Services on demand in mobile communications system
First Claim
1. A method for using a service-on-demand in a mobile communication system, a mobile station of the system monitoring a cell transmission and receiving parts of the transmission intended for the mobile station,the method comprising:
- offering in the cell the service-on-demand to all mobile stations located in the cell over a first channel,transmitting from the mobile station a registration message for registering as a user of the service-on-demand over a signalling channel,receiving at the mobile station an acknowledgement of the registration, which indicates how the service-on-demand is received, andstarting to receive the service-on-demand over the first channel in a manner indicated by said acknowledgement message.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for implementing the method for using and implementing a service-on-demand in a mobile communication system. The services-on-demand are intended to be received by means of a mobile station. The mobile station monitors of a cell transmission and receives parts intended for the mobile station from the transmission. In order to use the services-on-demand, in the method the service-on-demand is offered in the cell to all mobile stations located in the cell over a first channel, a registration message (2-2) is transmitted from the mobile station for registering as a user of the service-on-demand over a signalling channel, an acknowledgement (2-4) of the registration, indicating how the service-on-demand is received, is received at the mobile station, and the reception of the service-on-demand is started over the first channel in a manner indicated by the registration acknowledgement.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for using a service-on-demand in a mobile communication system, a mobile station of the system monitoring a cell transmission and receiving parts of the transmission intended for the mobile station,
the method comprising: -
offering in the cell the service-on-demand to all mobile stations located in the cell over a first channel, transmitting from the mobile station a registration message for registering as a user of the service-on-demand over a signalling channel, receiving at the mobile station an acknowledgement of the registration, which indicates how the service-on-demand is received, and starting to receive the service-on-demand over the first channel in a manner indicated by said acknowledgement message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile communication system comprising:
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mobile stations and base transceiver stations for conveying services of the mobile communication system to the users of the mobile stations, and in the system each mobile station monitoring the transmission of the base transceiver station of its location cell and receiving from the transmitting parts intended for the mobile station; and at least one on-demand-service centre for offering at least one service-on-demand via the base transceiver stations of the service area of the service-on-demand over cell-specific first channels to all mobile stations located in the service area, for receiving the registration of the users of the service-on-demand and for acknowledging the registration, wherein at least one mobile station is arranged to register as a user of the service-on-demand by transmitting a registration message over a signalling channel, to receive an acknowledgement of the registration and to start receiving the service-on-demand over the first channel of the location cell in a manner indicated by the information included in the acknowledgement, and to convey the service-on-demand to the user. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile station comprising:
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a user interface via which the user of the mobile station can receive services of the mobile communication system and give instructions and orders associated with the use of the services, and which mobile station monitors the transmission of its location cell and receives from the transmitting parts intended for the mobile station; registration means for composing and transmitting a registration message to the mobile communication network over a signalling channel, the registration message indicating that the user of the mobile station desires to register as a user of the service-on-demand available at the location cell, and for receiving an acknowledgement of the registration; and service means responsive to the acknowledgement for receiving the service-on-demand in a manner indicated by the acknowledgement, and for conveying the service to the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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