System and method for providing data to a wireless communication device

• US 7,633,916 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2006
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ismail, Samir
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya; Sam
• Application Number:
  US11/365,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20070171880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 455/406, 455/407, 455/408, 455/432.1, 455/552.1, 370/279, 370/331, 370/338
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5692 Selection among different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services

Abstract

A system and method allowing a mobile device user to initiate a transaction over the most widely used network such as a CDMA or GSM network and then have the device complete the transaction over a specialized data network such as Wi-Fi. The system includes a server communicating with a wireless device that maintains indexed data from the user'"'"'s original transaction to ensure integrity through the completion of the transaction. The system also includes a method for the user to purchase content, download the content and upon successful completion, have it appropriately billed.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a processor executing logic comprising;

generating, using a voice-optimized wireless telephony network, an order for preexisting digital content, the order including at least a name of digital content; and

receiving the content over a wireless data-optimized network.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the generating act is undertaken using SMS.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the generating act is undertaken using IM.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the voice-optimized wireless telephony network includes at least one CDMA link.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the voice-optimized wireless telephony network includes at least one GSM link.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is a wireless telephone.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the wireless data-optimized network includes at least one WiFi link.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein a user of the wireless communication device may search for and purchase digital content using a messaging protocol of the voice-optimized wireless telephony network.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the downloading act is undertaken without user interaction.

10. A system, comprising:

at least one wireless communication device;

at least one broker server;

at least one voice-optimized wireless telephony network; and

at least one wireless data-optimized network;

wherein

the wireless communication device communicates with the broker server using the voice-optimized wireless telephony network to order, using short message service (SMS) and/or instant messaging (IM), multimedia content for download over the wireless data-optimized network, the download occurring automatically upon a detection at the wireless communication device of being engaged with a battery charging device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the voice-optimized wireless telephony network is associated with a billing server, the billing server being used to generate accounting data in response to downloading content to the wireless communication device over the wireless data-optimized network.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the voice-optimized wireless telephony network includes at least one CDMA link.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the voice-optimized wireless telephony network includes at least one GSM link.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication device is a wireless telephone.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the wireless data-optimized network includes at least one WiFi link.

16. A method, comprising:

using a wireless communication device to submit a purchase order for digital content including audio-video content over a voice-optimized wireless telephony network; and

consummating the purchase order using a wireless data-optimized network, the consummating occurring automatically upon a energization of the wireless communication device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the consummating act includes downloading the digital content, and is undertaken automatically without user interaction.

18. The method of claim 16, comprising allowing a user of the wireless communication device to search for and purchase digital contant using a messaging protocol of the voice-optimized wireless telephony network.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the voice-optimized wireless telephony network includes at least one GSM and/or CDMA wireless link.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the wireless data-optimized network includes at least one WiFi link.

21. A broker server executing logic comprising:

receiving from a wireless communication device via SMS or IM a purchase order for a title of multimedia digital content over a voice-optimized wireless telephony network; and

causing the purchase order to be satisfied using a wireless data-optimized network.