IP Library Granted Patent US 6,941,154
Granted Patent B1
US 6,941,154 · App. 09/582,945 · Granted Sep 6, 2005

Telecommunication method

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,941,154
App. No.
09/582,945
Granted
Sep 6, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

A telecommunication method and a receiving apparatus for enabling the telecommunication method. A telecommunications mobile device comprises an identification card, a radio receiver, and/or a television receiver, wherein the identification card is capable of identifying the user of the telecommunications mobile device. When the telecommunications mobile device receives digital data, transmitted over a broadcast channel as program-accompanying data in a media program, it displays information, corresponding to the received digital data, on a display of the telecommunications mobile device and allows the user to enter a command. Based on the entered command, a message is prepared that includes at least one data field from the received digital data as well as an identification of the user determined from the identification card. The prepared message is then sent over a mobile radio network.

Claims (29)

1. A telecommunication method, comprising:

receiving, by a telecommunications mobile device containing a radio receiver and/or a television receiver therein, digital data, transmitted over a broadcast channel as program-accompanying data in a media program, wherein the telecommunications mobile device includes an identification card by which a user of the telecommunications mobile device is identified;

reproducing, by the telecommunications mobile device, the media program on the telecommunication mobile device;

displaying information, corresponding to the received digital data, on the telecommunications mobile device;

entering a command by the user;

preparing a message corresponding to the entered command, the prepared message including at least one data field from the received digital data and an identification of the user determined from the identification card; and

sending the prepared message over a mobile radio network, wherein

the received digital data is temporarily stored in a buffer when components needed for processing the digital data are switched off and is not processed until the components are switched on, and

the information that is not of interest to the user is sorted out based on a user profile stored in the memory of the telecommunications mobile device.

2. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the displayed information contains at least one menu from which a command can be selected.

3. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the digital data contains applets which are executed by the telecommunications mobile device.

4. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the received digital data is packed in messages which are first evaluated in order to determine whether the messages are to be displayed.

5. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the digital data is transmitted in a radio channel.

6. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the digital data is transmitted in a TV channel.

7. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the prepared message is a SMS message.

8. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the prepared message is a USSD message.

9. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the prepared message is signed.

10. The telecommunication method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the prepared message is encrypted.

11. A telecommunications mobile device comprising mobile radio components, through which the telecommunications mobile device is operative in a mobile radio network, the telecommunications mobile device including an identification card that is capable of identifying the user of the telecommunications mobile device, wherein the telecommunications mobile device further comprises:

a radio receiver and/or a television receiver for receiving a media program, transmitted over a broadcast channel, and program accompanying data;

reproducing means for playing back to the user the media program received; and

message-preparing means for preparing and sending, over the mobile radio network, messages that include at least one data field from the program-accompanying data and an identification of the user, wherein

the received digital data is temporarily stored in a buffer when components needed for processing the digital data are switched off and is not processed until the components are switched on, and

the information that is not of interest to the user is sorted out based on a user profile stored in the memory of the telecommunications mobile device.

12. The telecommunications mobile device in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the mobile radio components include a GSM mobile device.

13. The telecommunications mobile device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the identification card is a SIM card capable of executing applets transmitted in the program-accompanying data.

14. The telecommunications mobile device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the message-preparing means are capable of preparing and sending SMS messages.

15. The telecommunications mobile device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the message-preparing means are capable of preparing and sending USSD messages.

16. The telecommunications mobile device in accordance with claim 12 , further comprising a key for causing information, corresponding to the digital data received, to be displayed on a display of the telecommunications mobile device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2009
From: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG; SWISSCOM FIXNET AG; SWISSCOM (SCHWEIZ) AG
To: SWISSCOM AG
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