Method for serving broadcasting type short message in radio data communication system

• US 7,024,212 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2002
• Issued: 04/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Young-Jo
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Assistant Examiner(s): SANTIAGO CORDERO, MARIVELISSE
• Application Number:
  US10/160,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20020187795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/414.3, 455/412.1
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• 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 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method for providing a broadcasting-type short message in a radio communication system includes receiving a broadcasting-type short message, checking whether a password of a terminal manufacturing company exists in the received short message, and restoring the short message in the terminal if the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists. Preferably, the password is included in a first byte of the short message regardless of the length of the short message. If the password is included in the message, the terminal includes a display for displaying all or a portion of the information in the message. Through the use of this password, only terminals of the manufacturing company which sent the short message will be able to gain access the message. Terminals made by other manufacturing companies will be restricted from this access.

Claims

1. A method for providing a broadcasting-type short message in a radio data communication system, comprising:

storing a password identifying a mobile terminal manufacturing company that manufactures mobile terminals in a broadcasting-type short message provided by the terminal manufacturing company;

transmitting the broadcasting-type short message to a plurality of mobile terminals; and

restoring the broadcasting-type short message only in mobile terminals that are manufactured by the terminal manufacturing company identified in the password in the broadcasting-type short message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing includes:

checking a length of the broadcasting-type short message; and

storing the password of the terminal manufacturing company in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message when the length-checking step is completed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the password of the manufacturing company is included in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the restoring includes:

receiving the broadcasting-type short message;

checking whether the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists in the first byte of the received broadcasting-type short message; and

restoring the broadcasting-type short message if the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal is given the password of the terminal manufacturing company.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising displaying the broadcasting-type short message only in the mobile terminals that are manufactured by the terminal manufacturing company.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, on the mobile terminal, information contained in the broadcasting-type short message restored by said restoring.

7. A method for serving a broadcasting-type short message in a radio data communication system, comprising:

receiving a broadcasting-type short message;

checking, in a mobile terminal, whether a password identifying a mobile terminal manufacturing company that manufactures mobile terminals exists in the received broadcasting-type short message; and

restoring the broadcasting-type short message only in mobile terminals that are manufactured by the terminal manufacturing company identified in the password in the broadcasting-type short message.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the password of the manufacturing company is included in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal stores the password of the terminal manufacturing company.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the password of the manufacturing company is included in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message, regardless of a length of the broadcasting-type short message.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the broadcasting-type short message is displayed only in the terminals in which the password of the terminal manufacturing company is stored.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying information contained in the broadcasting-type short message when the specific password exists.

14. A method for processing short messages, comprising:

receiving a broadcast-type short message in a mobile terminal;

determining whether the broadcast-type short message contains identification information, said identification information including a password of a manufacturer of mobile terminals;

accessing the broadcast-type short message if the password of the manufacturer identifies a same manufacturer that manufactured the mobile terminal which received the broadcast-type short message; and

denying access to the broadcast-type short message if the mobile terminal that received the broadcast-type short message is not manufactured by the same manufacturer identified by the password in the broadcast-type short message.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying information in the broadcast-type short message if the broadcast-type short message contains said identification information.

16. A method for generating short messages, comprising:

including identification information in a broadcast-type short message, said identification information identifying a manufacturer of a mobile terminal;

broadcasting the short message;

displaying the broadcast-type message only in mobile terminals that are manufactured by the same manufacturer identified in the identification information included in the broadcast-type short message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the including comprises:

storing said identification information in a predetermined byte of the broadcast-type short message.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said identification information is stored in only said predetermined byte.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein said predetermined byte is a first byte of said broadcast-type short message.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein said identification information is included in said predetermined byte regardless of a length of the broadcast-type short message.

21. A mobile terminal for processing short messages, comprising:

means for receiving a broadcast-type short message; and

a processor which determines whether the identification information identifies a manufacturer of mobile terminals, and which accesses the broadcast-type short message only if the said identification information corresponds to the same manufacturer of a mobile terminal receiving the broadcast-type short message.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, further comprising:

displaying information in the broadcast-type short message only if the identification information corresponds to the same manufacturer of the mobile terminal.

23. A device for generating short messages, comprising:

a processor which stores identification information in a broadcast-type short message, said identification information identifying a manufacturer of a mobile terminal; and

a transmitter which transmits the broadcast-type short message to a plurality of mobile terminals,

wherein only mobile terminals that are manufactured by the identical manufacturer that is identified in the identification information of the broadcast-type short message process and display the broadcast-type short message and all other mobile terminals do not process and display the broadcast-type short message.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein said processor stores said identification information in a predetermined byte of the broadcast-type short message.

25. The device of claim 24, wherein said predetermined byte is a first byte of said broadcast-type short message.

26. The device of claim 23, wherein said processor stores said identification information in said predetermined byte regardless of a length of the broadcast-type short message.