Method and apparatus for accessing internet service in a mobile communication network
First Claim
1. A method for accessing a data network in a digital mobile communication system providing short message service, the method comprising:
- transferring a first short message including at least one keyword indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network from a mobile station over the mobile communication network to a short message service centre having access to the Internet network in connection with said service centre, converting the keyword into the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the WWW page, communicating towards the Internet network using the protocols of the Internet network and retrieving said WWW page, or a part of said WWW page based on said converted URL address, converting a relevant part of the contents of said WWW page into a second short message, sending the second short message over the mobile communication network to the mobile station, displaying the contents of the second short message on the display of the mobile station.
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Abstract
Internet service in a digital mobile communication network by means of short message service. The short message service center is connected to the Internet network and uses the HTML, HTTP, and TCP/IP Internet network protocols. Short messages are transferred between the service center and mobile stations. The user submits to the service center a short message containing an identifier of a WWW servicer via the Internet network, receives the WWW page and stores it. The relevant part, which maybe identified by a predetermined criterion, common to all subscribers, or based on a criterion received from the mobile station, such as a keyword, is separated from the WWW page and sent to the mobile station in a short message. The mobile station processes the received message and displays it to the user.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a data network in a digital mobile communication system providing short message service, the method comprising:
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transferring a first short message including at least one keyword indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network from a mobile station over the mobile communication network to a short message service centre having access to the Internet network in connection with said service centre, converting the keyword into the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the WWW page, communicating towards the Internet network using the protocols of the Internet network and retrieving said WWW page, or a part of said WWW page based on said converted URL address, converting a relevant part of the contents of said WWW page into a second short message, sending the second short message over the mobile communication network to the mobile station, displaying the contents of the second short message on the display of the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
sending a search criterion to the WWW page WWW server in the Internet network as indicated by the first short message, separating said relevant part of said WWW page in the WWW server on the basis of the search criterion, returning a modified WWW page from said WWW server in response, the page containing only said relevant part, converting the WWW page into the second short message and sending the second short message to the mobile station.
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9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conversion of the WWW page into the second short message comprises optimizing the length of the second short message by deleting superfluous empty are as from said relevant part.
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10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conversion of the WWW page into the second short message comprises converting said relevant part from HTML format into normal text format.
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11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said communication with the Internet network and said conversion of the WWW page into a short message is carried out in said separate computer connected with the short message service centre.
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12. A short message service centre for a digital mobile communication system providing short message service, the short message service centre comprising:
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first device configured to access a mobile communication network for transferring short messages between the short message service centre and mobile stations, and second device configured to access an Internet network, said second including means for retrieving Word Wide Web (WWW) pages from the Internet network using the protocols of the Internet network in response to a first short message sent by a mobile station, the first short message indicating said WWW page by using a keyword, and the short message service centre further including a converter for converting a relevant part of the contents of the WWW page into a short message to be sent to the mobile station via the mobile communication network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An equipment for connecting the short message service centre of a digital mobile communication system to an Internet network, the equipment comprising:
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a first device for retrieving Word Wide Web (WWW) pages from the Internet network using the protocols of the Internet network in response to a short message sent by a mobile station to the short message service centre, the message indicating said WWW page, and a second device for converting the relevant part of the contents of the WWW page into a short message to be sent to the mobile station via the short message service centre and the mobile communication network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method for accessing an Internet network in a digital mobile communication system, wherein the mobile communication system provides a message service, the method comprising:
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transferring a message including a keyword indirectly indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network from a mobile station over the mobile communication system to a message service centre having access to the Internet network;
converting the keyword into the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the WWW page;
communicating towards the Internet network using the protocols of the Internet network and retrieving said WWW page, or a part of said WWW page, on the basis of the URL address;
converting a relevant part of the contents of said WWW page into a message;
sending the message over the mobile communication network to the mobile station; and
displaying the contents of the message on a display of the mobile station.
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22. A message service centre for a digital mobile communication system providing a message service, the message service centre comprising:
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a first device configured to access a mobile communication network for transferring messages between the message service centre and mobile stations;
a second device for accessing Internet network;
a third device for storing information on the association between keywords and the Uniform Resource Locator (JRL) addresses of WWW pages, and for converting a keyword received in a message from a mobile station into the URL address of the WWW page;
a fourth device for retrieving Word Wide Web (WWW) pages from the Internet network using the protocols of the Internet network on basis of the URL address; and
a fifth device for converting the relevant part of the contents of the WWW page into a message to be sent to the mobile station via the mobile communication network.
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23. A method for retrieving information, comprising:
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sending a message to a messaging service centre from a mobile station via a digital mobile communications system by a messaging service supported by said digital mobile communications system, said message containing at least one keyword as a search criterion and an identifier indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network, and said messaging service having access to the Internet network;
accessing a server having said WWW page via the Internet network by said messaging service centre;
retrieving at least part of the content of said WWW page to the messaging service centre;
converting, on the basis of said search criterion, relevant content of said WWW page into a content format having a reduced size which can be accommodated to by a response message;
sending said response message over said digital mobile communications system to the mobile station by the messaging service;
displaying the contents of the response message on the display of the mobile station.
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24. A messaging service centre, comprising
a first interface to a digital mobile communications system having a messaging service; -
a second interface to an Internet network;
a device responsive to a message containing a keyword indirectly indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network received from a mobile station via said digital mobile communications network and said first interface, said device converting said keyword into Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address and retrieving at least part of contents of said WWW page from the Internet network via said second interface using the protocols of the Internet network on the basis of said URL address; and
a converter for converting relevant content of said WWW page into a content format having a reduced size which is accommodated to by a response message, and sending said response message to said mobile station over said digital mobile communications system by means of said messaging service.
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25. A method for retrieving information comprising:
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sending a message to a messaging service centre from a mobile station via a digital mobile communications system by means of a messaging service supported by said digital mobile communications system without setting up a point-to-point connection between said mobile station and said messaging service centre, said message containing
1) at least one keyword as a search criterion and
2) an identifier indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network, and said messaging service having access to the Internet network;
accessing a server having said WWW page via the Internet network by said messaging service centre;
retrieving at least part of the content of said WWW page to the messaging service centre;
converting relevant content of said WWW page on the basis of said keyword into a content format having a reduced size which is accommodated to by a response message;
sending said response over said digital mobile communications system to the mobile station by the messaging service without setting up a point-to-point connection between said mobile station and said messaging service centre;
displaying the contents of the response message on the display of the mobile station.
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26. A messaging service centre comprising:
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a first interface to a digital mobile communications system having a messaging service providing messaging without need to set up a point-to-point connection between said mobile station and said messaging service centre;
a second interface to an Internet network;
a device responsive to a message containing at least one keyword indirectly indicating a Word Wide Web (WWW) page in the Internet network received from a mobile station via said digital mobile communications network and said first interface, said device converting said at least one keyword into a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address and retrieving at least part of contents of said WWW page from the Internet network on the basis of said URL address via said second interface using the protocols of the Internet network;
a converter for converting the relevant part of said WWW page into a content format having a reduced size which is accommodated to by a response message, said converter sending said response message to said mobile station over said digital mobile communications.
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