Method to provide information in an internet telecommunication network

• US 6,862,607 B1
• Filed: 11/15/1999
• Issued: 03/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Vermeulen, Christophe Daniel Ghislain
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zia, Syed A.
• Application Number:
  US09/440,200
• Time in Patent Office: 1,933 Days
• Field of Search: 709/213, 709/216, 711/133, 711/137, 711/202
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention concerns a method to provide information (INF) in an Internet telecommunication network from a server (S) to a terminal (T) of a user. The method comprises the steps of requesting with a frame information request (REQ_Fr) by the terminal (T) to the server (S) for transmission of frame information (Fr). The frame information (Fr) is in the information (INF) and comprises itself least one reference to referred information (Ref) of the information (INF). Upon reception of said the information request (REQ_Fr) the step of transmitting the frame information (Fr) to the terminal (T) is executed. The method further comprises reacting upon reception of the frame information request (REQ_Fr) also by commanding transmission of at least the referred information (Ref) according to the reference. This referred information (Ref) is commanded to be transmitted to a memory means (MEM) via a channel that is different from the one that is used for transmission of the frame information (Fr). A further step of the method is receiving the referred information (Ref) by the memory means (MEM) via the other channel. Hereby, in the event when the terminal (T) received at least part of the frame information, the terminal (T), which is associated to the memory means (MEM), is enabled to find the referred information (Ref) according to the reference in the frame information, at the location of the memory means (MEM) when requesting for it.

Claims

1. A method to provide information (INF) in an internet telecommunication network from a server (S) to a terminal (T) of a user, said method comprising the steps of

sending a frame information request (REQ_Fr) from said terminal (T) to said server (S) requesting transmission of frame information (Fr) in said information (INF), said frame information (Fr) comprising at least one reference to referred information (Ref) of said information (INF), and

upon reception of said frame information request (REQ_Fr), transmitting said frame information (Fr) to said terminal (T),

characterized in that said method further comprises the steps of:

responding, by said server(S), to reception of said frame information request (REQ_Fr) by

retrieving, by a command generator (COM) inside said server (S), from said frame information (Fr) said at least one reference to referred information (Ref),

commanding transmission, by the command generator (COM) inside said server(S), of at least said referred information (Ref) according to said reference towards a memory (MEM), associated with said terminal (T), via a channel different from the channel used for transmission of said frame information (Fr), and by

receiving said referred information (Ref) by said memory (MEM) via said different channel, thereby enabling said terminal (T) to find said referred information (Ref) at said memory (MEM) upon requesting said referred information (Ref) from said memory (MEM) after having received at least part of said frame information (Fr).

2. A server (S) to provide information (INF) in an internet telecommunication network from said server to a terminal (T) of a user, said server (S) comprising:

a server receiver (REC_S) receiving a frame information request (REQ_Fr) from said terminal (T) requesting transmission of frame information (Fr) included in said information (INF), said frame information (Fr) comprising at least one reference to referred information (Ref) of said information (INF) being related to said frame information (Fr); and

a server transmitter (TR_S), coupled to said server receiver (REC_S), to transmit, upon reception of said frame information request (REQ_Fr), said frame information (Fr) to said terminal (T), characterized in that said server (S) further comprises, inside said server, a command generator (COM) to command, upon reception of said frame information request (REQ_Fr), transmission, of at least said referred information (Ref) according to said reference, towards a memory (MEM), associated with said terminal (T), via a channel different from the channel used for transmission of said frame information (Fr), in order to thereby enable reception of said referred information (Ref) by said memory (MEM) via said different channel and to enable said terminal (T) to find said referred information (Ref) at said memory (MEM) when requesting said memory (MEM) for said referred information (Ref) after having received at least part of said frame information (Fr).

3. The server (S) according to claim 2, characterized in that said command generator (COM) is further adapted to command said transmission of at least said referred information (Ref) towards a second server in order to enable said second server to transmit said referred information (Ref) according to said reference directly to said memory (MEM).

4. The server (S) according to claim 2, characterized in that said different channel is realized according to a User Datagram Protocol.

5. A memory (MEM) to enable provision of at least part of information (INF) in an internet telecommunication network from a server (S) according to claim 2, to a terminal (T) of a user, characterized in that said memory (MEM) comprises a receiver (REC_M) to receive said referred information (Ref) via said different channel.

6. The memory (MEM) according to claim 5, characterized in that said different channel is realized according to a User Data Protocol.

7. The memory (MEM) according to claim 5, characterized in that said memory (MEM) is included in said terminal (T).

8. The memory (EM) according to claim 5 characterized in that said memory (MEM) is included in an intermediate equipment such as a proxy server between said terminal (T) and said server (S).

9. The memory (MEM) according to claim 5, characterized in that said referred information (Ref) is received via an interface different from the interface used for reception of said frame information (Fr).

10. An internet telecommunication network for providing information (INF) from a server (S) to a terminal (T) of a user, characterized in that said network comprises at least one of a server (S) and a memory (MEM) associated with said terminal (T),

said server comprising:

a server receiver (REC_S) receiving a frame information request (REQ_Fr) from said terminal (T) requesting transmission of frame information (Fr) included in said information (INF), said frame information (Fr) comprising at least one reference to referred information (Ref) of said information (INF) being related to said frame information (Fr); and

a server transmitter (TR_S) coupled to said server receiver (REC_S) to transmit, upon reception of said frame information request (REQ_Fr), said frame information (Fr) to said terminal (T),

said server (S) further comprising, inside said server, a command generator (COM) to command, upon reception of said frame information request (REQ_Fr), transmission of at least said referred information (Ref), according to said reference, towards said memory (MEM) via a channel different from the channel used for transmission of said frame information (Fr), in order to thereby enable reception of said referred information (Ref) by said memory (MEM) via said different channel and to enable said terminal (T), that is associated with said memory (MEM), to find said referred information (Ref) at said memory (MEM) upon requesting said memory (MEM) for said referred information (Ref) after having received at least part of said frame information (Fr),

said memory comprising a receiver (REC_M) to receive said referred information (Ref) via said different channel.