Telecommunication module having a system-data processor for performing at least one telecommunication activity

• US 7,295,837 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2003
• Issued: 11/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gemalto M2M GmbH (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Schwalbach, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild; Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US10/511,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20050130640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,684 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/557, 455/553.1, 455/466, 455/453, 455/575.7, 370/330, 717/136, 717/217, 375/222, 710/69, 710/10, 701/29, 379/93.07, 345/156, 364/708.1, 713/191, 709/217
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks

Abstract

A telecommunication module is provided which includes a system-data processor for carrying out at least one telecommunication activity, a control data processor for automatically executing at least one control command sequence stored in the telecommunication module, the control command sequence being configured in such a way that it triggers the at least one telecommunication activity of the system processor during execution, and a first connector for connecting the telecommunication module to an external electronic device.

Claims

1. A telecommunication module directly connected to a wireless mobile communication network, comprising:

a system data processor for performing at least one telecommunication activity, the at least one telecommunication activity being exclusively limited to at least one of creating, setting up, implementing, monitoring and terminating a telecommunication connection with the wireless mobile communication;

a control data processor that is logically separated from the system data processor, said control data processor automatically executing at least one control instruction sequence stored in the telecommunication module, the at least one control instruction sequence being implemented such that, upon execution, the at least one telecommunication activity is initiated; and

a connector for further connecting the control data processor to an external electronic device;

wherein

the at least one control instruction sequence contains of at least one Java 2 MicroEdition byte code instruction and at least one BASIC instruction.

2. A telecommunication module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control data processor includes a storage part for storing the at least one control instruction sequence and an execution part for executing the at least one control instruction sequence.

3. A telecommunication module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the execution part executes at least one of Java instructions and BASIC instructions.

4. A telecommunication module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the execution part includes at least one of a Java virtual machine and a BASIC interpreter.

5. A telecommunication module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one control instruction sequence may be at least one of setup, modified and deleted by the external electronic device via the connector.

6. A method for controlling a telecommunication module directly connected to a wireless mobile communication network, the method comprising:

providing that the telecommunication module include a system data processor for performing at least one telecommunication activity, the at least one telecommunication activity being exclusively limited to at least one of creating, setting up, implementing, monitoring and terminating a telecommunication connection with the wireless mobile communication network;

providing that the telecommunication module include a control data processor that is logically separated from the system data processor;

providing that the telecommunication module include a first connector for connecting the telecommunication module to an external electronic device;

providing that the telecommunication module include a second connector for connecting the control data processor to the system data processor;

storing at least one control instruction sequence in the telecommunication module; and

automatically executing the at least one control instruction sequence stored in the telecommunication module such that the at least one control instruction sequence initiates the at least one telecommunication activity of the system data processor;

wherein the at least one control instruction sequence contains of at least one Java 2 MicroEdition byte code instruction and at least one BASIC instruction.

7. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 6, wherein for the automatic execution of the at least control instruction sequence, at least one AT control command is transmitted from the control data processor via the second connector to the system data processor.

8. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the data is transferred from the control data processor via the first connector to the external electronic device.

9. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the data contains instructions for controlling the external electronic device.

10. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one control instruction sequence stored in the telecommunication module may be at least one of created, modified and deleted by the external electronic device.

11. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the automatic execution of the at least one control instruction sequence is initiated by at least one of the external electronic device and establishment of a connection from the telecommunication module to a power supply device.

12. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one control instruction sequence is implemented such that one particular control instruction sequence is repeated at least once.

13. A method for controlling a telecommunication module as claimed in claim 12, wherein the repetition of the one particular control instruction sequence occurs once a specified intervening time period has elapsed.