving information on an offer relating to the service.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein initiating comprises informing the service about using the offer.

8. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 3.

11. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 4.

12. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 5.

13. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 6.

14. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 7.

15. A method according to claim 4, wherein retrieving comprises retrieving updated information relating to the service.

16. A method according to claim 15, wherein retrieving comprises retrieving information on an offer relating to the service.

17. A method according to claim 16, wherein initiating comprises informing the service about using the offer.

18. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 15.

19. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 16.

20. A computer program comprising program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer code configured for performing the method of claim 17.

9. User equipment configured to:

retrieve information relating to a service from an online service portal relating to a number of service providers;

adapt configuring information in the user equipment using said information relating to the service; and

initiate a connection to the service using said configuring information.

10. A system comprising a communications network, a service portal and user equipment, the user equipment comprising a service logic entity, wherein the user equipment is configured to download information from the service portal via the communication network for adapting the service logic entity.