IP Library Granted Patent US 7,801,514
Granted Patent B2
US 7,801,514 · App. 11/513,973 · Granted Sep 21, 2010

Order method for mobile radio network users

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Patent No.
US 7,801,514
App. No.
11/513,973
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method for making services available to mobile users with the following method steps: the mobile subscriber reads an electronic code ( 100 ) stored in an RFID element ( 10 ) with an RFID reader device ( 2 ); said electronic code ( 100 ) is transmitted over a telecommunication network to a server ( 5 ); the server ( 5 ) transmits a query to a name service-server ( 6 ), wherein links between several electronic codes ( 100 ) and several electronic addresses are registered; the name service-server ( 6 ) sends the address of the page said above-mentioned page; the ordered service is supplied to the mobile user.

Claims (31)

1. Method with which services can be made available to mobile users with a mobile device comprising or attached to an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reading device, having the following method steps:

an electronic code stored in a RFID element is read with the RFID reading device,

said electronic code is transmitted by said mobile device over a telecommunication network to a server,

said server sends a query to a name service-server in which connections between several electronic codes each associated with one or more corresponding services and several electronic addresses are registered,

said name service-server sends the electronic address of a page corresponding to said code to said server, wherein said page contains parameters or conditions or both for the service associated with said electronic code read by the RFID reading device,

said server accesses said page,

the service associated with said electronic code is made available to the user by a services server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said server is located in the infrastructure of the telecommunication network, and wherein said name service-server is located outside the infrastructure of the telecommunication network and is accessible to several network operators.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said page includes a hypertext content in a markup language.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said RFID element is purchased by a mobile user, and wherein said electronic code is marked as used in a server as soon as said service has been supplied.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said service includes a voucher for access by the mobile user to said telecommunication network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said service includes the supplying of configuration parameters of an apparatus.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said service includes the modification of mobile user specific parameters in a mobile radio network as telecommunication network.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said service includes the supplying of SOAP or .NET services or both accessible to said server.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said service includes the supplying of executable program code elements.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the service has been supplied a confirmation is sent to the mobile device, and wherein said confirmation includes at least part of the content of said page or a link or both to one said page.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said RFID reader device is part of a mobile radio telephone as mobile device, and wherein said code is packaged by a software application in said mobile radio telephone and transmitted to said server.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said electronic codes are organized hierarchically, and wherein a part of the code indicates the identity of said mobile radio network operator.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile user enters a password, and wherein said service is only supplied if the password corresponds to said code.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the mobile user is verified, and supplying the service depends on this identity.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the mobile user is determined with a chip-card.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein said electronic address includes an address provided by the name-service server and at least a portion of the electronic code.

17. Method with which services can be made available to mobile users with a mobile device comprising or attached to an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reading device, having the following method steps:

registering by said mobile device a plurality of electronic codes, each associated with a corresponding service and a corresponding electronic address of a web page having parameters or conditions or both for the corresponding service, in a name server,

reading an electronic code stored RFID element with the RFID reading device, wherein said read electronic code is one of said plurality of electronic codes registered in said name service-server,

transmitting said read electronic code, using said mobile device, over a telecommunication network to a communication server,

sending a query regarding said read electronic code, using said communication server, to the name service-server;

said name service-server sending the electronic address of the page corresponding to said read electronic code to said communication server,

said communication server accessing said page, and

the service corresponding to said electronic code is made available to the mobile device and/or a user.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the ordered service is made available for purchase by the user of the mobile device.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: SWISSCOM AG
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 060434/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2009
From: SWISSCOM (SCHWEIZ) AG
To: SWISSCOM AG
Reel/Frame 023534/0784 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2009
From: SWISSCOM MOBILE SA (SWISSCOM MOBILE LTD)
To: SWISSCOM (SCHWEIZ) AG
Reel/Frame 023529/0473 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2006
From: LAUPER, ERIC
To: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
Reel/Frame 018259/0498 →