Method for the transmission of user data objects

• US 7,805,522 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2003
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Schluter, Marc, Schwagmann, Norbert, Trauberg, Markus, Schmidt, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang; Jungwon
• Application Number:
  US10/525,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20050283533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,622 Days
• Field of Search: 709/246, 709/227, 709/231, 709/315, 709/224, 709/249, 709/228, 709/232, 455/557, 455/403, 370/338, 370/329, 379/229, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting user data objects from a data-supplying component or a data server to a telecommunication device of a user via a connection component. The data-supplying component is informed via profile information in a profile object what types of user data objects the connection component or the telecommunication unit is able to process on its own such that the data supplying component can specifically transmit user data objects to the telecommunication device, which belong to the type that the telecommunication device can process. Hence, the data-supplying component is prevented from sending user data objects of a type that has to be converted by the connection component on the transmission path in order to be able to processed by the telecommunication device.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting user data objects from a data supply component to a terminal of a user, via a connection component, the method comprising:

the terminal providing a first item of profile information that specifies at least one direct process capability of the terminal;

the terminal transmitting a first sub-profile information object with the first item of profile information;

providing a second item of profile information that specifies at least one conversion capability by the connection component of user data objects into a type of user data object which the terminal is capable of processing;

the connection component supplementing the first sub-profile information object with the second item of profile information to form a second sub-profile information object;

the connection component transmitting the second sub-profile information object to the data supply component;

creating a resulting profile information object based on all transmitted profile information at the data supply component, the resulting profile information object specifying process capabilities of the terminal and the connection component; and

transmitting the user data objects of a type in accordance with the first item of profile information from the data supply component to the terminal via the connection component.

2. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 1, further comprising transmitting the user data objects of the type in accordance with the second profile information from the data supply component to the terminal if no user data objects of the type in accordance with the first profile information are available to be provided by the data supply component.

3. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 2, further comprising supplementing the terminal with an additional service component which may expand a scope of the user data objects able to be processed by the terminal.

4. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 3, further comprising expanding the first sub-profile information object by a third item of profile information which specifies the types of the user data objects by which the scope of the user data objects of the terminal is expanded by the additional service component.

5. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in at least one of the first and second sub-profile information objects, the profile information is provided in reference form which refers in each case to profile information which is stored on one of the data supply component and a further data supply component connected thereto.

6. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal is located in a first telecommunication network and at least one of the data supply component and a further data supply component connected thereto are located in a second telecommunication network, with the first and second telecommunication networks being connected to each other.

7. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 6, wherein the connection component is arranged in one of the first and second telecommunication networks or is intended to connect the first and second telecommunication networks together.

8. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first telecommunication network is a mobile radio network which is operated in accordance with at least one of a GSM standard and a UMTS standard.

9. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 8, wherein the user data objects are transmitted to the terminal in the first telecommunication network via a Wireless Session Protocol.

10. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second telecommunication network is a network based on an Internet protocol in which data is transmitted via a Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

11. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal includes a radio module.

12. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 11, wherein the terminal is one of a mobile telephone, a cordless telephone, a portable computer and a smartphone.

13. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection component is a WAP gateway.

14. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user data objects include at least one of text information, audio information, video information, executable programs and software modules.

15. A system for transmitting user data objects, comprising:

a data supply component;

a connection component; and

a terminal of a user;

wherein the terminal provides a first item of profile information that is subsequently inserted in the resulting profile information, the first item of profile information specifying at least one direct process capability of the terminal;

wherein the terminal provides a first sub-profile information object with the first item of profile information;

wherein the connection component provides a second item of profile information that specifies at least one conversion capability by the connection component of user data objects into a type of user data object which the terminal is capable of processing;

wherein the connection component supplements the first sub-profile information object with the second item of profile information to form a second sub-profile information object, and transmits the second sub-profile information object to the data supply component;

wherein the data supply component creates a resulting profile information object based on all transmitted profile information at the data supply component, the resulting profile information object specifying process capabilities of the terminal and the connection component; and

wherein the user data objects of the type in accordance with the first item of profile information are transmitted from the data supply component to the terminal via the connection component.

16. A method for transmitting user data objects from a data supply component to a terminal of a user, via a connection component, the method comprising:

providing a resulting profile information object which specifies which type of the user data objects are allowed to be transmitted to the terminal, wherein the specified types in the resulting profile are either directly processed by the terminal or pre-processed by the connection component;

the terminal providing a first item of profile information that specifies at least one direct process capability of the terminal;

the terminal providing a first sub-profile information object with the first item of profile information;

providing a second item of profile information that specifies at least one conversion capability by the connection component of user data objects into a type of user data object which the terminal is capable of processing;

the connection component supplementing the first sub-profile information object with the second item of profile information to form a second sub-profile information object;

the connection component transmitting the second sub-profile information object to the data supply component;

creating a resulting profile information object based on all transmitted profile information at the data supply component, the resulting profile information object specifying which type of the user data objects are allowed to be transmitted to the terminal, wherein the specified types in the resulting profile are either directly processed by the terminal or pre-processed by the connection component; and

transmitting the user data objects of the type in accordance with the first item of profile information from the data supply component to the terminal via the connection component.

17. A method for transmitting user data objects as claimed in claim 16, further comprising transmitting the user data objects of the type in accordance with the second profile information from the data supply component to the terminal if no user data objects of the type in accordance with the first profile information are available to be provided by the data supply component.