METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION AND TERMINAL DEVICE TO RECEIVE DATA

• US 20090209246A1
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andreas Kynast, Ulrich Kersken
• Original Assignee: Andreas Kynast, Ulrich Kersken
• Inventors: KYNAST, Andreas, Kersken, Ulrich
• Application Number:
  US12/412,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20090209246A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for transmitting information between a data provider and data users is described in which the data users may be different with regard to their data processing capabilities. An interface is provided between the data provider and the data user, via which the data is adapted to the respective data processing capabilities of the data users. Corresponding terminal devices transmit information concerning the terminal device'"'"'s data processing capabilities with the request for data.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A method for transmitting information between an infrastructure and data users, the infrastructure including a service provider, the data users including terminal devices in a motor vehicle, the terminal devices having specific different data processing capabilities, the method comprising:

making a single data service available in a standardized format, using the infrastructure; and

via interfaces situated in the infrastructure, adapting data from the single data service in the standardized format to the different data processing capabilities of the terminal devices;

wherein the different data processing capabilities of the terminal devices are identified based on at least one of a terminal device identifier and a terminal device code transmitted by a respective terminal device to the service provider, and

wherein if additional terminal devices with new data processing capabilities are introduced, already existing data services are easily adapted to the new terminal devices by only adapting the interface to the new devices.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of carrying-out a transmission between the infrastructure and the data users via a digital mobile telephone network.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting request data from the data users to the infrastructure; and

selecting the data service and at least one of the interfaces as a function of the request data.

11. A terminal device for a reception of data from an infrastructure, the terminal device having specific different data processing capabilities for processing the data, the infrastructure making a single data service available in a standardized format, the infrastructure including interfaces via which the data from the single data service in the standardized format is adapted to the different data processing capabilities of the terminal device, the terminal device comprising:

a transmitting arrangement to transmit a request signal to the infrastructure via which data is requested from the infrastructure and with which information concerning the different data processing capabilities is transmitted via the terminal device to the infrastructure;

wherein the different data processing capabilities of the terminal device are identified based on at least one of a terminal device identifier and a terminal device code transmitted by the terminal device to the service provider, and

wherein if additional terminal devices with new data processing capabilities are introduced, already existing data services are easily adapted to the new terminal devices by only adapting the interface to the new devices.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a data exchanging arrangement to exchange data with the infrastructure via a digital mobile telephone network.

13. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the terminal device is a car radio with supplementary functions.

14. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the information concerning the different data processing capabilities of the terminal device includes the terminal device identifier.

15. A method for transmitting information between an infrastructure and data users, the infrastructure including a service provider, the data users including terminal devices in a motor vehicle, the terminal devices having specific data processing capabilities, the method comprising the steps of:

making a data service available in a standardized format, using the infrastructure; and

via interfaces situated in the infrastructure, adapting data in the standardized format to the data processing capabilities of the terminal devices;

wherein the data includes geographic information,

wherein the different data processing capabilities of the terminal devices are identified based on at least one of a terminal device identifier and a terminal device code transmitted by a respective terminal device to a service provider, and

wherein if additional terminal devices with new data processing capabilities are introduced, already existing data services are easily adapted to the new terminal devices by only adapting the interface to the new devices.

16. A terminal device for a reception of data from an infrastructure, the terminal device having specific different data processing capabilities arranged to process the data, the infrastructure arranged to make a single data service available in a standardized format, the infrastructure including interfaces via which the data from the single data service in the standardized format is adapted to the different data processing capabilities of the terminal device, the terminal device comprising:

an arrangement configured to transmit a request signal to the infrastructure via which data is requested from the infrastructure and with which information concerning the different data processing capabilities is transmitted via the terminal device to the infrastructure;

wherein the different data processing capabilities are identified based on at least one of a terminal device identifier and a terminal device code transmitted by the terminal device to a service provider, and

wherein if additional terminal devices with new data processing capabilities are introduced, already existing data services are easily adapted to the new terminal devices by only adapting the interface to the new devices.

17. A method for transmitting information between an infrastructure and data users, the infrastructure including a service provider having a data service configured independently of the processing capabilities of the data users, the data users including terminal devices in a motor vehicle, the terminal devices having specific different data processing capabilities, the method comprising the steps of:

making a data service available in a standardized format, using the infrastructure;

via interfaces situated in the infrastructure, adapting data from the data service in the standardized format to the different data processing capabilities of the terminal devices; and

transmitting the adapted data to a terminal device;

wherein the different data processing capabilities of the terminal devices are identified based on at least one of a terminal device identifier and a terminal device code transmitted by a respective terminal device to the service provider, and

wherein if additional terminal devices with new data processing capabilities are introduced, already existing data services are easily adapted to the new terminal devices by only adapting the interface to the new devices.

18. A device for transmitting information between an infrastructure and data users, the infrastructure including a service provider having a data service configured independently of the processing capabilities of the data users, the data users including terminal devices in a motor vehicle, the terminal devices having specific different data processing capabilities, comprising:

an arrangement configured to make a data service available in a standardized format, using the infrastructure;

interfaces arranged in the infrastructure and configured to adapt data from the data service in the standardized format to the different data processing capabilities of the terminal devices, which are identified based on at least one of a terminal device identifier and a terminal device code transmitted by a respective terminal device to the service provider; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the adapted data to a terminal device;

wherein if additional terminal devices with new data processing capabilities are introduced, already existing data services are easily adapted to the new terminal devices by only adapting the interface to the new devices.