Transmission frame and radio unit for transmitting short messages with different data format

• US 6,987,980 B1
• Filed: 10/16/1999
• Issued: 01/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co KG
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Schulz, Holger, Kowalewski, Frank, Hans, Martin, Schmidt, Gunnar, Fischer, Ralf
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREZ, JULIO R
• Application Number:
  US09/857,805
• Time in Patent Office: 2,285 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/434, 455/414.3, 455/458, 455/38.1, 340/7.1, 340/7.43, 340/7.48, 370/473, 370/474, 370/313, 370/825.03, 370/829, 370/85.6, 379/57, 379/59, 379/60
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A transmission frame and a telecommunications device (60, 65, 70) having a transmission frame (1) are proposed, which are used to transmit short messages (5) in a telecommunications network (10), in particular in a radiotelecommunications network. By means of the transmission frame (1), especially flexible transmission of short messages (5) in the telecommunications network (10) is possible. At least two data fields (15, 20, 25, 30) are provided. Data of a short message (5) are stored in memory in the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30). Data in a first data format are stored in a first data field (15), and data in a second data format, different from the first data format, are stored in a second data field (20).

Claims

1. A transmission frame (1) for transmitting short messages (5) in a telecommunications network (10) in the form of a radiotelecommunications network, comprising:

at least two data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), wherein data of a short message (5) are stored in memory in the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), and wherein data in a first data format are stored in a first data field (15) of the short message (5), and data in a second data format, different from the first data format, are stored in a second data field (20) of the short message (5), wherein a first ID code (35), which identifies the makeup of the short message (5), is provided in the first date field (15), wherein the first ID code (35) includes indications about the number of data fields (15, 20, 25, 30) and/or about the data formats in the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), and/or about the size of the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), wherein in each of at least two data fields (15, 20.25, 30), one data-field-specific ID code, which identifies the makeup and for content of the corresponding data field (15, 20, 25, 30), per data field is provided.

2. The transmission frame (1) of claim 1, wherein a second ID code (40), which identifies the content of the short message (5), is provided in the first data field (15).

3. The transmission frame (1) of claim 2, wherein the second ID code (40) includes indications about the data type, including audio or image data, of the data stored in the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30).

4. The transmission frame (1) of claim 1, wherein only the first data field (15) is limited in its size to a predetermined value.

5. The transmission frame (1) of claim 1, wherein the data stored in the first data field (15) are present in a data format that is readable by all the subscribers of the telecommunications network (10).

6. The transmission frame (1) claim 1, wherein the data stored in the first data field (15) are in a text format, in accordance with the GSM-SMS format (Global System for Mobile Communications—

Short Message Service).

7. The transmission frame (1) claim 1, wherein data are stored In a plurality of data formats In one of the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30).

8. The transmission frame (1) of claim 1, wherein only data in a single data format are stored in each data field (15, 20, 25, 30).

9. A telecommunications device (60, 65, 70), in the for of a radio unit, comprising:

a transmission frame (1) for transmitting short messages (5) in a telecommunications network (10) in the form of a radiotelecommunications network, wherein at least two data fields (15, 20, 25, 30) are provided in the transmission frame (1), wherein data of a short message (5) are stored In memory in the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), and wherein data in a first data format are stored in a first data field (15) of the short message (5) and data in a second data format, different from the first data format, are stored in a second data field (20) of the short messages (5), wherein a first ID code (35), which identifies the makeup of the short message (5), is provided in the first data field (15), wherein the first ID code (35) includes indications about the number of data fields (15, 20, 25, 30) and/or about the data formats in the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), and/or about the size of the data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), wherein in each of at least two data fields (15, 20, 25, 30), one data-field-specific ID code, which identifies the makeup and/or content of the corresponding data field (15, 20, 25, 30), per data field is provided.