Service personalization in a terminal device

• US 8,856,287 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Gregoire, Louis, Praden, Anne-Marie
• Primary Examiner(s): VOSTAL, ONDREJ C
• Application Number:
  US11/795,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20090006584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,213 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/177 Initialisation or configuration control processor initialisation G06F9/4405
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42272 whereby the subscriber registers to the terminals for personalised service provision
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application

Abstract

Two service signals are transmitted from a service server through a first network in such a way that users'"'"' terminal devices display personalized service data items. When service signals are filtered, a terminal device extracts common data items accessible for several terminal devices and a parameter type from a service signal identified by a stored identifier. An end address is determined by applying a stored parameter, related to the parameter type, to a pre-recorded or transmitted algorithm. The end address is transmitted, through a second network, to a server which transmits a first personalized file associated with the end address and bearing personalized data items displayed with the common data items in the device.

Claims

1. A method of performing service personalization in a broadcast network, comprising:

storing, in a terminal device, a broadcast identifier;

receiving, in the terminal device, service signals broadcast through a first broadcast network from a server and respectively including service data and service information, said service information providing a description of content of the service data and including service identifiers;

filtering the service signals in the terminal device by comparing the service identifiers, included in said received broadcast service signals, with the stored broadcast identifier to provide a service signal identified by the stored broadcast identifier;

extracting, by the terminal device, (i) common data accessible to a plurality of terminal devices and (ii) a parameter type from the service signal identified from the filtered service signals, said parameter type indicating a parameter to be searched for in the terminal device;

storing, in the terminal device, the extracted common data extracted from the identified service signal;

reading a parameter stored in the terminal device relating to the parameter type extracted from the identified service signal;

determining a final address by applying the parameter, read from the terminal device, to an algorithm, wherein said final address relates to a storage address of a first personalized file in the server;

transmitting, to the server, via a second point-to-point network, a request identifying the final address;

receiving, from the server, via the second point-to-point network, the first personalized file associated with the final address identified in the request, said first personalized file including first personalized data;

storing, in the terminal device, the received first personalized file;

transmitting, to the server, through the second network, a second request identifying a second final address extracted from the received first personalized file; and

receiving, in the terminal device, from the server, a second personalized file associated with the second final address identified in the second request, said second personalized file including second personalized data.

2. A method according to claim 1, in which the algorithm is extracted from the identified service signal.

3. A method according to claim 1, in which the common data and at least the first personalized data is displayed in locations defined in a field including the common data and in a personalization field including the parameter type, said fields being read from the service signal identified by the stored identifier.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first personalized file is transmitted with a second parameter type that indicates a second parameter to be searched for in the terminal device, said method further comprising the following steps in the terminal device:

reading a second parameter stored in the device and relating to the second parameter type; and

determining the second final address by applying said second parameter to an algorithm.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of filtering broadcast service signals by comparing the service identifiers, included in said received broadcast service signals, with a second identifier extracted from the first personalized file in the terminal device, and extracting common data from a service signal identified by the second identifier.

11. A method according to claim 1, in which the algorithm is pre-recorded in the device and designated by an identifier included in the identified service signal.

6. A personalization system comprising:

a server, and

a terminal device configured to

receive service signals broadcast through a first broadcast network from the server, the service signals respectively including service data and service information, said service information providing a description of content of the service data and including service identifiers; and

filter the service signals being by comparing the service identifiers with a broadcast identifier stored in the terminal device to provide a service signal identified by the stored broadcast identifier,

wherein the terminal device comprises

means for storing the broadcast identifier and parameters associated with parameter types;

means for extracting common data accessible to a plurality of terminal devices and a parameter type from the service signal identified from the filtered service signals, said parameter type indicating a parameter to be searched for in the terminal device;

means for reading at least one stored parameter relating to the parameter type extracted from the identified service signal;

means for determining a final address by applying said parameter to an algorithm, wherein said final address relates to a storage address of a first personalized file in the server;

means for transmitting a request identifying the final address through a second point-to-point network to the server;

means for receiving, through the second point-to-point network from the server, the first personalized file associated with the final address identified in the request, said first personalized file including first personalized data;

means for storing the received first personalized file;

means for transmitting, through the second network to the server, a second request including a second final address extracted from the first personalized file; and

means for receiving, from the server, a second personalized file associated with the second final address identified in the second request, said second personalized file including second personalized data.

7. A personalization system according to claim 6, in which the terminal device comprises a terminal and a portable recording medium having a microcontroller in communication with the terminal, wherein the terminal includes a first network interface connected to the first network for receiving the broadcast service signals and a second network interface connected to the second network, and wherein the recording medium includes storage means that store the extracted parameter type, the read means, the determination means, and the means for transmitting a request through the second network interface.

8. A computer system according to claim 6, in which the means for storing a service identifier and parameters associated with parameter types are included in a memory card.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that is executed in a terminal device, said program comprising program instructions which, when the program is loaded and executed in said terminal device, control said terminal device to perform the following steps:

storing, in the terminal device, a broadcast identifier;

receiving service signals broadcast through a first broadcast network from a server and respectively including service data and service information, said service information providing a description of content of the service data and including service identifiers;

filtering the service signals by comparing the service identifiers, included in said received broadcast service signals, with the stored broadcast identifier to provide a service signal identified by the stored broadcast identifier;

extracting (i) common data accessible to a plurality of terminal devices and (ii) a parameter type from the service signal identified from the filtered service signals, said parameter type indicating a parameter to be searched for in the terminal device;

reading a parameter stored in the terminal device relating to the parameter type extracted from the identified service signal;

determining a final address by applying said parameter to an algorithm, wherein said final address relates to a storage address of a first personalized file in the server;

transmitting a request identifying the final address through a second point-to-point network to the server;

receiving, from the server, via a second point-to-point network, the first personalized file associated with the final address identified in the request, said first personalized file including personalized data;

storing, in the terminal device, the received first personalized file;

transmitting, through the second network to the server, a second request identifying a second final address extracted from the received first personalized file; and

receiving, from the server, a second personalized file associated with the second final address identified in the second request, said second personalized file including second personalized data.

10. A computer program implemented in a non-transitory portable recording medium having a microcontroller in communication with a terminal device, said program comprising program instructions which, when the program is loaded and executed, in said terminal device, control said terminal device to perform the following steps:

storing, in the terminal device, broadcast identifier;

receiving service signals broadcast through a first broadcast network from a server and respectively including service data and service information, said service information providing a description of content of the service data and including service identifiers;

filtering the service signals by comparing the service identifiers, included in said received broadcast service signal, with the stored broadcast identifier to provide a service signal identified by the stored broadcast identifier;

extracting (i) common data accessible to a plurality of terminal devices and a parameter type from the service signal identified from the filtered service signals, said parameter type indicating a parameter to be searched for in the terminal device;

reading a parameter stored in the recording medium relating to the parameter type extracted from the identified service signal;

determining a final address by applying said parameter to an algorithm, wherein said final address relates to a storage address of a first personalized file in the server;

transmitting a request identifying the final address through a second point-to-point network to the server;

receiving, from the server, via the second point-to-point network, the first personalized file associated with the final address identified in the request, said first personalized file including first personalized data;

storing, in the terminal device, the received first personalized file;

transmitting, through the second network to the server, a second request identifying a second final address extracted from the received first personalized file; and

receiving, from the server, a second personalized file associated with the second final address identified in the second request, said second personalized file including second personalized data.