METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING ACCESS TO A CONTENT FROM A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20070265024A1
• Filed: 04/27/2007
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Societe Francaise De Radiotelephone SA (Altice Europe NV)
• Original Assignee: Societe Francaise De Radiotelephone SA (Altice Europe NV)
• Inventors: VINCENT, Francois
• Application Number:
  US11/740,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20070265024A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• 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 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

System for accelerating access to predetermined data of multimedia content or access to a value-added service, from a mobile wireless telephone communications terminal. The mobile terminal communicates with an interactive server providing the content. A wireless telephone network includes a unidirectional broadcasting centre of predetermined data from the interactive server to the mobile terminal. The predetermined data transmitted contains an identification characteristic identifiable by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal identifies the predetermined data transmitted by the broadcast centre, saves the predetermined data, reads information representing the identification characteristic of the predetermined data saved by the mass memory means and, and authorizes or does not authorize access by the direct access key to these data.

Claims

1. System for accelerating access to predetermined data consisting either of a multimedia content, or of access to a value-added service, comprising at least one terminal of a wireless communication cell telephone network, called a mobile terminal (T), containing at least one essentially electronic item with microcircuit and memory (0) and at least one interactive interface (1) having at least one screen, at least one keypad, at least one key and/or at least one tactile area of the terminal screen, called a direct access key (13), giving direct access to the multimedia content and/or value-added service, the mobile terminal (T) being able to communicate in a wireless telephone network identifiable by means of the network, with at least one interactive server providing the multimedia content and/or value-added service, called an interactive server (F), the transmitting and receiving of data between the mobile terminal (T) and the interactive server (F) being conducted two-way fashion from the mobile terminal (T) to the interactive server (F) and vice versa using at least one processing node (SGSN), characterized in that the wireless telephone network comprises a unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) broadcasting predetermined data from the interactive server (F) to the mobile terminal (T) or a plurality of mobile terminals (T), via a unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T), in that the predetermined data transmitted by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) contain at least one identification characteristic identifiable by means of the mobile terminal (T), and in that the mobile terminal (T) comprises:

identification means to identify the predetermined data transmitted by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T),

mass memory means to save the predetermined data identified by the identification means,

authorization means to read information representing the identification characteristic of the predetermined data saved by the mass memory means and, in relation to this information, to authorize or not authorize access by the direct access key (13) to at least part of these predetermined data

2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that programming of the broadcasting of the predetermined data is managed in accordance with at least one broadcasting rule predefined by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) or by the interactive server (F).

3. System according to claim 2, characterized in that the predetermined data are periodically updated by the interactive server (F), and in that the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) broadcasts these updated predetermined data at the time interval predefined since the last update.

4. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) manages a repeat broadcast of the identical predetermined data in accordance with at least one predefined repeat rule.

5. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined data transmitted by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC), via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T), are identifiable by the identification means of the mobile terminal (T) using one or more identification characteristics chosen from among the following parameters and/or the result of a function using these parameters:

(a) broadcast timestamp of the predetermined data broadcast by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC);

(b) content of the predetermined data transmitted by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC);

(c) content version of the predetermined data transmitted by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC);

(d) number of the cell (14) of the wireless telephone network;

(e) identifier of the mobile terminal (T) in the wireless telephone network.

6. System according to claim 1, characterized in that at least part of the identification characteristics of the predetermined data is transmitted separately, via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T), by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) prior to the broadcasting, via this same unidirectional channel (SMS-CB), of the predetermined data.

7. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the wireless telephone network comprises an input server (PPG) installed downstream of the interactive server (F) and upstream of the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) with respect to the direction of transmission of the predetermined data from the interactive server (F) to the mobile terminal (T), and in that the predetermined data broadcast by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) are formed of a plurality of messages of predefined volume obtained during prior segmenting of the predetermined data of the Interactive server (F) by the input server (PPG) in accordance with at least one predefined segmenting rule.

8. System according to claim 7, characterized in that the identification means of the mobile terminal (T) maintain permanently open a unidirectional connection session from the input server (PPG) to the mobile terminal (T), via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T).

9. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the mobile terminal (T) comprises management means to send a request to the wireless telephone network to set up a new two-way connection from the mobile terminal (T) to the interactive server (F) using the processing node (SGSN), this request being sent simultaneously with display of predetermined data saved by the mass memory means of the mobile terminal (T) on the screen of the mobile terminal (T) by means of the direct access key (13) of the mobile terminal (T).

10. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the wireless telephone network and the mobile terminal are compatible with GSM technology and/or UMTS technology.

11. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined data contain at least one home page to a multimedia portal of WAP type, managed by the interactive server (F).

12. Method for accelerating access to predetermined data consisting either of a multimedia content, or of access to a value-added service, implemented by the system according to claim 1,

characterized in that it comprises:

a communication step of the interactive server (F) with the wireless telephone network via at least one unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) to broadcast, via a unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T), the predetermined data of the interactive server (F) to the mobile terminal (T) or a plurality of mobile terminals (T), these predetermined data containing at least one identification characteristic identifiable by means of the mobile terminal (T),

an identification step by identification means of the mobile terminal (T) to identify the predetermined data transmitted by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC), via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T),

a saving step by mass memory means of the mobile terminal (T) to save the predetermined data identified by the identification means of the mobile terminal (T),

an authorization step by authorization means of the mobile terminal (T) to read information representing the identification characteristic of the predetermined data saved by the mass memory means of the mobile terminal (T) and, in relation to this information, to authorize or not authorize, via the direct access key (13) the use of at least part of these predetermined data.

13. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that it comprises a step to program broadcasting of the predetermined data, managed by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) or by the interactive server (F) in accordance with at least one predefined broadcasting rule.

14. Method according to claim 13, characterized in that it comprises:

a periodic update step of the predetermined data by the interactive server (F), and

a broadcasting step of these updated, predetermined data by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) at the time interval predefined since the last broadcasting.

15. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that it comprises a broadcast repeat step by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) of the identical predetermined data in accordance with at least one predefined repeat rule.

16. Method as in claim 12, characterized in that the broadcasting step of the predetermined data by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) is preceded by a prior, separate broadcasting step by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC), via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T), to broadcast at least part of the identification characteristics of the predetermined data.

17. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the broadcasting step of the predetermined data by the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC), via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T), is preceded by a prior segmenting step of the predetermined data into a plurality of messages of predefined volume by an input server (PPG) installed downstream of the interactive server (F) and upstream of the unidirectional broadcast centre (CBC) with respect to the direction of transmission of the predetermined data from the interactive server (F) to the mobile terminal (T), this segmenting being conducted by the input server (PPG) in accordance with at least one predefined segmenting rule.

18. Method according to claim 17, characterized in that comprises a permanent opening step, by the identification means of the mobile terminal (T), of a unidirectional connection to the input server (PPG) from the mobile terminal (T), via the unidirectional channel (SMS-CB) common to all the mobile terminals (T).

19. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that it comprises a step to send a request by management means of the mobile terminal (T) to the wireless telephone network, to set up a new two-way connection from the mobile terminal (T) to the interactive server (F) using the processing node (SGSN) of the wireless telephone network, this request-sending step being conducted simultaneously with a display step on the screen of the mobile terminal (T), of the predetermined data saved by the mass memory means of the mobile terminal (T), these two steps being triggered by actuation of the direct access key (13) on the mobile terminal (T).

20. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the wireless telephone network through which the predetermined data of the interactive server (F) are transmitted, and the mobile terminal (T) receiving these data, are compatible with GSM technology and/or UMTS technology.

21. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the predetermined data comprise at least one home page to a multimedia portal of WAP type, managed by the interactive server (F).