Data service in a mobile communications network
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a data connection between a mobile communications system comprising several terminals and another telecommunications system supporting several protocols, the method comprising:
- (i) receiving messages from a terminal, converting them into a format compatible with at least one of the protocols of the other telecommunications system, and transmitting them to the other telecommunications system; and
(ii) receiving information from the direction of the other telecommunications system and converting it into a format compatible with at least one protocol of the mobile communications system, and transmitting it to the mobile communications system;
wherein the terminals of the mobile communications system are classified into at least two different classes on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the at least one predetermined criterion includes a criterion determined on the basis of the content of a message from a respective terminal among the terminals, andthe protocol to be used towards the terminal is selected on the basis of the class of the terminal in question, whereinsaid at least one predetermined criterion includes the terminal'"'"'s ability to support the HTTP protocol; and
information from the direction of the other telecommunications system is transmitted using the HTTP protocol to the terminals supporting it, and as a short message to other terminals.
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Abstract
A server of a telecommunications systems including first mechanisms for connecting to a mobile communications system which in turn connects to terminals on a radio connection, and second mechanisms for connecting to another telecommunications systems of the Internet type. According to the invention, the server is thus arranged to receive commands from the terminals and convert them into a format compatible with at least one of the protocols of the other telecommunications system; and to receive information from the direction of the other telecommunications system and to convert it into a format compatible with at least one protocol of the mobile communications system.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a data connection between a mobile communications system comprising several terminals and another telecommunications system supporting several protocols, the method comprising:
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(i) receiving messages from a terminal, converting them into a format compatible with at least one of the protocols of the other telecommunications system, and transmitting them to the other telecommunications system; and (ii) receiving information from the direction of the other telecommunications system and converting it into a format compatible with at least one protocol of the mobile communications system, and transmitting it to the mobile communications system; wherein the terminals of the mobile communications system are classified into at least two different classes on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the at least one predetermined criterion includes a criterion determined on the basis of the content of a message from a respective terminal among the terminals, and the protocol to be used towards the terminal is selected on the basis of the class of the terminal in question, wherein said at least one predetermined criterion includes the terminal'"'"'s ability to support the HTTP protocol; and information from the direction of the other telecommunications system is transmitted using the HTTP protocol to the terminals supporting it, and as a short message to other terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information server comprising:
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first means for connecting to a mobile communications system, which in turn connects to terminals on a radio connection, second means for connecting to another telecommunications system supporting several protocols, third means which are arranged to receive messages from the terminals and convert them into a format compatible with at least one of the protocols of the other telecommunications system, and to receive information from the direction of the other telecommunications system and to convert it into a format compatible with at least one protocol of the mobile telecommunications system, a function for dividing the terminals into at least two different classes on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the at least one predetermined criterion includes a criterion determined on the basis of the content of a message from a respective terminal among the terminals, and a function for selecting the protocol to be used for the connection in the direction towards the respective terminal on the basis of the class of the terminal in question, wherein said at least one criterion comprises the terminal'"'"'s ability to support the HTTP protocol; and the server further comprises means for sending information from the direction of the other telecommunications system using the HTTP protocol to the terminals supporting it that protocol, and as a short message to other terminals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information server comprising:
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first means for connecting to a mobile communications system, which in turn connects to terminals on a radio connection, second means for connecting to another telecommunications system supporting several protocols, third means which are arranged to receive messages from the terminals and convert them into a format compatible with at least one of the protocols of the other telecommunications system, and to receive information from the direction of the other telecommunications system and to convert it into a format compatible with at least one protocol of the mobile telecommunications system, a function for dividing the terminals into at least two different classes on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the at least one predetermined criterion includes a criterion determined on the basis of the content of a message from a respective terminal among the terminals, and a function for selecting the protocol to be used for the connection in the direction towards the respective terminal on the basis of the class of the terminal in question, wherein the server is arranged to send information from the direction of the other telecommunications system to the terminals in several short messages if the content of the information exceeds the length of one short message.
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16. An information server comprising:
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first means for connecting to a mobile communications system, which in turn connects to terminals on a radio connection, second means for connecting to another telecommunications system supporting several protocols, third means which are arranged to receive messages from the terminals and convert them into a format compatible with at least one of the protocols of the other telecommunications system, and to receive information from the direction of the other telecommunications system and to convert it into a format compatible with at least one protocol of the mobile telecommunications system, a function for dividing the terminals into at least two different classes on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the at least one predetermined criterion includes a criterion determined on the basis of the content of a message from a respective terminal among the terminals, and a function for selecting the protocol to be used for the connection in the direction towards the respective terminal on the basis of the class of the terminal in question, wherein the server is arranged to send information from the direction of the other telecommunications system to the terminals in a plurality of short messages, if the content of the information exceeds the length of one short message.
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