Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications
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1. A method comprising:
- transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes;
providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information; and
receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message,interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the portion of the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.
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Abstract
A terminal for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications and communicating user messages. The terminal is configured to receive user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications and address the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data includes characters in the short message.
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1. A method comprising:
transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes; providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information; and receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message, interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the portion of the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver configured to access the Internet over a mobile communication network and receive at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code in a first user message, wherein the first user message includes at least a telephone number to which a second user message should be sent; a memory configured to store the code for use by the mobile station without an open communications link to the Internet; and a transmitter configured to send the second user message including identifiers, located in the code sent in the first user message, as characters in a data field of the second user message, wherein the first and second user message reserve a communication channel for a shorter period of time than a transmission over an opened communication link. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of transferring data between first device for communicating over a mobile communications network and a network operator having a connection to the mobile communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving in the first device from the network operator an application identifier including at least a command, the application identifier corresponding to a service page downloaded from the Internet to the first device, wherein a beginning of the application identifier indicates the service page and another portion of the application identifier indicates a provider of services corresponding to the service page; and utilizing the command to access services offered by the network operator from the first device; wherein the application identifier is received in the first device via a user message, where the user message is a short message service message and the service page is arranged on a display of the first device as a response to the user message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive from a network operator an application identifier including at least a command, the application identifier corresponding to a service page downloaded from the Internet to the first device, wherein a beginning of the application identifier indicates the service page and another portion of the application identifier indicates a provider of services corresponding to the service page; and a processor configured to automatically utilize the command to access services offered by the network operator; wherein the application identifier is received in the mobile terminal via a user message, where the user message is a short message service message and the service page is arranged on a display of the first device as a response to the user message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes; providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code; and sending the code to the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message; and locating identifiers in the code sent to the mobile station and attaching the identifiers as characters to a data field of a user message to be sent by the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes; providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code; sending the code to the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message and includes at least a telephone number to which a second user message from the mobile station should be sent; and wherein the second user message is divided into an address field portion containing an address of the mobile station and into a data portion containing a response and a header indicating an application type. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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