Method and System to Subscribe, Configure and Move Mobile Telephone Software Service Conveniently

• US 20100279674A1
• Filed: 08/21/2008
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NQ Mobile Lux SA (Link Motion, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Netqin Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Shi, Wenyong, Lin, Yu, Zou, Shihong
• Granted Patent: US 8,369,845 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method, which is convenient to subscribe, configure and move mobile telephone software service, focuses on user. It regards all kinds of mobile telephone service software as the carrier of the service. A user'"'"'s mobile telephone stores user description information and service description information related of the mobile telephone in service management platform after installing and starting a mobile telephone service. The user logs on the service management platform through access equipment, and subscribes mobile telephone service modality and all kinds of function available after identity authorization. The user can configure service parameters through access equipment, downloads the mobile telephone service software or service description information from service management platform, and installs them to user'"'"'s mobile telephone after subscription or configuration operation. The user can log on the service management platform through new mobile telephone when the mobile telephone is updated. All mobile telephone service and service description information used in the original mobile telephone can be moved to the new mobile telephone selectively or as a whole after identity authorization. It is convenient to update, subscribe and configure individualization mobile telephone service software.

Claims

1. A method for subscribing mobile telephone software service, comprising the steps of:

a user backups and stores user description information and service description information related of the mobile telephone in a service management platform;

the user logs on the service management platform through an access equipment, and requires to subscribe mobile telephone software service after identity authorization;

the service management platform operates the subscription requirement of the mobile telephone software service, sends message to the original access equipment, and informs the user that the subscription of the mobile telephone software service is completed after the subscription operation;

the user requires the service management platform through the access equipment to transfer the subscribed mobile telephone service software;

the service management platform sends downloading links to an equipment that the user appointed; and

after the subscribed mobile telephone service software is downloaded with the equipment that the user appointed, the user transmits it to target mobile telephone and installs for use.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

subscription information of the mobile telephone software service comprises:

background picture of the interface of the mobile telephone software service, prompt text and/or warning tone and all kinds of functional software modules of corresponding service; and

methods of downloading comprises;

click to download and install through the user mobile telephone after the service management platform sends message of PUSH;

or the user accesses internet through computer to download, and transmits it to the mobile telephone to install.

3. A method for configuring mobile telephone software service parameters, comprising the steps of:

a user backups and stores user description information and service description information related of the mobile telephone in a service management platform;

the user logs on the service management platform through an access equipment, and requires to configure mobile telephone software service after identity authorization;

the service management platform operates the configuration requirement of the mobile telephone software service, sends message to the original access equipment, and informs the user that the parameter configuration of the mobile telephone software service is completed after the parameter configuration operation;

the user accesses the service management platform through mobile telephone, and after identity authorization, requires to update corresponding service parameter configuration information through corresponding menu items/keys of the mobile telephone service software;

the service management platform transfers new configuration parameters of the mobile telephone software service to the user mobile telephone; and

the mobile telephone service software in the user mobile telephone updates the corresponding service parameter configuration information after receiving the new configuration parameters.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the configuration parameters of the mobile telephone software service comprising:

backup cycle of service description information, frequency of automatic detection and update of software, mode for accessing network, or other individualized service parameters; and

the configuration parameters are used as portion of service description information.

5. A method for moving mobile telephone software service, comprising the steps of:

a user backups and stores user description information and service description information related of the original mobile telephone in service management platform;

the user'"'"'s new mobile telephone logs on the service management platform and requires to move one or more mobile telephone software service(s) in the new mobile telephone or requires to move the original mobile telephone software service as a whole in the new mobile telephone after identity authorization;

as for the requirement of moving one or more mobile telephone software service(s), the service management platform responds and operates the requirement, and sends service description information of the one or more mobile telephone software service(s) to the new mobile telephone;

the service management platform responds the requirement of moving the original mobile telephone software service as a whole, and returns the list of all kinds of mobile telephone software service to the new mobile telephone;

the user selects mobile telephone software service to be moved through new mobile telephone and informs the service management platform; and

the service management platform transfers the selected mobile telephone service software and description information of the service to the new mobile telephone.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the steps, before the new mobile telephone logs on the service management platform:

the user'"'"'s original mobile telephone logs on the service management platform and requires to move out one or more mobile telephone software service(s) from the original mobile telephone or requires to move out the original mobile telephone software service as a whole from the original mobile telephone after identity authorization; and

the service management platform responds and operates the requirement, and informs the original mobile telephone that;

the operation of moving out the one or more mobile telephone software service(s) from the original mobile telephone or moving out the original mobile telephone software service as whole is completed.

7. A network system, which is convenient to subscribe, configure and move mobile telephone software service focuses on user, comprises mobile communication network, internet and base station, characterized in that:

the network system further comprising;

service management platform, which connects to the internet, for backuping and storing all user description information of the mobile telephone user and the service description information of all kinds of mobile telephone software services of the user mobile telephone together in the database of the management platform server, managing these information, and identifying the mobile telephone or other access equipments which access the management platform server;

access equipment, through which user logs on the service management platform, for selecting suitable mode to modify the user description information and corresponding service description information, and subscribe or configure all kinds of mobile telephone software service and the service description information thereof; and

mobile telephone, microelectronic-chip of which stores user description information for identifying each user uniquely and service description information of all kinds of mobile telephone software service that the user configured;

each service description information corresponding to one kind of mobile telephone software service.

8. The network system according to claim 7, wherein the access equipment comprises mobile telephone, computer, telephone or interactive voice response (IVR) device.

9. The network system according to claim 7, wherein the service description information of the mobile telephone software service is used for recording service information and configuration parameter related to settling mobile telephone software service;

and the user description information is used for recording individual information of the user and mobile telephone hardware identity.