COMMUNICATION NETWORK TERMINAL SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS

• US 20100261491A1
• Filed: 04/23/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: DECKER, Peter, PIHKO, Pete, KAARTINEN, Kalevi, KARI, Hannu H., ALANARA, Seppo, MAENPAA, Jari, LEHTONEN, Arto, ISOMURSU, Pekka, TARNANEN, Teemu, TERHO, Mikko, MIETTUNEN, Juhani, LIETSALMI, Mikko, NYKANEN, Petri, GUSTAFFSON, Patrik
• Granted Patent: US 8,229,485 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• 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 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method includes transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network. The transfer of data includes providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information, receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message, and interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes;

providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information; and

receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message,

interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the code in a memory of the mobile station for use by the mobile station without an open communications link to the Internet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user message includes at least a telephone number to which a second user message from the mobile station should be sent.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first and second user message reserve a communication channel for a shorter period of time than a transmission over an opened communication link from the mobile station over the mobile communication network to the internet.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising locating identifiers in the code sent to the mobile station and attaching the identifiers as characters to a data field of a user message to be sent by the mobile station.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second user message is divided into an address field portion containing the address of the mobile station and into a data portion containing a response and a header indicating the application type.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to access the Internet over a mobile communication network and receive at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code in a first user message, wherein the first user message includes at least a telephone number to which a second user message should be sent;

a memory configured to store the code for use by the mobile station without an open communications link to the Internet; and

a transmitter configured to send the second user message including identifiers as characters in a data field of the second user message, wherein the first and second user message reserve a communication channel for a shorter period of time than a transmission over an opened communication link.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a locator for locating the identifiers in the code received by the mobile station.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second user message is a short message including one of a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second user message comprise ASCII characters.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second user message is divided into an address field portion containing the address of the mobile station and into a data portion containing a response and a header indicating the application type.

12. A method of transferring data between first device for communicating over a mobile communications network and a network operator having a connection to the mobile communications network, the method comprising:

receiving in the first device from the network operator an application identifier including at least a command, an application corresponding to the application identifier being an Internet service page downloaded in the first device; and

utilizing the command to access services offered by the network operator from the first device;

wherein the application identifier is received in the first device via a user message, where the user message is a short message service message and the Internet service page is arranged on a display of the first device as a response to the user message.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first device is a mobile terminal.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the user message pertains to a notification concerning services offered by the network operator.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the short message is one of a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.