Method for linking internet-based forums and web logs to a push to talk platform

• US 8,442,497 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2006
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile International AG (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile International AG (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Blicker, Stephan
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HAI V
• Application Number:
  US11/997,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20080299952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,476 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for linking Internet-based forums and web logs to a push to talk platform, especially methods for adapting PoC to the environment of Internet forums by means of a novel PoClog storage platform and a novel interface from the PoC platform to the PoC log storage platform. Mobile clients have to support a new client functionality in order to request a log that is based on media messages.

Claims

1. A method for linking Internet-based forums and weblogs to a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

connecting a user equipment (20) via at least one access network to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) (24), said IMS being configured for authenticating the user equipment (20), controlling a session, routing control, quality control and subscription verification,

connecting the at least one access network to a Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) platform (25) for making corresponding PoC services available to the user equipment and performs a user authorization for the PoC services,

connecting the IMS (24) via an SIP/ISC interface to the PoC platform (25),

connecting a PoC log storage platform (26) via an interface to the PoC platform (25) wherein the interface is configured to transmit log media between the PoC log storage platform (26) and the PoC platform (25),

using the PoC platform (25) as a transport system for transmitting and receiving weblogs to link the user equipment (20) to web forums and weblogs by storing, via the PoC log storage platform (26), log media in PoC logs (10), which are transmitted from user equipment (20) via the PoC platform (25) to the PoC log storage platform (26) and vice versa, and making said PoC logs (10) accessible for the Internet and for other mobile subscribers, and

assigning each PoC log (10) a unique identifier when the PoC log (10) is created, and

wherein the unique identifier contains log-specific and provider-specific information,

wherein each contribution (11, 12) to a PoC log (10) has a unique sub-identifier and each contribution (10, 11) contains information about the supplier of the message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the log media stored in the PoC logs (10) is made accessible for the user equipment (20).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the log media is retrieved from the PoC logs (10) by the user equipment (20) via the PoC platform (25).

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein both, text-based contributions as well as voice/video contributions are transmitted in the log media.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sending log media to at least one of the PoC logs (10) via the PoC platform (25) and the IMS (24).

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of sending log media to at least one of the PoC logs (10) comprises:

registering the user equipment (20) that is sending the log media with the IMS (24) and the PoC platform (25);

retrieving at least one PoC log unique identifier stored in the PoC log storage platform (26) by searching areas of interest;

registering a user via the user equipment with a specific, pre-determined PoC group for PoC logs in the PoC platform (25);

sending log media from the user equipment via data bursts to the PoC log identified by the at least one PoC log unique identifier stored in the PoC log storage platform (26);

storing the sent log media in the PoC log identified by the at least one PoC log unique identifier; and

generating a sub-log identifier for the stored log media.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of retrieving log media to at least one of the PoC logs (10) comprises:

registering the user equipment (20) that is retrieving the log media with the IMS (24) and the PoC platform (25);

retrieving at least one PoC log unique identifier stored in the PoC log storage platform (26) by searching areas of interest;

registering a user via the user equipment with a specific, pre-determined PoC group for PoC logs in the PoC platform (25);

transmitting a query, via at least one log sub-identifier, of the stored PoC logs in the PoC storage platform (26), received by detecting depression of a PoC button on the user equipment (20);

at the PoC log storage platform (26), retrieving log media stored in the PoC logs identified by the at least one log sub-identifier;

transmitting the retrieved log media from the PoC log storage platform (26) to the PoC platform (25); and

transmitting the retrieved log media from the PoC platform (25) to the user equipment that sent the query.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of retrieving log media to at least one of the PoC logs (10) comprises:

registering the user equipment (20) that is retrieving the log media with the IMS (24) and the PoC platform (25); and

directly retrieving at least one PoC log unique identifier from the PoC storage platform (26) by searching areas of interest using the user equipment; and

retrieving the log media stored in the PoC log corresponding to the retrieved at least one PoC log unique identifier.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving log media from at least one of the PoC logs (10) via the PoC platform (25) and the IMS (24).

10. A method for linking Internet-based forums and weblogs to a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

connecting a user equipment (20) via at least one access network to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) (24), said IMS being configured for authenticating the user equipment (20), controlling a session, routing control, quality control and subscription verification,

connecting the at least one access network to a Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) platform (25) for making corresponding PoC services available to the user equipment and performs a user authorization for the PoC services,

connecting the IMS (24) via an SIP/ISC interface to the PoC platform (25),

connecting a PoC log storage platform (26) via an interface to the PoC platform (25) wherein the interface is configured to transmitting log media between the PoC log storage platform (26) and the PoC platform (25),

using the PoC platform (25) as a transport system for transmitting and receiving weblogs to link the user equipment (20) to web forums and weblogs by storing, via the PoC log storage platform (26), log media in PoC logs (10), which are transmitted from user equipment (20) via the PoC platform (25) to the PoC log storage platform (26) and vice versa, assigning each PoC log a unique identifier when the PoC log is created, and making said PoC logs (10) accessible for the Internet and for other mobile subscribers; and

implementing a lean http client (31) on the user equipment (20) for interacting with a lean front end (30) on the PoC log storage platform (26) for retrieving the log media from the PoC logs (10) stored in the PoC platform, and

wherein the unique identifier contains log-specific and provider-specific information,

wherein each contribution (11, 12) to a PoC log (10) has a unique sub-identifier and each contribution (10, 11) contains information about the supplier of the message.

11. A system and configuration for linking Internet-based forums and weblogs to a mobile communication system, comprising

a user equipment (20) connected via at least one access network to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) (24) said IMS being configured for authenticating the user equipment (20), controlling a session, routing control, quality control and subscription verification,

a Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) platform (25) connected to the at least one access network for making corresponding PoC services available to the user equipment and performs a user authorization for the PoC services and via an SIP/ISC interface to the IMS (24),

a PoC log storage platform (26) connected via an interface to the PoC platform (25), wherein the interface is configured to transmitting log media between the PoC log storage platform (26) and the PoC platform (25),

wherein the PoC platform (25) constitutes a transport system for transmitting and receiving weblogs to link the user equipment (20) to web forums and weblogs by storing, via the PoC log storage platform (26), log media in PoC logs (10), which are transmitted from user equipment (20) via the PoC platform (25) to the PoC log storage platform (26) and vice versa, making said PoC logs (10) accessible for the Internet and for other mobile subscribers,

wherein each PoC log (10) is identified by a unique identifier that is assigned to that PoC log (10) when that PoC log (10) is created, and

wherein the unique identifier contains log-specific and provider-specific information,

wherein each contribution (11, 12) to a PoC log (10) has a unique sub-identifier and each contribution (10, 11) contains information about the supplier of the message.

12. A system and configuration according to claim 11, wherein the PoC log (10) contains various contributions comprising different types of media, including voice, text, images.