Method of connection handling for interactive services

• US 5,768,419 A
• Filed: 05/20/1996
• Issued: 06/16/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Becker, Helmut, Tengler, Walter, Kosciessa, Hauke, Gundlach, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elmore, Stephen C.
• Application Number:
  US08/650,847
• Time in Patent Office: 757 Days
• Field of Search: 395/187.01, 395/726, 340/825.31, 340/825.34, 380/3, 380/21, 380/28, 380/25
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

For making use of interactive services, it is essential that the individual needs of the users be satisfied while taking the security aspect into consideration. The method resolves this in that a connection setup to the user is only handled when an authorization of the appertaining user can be verified based on the comparison of two numerical values.

Claims

1. A method for connection handling for use in an interactive service, peripheral control devices and at least one network node forming a transmission network to which are connected at least one storage device and at least one service control device and via which information from the at least one storage device to respectively one of the peripheral control devices and vice versa being conducted using an existing connection, comprising the steps of:

only handling a narrow-band connection setup from a respective peripheral control device of the peripheral control devices to the at least one service control device based on a criterion of a comparison of first and second numerical values when the first numerical value calculated in the respective peripheral control device coincides with the second numerical value calculated in the at least one service control device; and

handling a broad-band connection setup between the at least one storage device and the respective peripheral control device following thereupon and based on a criterion of a selection signal output by the respective peripheral control device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first numerical value is determined in that an identifier is taken from a data carrier of the respective peripheral control device, said identifier together with a random number received from the service control device being supplied as input values to a first procedure that, using a defined algorithm, generates the first numerical value as an output value and sends the first numerical value to the service control device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second numerical value is determined in that the identifier is stored in the service control device and is supplied together with the generated random number as input values to a second procedure that calculates the second numerical value as an output value.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the data carrier has a further identifier that potentially has a temporary character.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the data carrier is detachably connected to the respective peripheral control device.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein a chip card with an integrated processor and a memory device in which the first procedure is implemented is employed as the data carrier.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the chip card is a pre-paid chip card.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second procedures are identical and the comparison is implemented in the service control device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first procedure, in addition to generating the first numerical value, also generates a further numerical value with which the information transmitted via the first connection is encoded.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein a selection signal output by the respective peripheral control device is supplied to the control device via the first connection, the at least one storage device being addressed using the selection signal, whereupon the storage device supplies a code word with information stored therein via the service control device to the respective peripheral control device, the code word being encrypted with a further numerical value during transmission thereof.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the code word is modified based on a criterion of a selected service.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein an acknowledge signal is supplied to the service control device after receipt of the code word by the respective peripheral control device, whereupon, first, the first connection is cleared down and, second, the second connection is set up.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network nodes through-connect information according to asynchronous transfer mode.

14. A method for connection handling for use in an interactive service, peripheral control devices and at least one network node forming a transmission network to which are connected at least one storage device and at least one service control device and via which information from the at least one storage device to respectively one of the peripheral control devices and vice versa being conducted using an existing connection, comprising the steps of:

determining a first numerical value in that an identifier is taken from a data carrier of the peripheral control device, said identifier together with a random number received from the service control device being supplied as input values to a first procedure that, using a defined algorithm, generates the first numerical value as an output value and sends the first numerical value to the service control device;

determining a second numerical value in that the identifier is stored in the service control device and is supplied together with the generated random number as input values to a second procedure that calculates the second numerical value as an output value;

only handling a first connection setup from a respective peripheral control device of the peripheral control devices to the at least one service control device based on a criterion of a comparison of the first and second numerical values when the first numerical value calculated in the respective peripheral control device coincides with the second numerical value calculated in the at least one service control device; and

handling a second connection setup between the at least one storage device and the respective peripheral control device following thereupon as warranted, and based on a criterion of a selection signal output by the respective peripheral control device.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first and second procedures are identical and the comparison is implemented in the service control device.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first procedure, in addition to generating the first numerical value, also generates a further numerical value with which the information transmitted via the first connection is encoded.

17. A method for connection handling for use in an interactive service, peripheral control devices and at least one network node forming a transmission network to which are connected at least one storage device and at least one service control device and via which information from the at least one storage device to respectively one of the peripheral control devices and vice versa being conducted using an existing connection, comprising the steps of:

only handling a first connection setup from a respective peripheral control device of the peripheral control devices to the at least one service control device based on a criterion of a comparison of first and second numerical values when the first numerical value calculated in the respective peripheral control device coincides with the second numerical value calculated in the at least one service control device;

supplying a selection signal output by the respective peripheral control device to the control device via the first connection, with which selection signal the at least one storage device being addressed using the selection signal, whereupon the storage device supplies a code word with information stored therein via the service control device to the respective peripheral control device, the code word being encrypted with a further numerical value during transmission thereof;

supplying an acknowledge signal to the service control device after receipt of the code word by the respective peripheral control device;

clearing down the first connection;

handling a second connection setup between the at least one storage device and the respective peripheral control device following thereupon, and based on a criterion of a selection signal output by the peripheral control device.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein one of a narrowband connection is produced during the course of the first connection setup and wherein a broadband connection is produced during the course of the second connection setup.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein a chip card with an integrated processor and a memory device in which the first procedure is implemented is employed as a data carrier.