METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A TERMINAL AND A SERVER

• US 20100179985A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Watt, Idy, Grange, Julien, Bellardie, Nicolas
• Granted Patent: US 8,868,742 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/03 Cooperating elements; Interaction or communication between different cooperating elements or between cooperating elements and receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0054 of actual mobile position, i.e. position calculation on base station
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/147 Signalling methods or messages providing extensions to protocols defined by standardisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the communication of a terminal (10) with a server (14), the terminal including an application and computer software capable of communicating with the server (14). The method comprises: the step of sending (42) a request (RLoc) by the application (26) to the software (34), and the step of obtaining (44) by the software (34) and from the application (26) data (DAutor) necessary for the software (34) to communicate with the server (14) so that the request can be executed. This method enables access to GPS assistance servers to be limited only to users who have paid the localisation service to the owner operator of the localisation assistance server.

Claims

1. Method of communication of a terminal (10) with a server (14), the terminal comprising an application and a computer program, the program being adapted to communicate with the server (14), characterized by:

a step (42) of the application (26) sending the program (34) a request (R_Loc), and

a step (44) of the program (34) obtaining from the application (26) data (D_Autor) necessary for the program (34) to communicate with the server (14) and for the server to execute the request.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data obtained (D_Autor) is deleted in the program after it is sent to the server.

3. Computer program (34) comprising code instructions which execute the following steps when the program is executed by a processor:

a. a step of receiving a request (R_Loc);

b. a step (44) of obtaining data (D_Autor) necessary to communicate with a server (14) and for the server (14) to execute the request.

6. Storage medium on which a computer program (34) according to claim 3 is stored.

8. Making a computer program (34) according to claim 3 available with a view to it being downloaded.

4. Application (26) comprising code instructions which execute the following steps when it is executed by a processor:

a step of sending a request (R_Loc) to a program (34);

a step of providing data (D_Autor) necessary for communication between the program (34) and a server (14).

7. Storage medium on which an application (26) according to claim 4 is stored.

9. Making an application (26) according to claim 4 available with a view to it being downloaded.

5. Communication terminal (10) adapted to communicate with a server (14), the terminal comprising an application (26) and a program (34):

the application (26) being adapted to send (42) a request (R_Loc) to the program (34),

the computer program (34) being adapted to obtain from the application data (D_Autor) necessary for the program (34) to communicate with the server (14) to enable execution of the request.