Granted Patent B2

US 7,657,287 · App. 10/483,561 · Granted Feb 2, 2010

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations;

an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode to allow an attempt to access data records on the mobile station based on the affirmative use authorization check;

wherein at least one service or data record has a characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the characteristic access identifier;

wherein the characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and wherein the characteristic access identifier is assignable to a plurality of services or data records, and

wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record,

wherein the security code comprises one or more of a code comprising one or more graphical symbols or one or more graphical characters, a biometric feature of an authorized user, an audio feature of an authorized user, a wirelessly transmitted electrical signal, or a bar code or magnetic code on an identification card or chip card.

2. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic access identifier comprises one or more numbers, one or more letters, or one or more special characters, or a combination thereof.

3. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the security code for activating the characteristic access identifier and the security code for deactivating the characteristic access identifier are different.

4. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic access identifier is associated with a plurality of services or data records.

5. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein each service or data record comprises a plurality of associated characteristic access identifiers in accordance with a hierarchic structure.

6. The mobile station of claim 1 , further comprising a superordinate access identifier associated with the service or data, wherein an association between the characteristic access identifier or the superordinate access identifier and the service or data record is alterable by an authorized user.

7. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic access identifier and security code associated with the service or data record are stored in standard or encrypted form in the mobile station or in the identification module.

8. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein calls arriving when at least one characteristic access identifier has been activated are received in the standby mode on the mobile station.

9. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations;

an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode to allow an attempt to access data records on the mobile station based on the affirmative use authorization check;

wherein at least one service or data record has a characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the characteristic access identifier;

wherein the characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and wherein the characteristic access identifier is assignable to a plurality of services or data records, and

wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record,

wherein the security component comprises one or more of a keypad, a touch-sensitive display panel, a biometric sensor, a sensor for detecting an audio signal, a portable transponder and receiver, or a scanner apparatus.

10. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations;

an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode to allow an attempt to access data records on the mobile station based on the affirmative use authorization check;

wherein at least one service or data record has a characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the characteristic access identifier;

wherein the characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and wherein the characteristic access identifier is assignable to a plurality of services or data records,

wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record; and

a timer which, after the expiry of a predetermined period of time within which no services or data records are requested by a user in the mobile station's standby mode, automatically activates one or more security codes, wherein the security codes are stipulated by an authorized user.

11. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations;

an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode to allow an attempt to access data records on the mobile station based on the affirmative use authorization check;

wherein at least one service or data record has a characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the characteristic access identifier;

wherein the characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and wherein the characteristic access identifier is assignable to a plurality of services or data records, and

wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record,

wherein the service comprises one or more of Internet access, or games.

12. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations;

an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode to allow an attempt to access data records on the mobile station based on the affirmative use authorization check;

wherein at least one service or data record has a characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the characteristic access identifier;

wherein the characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and wherein the characteristic access identifier is assignable to a plurality of services or data records, and

wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record,

wherein the data record comprises one or more of a voice recording, an image recording, Internet content, or WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) content.

13. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations;

an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode on the mobile station;

wherein at least one service or data record has a non-descriptive characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the non-descriptive characteristic access identifier;

wherein the non-descriptive characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and

wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the non-descriptive characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record.

14. The mobile station of claim 13 , wherein the non-descriptive access identifier associated with at least two differing service or data records are different from one another.

Assignments (8)