Method and system for transmitting informational content data

• US RE44,627 E1
• Filed: 07/23/2012
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co KG
• Original Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co KG
• Inventors: Hasemann, Joerg-Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Dalencourt, Yves
• Application Number:
  US13/555,956
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: N/A

Abstract

A method and a system for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals is provided, in which informational content data and informational description data are provided in a memory of at least one information provider station the informational content data and the informational description data are loaded into a memory of a central informational transmission station, an informational content data block is generated based on the loaded informational content data and an informational description data block based on the loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station, the informational content data block and the informational data description block are linked to a data transmission block, and the data transmission block is transmitted from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational data description block includes informational data records regarding a geographic region of validity, a valid time period, a data format, a manner of at least one of a coding and an encryption, and a manner and type of a transmitted data transmission block.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission block is simultaneously transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals by a distributor network.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loadable by the central information transmission station by a first transmission network, and the data transmission block is transmittable to the plurality of terminals by a second transmission network.

6. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loaded as a function of a request signal transmitted by the central transmission station to the at least one information provider station.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the data transmission block is simultaneously transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals by a distributor network.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loadable by the central information transmission station by a first transmission network, and the data transmission block is transmittable to the plurality of terminals by a second transmission network.

11. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational content data and the information description data are automatically loaded at regular, settable intervals.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the data transmission block is simultaneously transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals by a distributor network.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loadable by the central information transmission station by a first transmission network, and the data transmission block is transmittable to the plurality of terminals by a second transmission network.

16. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the data transmission block is automatically transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals at regular, settable intervals.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the data transmission block is simultaneously transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals by a distributor network.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loadable by the central information transmission station by a first transmission network, and the data transmission block is transmittable to the plurality of terminals by a second transmission network.

21. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational data description block includes decryption and description data indicating a manner of encrypting the data transmission block.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the data transmission block is simultaneously transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals by a distributor network.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loadable by the central information transmission station by a first transmission network, and the data transmission block is transmittable to the plurality of terminals by a second transmission network.

26. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein encryption data for encrypting the data transmission block is transmittable by the at least one information provider station to the plurality of terminals.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the data transmission block is simultaneously transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals by a distributor network.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loadable by the central information transmission station by a first transmission network, and the data transmission block is transmittable to the plurality of terminals by a second transmission network.

31. An information transmission system comprising:

at least one information provider station for providing informational content data and informational description data;

a first transmission network to transmit the informational content data and the informational description data;

a central information transmission station including a memory to store the transmitted data and including a calculation device to generate an informational content data block based on the informational content data and to generate an informational data description block based on transmitted informational description data, and to link the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

a second transmission network for simultaneously transmitting the data transmission block to a plurality of terminals, wherein the plurality of terminals are connected by a third transmission network to the at least one information provider station to transmit decryption programs.

32. The information transmission system of claim 31, wherein the first transmission network includes a fixed network.

33. The information transmission system of claim 31 wherein the first transmission network includes the Internet.

34. The information transmission system of claim 31, wherein the second transmission network includes a cellular radio communications network.

35. The information transmission system of claim 31 wherein the plurality of terminals include mobile radio communication stations.

36. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals;

wherein the data transmission block is automatically transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals at regular, settable intervals, and wherein the informational data description block includes decryption and description data indicating a manner of encrypting the data transmission block.

37. An information transmission system comprising:

at least one information provider station for providing informational content data and informational description data;

a first transmission network to transmit the informational content data and the informational description data;

a central information transmission station including a memory to store the transmitted data and including a calculation device to generate an informational content data block based on the informational content data and to generate an informational data description block based on transmitted informational description data, and to link the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

a second transmission network for simultaneously transmitting the data transmission block to a plurality of terminals;

wherein the data transmission block is automatically transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals at regular, settable intervals, and wherein the informational data description block includes decryption and description data indicating a manner of encrypting the data transmission block.

38. A method for receiving informational content data at a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a data transmission block from a central information transmission station via a transmission network, wherein the data transmission block is linked to an informational content data block and an informational data description block and wherein the informational data description block includes informational data records regarding a data type tor the informational content data block, wherein the data type indicates that data of the informational content data block is text data, video data, voice data, or audio data;

checking the data transmission block by checking the informational data description block to determine whether the data transmission block is relevant to the terminal;

if the data transmission block is relevant to the terminal, then triggering a process at the terminal, wherein the process displays any text data or video data of the informational content data block via the terminal; and

acoustically communicates any voice data or audio data of the informational content data block via the terminal.

39. The method of claim 38, further comprising:

if the data type indicates that the data transmission block is relevant to the terminal, then storing the data of the informational content data block in a memory of the terminal.

40. The method of claim 38, further comprising:

receiving subsequent data transmission blocks from the central information transmission station via the transmission network, wherein there is a regular, settable interval between receipt of the data transmission blocks.

41. A method for receiving informational content data at a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a data transmission block from a central information transmission station, wherein the data transmission block is linked to an informational content data block and an informational data description block, data of the informational content data block is encrypted, and the informational data description block includes encryption description data indicating a type of encryption of the informational content data block, wherein the informational content data block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational content data received from an information provider station and the informational data description block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational description data received from the information provider station and the data transmission block was created by the central information transmission station by linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to the data transmission block;

receiving a decryption program from the information provider; and

using the decryption program to decrypt the data of the informational content data block.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the data transmission block is received via one transmission network and the decryption program is received via another transmission network.

43. The method of claim 41, further comprising receiving decryption data of the decryption program from the information provider station as an SMS message.

44. A method for receiving informational content data at a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a data transmission block from a central information transmission station, wherein the data transmission block is linked to an informational content data block and an informational data description block, wherein the informational content data block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational content data received from one of a plurality of information provider stations and the informational data description block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational description data received from the one of the plurality of information provider stations and the data transmission block was created by the central information transmission station by linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to the data transmission block;

using the informational data description block to determine whether the informational content data block is relevant to a terminal; and

in response to determining that the informational data description block indicates that the informational content data block is relevant to the terminal, triggering an event on the terminal, wherein the event communicates data of the informational content data block via the terminal.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising:

storing the informational content data block in a memory of the terminal,

wherein triggering an event on the terminal comprises activating an application on the terminal and accessing the stored informational content data using the application.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the application is a browser application.

47. The method of claim 44, wherein the event communicates data of the informational content data block via the terminal by displaying the stored informational content data via the terminal.

48. The method of claim 44, wherein the event communicates data of the informational content data block via the terminal by acoustically communicating the stored informational content data via the terminal.

49. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals from a central information transmission station, the method comprising:

transmitting a request signal from a central information transmission station to one of a plurality of information provider stations;

after transmitting the request signal, receiving, by the central information transmission station, informational content data and informational description data from the information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of the central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on the loaded informational content data and generating an informational data description block based on the loaded informational description data;

linking tho informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals.

50. The method of claim 49, further comprising:

transmitting subsequent data transmission blocks from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals so that there is a regular, settable interval between the transmission of the data transmission blocks.

51. The method of claim 49, wherein transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals comprises transmitting the data transmission block using a broadcast channel.

52. The method of claim 49, wherein the informational content data is encrypted and the informational data description block indicates a type of encryption.

53. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals from a central information transmission station, the method comprising:

receiving, by a central information transmission station, informational content data and informational description data from an information provider station;

loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of the central information transmission station;

generating an informational content data block based on the loaded informational content data and generating an informational data description block based on the loaded informational description data;

linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and

automatically transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals, so that there is a regular, settable interval between a previously transmitted data transmission block and the transmitted data transmission block.

54. The method of claim 53, further comprising:

receiving, by the central information transmission station, subsequent informational content data and subsequent informational description data from the information provider station, wherein there is a regular, settable interval between the receipt of the informational content data and the informational description data and receipt of subsequent informational content data and subsequent informational description data.

55. The method of claim 53, wherein automatically transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals comprises transmitting the data transmission block using a broadcast channel.

56. The method of claim 53, wherein the informational content data is encrypted and the informational data description block indicates a type of encryption.