INFORMATION SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090296621A1
• Filed: 05/20/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Young-Soo, LEE, Geun-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,724,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/15 on receiving information
• 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 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

An information service apparatus and method in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Radio Access Station (RAS) includes receiving information regarding business offices located in a cell coverage area of the RAS from a network entity of a core service network, classifying the received business office information according to a plurality of items and storing the classified information in a Data Base (DB), allocating a Multicast Connection IDentifier (MCID) for each item, determining a transmission period for each item, obtaining a business office list of a corresponding item from the DB when a Transmit (Tx) time elapses according to the Tx period, generating an advertisement multicast burst including the obtained business office list, and multicasting the generated burst to pre-registered Mobile Stations (MSs).

Claims

1. A method of operating a Radio Access Station (RAS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information regarding business offices located in a cell coverage area of an RAS from a network entity of a core service network;

classifying the received business office information according to a plurality of items and storing the classified information in a Data Base (DB);

allocating a Multicast Connection IDentifier (MCID) for each item;

determining a transmission period for each item;

obtaining a business office list of a corresponding item from the DB when a Transmit (Tx) time elapses according to the Tx period;

generating an advertisement multicast burst including the obtained business office list; and

multicasting the generated burst to pre-registered Mobile Stations (MSs).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, for each business office, the business office information comprises at least one of an item type, an address, a phone number, event information, a homepage address link, and a class.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein information regarding a business office having a high class is located in at least one of an upper position and a first page of the business office list.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the transmission period for each item comprises considering a wakeup period in an idle state of MSs that desire a corresponding item.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising managing a multicast group for each item.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon detecting an access of a new MS, obtaining subscription information of the MS by performing authentication;

determining whether the MS is a subscriber of an advertisement service using the subscription information;

if the MS is the subscriber of the advertisement service, determining at least one of a preference item and a preference time using the subscription information;

joining the MS to a corresponding multicast group using at least one of the preference item and the preference time; and

transmitting to the MS at least one of the preference time and the MCID of at least one multicast group in which the MS is joined.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting of the MCID comprises transmitting the MCID and the preference time to the MS using at least one of a broadcast message, a message exchanged for the initial access process, and a Dynamic Service Addition (DSA) message.

8. A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving at least one of an advertisement Multicast Connection IDentifier (MCID) for a preference item and a pre-registered preference time from a Radio Access Station (RAS) in an initial access process;

determining whether an advertisement burst corresponding to the MCID is received from the RAS;

if the advertisement burst is received, determining whether advertisement reception is currently activated;

if the advertisement reception is currently activated, obtaining information regarding the preference item by decoding the received advertisement burst; and

reproducing information regarding the preference item using an application program.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, if the advertisement reception is inactivated, discarding the received advertisement burst.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a time zone for activating the advertisement reception according to the received preference time.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining at least one of an activation of the advertisement reception and the time zone of the advertisement reception according to a user setting.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving of the MCID comprises receiving the MCID using at least one of a broadcast message, a message exchanged for the initial access process, and a Dynamic Service Addition (DSA) message.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the reproducing of the information comprises displaying the information regarding the preference item on a portion of a screen without interfering with another application.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the advertisement information comprises information regarding a business office located in a cell coverage area of the RAS, and the business office information comprises at least one of an address, a phone number, event information, and a homepage address link of the business office.

15. A Radio Access Station (RAS) apparatus in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a first Data Base (DB) for storing information regarding business offices located in a cell coverage area of an RAS and received from an information provider server;

a second DB for determining whether a Mobile Station (MS) accessing the RAS is a subscriber of an advertisement service, and, if the MS is the subscriber of the advertisement service, for managing a preference item list and a preference time;

a third DB for managing a list of MSs that desire to receive a corresponding item among a plurality of items and a Multicast Connection IDentifier (MCID) allocated to the corresponding item;

a controller for determining a Transmit (Tx) period for each item, and if a Tx time for the Tx period elapses, for obtaining a business office list of the corresponding item from the first DB and for generating an advertisement multicast burst including the obtained business office list; and

a transmitter for performing physical layer processing on the burst received from the controller to multicast the processed burst to pre-registered MSs.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein, if an initial access of the MS is not detected, the controller performs authentication on the MS by interoperating with an authentication server, and if authentication is successful, determines whether the MS is a subscriber of the advertisement service using subscription information of the MS, if the MS is the subscriber of the advertisement service, determines at least one of a preference item and a preference item, and transmits at least one of the preference time and the MCID according to the preference item to the MS.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein, for each business office, the business office information comprises at least one of an item type, an address, a phone number, event information, a homepage address link, and a class.

18. A Mobile Station (MS) apparatus in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for receiving at least one of an advertisement Multicast Connection IDentifier (MCID) for a preference item and a pre-registered preference time from a Radio Access Station (RAS) in an initial access process, for determining whether an advertisement burst corresponding to the MCID is received from the RAS, and, if the advertisement burst is received, for determining whether advertisement reception is currently activated;

a decoder for determining information regarding the preference item by decoding the received advertisement burst if the advertisement reception is activated; and

a reproducer for reproducing information regarding the preference item using an application program.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, if the advertisement reception is inactivated, the decoder discards the received advertisement burst.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller determines a time zone for activating the advertisement reception according to the received preference time.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller determines at least one of an activation of the advertisement reception and the time zone of the advertisement reception according to a user setting.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the MCID is received using at least one of a broadcast message, a message exchanged for the initial access process, and a Dynamic Service Addition (DSA) message.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the reproducer displays the information regarding the preference item on a portion of a screen without interfering with another application.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the advertisement information comprises information regarding a business office located in a cell coverage area of the RAS, and the business office information comprises at least one of an address, a phone number, event information, and a homepage address link of the business office.