System and method of transmitting service content in a mobile communication system

• US 7,024,181 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2001
• Issued: 04/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Savilaakso, Sami
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phuong, Dai
• Application Number:
  US10/027,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20020052198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,622 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/405, 455/406, 455/408, 455/466, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/3.01, 455/422.1, 455/517, 455/566, 705 51- 53
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An arrangement for using a mobile communication service within a mobile communication system in which a mobile station is adapted to send a transmission request for an available service. The system receives the request and registers the request in a transmission queue. The system then reads the service content, when the transmission turn arises, from the transmission queue. The service content is then transmitted to all mobile stations located in the service area of the base station and logged in to receive service content.

Claims

1. A method of using a service in a mobile communication network, in which one or more service contents are scheduled to be provided for use by mobile stations connected to a mobile communication system, comprising:

sending a transmission request for a desired service content from a mobile station;

registering the received transmission request in the transmission queue maintained in the mobile communication system;

reading the service content having the transmission turn from the transmission queue when the service is transmitted; and

transmitting, from the mobile communication system, the service content having the transmission turn to all mobile stations logged into a traffic channel through which one or more mobile stations can simultaneously receive the same service content.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein sending a transmission request for the desired service content from the mobile station on the control channel of the mobile communication system.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting service content to the mobile stations logged in to receive service content on the service channel of the mobile communication system.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the service is music and the service content is a piece of music.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein registering the received transmission request last in the transmission queue and reading the first service content in the transmission queue as the service content having the transmission turn.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising billing the mobile station for sending the transmission request for service content.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein billing the mobile station for sending the transmission request for service content, the sum being according to the wishes of the mobile station user, whereby the position of the service content in the transmission queue depends on the sum paid by the user.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein providing in the mobile communication system the number and/or the total transmission time of the service contents in the transmission queue to be read by the mobile stations.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein providing in the mobile communication system the transmission order of the service contents in the transmission queue to be read by the mobile stations.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system is a GSM or UMTS digital mobile communication system, adapted for sending a transmission request for service content as a short message (SMS) or by means of a WAP protocol.

11. An arrangement for using a mobile communication service, comprising a mobile communication system, which comprises base stations for transmitting services formed of one or more service contents, the arrangement further comprising one or more mobile stations connected to the base station of the mobile communication system, wherein at least one mobile station of the mobile stations connected to the base station comprises means for sending a transmission request for the desired service content, the arrangement further comprising means for maintaining the transmission queue of service contents, means for receiving the transmission request for the desired service content, means for registering the received transmission request in the transmission queue, means for reading the service content having the transmission turn from the transmission queue when the service is transmitted, and means for transmitting the service content having the transmission turn to all mobile stations located in the service area of the base station and logged into a traffic channel through which one or more mobile stations can simultaneously receive the same service content.

12. An arrangement according to claim 11, the arrangement further comprising one or more control channels for sending transmission requests for service contents of mobile stations, and that sending means of the mobile station are arranged to send a transmission request for the desired service content on said control channel.

13. An arrangement according to claim 11, the mobile communication system further comprising a service channel for sending a service to the mobile stations logged in to receive a service.

14. An arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the service is music and that the service content is a piece of music.

15. An arrangement according to claim 11, the arrangement further comprising means for positioning the received transmission request last in the transmission queue and means for reading as the service content having the transmission turn the first service content in the transmission queue.

16. An arrangement according to claim 11, the arrangement further comprising means for billing the mobile station for sending the transmission request for service content.

17. An arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the billing means are arranged to charge the mobile station the amount of money the mobile station user wishes for sending the transmission request for service content, the arrangement comprising means for changing the position of the service content in the transmission queue depending on the sum paid by the user.

18. An arrangement according to claim 11, the arrangement further comprising means for presenting the number and/or the total transmission time of the service contents in the transmission queue to be read by the mobile stations.

19. An arrangement according to claim 11, the arrangement further comprising means for presenting the transmission order of the service contents in the transmission queue to be read by the mobile stations.

20. An arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the mobile communication system is a digital GSM or UMTS mobile communication system, and said transmission request for service content is sent in the system as a short message (SMS) or by means of a WAP protocol.

21. A network element in a mobile communication system for offering a service to mobile stations connected to the mobile communication system, wherein the network element comprises means for maintaining the transmission queue of service contents, means for receiving a transmission request for a desired service content sent by the mobile station connected to the base station, means for registering the received transmission request in the transmission queue, and means for reading the service content having the transmission turn from the transmission queue when the service is transmitted, the intention being to send said service content having the transmission turn to all mobile stations located in the service area of the base station and logged into a traffic channel through which one or more mobile stations can simultaneously receive the same service content.

22. A network element according to claim 21, wherein the service is music and the service content is a piece of music.

23. A network element according to claim 21, wherein the network element comprises means for positioning the received transmission request last in the transmission queue, and means for reading as the service content having the transmission turn the service content first in the transmission queue.

24. A network element according to claim 21, the network element further comprising means for billing the mobile station for sending the transmission request for service content.

25. A network element according to claim 24, wherein the billing means are arranged to charge the mobile station the amount of money the mobile station user wishes for sending the transmission request for service content, the network element comprising means for changing the position of the service content in the transmission queue depending on the sum paid by the user.

26. A network element according to claim 21, the network element further comprising means for presenting the number and/or the total transmission time of the service contents in the transmission queue to be read by the mobile stations.

27. A network element according to claim 21, the network element further comprising means for presenting the transmission order of the service contents in the transmission queue in the mobile communication system to be read by the mobile stations.