Multimedia (VO) IP Solution for Mobile Telephones

• US 20100042546A1
• Filed: 10/21/2006
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roger Humbel
• Original Assignee: Roger Humbel
• Inventors: Humbel, Roger
• Application Number:
  US12/083,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20100042546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel mobile hotspot value-added service VAS (telephony, internet, IP-TV, M-Payment etc) solution using W-Lan, WiMAX, Bluetooth, DMV, DVB-H, NFC or any other known GSM and UMTS mobile radio technology, with a ticketing system on a handset (mobile, PDA, laptop), said solution being operated as a club system such as Skype for VoIP. In addition to the ticketing system, other rights, duties, or services are carried out/offered/operated or managed, and the operator of the hotspot can make their own profits on the value-added services when they sell the same individually, especially when the handset already contains an electronic ticket (MMS etc). According to the invention, a mobile VAS telephony solution (telephone exchange/platform) is operated as a club system by means of W-Lan, Bluetooth or any other mobile radio technology, such as is known for Skype with VoIP, but not as is claimed in the present invention with mobile telephones, by means of hotspots (with a proprietary software) simultaneously together with and against other rights, duties and inter alia commercial models etc. (such as ticketing systems, payment or controlling in stadiums or trains).

Claims

1. ) Mobile radio and TV and multimedia, etc. Internet value-added service and packet-switched service ticketing solution, wherein, via WLAN, Bluetooth, GSM, UMTS, HSDPA, WiMax, DECT, UWB, UKW, satellite, DMB, DVB-H and NFC or any other mobile radio technology, a club system is operated, in which, from an Internet/radio/TV/telephone exchange platform with value-added services, content, multimedia and mobile VoIP, in one or more sessions by means of one or more/further (additional) hotspots, this mobile telephony and value-added service solution, whether charged individually and/or generally with the Internet connection, is operated for mobile telephone users, and wherein services which are subject to additional personal identification, such as PIN or biometric ID (fingerprint)—

especially also at NFC terminals, etc.—

payment, ticketing, Internet surfing, Internet TV, pay-TV, consumption-, registration-, authorization-, security-, time-, place-, and rights-dependent services and value-added services, such as premium SMS, Messenger or advertising, operated and/or offered to said users (on their devices)—

especially in combination with other rights, duties and services for users, entitled and/or authorized parties (mobile hotspot value-added service users), whereby such hotspot ticketing, which is subject to a local fee and generates income for the operator, with tickets, subscriptions and other electronic vouchers, is operated on mobile telephones, and whereby any other type of authorization, participation, entitlement, purchase or acquisition, via the mobile telephone, of the IP value added services, such as Mobile VoIP, includes Internet, IP-TV, M-Payment, advertisement, mobile parking, lotteries, premium SMS, content as a whole and other such groups/bundles or reciprocal exclusions, such as content without advertising.

2. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, in shops, restaurants, etc., said solution enables the mobile hotspot by US service users to obtain special offers, when they select the service with or without personal identification, and wherein advertisements and infomercials are switched in before, during and after the use of the mobile hotspot value-added service, according to specific user profiles, and wherein, in sports stadiums, replays or even Internet-TV can be displayed by means of this mobile hotspot value-added service offer, so that, along with a value-added service, and especially with a local and/or roaming VoIP, ticketing/vouchers/advertising for any other offer, or for any other value-added service, such as parking, IP-TV, M-Payment or VoIP itself, can be implemented/operated on the mobile phone.

3. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, by means of said mobile hotspot value-added service offer, department store, public transportation, railway and stadium clients are given an alternative, including a mobile alternative, to (NFC Chip) payment and ticketing (i.e. are authorized and/or the tickets are charged), and along with this (PIN-SMS, email, etc.) ticketing, direct entitlement to said mobile hotspot value-added service offer in trains, stadiums, theaters, cinemas, etc., is provided and/or given and/or guaranteed, and wherein ticketing security and general personal security is enabled before entry, during transport and after exit, including directly for the providers (public transportation and stadium operators) (whereby said security, notwithstanding the fact that personal data are collected, guarantees data protection according to the basic principles of the operator and/or the network), thus enabling an (ingenious) possibility for operators of public and private transportation and football stadiums to control vandals, idlers and hooligans, (because) by ensuring that all of said mobile hotspot value-added service users, with authorizations installed on the mobile telephones, are always subjected to this ingenious means of control. 7)

4. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, by means of Internet links to the video advertisements, access to the advertised Internet sites is provided, whereby, by clicking on the advertising link, a fee is collected, which must be paid by the advertiser to the mobile hotspot value-added service provider before the link is opened/forwarded, and wherein advertising links must be paid for according to click frequency, size and length, as they appear on the AIORK software, for which an (entirely transparent) AIORK calculation software performs the cost calculation for each advertising link, whereby predefined framework conditions with regard to fees are set for an advertising banner or advertising jingle, and whereby, in advertising spaces recognized in the free Web—

which are not authorized by us, and which are visually and electronically marked—

the finder receives a credit (e.g. 1% of the annual turnover of the advertising link, or a lump sum) and the same fee principle applies to all other Internet services offered via mobile hotspot value-added services;

otherwise, the payment, ticketing and all other control and security services, or precisely the entire hotspot, are blocked/discriminated by the AIORK software.

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5. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein private hotspot operators offer advertisement and mobile hotspot value-added services (as is already claimed in the AIORK patent)—

both without and with identification/control or ticketing/payment. In other words, any combination and/or exclusions of advertising+mobile services, advertising+identification/control, advertising+ticketing/payment, identification/control+mobile services, identification/control+ticketing/payment, mobile services+ticketing/payment, mobile services+ticketing/payment+identification/control, mobile services+identification/control+advertising, ticketing/payment+identification/control+advertising or mobile services+ticketing/payment+identification/control+advertising, is possible.

6. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein ticketing is used in bars, clubs and restaurants, etc., whereby appropriate mobile hotspot value-added services are offered for competitions with tickets or, for example, beverage credits, whereby said mobile hotspot value-added services can be obtained by means of the dial-in ticket code visible on the TV, flyers, beer mats, etc. and, against identification, additional (free or reduced-Price) offers of beverages and food can be obtained. 26)

7. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, for mobile parking ticketing, unoccupied parking places are announced and reserved on the mobile telephones by means of all radio standards, and wherein said ticketing can also be operated online, with the same reservations, in and with cinemas, airplanes, trains, restaurants, and wherein automobile drivers can simultaneously obtain the mobile ticketing Internet services while in the parking garage. 48)

8. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein a link (against a fee), or a function for obtaining good free offers, is integrated into the mobile ticketing, and wherein free content constitutes a form of value-added services which requires a license. 49)

9. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, for unidirectional transmission media, such as VHF radio or terrestrial, digital (DVBH) or satellite TV, via/with/upon mobile ticketing via WLAN or Bluetooth Hotspots and/or GSM and UMTS networks, feedback messages for all additional services are allowed to reach the unidirectional transmission media, whereby (for example), upon/for/after advertising, direct purchase/voting/reservation is possible. 61)

10. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, in hotspots in public and private places, public authorities, schools, companies, shops, etc., handsets and especially extension kits are configured to specific user rights and the users and/or their handsets can be charged with fines/penalties or tariffs, against a fee, and wherein especially any user traffic can be individually controlled by the hotspot operator. 68)

11. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein mobile ticketing may be understood to include mobile paying, i.e. wherever direct—

especially NFC and SMS—

payments are made, VAS for which a fee is charged are subject to license fees, or wherein, instead of individual charging for VAS, a time-based (leasing) system of charging for VAS may be activated.

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12. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, in hotspots, services with subscriptions or flat rates or free offers, or also sponsored services subsidized, for example, by advertising, may be combined with each other and roamed in local or foreign networks, whereby the concept of ticketing is decisive:

Should an electronic ticket (billed or free authorization) be generated, the service applies to the user in question in all hotspots, and is cleared by a company, or may also be cleared by a plurality of (independent or sponsored) companies. Should a user in or from a GSM/UMTS network enter a WLAN network with a more attractive tariff or sponsored service, the client selects and switches in, by means of the mobile telephone, the most attractive, best or fastest provider (GSM, UMTS or WLAN), whereby said provider does not only clear said services individually at the most attractive rate, but may also provide them at a flat rate or as sponsored services. Should a client leave a sponsored or free or pay as you go hotspot and roam into a local or foreign pay-as-you-go or free network, said user shall again perform ticketing in said network as a service.

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13. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1 (80), wherein the VAS that are offered via a hotspot (WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC) in the territory in question are subject to a license fee, even if the ticketing was applied to the device by means of another hotspot (UMTS, GSM). This shall also apply to users who hopped into WLAN networks or via interconnected WLAN networks with OLSR protocol into a local MAN network—

for example, from WLAN via WIMAX to WLAN, and are thereby connected by means of a hybrid network.

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14. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein companies, institutions or organizations allow/give/operate/finance/lease/reward/require/penalize their employees/partners with regard to value-added services in the workplace, at home or on the road or together/jointly with/including other companies and institutions or organizations, and/or with regard to tickets/subscriptions/reductions corresponding to legal areas and/or products, services, duties, rights, promotions and contracts or businesses, whereby complete packets of wISP connection and routers are made available to said employees. 91)

15. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, in companies, especially banks or legal offices, the IT-based business and transactions of said companies which require legal documentation, especially stock exchange business and transactions, may be confirmed and time stamped for mobile phone users by biometric means, and wherein said transactions are encrypted and are themselves implemented as ticketing. 93)

16. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein advertising in value-added services makes said services more attractive for the user, by means of cross-subsidization, or wherein networks, portals or content are covered via advertising or other financing instruments such as donations, subscriptions, clubs, payments, and wherein any and all types of bundling all different offers, services, products, subscriptions or other values, rights and duties are offered. 95)

17. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein mobile ticketing clients can pay for the respective content, value-added services, or even products/merchandise directly in Internet shops by means of our clearing solution via an appropriate link or a pertinent payment transaction solution, such as, for example, Saferpay, and wherein additional mobile ticketing value-added services can be offered thereby. 98)

18. ) Mobile phone ticketing solution according to claim 1, wherein, for ticketing related to rental cars, products, services, railway or other transportation, authorizations or entitlements, special comprehensive subscriptions/tickets can be offered for attractively priced combined acquisition, consumption and/or purchase/rental of the services in question, and wherein the thereby jointly offered Internet value-added services are offered as a package or individually in the subscriptions/tickets. 103)