Method for transmitting data

• US 20040260791A1
• Filed: 07/27/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telit Cinterion Deutschland GmbH
• Original Assignee: Gemalto M2M GmbH (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Schmidt, Andreas, Trauberg, Markus, Jerbi, Belhassen, Laumen, Josef, Niekerk, Sabine Van
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• 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 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• 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 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/387 using subscriber identification cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting data between a subscriber terminal (MT) and at least one service providing component (MMS-Server 1, MMS-Server 2, MMS-Server 3) associated with a service provider, which are connected to each other by a network (UTRAN, SGSN, GGSN). According to said method, when a communication link is set up between the subscriber terminal and the service providing component, access information for the at least one service providing component is requested by a storage means associated with the subscriber terminal. By providing exclusively specific access information for specific service providing components on said storage means associated with a subscriber or a subscriber device, such as a SIM card or a USIM application on a UICC card, the network operator can prevent a subscriber from using other service providing components of other specific service providers different from those prescribed thereto when a specific data service is requested.

Claims

1. Method for transmitting data between a subscriber terminal (MT) and at least one service providing component (MMS server 1, MMS server 2, MMS server 3;

internet server 1, MMS server 2, IMS server 3) of a service provider, which are connected together via a network (UTRAN, BBS;

SGSN, GGSN) with the following stages;

Storage of access information for the at least one service providing component in a storage area with restricted authorization for write processes of a storage means associated with a subscriber, said storage means being connected to the subscriber terminal, whereby a plurality of access addresses for a service providing component of one or a plurality of service providers is associated with a specific service in the access information;

Selection of an access address of a service providing component, the service of which is to be requested;

Comparison to establish whether the selected access address corresponds to an access address for the service to be requested stored in the storage area of the storage means;

Setting up of a communication link from the subscriber terminal to the selected service providing component and requesting of the service if the selected access address and the access address for the service to be requested stored in the storage area of the storage means correspond.

2. Method according to claim 1, with which the network comprises a packet-switching network (UTRAN;

SGSN, GGSN) and the data is transmitted in packet-switched form.

3. Method according to claim 2, with which the packet-switched network comprises components, which operate according to the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standard.

4. Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, with which the at least one service providing component (MMS server 1, MMS server 2, MMS server 3;

internet server 1, MMS server 2, IMS server 3) is a component of an external packet data network (PDN) that is connected to the network.

5. Method according to one of claims 1 to 4, with which the access information contains an end user address, which comprises the access address of the at least one service providing component.

6. Method according to claim 5, with which the access address is an internet protocol address.

7. Method according to one of claims 2 to 6, with which a specific packet data protocol type is associated with each service.

8. Method according to one of claims 1 to 7, with which an intelligent memory card associated with a specific subscriber is used as the storage means.

9. Method according to claim 8, with which the memory card is configured as a SIM card or a UICC card with a USIM application.

10. Method according to one of claims 8 or 9, with which the access information is stored in a structured storage unit of the intelligent memory card.

11. Method according to claim 10, with which the access information is stored in an elementary file (EF) of the structured storage unit.

12. Method according to one of claims 1 to 11, with which the subscriber terminal is a mobile telephone device, which operates according to the UMTS standard or the GSM standard, in particular in conjunction with the GPRS standard.

13. Storage means, in particular for implementing the method according to one of claims 1 to 12, which can be connected to a subscriber terminal, whereby the storage means comprises a storage device for storing access information for at least one service providing component, which can be connected to the subscriber terminal via a network.

14. Storage means according to claim 13, which is configured as an intelligent memory card, in particular in the form of a SIM card, a UICC card with a USIM application or as a multimedia card.

15. Storage means according to claim 13 or 14, with which a specific selection of access addresses for a service providing component of one or a plurality of service providers is associated with a specific service in the access information.

16. Storage means according to claim 13 or 15, with which the storage device only allows restricted authorization for write processes for access information.