EA006535B1 - Multimedia broadcasting, broadcast services for cell phone and other users and modified sim card and related means for enabling such broadcast reception - Google Patents

Abstract

Preferred embodiments enable cell phone users to plug in a novel SIM card (34) and receive a multimedia broadcast of their choice, television, celebrity broadcast calls, newspapers, games, video and the like, without initializing with a service provider. Adapters can provide additional cell phone communication channels enabling a user to talk on the phone while receiving a broadcast into storage or to quickly receive a broadcast over multiple channels (3,4,5,6,7). Cell phone TV flicker can be inhibited by receiving over multiple channels (3,4,5,6,7). Each channel can be controlled or activated by its own SIM card (34). Novel product-specific SIM cards are provided to enable reception of specific broadcasts.

Description

The present invention relates to improvements, modifications and additions to the invention described in the PCT international application number PCT / I801 / 14404 filed by Rarsg1s55 1n1gasyue Eteragreg LES on May 4, 2001 and having a priority claim of provisional patent application US No. 60/201793 of 04 May 2000, and the corresponding international application for invention, hereinafter referred to as the previous international application of the present applicant, was published on November 8, 2001 under the number \ CO 01/84339. Thus, the aforementioned published application for invention No. νθ 01/84339 is included here in full by reference to it.

Background of the invention

Thus, the present invention relates to the electronic distribution of large data files such as television programs, newspapers, computer games, the transfer of other multimedia information, text files, etc. for viewers or listeners with appropriate receivers, and in particular for viewers or listeners located in those geographic areas whose location can be approximately determined. The present invention also relates to the electronic distribution of files and contents for mobile subscribers, especially when they are far from their home or place of work.

The following description of the prior art may contain a description of the conjectures, discoveries, interpretations or elements of the disclosure of the invention, or a joint description of the elements of the disclosure of the invention, which were not known in the art prior to the present invention, but were proposed in the present invention. Some of them contributing to the present invention may be specifically mentioned below, while others of them contributing to the present invention will become apparent from the context of their description.

Currently there is a sharp increase in the use of electronic communications. In the United States of America (USA) there are probably dozens of devices in a multitude of houses that can receive or visualize information transmitted electronically, or carry out sound reproduction of information transmitted in this way. In such homes there may be many television receivers, many computers connected to or connected to the Internet, as well as many telephones, radio telephony devices and many radio receivers. However, there is a continuing need to create advanced means of conveying information such as news, entertainment, and personal messages to viewers or listeners. There is a particular need to create better means of transmitting such content that is of interest to those mobile subscribers who can move from one place to another or can be located far from their home or office where their main receiving equipment is located.

Previously, various ways of distributing multimedia data via the Internet have been proposed. For example, in US patent I8P 6108703, the author of which is BESTYOP (Leighton) (referred to below as Leighton’s patent (BESTY)). disclosed a system for managing the delivery of content over the Internet using multiple servers to provide a resilient infrastructure (see column 2, pp. 26-31).

U.S. Patent No. I8P 5557320, authored by Krebs (KGK) (hereinafter referred to as Krebs patent (KGK)), also discloses a system for distributing video information designed to solve problems associated with congestion in transmitting video information through heterogeneous networks, including via telephone, wireless, satellite communications, etc. (see column 1, p. 5-7), through the use of a network management provider. The network management provider schedules the transmission of each request for receiving video information and sets control points for each receiver operating on the basis of transmission sessions (claim 1). However, these systems are dependent on the user having access to the Internet, while most people experience inconvenience due to the use of land lines. Currently, there is no effective way to wirelessly access the Internet suitable for sending large files, such as multimedia information, to a large number of users.

Summary of Invention

The present invention provides a solution to the problem of distributing large data files, for example, television programs, newspapers, computer games, transmission of other multimedia information, text files, etc., to the public in a more expedient and in most cases more convenient way than the one that was possible. so far. In addition, the present invention provides a solution to the problem of sending such files and similar information content.

-1006535 for mobile subscribers, especially when they are far from their home or office.

In the previous international application of this applicant, which was not yet available for public review on June 22, 2001, when UK patent application No. 0115346.9, for which this application claims priority, disclosed an invention in which cellular telephone systems were first used for mass distribution of a large amount of digital information, especially multimedia content, such as newspapers, television programs, music, operational information from the Internet, etc., by way of transmitting this information simultaneously to a plurality of users of cellular telephones, each of which receives the aforementioned content simultaneously with other users. In the invention set forth in the previous international application of the present applicant, an idea of how the benefits of transmitting information in a convenient way for mobile communication users and other users can be obtained.

One of the technical solutions proposed in the present invention for solving the above and other problems is a computerized radio telephone receiver capable of supporting telephone communication with a cellular radio telephone communication system and receiving broadcast transmissions from a radio telephone communication system without a session initialization procedure with a radio telephone communication system, In this case, the aforementioned radiotelephone contains a replaceable auxiliary electronic device encoded by machine readable electronic key, which may be, but not necessarily, a phone number, and which allows you to receive broadcasts. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the radiotelephone receiver comprises a cellular telephone, and the auxiliary electronic device comprises a subscriber identification module or, in other words, a §1M card.

An additional communication line for receiving a broadcast transmission can be provided through the use of a dual or multi-channel §1M card, and a procedure for initiating a communication session with a service provider is not required to receive a broadcast transmission.

By encoding or storing in another way in a §1M card or in another removable auxiliary device of an electronic key and any other information necessary to access broadcast programs transmitted via a cellular communication system, the present invention provides a new, convenient way for users of cellular telephones and other users to benefit from receiving information transmitted by broadcasting, without the need to purchase new equipment or upgrade existing I have their equipment. Many users of cell phones, in particular, those subscribers who use the services of the O8M system (Global System for Mobile Communications), advanced digital wireless communications technology worldwide, already have subscriber identification modules, that is, §1M-cards. According to the present invention, they can benefit from receiving information transmitted via a broadcasting method on a cellular radio frequency, simply by inserting a §1M card that is encoded with a phone number or other key.

The radiotelephone receiver may also be a computer equipped with wireless cellular communications, such as a folding or portable computer, or a desktop computer capable of receiving broadcast programs transmitted in a cellular telephone radio communication system, for example, due to the fact that it is equipped with a docking station with a cellular telephone. a phone into which the user can insert their cell phone.

In one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, there is a set of access numbers to broadcast programs in one 81M card, which allows simultaneous reception of multiple broadcast programs or channels. For example, while viewing information received through one channel, information received and received via another channel can be received and stored. Alternatively, the transmission and reception of a single broadcast television program or other content that has a large volume can be carried out through two or more channels to increase the overall data transfer rate and thereby prevent or reduce the image flicker.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a removable auxiliary electronic device encoded by a machine-readable electronic key, which may be, but not necessarily, a telephone number, and which allows for the reception of information transmitted via the broadcasting method by means of a computerized radiotelephone receiver capable of supporting telephone communication through a cellular radiotelephone system and to receive a broadcast transmission, transfer avaemoy of the above-mentioned radio communication system. In a preferred embodiment, the radiotelephone receiver contains a cellular telephone, and the auxiliary electronic device contains a §1M card.

The aforementioned §1M card can be a §1M card of this type, which is placed in a landing slot located on the back of a cell phone or in any other place, and

-2006535 which has the form in the form of a plate with a beveled corner, ensuring proper orientation of the map in the cell phone.

In addition, the aforementioned 81M card can provide reception of broadcasts by conventional cellular phones compatible with 81M cards through at least one telephone number specifically designed for receiving broadcast transmissions, and can be upgraded to enable reception of broadcast transmissions those 81M-compatible cell phones that are not capable of receiving broadcasts.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of broadcasting information, which may be, but not necessarily, a program or channel over which information content is continuously transmitted, the above method comprising the following operations: transmitting information from a cellular communication system to a plurality of computerized users radio telephone receivers capable of receiving information transmitted from a radio telephone communication system in a wide without the procedure of initializing a communication session with a radiotelephone communication system, each radiotelephone contains a removable auxiliary electronic device encoded by a machine-readable electronic key, which may be, but not necessarily, a telephone number that allows broadcasting information to be received, and the above-mentioned the method further comprises the operation: before performing the aforementioned operation of broadcasting information, sending is carried out KU of the above electronic key users.

One or more programs can be broadcast from a terrestrial or satellite transmitter, or, if desired, through a network of cellular transmitters, so that they can be received by any properly equipped device simultaneously within the reception area. A variant is possible in which broadcasting to individual receivers that are within the range of the transmitting transceiver can be carried out simultaneously via multiple channels.

In the preferred embodiment, the broadcast is made for those users who receive it, who have previously received an electronic key that allows receiving a particular broadcast, or one or more broadcast channels.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Below is a detailed description of some embodiments of the present invention, its execution and use, and also discusses the best embodiment of the invention in the event that it is not described above, by means of examples with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the same position numbers in several drawings denote the same or similar elements and which depict the following:

in fig. 1 is a diagram of a broadcasting system over a cellular telephone network, through which multimedia information and other content received by several wireless multimedia playback devices are broadcast according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a cellular phone suitable for practical use in the broadcast system shown in FIG. one;

in fig. 3 shows, on an enlarged scale, the scheme of the 81M card used in the cellular telephone of FIG. 2, which allows broadcast reception of information according to the present invention; and in fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating components of a cellular telephone suitable for practical use in the broadcasting system of FIG. one.

Detailed Description of the Invention

Referring to FIG. 1-3, the broadcasting system depicted therein contains several receivers suitable for use, for example, a mobile or cellular telephone 1 computerized or connected to a computer, supporting two-way communication with a service provider using a cellular transceiver 10 transmitting from a mast 12. Broadcast information transmission for a group of users who can be equipped with a variety of different hardware-implemented receivers serving for EMA one or more channels, e.g., channels, designated by reference numerals 3-7, carried out over a plurality of information channels, such as channels 3-7, some or all of which may comprise multimedia information.

In addition to cellular phones 1, the preferred embodiments of which are described in more detail below, other computerized radiotelephone receivers, such as computers equipped with wireless cellular communications, such as a folding or portable computer 8 and a desktop computer, may be appropriate hardware-implemented receivers.

–3006535 ter 9. Each computer 8 or 9 contains a radio frequency receiver tuned to the appropriate broadcast frequency and adapted to receive one or more broadcast programs according to the technical requirements of the service provider and its field of activity. For example, receiving devices can be equipped with a software or, in the most preferred embodiment, a software-hardware interface with a product that is able to recognize a broadcast program and grant permission to receive it without initialization, and in a preferred embodiment without the need to acknowledge the establishment of communication. In a preferred embodiment, the receiving devices 1, 8 and 9 are computerized devices containing a storage device and control software that provides control of the storage device and the reception of broadcast transmissions with which they are equipped in accordance with the present invention. The control software can memorize or, alternatively, not memorize the incoming broadcast information in accordance with the option chosen by the computer user, for example, through the menu for incoming multimedia data.

Broadcast transmissions from a given terrestrial or satellite transmitter 10 can be simultaneously received by any properly equipped device 1, 8 or 9 located within the reception area, while, as is well known in the field of cellular telephony, the boundaries of the above zone are determined, for example, geographical area, terrain topography, weather and other environmental conditions, and device sensitivity.

As shown in the drawings, in addition to broadcasting information on a given channel 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, a group of users performing its reception can be simultaneously broadcast on multiple channels to individual receivers located within the range of the transceiver ten.

In the preferred embodiment, the broadcast information is carried out for those receiving it users who previously received the appropriate means of authorizing access to a particular broadcast, or to one or more broadcast channels. In a preferred embodiment, the access authorization tool is provided by a service provider or, possibly, a content provider, or a trustee for any of these providers, and it may contain a personal electronic key to access broadcast programs that is unique to each individual and allows you to receive a specific broadcast channel or specific broadcast channels, or the content transmitted on a specific channel for a given period of for example, during a broadcast of a spectacular show or event, for example, from 30 minutes to 6 hours. The personal access key to broadcast programs can be stored in a machine-readable form in an auxiliary electronic device that can be read by a computerized radiotelephone receiver and mechanically compatible with it, and can also be placed inside it or attached to it in another way.

However, a more preferred option for a personal access key to broadcast programs is one that allows you to receive at least one particular channel for a given period of time, for example, for one, three or six months, one, two or three years, or probation period of one week. A personal access key to broadcast programs may contain a personal code, and a specific broadcast program that is authorized to receive may contain an open code, while the above-mentioned personal and open codes can be shared by the receiving device to unlock the receiving device so that it could process a particular broadcast program to view, listen to and / or memorize the viewer. In a preferred embodiment, the personal access key to broadcast programs also contains a personal code, which may contain a personal identifier or identifier indicating the source, distributor, or other entity that provided the personal access key to the broadcast programs. The personal access key to the broadcast programs may optionally further comprise code keys that allow decoding of the encrypted broadcast information. In the preferred embodiment, if the personal access key to the broadcast programs does not meet the requirements of the service provider specified in the public key of a particular broadcast signal, then viewing, listening or storing a particular broadcast program is not possible.

Personal, public and personal codes can be the appropriate codes of any desired type, for example, digital, alphanumeric, A8SP (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) codes, graphic, pictographic or other machine-readable codes, or a combination of the above codes.

Optionally, one or more specific broadcast programs may be blocked, encrypted, or otherwise inaccessible, and the private key

-4006535 access to broadcast programs operates in such a way that it removes the lock from the broadcast program or enables the radio telephone receiver, which operates in conjunction with an auxiliary electronic device, to remove the lock from the broadcast program.

The personal access key to the broadcast programs can be provided to the user in any suitable way, including by means of properly controlled download of the program from a remote source or server. However, in a preferred embodiment, the personal access key to broadcast programs is encoded in the firmware or otherwise stored in a hardware-implemented machine-readable device, for example, in an access card belonging to a cell phone, in a storage device such as Bosk or in a similar device, in a preferred embodiment, in a read only form. Most preferably, the personal access key to broadcast programs is encoded in a modified subscriber identity module, implemented as a card or chip (hereinafter referred to as a δΙΜ-card), for example, in an 8ΙΜ card 34 or its equivalent.

δΙΜ maps and methods for their use are described, for example, in US Pat. No. 5,418,837; No. 6119020; No. 6195531 and No. 6195568, while disclosing the essence of the inventions set forth in these patents, is included here in full by reference to them. Such δΙΜ-cards can be used in the present invention when they are modified in such a way as to ensure the achievement of the objectives of the invention, which are set forth in this description or will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this description.

In particular, with reference to FIG. 2 and 3, a portable radiotelephone 20 suitable for use in a cellular communication system, which is commercially available and is known as a cellular telephone, is referred to below in this way as it contains four rows of numeric and function keys 22, an additional row of function keys 24 and Keys 26 to select a direction or control the cursor. In the preferred embodiment, the cellular phone 20 can process digital signals, is computerized and has a high-quality video display device 28 capable of playing television programs, video clips or movies, as well as other dynamic video information. The loudspeaker 30 with adjustable volume provides sound accompaniment, and the cellular telephone 20 transmits and receives and transmits through the antenna 32.

The modified δΙΜ-card 34 is placed in the landing slot located on the back of the cellular phone 20, which interacts with the built-in card reader (not shown). The card reader reads data from the δΙΜ-card 34 and a computer program, if available, for use by the cellular phone systems 20. The δΙΜ-card 34 is in the form of a plate like a business card, with a beveled or obliquely cut corner 36, which ensures proper orientation of the board in the main device, which in this embodiment is a cell phone 20. Alternatively, the δΙΜ-card 34 may be made in the form of a chip set located on a plug-in board, or in the form of a memory device, such as a plug-in 8Ysk, or in the form of an inserted element of any other configuration, invented to modify or create additional functionality of a cellular phone 20. An external device for exchange via a universal serial bus (I8B), using another protocol can also be used communication protocol, via an infrared port, or even by radio communication via a cellular phone antenna, possibly in conjunction with an external reader. However, such an external δΙΜ-card 34 or equivalent device is not convenient enough.

In one of the preferred embodiments of the invention, the δΙΜ-card 34 has the functionality sufficient to provide the possibility of receiving broadcasts by conventional cellular telephones compatible with the δΙΜ-cards through at least one telephone number intended for receiving broadcasts. If desired, the δΙΜ-card 34 may use a computer program that facilitates the reception of broadcast transmissions, or issue a request to download it. Therefore, such a δΙΜ-card 34 can be upgraded to allow broadcasting to be received by those cell phones compatible with the δΙΜ-card that do not have this capability. Such δΙΜ-cards, of course, work in conjunction with a service provider or with an information provider that provides broadcast transmission in a cellular radiotelephone system.

An optically readable code 38 of any suitable length can be applied to the outer surface of the δΙΜ card 34 to identify a specific card, which may contain, for example, a registration number divided into groups of characters, each group designating different items, for example, the card’s serial number allowed to receive broadcast programs, expiration date, organization issuing a card, etc. Code 38 may contain barcode alpha.

-5006535 digit-transliteration, which, if desired, can be imprinted, is made by embossing or otherwise displayed on the outer surface of the 81M card 34.

As shown in FIG. 1, 81M cards 34 may be distributed by a service provider 39 or operating information between users of devices such as, for example, a cell phone 1, computers 8 or 9, equipped with radio reception facilities and by means of which they wish to receive one or more broadcasts. what is determined by the data contained in the 81M card. Such distribution can be carried out in any desired way: through retail sale, wholesale, ordering goods by mail or via Internet channels, and it should not be limited to traditional stores of electronic equipment, which usually sell cell phones and computers. Outlets such as newsstands, department stores, and direct free direct mail advertising can be used. In the preferred embodiment, the provider 39 of the service or content, or its trustee, encodes the appropriate broadcast transmission from transmitter 10 so that it can be accessed by means of an electronic key implemented in specific common 81M cards designed for devices to read them 1, 8 and 9. Thus, specific 81M cards 34 may be associated with a particular broadcast program or broadcast service and may be in a particular way. omarkirovany, packaged and / or advertised as being just that purpose.

There may be many types of 81M cards 34 available for sale, and therefore, by selecting the appropriate 81M card 34, the user can select the service he would like to receive. After the user has made a selection, he places the 81M card in his cell phone 20. After that, the cell phone 20 is capable of receiving the selected broadcast program transmitted by the service provider.

Broadcast information can be simple text messages of a known type transmitted to cell phones and characterized in that these messages are transmitted by a broadcast method for a group of users receiving them, and not by an individual transmission method. Broadcast content can also be a one-way phone call, for example, a crooner or news program announcer can broadcast simultaneously to multiple cell phones, talking to cell phone users 20, informing them, entertaining them, and giving them advertising.

The data transmitted by the broadcasting method may be more complex if the cellular telephone 20 is capable of receiving, storing and visually displaying the broadcast multimedia information.

For example, cell phones 20, having a significant amount of memory for storing data, can operate with a 81M card, allowing reception of broadcast services of complex information, including video, sound, music, newspapers and / or computer games, stories, or any other product or object, the transfer of which can be carried out in digital form.

In a preferred embodiment, the reception of broadcasts does not require the initialization of data exchange with the service provider. In a preferred embodiment, a prerequisite for receiving a transmission is the presence within the geographic area covered by the broadcast, that is, that the receiving device is within the transmission range. Transmission can be carried out from a variety of transmitters either simultaneously or, possibly, in a staggered order to avoid interference at the edges of the neighboring zones. Each device equipped with a receiver located within a geographic transmission area can receive and record a broadcast transmission in its storage device. Consequently, users have data transmitted via the broadcast method stored in the memory of their computer devices or their cell phones.

Now with reference to FIG. 3, the modified 81M card 34 may comprise a processor 40, one or more computer programs 42 and a suitable memory 44, and also typically contains at least the minimum amount of user data 46. In accordance with the invention, the modified 81M card 34 comprises an interface 48 with a product that can be as simple as a telephone number, providing access to one or more specific broadcast programs permitted by the 81M card 34, preferably without an initialization procedure or reception signal readiness station to dial numbers. If desired, a plurality of such access numbers to broadcast programs can be provided on one 81M card 34. Such an access code number may be the above-described personal access key to broadcast programs, or be its element. If desired, the 81M card 34 may contain some or all of the functionality of the above-described personal key to access the broadcast programs.

In one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a function key may be used to access a particular broadcast, for example

-6006535 measures, function key 24A, or in the most preferred embodiment, in which §1M card 34 allows long-term use of a specific channel or channels, function key 24A is automatically programmed to provide access to a specific channel or specific channels and their visual display by one key. Such access by means of a single key may not necessarily depend on changing the configuration of the cellular telephone 20 in order to set a specific mode of its operation, for example, the mode of reproduction of multimedia information, using other control means.

User data 46 may include a user ID, as well as desired information about the account status and the accrued payment. The account status data can be read by the cell phone 20, which can allow a user to access a particular broadcast or to other or all broadcasts only if the account status is acceptable (OK), allowing reception of the broadcast. Alternatively, the 81M card 34 may require the user to provide demographic or other information before issuing permission to receive broadcasts. This information may be transmitted to the service provider or to another remote location via cellular phone 20 before issuing permission to receive broadcasts. Alternatively, it is more user-friendly, demographic or other information is stored in a file stored in the cellular phone 20, and transferred to the appropriate data center or service provider later in a preferred manner that is invisible to the user.

If desired, user data 46 may also contain data on user preferences for cell phone configuration settings 20, received broadcasts, and other desirable parameters used for any other purposes.

In the preferred embodiment, the 81M card 34 is tunable, which allows the user to select the desired broadcast from two or more broadcasts, for example, the 81M card 34 allows you to select from six, twelve, twenty or even more broadcasts by manipulating the control with the keys of a cell phone 20. Alternatively, the necessary setting can be made by the cell phone 20 itself or with an 81M card 34, which can t be pre-tuned to a specific frequency.

Using the tunable 81M card 20, the cellular phone 20 can receive data, such as a menu for selecting available programs and / or channels or events from a source, which is, for example, the Internet or transmissions in a cellular telephone system, or any other suitable means employee as the data source, and the user can use this data to select the broadcast at their discretion.

As suggested above, the 81M card 34 may contain more than one telephone number. One number can be a user's personal cell phone number for receiving phone calls in a cellular system, and the second and subsequent numbers or codes can be used to receive multimedia broadcasts. The numbers used to receive multimedia broadcasts do not require initialization of the session with the service provider. A broadcast or broadcasts may be received by any users within a specific geographic area that is granted this right. The phone number to which broadcasts are received, or the recognition code can be associated with a particular broadcast or a specific broadcast channel, so all users inside the transmission zone use the same phone number or recognition code to receive the broadcast. The broadcast transmission can be performed simultaneously for multiple users within the transmission zone, which allows all users to simultaneously receive broadcast digital multimedia information transmitted by the cellular telephone service provider.

Composite numbers can be created that contain the main part that defines a specific target product, such as a newspaper, and a child part that defines a specific section of the original product, for example, a sports heading of a newspaper.

To cover a large area, country, state, or region with a specific broadcast program or channel, the service provider can transmit the service from multiple transmitters located in the cellular network to cover the desired area. In the case of using different frequencies in such cellular communication cells, it is preferable that each number provides access to a multitude of geographically adjacent cellular communications throughout the country, state or region, on the continent, etc. However, other configurations are obvious to those skilled in the art.

An optional storage device 44 can be used to memorize or to facilitate memorization of multimedia broadcast information, if available

-7006535 §1M card 34. Alternatively, storing the multimedia broadcast information may be performed in a storage device associated with the cellular phone 20, or in a storage device associated with a computer that is equipped with a receiver.

To provide simultaneous reception of more than one broadcast transmission, a multichannel 81M card 34 may be used. The broadcasting organization may transmit a service intended for simultaneous reception on multiple channels and viewed as a single broadcast program. This embodiment of the invention is particularly suitable for transferring large data files, such as video information and television programs, but not only for this. Such files can be stored in the storage device 81M card 44 or in the storage device of the cellular phone 20 under the control of a proper computer program. If desired, the broadcast program can be viewed as it is received in real time simultaneously with other users receiving the same broadcast program. In this way, cell phone users can watch television or video on their cell phone, without dialing the service provider’s phone number. Using the present invention, a user can watch television programs on his cell phone by turning on his cell phone, just like turning on a home TV. By receiving a broadcast television program over a plurality of cellular broadcast channels, an enhanced-quality television image can be obtained in which the image flicker is reduced or absent.

Multi-channel reception of broadcasts is carried out by means of an 81M card 20, which is able to recognize incoming channels that are of interest to a computer or cell phone user. Consequently, the permission to receive a broadcast transmission allows the software of computers or cell phones to send incoming multimedia broadcast data to a file selected by the user of the computer or cell phone for storage.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the 81M card 20 is provided with the ability to receive more than one transmission and the resolution to receive broadcast transmissions and visually displayed data, as well as to ensure the storage of multimedia information received on more than one channel, or its visual display and memorization that allows the receiver to receive multimedia broadcast data at a very high speed. Such information can be broadcast at a higher data transfer rate than normal agreed data rates, because broadcasting is allowed only for devices equipped with an 81M card 20 provided by users who have made their choice by agreeing to provide this service by inserting an 81M card allowing the reception of a broadcast transmission to the user's equipment.

In a regular cell phone, in order to make a phone call, the user turns on this device and sends a signal to the receiver of a cellular telephone service provider. The cellular communication system should receive a handset off-hook and then transmit a station readiness signal to dial the number back to the subscriber or another user. After receiving the station readiness signal, the user enters a telephone number via the keyboard or from a memory device. The telephone number is transmitted to the cellular communication system at the proper frequency for which the cellular telephone was preset or searched for. The cellular system must receive a telephone number and respond to it before the user can establish a connection to send or receive information. According to the present invention, the reception of broadcasts is greatly simplified, and such initialization procedures are not needed.

To this end, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the 81M card 34 or other suitable means provides a telephone number or its equivalent, and in the preferred embodiment also provides frequency recognition or frequency selection codes for the cellular telephone 20. To receive broadcast reception that is allowed to 81M card 20, the user simply turns on the device and selects a broadcast channel, for example, by dialing a number or speed dialing the number corresponding to the broadcast Flax transmission, reception which provides 81m card. Of course, this number can be dialed transparently for the user, and its transmission via electronics can be performed by a cellular telephone in response to a user choosing the appropriate menu item or label corresponding to the broadcast program. In the event that a particular broadcast program is selected by the user or the corresponding telephone number is dialed, the frequency recognition or selection codes provided by the 81M card allow the cell phone 20 to be tuned to the proper frequency, to the proper frequencies or to the frequency range, and then The telephone 20 can immediately begin receiving and processing any information transmitted on this frequency. If necessary, cell phone 20 may perform decoding or

-8006535 decrypt or otherwise respond to control codes received in a broadcast transmission or encoded in a broadcast subcarrier to process a broadcast program in accordance with user preferences. Alternatively, a particular broadcast program can be encoded or programmed to ring the user's phone and turn on the phone so that it automatically starts receiving the broadcast program being broadcast.

The cellular communication system is not required to answer the user's phone call or personal processing, although this option can also be used if desired, for example, for registration or for the initial creation of an account, etc. The user can configure or disable the reception of a broadcast program as with a normal broadcast, while the cellular system does not receive information about such actions.

A transmitted broadcast signal may be routed over a single telephone number or another code that may be potentially acceptable to a group of tens, hundreds, or thousands of users. Alternatively, it may be addressless, and its transmission may be carried out simply at a given frequency. The broadcast information may contain control codes or information about the upcoming broadcast transmission, which serves to establish such a receiving device configuration that provides better reception of the broadcast transmission, or to control the receiving device so that it satisfies the preset user preferences.

Now with reference to FIG. 4, a cell phone 20 controlled or powered by the first §1M card 34 designated 81M1 may be adapted to allow the user to benefit from the present invention in a convenient way for him by adding a multi-channel adapter to the cell phone 20 for example, a two-channel adapter 50, which adds one or more communication lines to a cell phone 20. By using the converter, the δΙΜ-card to the user of the cell phone is allowed to receive incoming multimedia broadcast programs or other messages at the second frequency or in the second frequency range, or in additional frequency ranges. In the preferred embodiment, the adapter 50 also requires an 81M card 34, designated as 8ΙΜ2, which serves to bring it into action. If there is an adapter 50 and both installed 81M cards, the user of the cellular phone 20 can receive broadcast programs on one or more communication channels provided by the adapter 50 while simultaneously conducting a voice conversation on the original communication channel of the cellular phone. The broadcast program can be memorized or visual reproduction can be performed. Optionally, the cellular phone 20 or the adapter 50 may be provided with an audio switch, which allows the user to select the transmission to be listened to in the event that the cellular phone 20 is receiving multiple transmissions. As described above, in the event that adapter 50 provides many additional communication lines, for example, two to four communication lines, a broadcast program can be received over these additional communication lines with optimal data rates without restrictions due to the need to provide a telephone connection. in voice mode.

The 81M card 20 can recognize the presence of a second transmission or additional transmissions intended for the user of the cellular phone 20 or the computer. The use of a multichannel 81M card in a cellular phone 20 actually allows you to have two or more telephone numbers for this telephone set, which makes it possible to make such phone calls that connect the cellular phone 20 to the base station via two or more communication lines.

The adapter 50 provides an additional telephone line for the cellular phone 20, or additional telephone lines that can be used to receive text and sound messages and / or broadcast multimedia information services. In the preferred embodiment in accordance with the invention, this capability is provided by a communication protocol for an additional line or lines for which no additional communication line or lines are required to initiate a communication session with a service provider. Optionally, the service provider may provide the appropriate numbers for the additional line or lines. For each of the plurality of receiving cell phones and for each of the plurality of computers equipped with receivers and wishing to receive new broadcast multimedia information / entertainment programs, the same number or the same cell phone numbers can be used. In this case, the service provider can simultaneously broadcast the message to all cellular phones with the same number that are within the coverage area of the transmitter.

81M cards 20 and 81M card converters or adapters 50 can be distributed through newspapers, magazines, the Internet or companies providing cellular telephone services, or through any other organization as a free promotional gift or as a purchased item.

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Broadcasts may contain, and in the preferred embodiment, contain advertising information as payment for the provision of this service, therefore this service is free of charge. Alternatively, payment for the service can be made by subscription, by monthly payment of bills or in any other appropriate way. The broadcast service can be adapted to meet the needs of various groups, for example, demographic groups, user groups according to their interests, clubs, etc., while the additional phone number or numbers correspond to the particular service selected or planned according to the user’s choice and the totality of its parameters (user profile).

One example of multi-channel broadcasting of multimedia information that provides for its immediate use, that is, operational use as it is received, is a broadcasting phone call, for example, a famous person to his fans, a club of fans or another group of people. The caller can be a musician representing a piece of music, and then playing a piece of a piece of music, accompanied by an advertising message in which he offers to buy a CD, music album or similar product. A phone call can be made at a pre-announced point in time or during a pre-announced period of time, which allows the user to answer the phone call and get the impression of a telephone conversation directly with a famous person. The phone call may be accompanied by video information about the musician being played on the screen of the display device 28 present in the cellular telephone 20. If desired, this information may also be recorded in a memory device at the request of the user.

More personalized services can be provided by embedding a message or other transmitted information into a broadcast program and targeting that message so that it can only be received by a specific user, by appropriately encoding the above message. For example, a message may be preceded by a header recognized by the intended user, but which cannot be recognized by other recipients of the broadcast program. After the message is recognized, the cellular phone 20 of the intended user can download one or several messages and, optionally, sound, inform the user or display a warning message for you, mail has arrived, etc. In this way, e-mail service management can be provided when e-mail messages are distributed to specific recipients from a user group as objects embedded in a broadcast program for multiple users, which in the preferred embodiment is a round-the-clock broadcast program that can be accessed or addressed. through one phone number corresponding to the broadcast, which is called the common phone number. Each user's cell phone 20 simply needs to track the broadcast transmission for the presence of corresponding messages directed or addressed to a specific user to which a separate cellular telephone corresponds. In this way, e-mails addressed to a cell phone user, voice mail, music or other transmitted personal information can be downloaded, which is in a ready-to-view form at any time, and the user does not need to dial a phone number to receive messages.

For example, a reader's letter may be transmitted by e-mail or a text message may be sent to the provider of broadcast programs / services, and then the e-mail message or the information contained therein may be transmitted by the broadcast method in the following and further broadcast programs.

According to the present invention, software that controls the reception of broadcast transmissions can store, sort and search incoming broadcasts on a topic specified by a user that is of interest to him, for example, by keywords or by groups of words, and perform other routines and procedures. to provide the functionality described here. The software can recognize incoming broadcasts, and then issue a command to the computer or cell phone 20 to store the broadcast in a storage device if the user issued a request to remember the information. The software can search for stored data containing data items of particular interest, by word or by word group or by any other means of recognition, and then ensure that the selected data is stored in another file for storing data. At the user's request, data intended for immediate use can also be stored by the device. Software that allows these and other functions to be implemented can be downloaded from the Internet, from a CD or in any other way.

Although the above-described functionality for receiving and processing broadcast transmissions provided by the present invention has been described in detail by

-10006,535 but to a cell phone, especially considering the disclosure of the essence of the previous international application of the present applicant, it is clear that the present invention is also applicable to comparable computers equipped with a receiver, which use a radiotelephone module, which may optionally be a cell phone, to receive broadcasts. In the radiotelephone module, a modified 81M card of the present invention can be used, and it is clear that a significant proportion of data processing functions, such as file storage and playback, as well as live visual display and sound, can be transferred to a computer, which can represent is a desktop or laptop computer, or other similar device. Alternatively, an internal or external wireless receiver card may be used.

A broadcast program can also be viewed using a cell phone receiver module that is embedded in or connected to the television, allowing playback of broadcasts transmitted through a cellular communication system on the television. A cell phone receiver can output a signal supplied to the antenna input (or antenna) of the TV and passed through circuits that allow the use of a signal from ordinary terrestrial, satellite or cable television. The cell phone receiver module can be customizable, or it can use a custom 81M card or a 81M multi-number card described here. Like a VCR, a cell phone receiver module can be remotely controlled using a remote control device that allows the user to set up the module to receive a program chosen by the viewer, including a broadcast program that the module receives from the cellular telephone service provider. This embodiment of the invention allows a user to switch from viewing a broadcast television program transmitted via a cellular telephone network on a small video display device with which a cellular telephone is provided to a much larger standard television monitor. The television becomes capable of receiving broadcast programs transmitted over a cellular telephone network.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention may contain any of the distinctive features, services and capabilities disclosed in the previous international application of the present applicant, to the extent that these capabilities are relevant to the receiving device described here, equipped with means of receiving broadcast programs transmitted via a telephone network.

Industrial Applicability

The application of the present invention, which proposes new methods and electronic devices for transmitting and reproducing multimedia and other information, is particularly useful in the entertainment industry and in the communications industry.

Although the description of illustrative embodiments of the present invention has been described above, it is, of course, understandable that it will be obvious to ordinary experts in the field that various modifications are possible, or they may become apparent as this area of technology develops. It is believed that many such modifications do not go beyond the essence and scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

CLAIM 1. A computerized radiotelephone receiver (20) capable of supporting telephone communications in a cellular radiotelephone communication system, wherein the aforementioned radiotelephone receiver (20) comprises a removable electronic accessory device (34) encoded by a machine-readable electronic key, which is, but is not necessarily , a telephone number, and is capable of receiving broadcast information transmitted from a transceiver (10) of a radiotelephone communication system, characterized in that the aforementioned the cellular radiotelephone communication system enables the broadcasting of large data files intended for simultaneous reception by all broadcast receivers that are permitted by the fact that the aforementioned radiotelephone receiver (20) contains a cellular telephone or computer (8.9) equipped with wireless cellular communications, capable of receiving large data files, and the fact that the above electronic key allows the reception of broadcast transmissions without initiating a communication session with the systems oh radiotelephone communication. 2. The radiotelephone receiver (20) according to claim 1, characterized in that the radiotelephone receiver (20) comprises a cell phone having a storage device with sufficient memory for storing large data files, and the aforementioned auxiliary electronic device (34) contains 81M- a card, wherein the aforementioned auxiliary electronic device (34) is readable by a cell phone and is mechanically compatible with it, and can also be placed inside or connected to the aforementioned cell phone, and 8GM card (34) not -11006535 can necessarily be placed in the landing slot located on the rear side of the cell phone, and optionally it has the shape of a plate with a beveled angle, ensuring proper orientation of the card in the cell phone. 3. The radiotelephone receiver (20) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the electronic key contains a personal access key to broadcast programs, which allows you to receive at least one specific channel for a given period of time, while the personal access key to a broadcast program contains a personal code, and a specific broadcast program that is authorized to receive contains an open code, while the aforementioned personal and open codes are shared for deletion blocking from the receiving device in such a way as to process a specific broadcast program for viewing, listening and / or memorizing by the viewer. 4. A radiotelephone receiver (20) according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the aforementioned receiving devices comprise a software or hardware-software interface with a product capable of recognizing a broadcast transmission and issuing permission to receive it without initialization, and the aforementioned radiotelephone receiver (20) comprises a user-controlled rewritable storage device and control software for controlling the storage device and receiving broadcasts, and the control the software may or may not store incoming broadcast information in accordance with the options selected by the computer user, while the auxiliary electronic device (34) comprises a processor, one or more programs, random access memory and user data, an interface with the product, and optionally, a telephone number providing access to one or more specific broadcasts, the reception of which is allowed mentioned in pomogatelnym electronic device (34). 5. A radiotelephone receiver (20) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the 81M card (34) can provide ordinary cell phones compatible with the 81M card with the ability to receive broadcasts through at least one telephone number designed to receive broadcast transmissions, and is upgradeable to provide broadcast transmissions by those cell phones compatible with an 81M card that are not capable of receiving broadcast transmissions, moreover, one 81M card (34) provides many the aforementioned numbers of access to broadcast transmissions, the function key being automatically programmed in such a way as to provide access to a specific channel or channels and their display by a single key, as well as the fact that the 81M card (34) contains user identification data and cell phone configuration preferences for the user to receive broadcasts, said 81M card (34) being customizable, allowing the user to To select a desired broadcast from two or more broadcasts, comprises a plurality of telephone numbers or recognition codes, wherein one of said plurality of numbers is a user's personal cell phone number for receiving telephone calls via a cell phone, at least a second number or code for receiving multimedia broadcasts, and the cell phone contains a multi-channel adapter, which is optionally a two-channel adapter, providing vayuschim adding one or more communication channels for a cellular telephone, the radiotelephone receiver optionally comprises a preferably foldable screen for viewing multimedia data, which is divided into two or more foldable parts, which in open state can be seen as one screen. 6. A method for broadcasting information, optionally a program or channel, providing continuous content, comprising the following operations: transmit the above information from a cellular radiotelephone communication system to a plurality of computerized radiotelephone receivers (20), each of which contains a removable auxiliary device (34) encoded by means of a machine-readable electronic key, optionally a telephone number, characterized in that the electronic key allows It is possible to receive a broadcast transmission in that each of the aforementioned radiotelephone receivers (20) is capable of receiving the aforementioned broadcast information from a radiotelephone communication system without initiating a communication session with this radiotelephone communication system, in that it further comprises the steps of: before the aforementioned broadcast information transfer distribution to users of said electronic key and the fact that receiving one or more broadcasts and From a given terrestrial or satellite transmitter, they are carried out simultaneously by means of any suitably equipped receiving devices located within the signal reception zone. 7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that the broadcasts contain broadcasts of large data files for cell phones, in that the radiotelephone receivers contain cell phones, in that the broadcast is carried out for those receiving users who have previously received the electronic key for authorization -12006535 ma of a particular broadcast, or one or more broadcast channels, in that the electronic key is provided by the service or content provider and contains a personal electronic access key to the broadcast programs, which is unique for each individual user and allows the reception of a specific broadcast channel or channels or information content of a particular channel for a given period of time, optionally, for a long time Spectacular performance or event. 8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the broadcast to individual receivers (20) within the range of the transmitting transceiver is carried out simultaneously on multiple channels, in that the distribution of 81M cards (34) for radiotelephone users receivers (20) are provided by the service or content provider through retail, wholesale, mail order or Internet channels, so that the service or content provider encodes broadcasts in such a way as to reach n to them could be implemented using an electronic key implemented in specific 81M cards (34) distributed in such a way that specific 81M cards (34) correspond to a specific broadcast program or broadcast service and are optionally specially marked, packed and / or advertised as intended specifically for this purpose, and optionally, there are many types of 81M cards (34) available for many services, and the fact that the user can make a choice of service by choosing the appropriate th 81m card. 9. The method according to claims 6, 7 or 8, characterized in that the user inserts the selected 81M card into his cell phone (20), selects one of the many available phone numbers intended for access to broadcast programs, and receives the selected a broadcast program transmitted by the service provider, in that the broadcast information is a text message, a telephone conversation with a famous person, multimedia content, a television program, video information, sound information, music, newspapers, computer games, one or more stories, or a combination of any two or more of the types of information transmitted by the broadcast method, so that to receive broadcasts, initialization of exchange with the service provider is not required by using a custom 81M card that allows cell phone to receive data related to available programs and / or channels, or events from which the user can use this data to select broadcast transmission at your discretion or the use of a multi-channel 81M card that allows you to simultaneously receive multiple broadcasts, or embed a personalized message or other transmitted information into the broadcast and implement targeted addressing of this message so that it is received only by a specific user, optionally encoding the message contained in the broadcast. 10. A replaceable auxiliary electronic device (34) for a computerized radiotelephone receiver (20) capable of telephony in a cellular radiotelephone communication system and receive broadcasts transmitted on a cellular telephone network, the aforementioned auxiliary device being encoded by a machine-readable electronic key, optional telephone number, characterized in that the auxiliary electronic device (34) contains an 81M card, moreover, this 81M card (34) can provide broadcasts to conventional cell phones compatible with an 81M card through at least one telephone number for receiving broadcasts, and is upgradeable to allow broadcasts to be received by those cell phones compatible with 81M cards that unable to receive broadcasts, and the fact that the electronic key allows you to receive large data files transmitted by broadcast Transmissions via the radiotelephone system.