METHOD OF TRANSFERRING DATA TO A FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION AND A USER TERMINAL THERETO

• US 20130036150A1
• Filed: 07/27/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Teliasonera AB
• Original Assignee: Teliasonera AB
• Inventors: KEISALA, Ilkka
• Application Number:
  US13/560,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20130036150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• 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 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

The invention concerns in general the technical field of transferring data to a functional application and a utilization of resources of mobile communication network in the context of functional applications. A method according to the invention for delivering data dedicated to a functional application comprises at least the following steps: receiving a message containing data dedicated to a functional application and transmitted at least partly over a mobile communication network in a predetermined message form, interpreting the data in the message, and instructing a functionality of the functional application on a basis of the data in the message. The invention also concerns a user terminal and a system for implementing at least part of the functionalities of the method and related into it.

Claims

1. A method of delivering data dedicated to a functional application, the method comprising:

receiving a message containing data dedicated to a functional application and transmitted at least partly over a mobile communication network in a predetermined message form (301),

interpreting the data in the message (303), and

instructing a functionality of the functional application on a basis of the data in the message (305).

2. A method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

recognizing a structure of the message.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

managing the message as an invisible message.

4. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the recognition of the structure of the message and the interpretation of the data in the message are performed by the functional application residing in a user terminal.

5. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the recognition of the structure of the message and the interpretation of the data in the message are performed by the functional application residing in a smart card coupled in a user terminal.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, the method further comprising:

delivering an instruction effecting to the functionality of the functional application residing in the user terminal from the smart card coupled in a user terminal.

7. A user terminal (101, 401), comprising:

one or more memory means (402) for storing data,

one or more processing means (403) for processing the stored data,

one or more radio communication means (404) for communicating with a network,

input and output means (405) for inputting and outputting data,

the user terminal is further configured to

receive a message containing data dedicated to a functional application and transmitted at least partly over a mobile communication network in a predetermined message form,

interpret the data in the message, and

instruct a functionality of the functional application on a basis of the data in the message.

8. A user terminal as recited in claim 7, further including a smart card coupled into the user terminal for storing the functional application.

9. A user terminal as recited in claim 8, wherein the smart card is configured to interpret the data in the message.

10. A user terminal as recited in claim 9, wherein the smart card is configured to instruct the functionality of the functional application on the basis of the data in the message.

11. A system of delivering data dedicated to a functional application, the system comprising:

a message containing data dedicated to a functional application is configured to be transmitted at least partly over a mobile communication network in a predetermined message form,

the data in the message is configured to be interpreted, and

a functionality of the functional application is configured to be instructed on a basis of the data in the message.