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Method for transmitting data

  • US 8,549,110 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2002
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for transmitting data of a service between a subscriber terminal of a specific mobile telephone subscriber and at least one service providing component of one or more service providers through a mobile telephone network managed by a network operator, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) prior to setting up a communication link from a subscriber terminal to a service providing component, pre-allocating, by the network operator, a specific service associated with the at least one service providing component to the specific mobile telephone subscriber by;

    storing access information for use of the at least one service providing component in a storage area of a storage medium associated with the subscriber terminal or the subscriber, the storage medium further includes authorization information for use of the mobile telephone network;

    restricting authorization for write processes to the storage area of the associated storage medium including the stored access information such that only the network operator can change the access information for use of the at least one service providing component; and

    associating a plurality of access addresses for the at least one service providing component with a specific service in the access information;

    (b) selecting at the subscriber terminal a service providing component, the service of which is to be requested by selecting an access address of the selected service providing component;

    (c) determining at the subscriber terminal, before or while the communication link is being set up, whether the selected access address corresponds to one of the one or more associated plurality of access addresses for the specific service in the storage area of the associated storage medium such that whether the selected service providing component is permitted is verified before or while the communication link is being set up; and

    (d) at the subscriber terminal, after selecting the access address of the service providing component, setting up the communication link from the subscriber terminal to the selected service providing component, and requesting access to the service only if the selected access address and the access address for the specific service stored in the storage area of the associated storage medium correspond.

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