EP1593025A1 - Distribution d'applications fondee sur des droits d'utilisation dans des systemes de telecommunication - Google Patents

Distribution d'applications fondee sur des droits d'utilisation dans des systemes de telecommunication

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EP1593025A1
EP1593025A1 EP04710885A EP04710885A EP1593025A1 EP 1593025 A1 EP1593025 A1 EP 1593025A1 EP 04710885 A EP04710885 A EP 04710885A EP 04710885 A EP04710885 A EP 04710885A EP 1593025 A1 EP1593025 A1 EP 1593025A1
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Prior art keywords
application
subscriber
mobile station
activation
activation key
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Juha Tarvainen
Marko JÄRVENPÄÄ
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TeliaSonera Finland Oyj
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L63/00—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
    • H04L63/06—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network
    • H04L63/062—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F21/10—Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/26—Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
    • H04W8/265—Network addressing or numbering for mobility support for initial activation of new user
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L2463/00—Additional details relating to network architectures or network communication protocols for network security covered by H04L63/00
    • H04L2463/101—Additional details relating to network architectures or network communication protocols for network security covered by H04L63/00 applying security measures for digital rights management

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  • the invention relates to the distribution of digital material to subscriber terminals in a telecommunications system and particularly to user rights management relating to the digital material to be distributed.
  • 3G, 3 rd generation mobile networks enable more efficient transfer of not only speech but also images and data.
  • 3G systems combine high-speed connections and portable terminals with IP- based (Internet Protocol) services. They offer new means for communication and information acquisition, and services suitable for mobile networks are the subject of constant research and development. For example online newspapers, games, video and audio files, computer programs and other digital material transferred to the users are considered as services suitable for mobile networks.
  • the service provider in question distributes service applications, such as game programs, through the network to user terminals. For an application to be delivered to a user, it is usually required that the user possesses rights to use the application. The user may obtain these rights by paying for the application, for example.
  • SIM Subscriber Identity Module
  • MSISDN Mobile Subscriber International ISDN Number
  • IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
  • the subscriber may use the same SIM card in different mobile terminals and yet be reached with the same subscriber number.
  • Digital Rights Management involves protecting the content of digital products and controlling their distribution and rights of use. At the moment digital rights management relating to downloadable applications is not included in wireless terminals, such as mobile stations. The user is able to forward a downloaded application and the user rights thereof to other terminals.
  • the term 'application' refers for example to an image-processing program or a game suitable for the terminal in question.
  • a problem with the above systems is that without digital rights management, information distributed in electronic format is technically very easy to copy. Illegal copies of an application can be forwarded to other users by copying the application file to another terminal.
  • the application must be activated before it is taken in use. Activation typically takes place by means of a code supplied by the service provider.
  • the code known as an activation key
  • the activation key is delivered to the user confidentially via electronic mail, for example. With the activation key the user is then able to activate the application in the mobile station. This means that the user is responsible for supplying to the service provider the necessary information about his terminal, and, in addition, that he has to wait until the service provider has verified the payment, for example, after which the activation key allowing the application to be taken in use is delivered. Finding the subscriber terminal information and entering it into the service provider's systems is fairly complicated for the end user and thus makes it significantly more difficult to take the application in use.
  • the invention is based on activating an application downloaded to a subscriber terminal by means of a terminal- and subscriber- specific activation key.
  • the service provider maintains information about subscribers who possess user rights to the application, i.e. subscribers who have paid for the application, for example, and checks the information before delivering the activation key to the mobile station. If the subscriber has user rights, the service provider stores the information about the subscriber terminal where the application is installed, generates an activation key and delivers the key to the mobile station via the mobile network.
  • the application key can only be used for activating the application in a mobile station comprising that particular subscriber terminal and the SIM card of the subscriber in question. If the application is copied to another terminal, it must be re-activated before use. However, activation is not possible with the activation key generated for the original subscriber terminal.
  • An advantage of the method and arrangement of the invention is that the invention enables service providers and operators to efficiently prevent the distribution of illegal copies of their applications and thus to avoid losing significant sums of money.
  • the user will find that applications ordered from service providers can be taken in use quicker and easier because certain approval and confirmation steps are left out from the application ordering process, and, if the subscriber has paid for the application, the activation key to the application can be immediately delivered directly to the mobile station. Activation can take place as a joint function performed by the application and the server, without user intervention.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of a system of the invention
  • FIGS 2 and 3 illustrate signalling according to the invention
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of application activation according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a telecommunications system S according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a mobile station MS within the coverage area of the system employing the RAN (Radio access network) and the CN (Core network) administered by the mobile communications operator to communicate with a server unit P administered by a service provider.
  • a mobile station MS refers to a subscriber terminal and a subscriber together, i.e. to terminal equipment carrying a SIM card or a similar identification unit of the subscriber.
  • the mobile station MS may comprise any subscriber terminal meant for wireless communication and supporting the downloading and execution of certain functionalities associated with applications.
  • the mobile communications core network and the server unit P of the service provider are interconnected via a proxy server Proxy.
  • the proxy server may be a WAP gateway, for example.
  • the WAP technique (Wireless application protocol) is an entity consisting of a plural number of communications protocols and it enables online interactive services to be provided to wireless communications devices. It is also possible to implement the system of the invention by using some other data transfer technique, such as the SMS (Short message service) or HTTP (Hypertext transfer protocol). In that case the system comprises corresponding prior art components, such as an SMSC (Short message service centre) or an HTTP proxy server.
  • SMS Short message service
  • HTTP Hypertext transfer protocol
  • the server unit P preferably comprises software-implemented components, such as a DS (Download server), DServlet (Download servlet); CServlet (Codecheck servlet), G (Code generator), and DB (Database), examples of their functionalities conforming to the preferred embodiments of the invention and associated with application distribution being described in connection with Figures 2 to 4 below.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic architecture of the invention, illustrating only components that are relevant to the invention. A person skilled in the art will find it obvious that the telecommunications system also comprises other functionalities and structures that do not need to be described in greater detail in this context.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the downloading to a user terminal of an application according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the application file is copied from the service provider and stored to the user terminal via a network N.
  • the application comprises for example a game, a computer program and/or a data file.
  • the downloading of the application is typically started by an application download request message 2-1 sent from the mobile station MS (through the mobile network N and the proxy server Proxy) to the download server DS.
  • a received download request contains the subscriber MSISDN.
  • From the download server DS the download request is sent in message 2-2 to the download servlet DServlet, where the MSISDN of the subscriber is stored in step 2-3 to the database (database DB being only shown in Figure 1).
  • message 2-4 containing an application download file is sent to the download server DS.
  • step 2-5 the subscriber is billed for the application download in the download server DS.
  • message 2-6 the download file is sent from the download server DS to the mobile station MS.
  • step 2-7 the application is installed into the mobile station MS. Before it is taken in use, the application installed into the mobile station must be activated as described below in connection with Figures 3 and 4.
  • FIGs 3 and 4 illustrate application activation according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the activation of the application starts typically by the sending of an activation request in message 3-1 (step 4-1 in Figure 4) from the mobile station MS (via the mobile network N and the proxy server Proxy) to the activation service CServlet.
  • a received activation request contains the MSISDN identifier of the subscriber and the IMEI identifier of the terminal.
  • the routine uses the subscriber MSISDN to check in step 3-2 (step 4-2 in Figure 4) whether the subscriber has made the payment for the application and also whether a first activation event or re-activation is concerned.
  • step 4-3 of Figure 4 (not shown in Figure 3), the activation of the application is discontinued, and the application is not activated.
  • an activation key request is sent from the activation service CServlet in message 3-3 (step 4-4 in Figure 4 for a first activation and 4-9 for a re-activation) to code generator G, which generates an activation key for the application in step 3-4.
  • the steps corresponding to step 3-4 are 4-5 for a first activation and 4-10 for re-activation.
  • the database DB already contains the information about the IMEI code of the terminal and therefore it need not be recorded in re-activation.
  • the activation key is sent in message 3-6 (in Figure 4, step 4-7 for a first activation and 4-11 for re-activation) to the activation service CServlet, from where it is forwarded in message 3-7 (in Figure 4, step 4-7 for a first activation and 4-11 for re-activation) to the mobile station MS.
  • the application is then activated in the mobile station MS in step 3-8 (in Figure 4, step 4-8 for a first activation and 4-12 for re-activation).
  • the application After successful downloading and activation the application is available for use in the terminal having the IMEI identifier in question and provided with a SIM card having the MSISDN in question. If the application is to be used in a different terminal and/or using a different SIM card, it has to be downloaded and activated separately as illustrated in Figures 2, 3, and 4.
  • the mobile station MS receives in step 4-3 of Figure 4, in addition to the error notification, a proposal for the downloading and/or activation of an application to allow the application then to be downloaded and/or activated in an acceptable manner, as disclosed above in connection with Figures 2, 3, and 4.
  • the event of activating the application is concealed from the user and takes place automatically, for example when the user starts the application for the first time.
  • the subscriber may be granted a right to more than one activation at the same time. This entitles the subscriber to make a certain number of copies of the application, for example, and to activate them, without having to make a separate payment.
  • the invention is applied to the distribution of applications free of charge.
  • rights to an application may be obtained on the basis of some other criterion, for example on the basis of the subscriber's membership to a particular subscriber group, such as the personnel of a particular company, who receive user rights to an application used in the company.
  • the activation key to be generated is either subscriber- or terminal-specific.
  • the signalling messages shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4 are not in an absolutely chronological order and they can be executed in a different order than the one given here, or simultaneously. Other signalling messages can be sent and/or other functionalities executed between the messages and/or the steps.
  • the signalling messages are only given as examples, and they may contain only part of the above information.
  • the messages may also contain some other information, and they may have other names than those given here.
  • the signalling messages used for sending information are not relevant to the invention. Instead, it is perceivable to use some other messages than those disclosed above.
  • the invention is not to be restricted to a subscriber identity module of the SIM card type, but a subscriber unit forming an integral part of the terminal may be used instead of a removable unit.
  • the network elements of the system, or the mobile stations comprise means for storing the first and the second part of the application activation key, for transmitting the activation key to the mobile station, and for activating the application by using the activation key.
  • Existing network elements and mobile stations comprise processors and memory that can be utilized in functionalities according to the invention. Any changes required for implementing the invention can be made by software routines that can be added or updated and/or by routines contained in application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and/or programmable circuits, such as electrically programmable logic devices (EPLD) or field programmable gate arrays (FPGA).
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuits
  • EPLD electrically programmable logic devices
  • FPGA field programmable gate arrays

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Abstract

L'invention concerne la gestion de droits d'utilisation concernant des applications numériques dans un système de télécommunication comprenant un réseau mobile, un serveur de fournisseur de service, ainsi qu'une station mobile. Des applications peuvent être téléchargées, du réseau vers la station mobile, lesdites applications devant être activées dans la station mobile avant d'être utilisées. Selon l'invention, des informations relatives aux abonnés auxquels des droits d'utilisation concernant une application ont été accordés sont mises à jour dans le serveur de fournisseur de service. Les droits d'utilisation d'un abonné sont vérifiés (4-2) avant l'activation d'une application dans la station mobile. Si l'abonné détient lesdits droits, une clé d'activation d'application spécifique au terminal de l'abonné ainsi qu'à l'abonné est générée (4-5, 4-10). Cette clé d'activation est envoyée (4-7, 4-11) à la station mobile, et l'application est activée (4-8, 4-12) dans la station mobile au moyen de la clé d'activation. L'application peut alors être utilisée dans la station mobile.
EP04710885A 2003-02-14 2004-02-13 Distribution d'applications fondee sur des droits d'utilisation dans des systemes de telecommunication Ceased EP1593025A1 (fr)

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