Filtering of electronic information to be transferred to a terminal
First Claim
1. A filtering method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to a terminal through a telecommunication connection, wherein the method comprises the steps wherein:
- a specific filtering parameter classifying a type of the electronic information is associated by a device transferring the electronic information to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; and
the steps ofinforming the terminal (MS) of said filtering parameter before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection;
checking in the terminal said informed filtering parameter, the terminal automatically, allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of said filtering parameter, whereuponin response to said allowing of the receiving, the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection;
in response to said preventing of the receiving, the electronic information is not transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection.
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Abstract
A system, a device, a terminal and a method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to the terminal through a telecommunication connection. The invention includes attaching a specific filtering parameter by the device transferring the electronic information to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection, and informing the terminal of the filtering parameter before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection. In the terminal, the steps include checking the informed filtering parameter and allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of the filtering parameter. In response to allowing receiving, the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection, and in response to preventing of the receiving, the electronic information is not transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection.
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50 Claims
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1. A filtering method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to a terminal through a telecommunication connection, wherein the method comprises the steps wherein:
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a specific filtering parameter classifying a type of the electronic information is associated by a device transferring the electronic information to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; and
the steps ofinforming the terminal (MS) of said filtering parameter before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; checking in the terminal said informed filtering parameter, the terminal automatically, allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of said filtering parameter, whereupon in response to said allowing of the receiving, the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; in response to said preventing of the receiving, the electronic information is not transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A terminal comprising means (RF, AER) for establishing a telecommunication connection and for receiving electronic information through the telecommunication connection, wherein the terminal comprises:
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means (MPU, RF, AER) for receiving a filtering parameter, which filtering parameter is related to the electronic information to be received; means (MPU) for automatically allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of said filtering parameter and that the terminal is arranged not to receive the electronic information through the telecommunication connection when the filtering parameter denotes the electronic information being prevented. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for filtering electronic information to be transferred to a terminal through a telecommunication connection, which system comprises a device for transferring the electronic information and a terminal for receiving the electronic information, wherein the system comprises
means (MPU) for associating a specific filtering parameter to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; -
means (MM-SC) for informing the terminal (MS) of said filtering parameter before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; and that said terminal comprises means for checking said informed filtering parameter and for automatically allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of said filtering parameter; and
thatin response to said allowing of the receiving, the electronic information is transferred from said device to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; in response to said preventing of the receiving, the electronic information is not transferred from said device to the terminal through the telecommunication connection. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A device for transmitting electronic information through a telecommunication connection to a terminal, wherein the device comprises
means (MPU) for associating a specific filtering parameter to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection, which filtering parameter is intended to automatically allow the terminal either to prevent or allow the receiving of the electronic information over the telecommunication connection on the basis of said filtering parameter.
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35. A filtering method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to a terminal through a telecommunication connection comprising:
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checking in the terminal an informed filtering parameter against a filtering parameter associated with the electronic information; allowing a receipt of the electronic information if the checked filtering parameter matches the informed filtering parameter wherein the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; preventing the receipt of the electronic information if the checked filtering parameter does not match the informed filtering parameter, wherein the electronic information is not transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection; and wherein the filtering parameter comprises the information on at least one class of a number of classes agreed on in advance, on the basis of which the electronic information has been classified into the class, the class denoting whether the electronic information is a personal message, a commercial advertisement or information relating to a specific subject. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A terminal comprising means (PF, AER) for establishing a telecommunication connection and for receiving electronic information through the telecommunication connection, wherein the terminal comprises:
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means (MPU, RF, AER) for receiving a filtering parameter, which filtering parameter is related to the electronic information to be received; means (MPU) for allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of the filtering parameter and that the terminal is arranged not to receive the electronic information through the telecommunication connection when the filtering parameter denotes the electronic information being prevented; means (UT, MPU) for marking in advance the receiving of the electronic information as being allowed or prevented on the basis of a specific filtering parameter; means (MPU) for comparing the received filtering parameter to the marking made in advance; and that terminal is arranged to receive the electronic information through the telecommunication connection only when the comparison shows the receiving of the electronic information being allowed. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A device for transmitting electronic information through a telecommunication connection to a terminal, wherein the device comprises:
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means for associating a specific filtering parameter to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection, which filtering parameter is intended to allow the terminal either to prevent or allow the receiving of the electronic information over the telecommunication connection on the basis of the filtering parameter; wherein the filtering parameter comprises the information on at least one class of a number of classes agreed on in advance, on the basis of which the electronic information has been classified into the class, the class denoting whether the electronic information is a personal message, a commercial advertisement or information relating to a specific subject. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to filter electronic information to be transferred to a terminal through a telecommunication connection, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to check an informed filtering parameter of the terminal; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to allow or prevent receiving of the electronic information on the basis of the informed filtering parameter; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to transfer the electronic information to the terminal through the telecommunication connection in response to allowing the receiving of the electronic information; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to not transfer the electronic information to the terminal through the telecommunication connection in response to the preventing of the receiving of the electronic information; wherein the filtering parameter comprises the information on at least one class of a number of classes agreed on in advance, on the basis of which the electronic information has been classified into the class, and the class denotes whether the electronic information is one of the following;
a personal message, a commercial advertisement and information relating to a specific subject. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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49. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a terminal to establish a telecommunication connection and receiving electronic information through the telecommunication connection, the computer readable code means in the article of manufacture comprising; computer readable program code means for causing the terminal to prevent or allow receiving of the electronic information over the telecommunication connection on the basis of a filtering parameter; wherein the filtering parameter comprises the information on at least one class of a number of classes agreed on in advance, on the basis of which the electronic information has been classified into the class, and the class denotes whether the electronic information is one of the following;
a personal message, a commercial advertisement and information relating to a specific subject. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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