EP1646974A1 - Verfahren zur übertragung von dienstespezifischen vergebührungsinformationen, zugehöriges funkkommunikationsgerät, netzwerkkomponente sowie funkkommunikationssystem - Google Patents
Verfahren zur übertragung von dienstespezifischen vergebührungsinformationen, zugehöriges funkkommunikationsgerät, netzwerkkomponente sowie funkkommunikationssystemInfo
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- the object of the invention is to inform the user of a radio communication device in a radio communication system about the individual tariff system or charging model of a service provider or several service providers in a simple, reliable and understandable manner. This object is achieved by the following method according to the invention:
- the respective radio communication device can be supplied at any time, if necessary, with the respectively valid charging information for a specific or specific service of a specific service provider. Due to the uniformly used, generic syntax, the tariff information of various service providers can also be received interoperably or compatibly by the respective radio communication device, which always ensures cost transparency for the respective user. In addition, an expansion of the service-related billing information is possible in a simple manner due to the generic syntax.
- the invention also relates to a radio communication system with at least one network component for transmitting service-specific billing information of at least one first service provider to at least one radio communication device or to at least one network component of at least one second service provider according to the inventive method. Furthermore, the invention relates to a radio communication device with at least one functional unit for receiving and evaluating a transmission signal with service-specific billing information of at least one service provider, which has been created and transmitted in a generic syntax by at least one network component or group of network components of this service provider according to the inventive method.
- the invention also relates to network components or
- Group of network components of at least one service provider for generating a transmission signal with service-specific billing information of this service provider in a generic syntax and transmitting this transmission signal to at least one service thereof
- Service provider is authorized to at least one radio communication device according to the inventive method.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an MMS (multimedia messaging service) network architecture between a sending and a receiving radio communication device in a radio communication system, a transmission signal with service-specific billing information from a network component, in particular a server, of the radio communication system to a mobile radio communication system.
- device is created in a generic syntax and transmitted in it
- FIG. 2 in comparison a linear tariffing model and a staggered tariffing model, the higher the data volume of the multimedia message, the higher the price when sending the multimedia message,
- FIG. 3 shows a first transmission signal with charging information, which was created in XML markup language according to an embodiment variant of the principle according to the invention.
- Figure 4 shows another transmission signal with charging information, which was also created using the XML markup language according to a second variant.
- SMS Short Message Service
- MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
- 3GPP Technical Specification Group Services arena and System Aspects
- Multimedia Messaging Service MMS
- Stage 1 and 3 rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP
- 3GPP Technical Specification Group Ter- minals
- Multimedia Messaging Service MMS
- Functional Description Stage 2 specified.
- a multimedia message can therefore be composed of several multimedia message elements with different file types (e.g. audio or still picture) and / or file formats (for still picture e.g. GIF or JPEG), i.e. text content, audio and / or video content and other communication elements can be included in a multimedia message be embedded.
- file types e.g. audio or still picture
- file formats for still picture e.g. GIF or JPEG
- FIG. 1 An MMS network architecture for transmitting and receiving multimedia messages in a radio communication system CN is shown in simplified form in FIG.
- a multimedia message MM is sent from a first, so-called MMS user agent or user agent A of a transmitting radio communication device UA to a second MMS user agent B in a receiving radio communication device ÜB, with the participation of an MMS relay / server RA assigned on the transmitting or receiving side or RB as a network component of a first service provider PA.
- the relay / server RA is arranged downstream of the user agent A of the sending communication device UA on the network side.
- the relay / server RB precedes the second user agent ÜB on the receiving side of the receiving radio communication device ÜB on the network side.
- the respective interface connection between the user agent A and the MMS relay / server RA assigned on the transmitting side is shown in FIG. 1 with MM1 and between the user agent B and the one assigned on the receiving side MMS relay / server RB labeled MM1 *.
- SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- the respective MMS user agent A or user agent B is preferably understood to mean an application or sequence procedure that realizes MMS.
- This application is implemented, in particular, as a software program on the radio communication device UA involved on the transmission side and on the radio communication device ÜB involved on the receiving side.
- the respective radio communication device UA or ÜB can preferably be designed as a mobile radio device.
- the respective MMS user agent can also be implemented in a device connected to a mobile radio device (for example a laptop or the like).
- the MMS relay / server RA assigned on the transmission side is a network element which, in the area of responsibility (MMSE: Multimedia Messaging Service Environment) of a first MMS provider or service provider PA, provides the MMS User Agent A of the transmitting radio communication device UA with an appropriate MMS functionality on the network side provides.
- MMSE Multimedia Messaging Service Environment
- the MMS relay / server RB on the receiving side forms a network element which, in the area of responsibility of a second MMS provider or service provider PB, provides the MMS User Agent B of the receiving radio communication device ÜB with a corresponding MMS functionality.
- the sending radio communication device is billed for sending a multimedia message, ie the sending party pays for the transmission of the transmitted multimedia message while the recipient is free to receive or download this multimedia message.
- Mobile customers are already familiar with this tariffing model, as it is already used today for billing the well-known SMS short message service. Mobile customers have thus got used to this tariffing model, so it is advisable to keep this charging model with MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) as well.
- MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
- the recipient of a multimedia message may also be expedient for the recipient of a multimedia message to receive a notification about the presence of a multimedia message addressed to him on the MMS relay / server assigned at the receiving end and / or to download one or more or all message elements of this multimedia message to charge from the receiving MMS relay / server, ie to invoice.
- the respective multimedia message to be sent or received is therefore divided into certain price categories - namely the so-called "MM Volume Classes” - on the basis of their user data volume for billing purposes.
- a graded tariffing model GTM is compared to a conventional, linear tariffing model LTM in the left half of FIG. 2.
- the total sum of the data volume or size of the respective multimedia message is used in particular Bytes or bits of the components or message elements of the respective multimedia message are understood.
- dividing the user data volume dimension in MMS into three to four and thus manageable "MM volume classes" can be advantageous.
- the respective assigned price or cost class, such as P3, is constant between two neighboring threshold values such as, for example, G1.
- a user data volume threshold Gx Each time a user data volume threshold Gx is exceeded, the multimedia message to be sent or received is assigned to a higher price category Px. In other words, the greater the data volume of the multimedia message, the higher the price for sending or receiving the respective multimedia message. Viewed overall, this results in a tariffing system whose price classes Px gradually increase with an increase in the useful data volume class Gx. For example, the price rises from P3 to P4. > P3 when the user data volume threshold G2 is exceeded. The overall result is a successively increasing staircase curve from the next user data volume threshold Gl with G4 for the associated price Px and thus a price graduation depending on user data volume ranges such as 0 to Gl, Gl to G2, G2 to G3, etc.
- a single, additional bit or byte can determine whether a multimedia message belongs to a lower or higher price category Px.
- the lower the number of threshold values Gx in the useful data volume dimension and of assigned price categories one could approach the linear, straightforward, steady course of the assigned prices P, as is shown schematically in the left half of FIG. 2 in the LTM diagram.
- the maximum price Pmax is assigned to the maximum user data volume Gmax.
- a sufficiently small incrementation of user data volume threshold value ranges Gx - (Gx-1) and associated price categories Px on both axes of the diagram GTM in the right half of FIG. 2 approximately results in the linear profile LI of the diagram LTM in FIG the user data volume VOL and the assigned price P.
- this linear tariff system conflicts with the economic interests of future MMS providers.
- such a linear (continuous) price / user data volume allocation for billing on the part of The respective MMS provider is too complex and too confusing for the respective user.
- the diagram LTM in the left half of FIG. 2 thus illustrates an idealized, linear tariffing model, while the diagram GTM in the right half shows a staggered tariffing model for practice.
- the greater the available data volume VOL of the multimedia message to be transmitted or received the higher the price for sending a multimedia message. The same applies to the case of receipt.
- MMs multimedia messages
- the useful data volume dimension of multimedia messages MMs
- MM Volume Classes with possible limits, e.g. 3 kilobytes, 10 kilobytes, 30 kilobytes and 100 kilobytes.
- the statements made regarding the tariff model of the" MM Volume Classes "described above are corresponding here Way for the "MM content Classes "tariffing model applicable.
- the above-mentioned data type categories are then plotted in place of the user data volume VOL.
- each MMS service provider now specifies a specific tariffing model individually for the MMS service it provides.
- the respective MMS service provider can also convert the multimedia message to be sent or received into a specific, i.e. Classify individual data type categories such as Image multimedia message or video media message to define the tariffing of MMS.
- the individual tariffing model of the respective MMS service provider before the actual sending or receiving of a specific multimedia message or ideally after each update of the price model or tariff model transmitted by the responsible network component in the area of responsibility of the MMS provider or MMS service provider to its radio communication device.
- the responsible network component can be, for example, the MMS relay / server of the MMS service provider, which provides the tariff information required for compiling the transmission message in a first step, compiles the transmission message in a second step, and compiles this in a third step Step possibly with the participation of other network components (such as a special OTAP server (OTAP: "over the air provisioning), a WAP gateway (WAP: Wireless Application Protocol), a push proxy gateway, an SMSC ( SMSC: Short Message Service Center), etc.) transmitted to the respective radio communication device.
- OTAP over the air provisioning
- WAP gateway Wireless Application Protocol
- SMSC SMSC: Short Message Service Center
- the individual, specific tariffing model of the respective service provider is transmitted immediately upon notification of the availability of a ready-to-call multimedia message on the network side or upon actual downloading from the MMS relay / server assigned at the receiving end. Both in the case of transmission and in the case of reception, it is particularly expedient to determine the individual tariff limits of a particular MMS service provider for the user data volume dimension (see abscissa VOL in the diagram GTM of FIG. 2), for the price dimension (see ordinate Px in the diagram GTM from Figure 2), and / or to send the criteria for data type categorization for tariffing the MMS to the mobile telecommunications terminal involved in each case.
- the user of the transmission-side radio communication device UA intends to transmit a multimedia message MM to the receiving-side second radio communication device ÜB.
- the multimedia message to be sent is compiled by the user of the radio communication device UA with the aid of the MMS user agent A from one or more text elements, picture elements, audio sequences and / or other message elements.
- a multimedia message consists of a header ("header"), which mainly contains information on the transmission or management of the multimedia message, and a so-called body (“body part”), which contains several multimedia message elements (ie the actual user data), the use of different file types and file formats as explained above being possible.
- SMIL Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
- a network component which is preferably in the area of responsibility of the MMS provider or MMS service provider, such as PA (for example MMS relay / server RA in FIG. 1), sends the radio communication device UA before the multimedia message MM to be sent is put together or during the compilation of the multimedia message MM, the tariff data of the tariff model of the MMS service provider to which the user of the radio communication device UA has registered is delivered with the aid of a transmission signal FIA1.
- a uniform, generic syntax is preferably used, which is also used by all other service providers in the radio communication network to transmit their respective tariffing model.
- tariff information can be obtained, in particular, from that MMS relay / server, if appropriate, by including further network components (such as, for example, a special OTAP server (OTAP: “over the air provisioning *), a WAP gateway (WAP: Wireless Application Protocol) , a push proxy gateway, an SMSC (SMSC: Short Message Service Center), etc.) can be transferred to the radio communication device that is registered with the service provider of this MMS relay / server.
- OTAP over the air provisioning *
- WAP gateway Wireless Application Protocol
- SMSC Short Message Service Center
- the second MMS can be sent to him, if necessary - Relay / server RB also its tariffing model is communicated by means of a transmission signal FIA3 in the same generic syntax as the transmission signal FIA1.
- a transmission signal FIA3 in the same generic syntax as the transmission signal FIA1.
- the respective transmission signal for the transmission of the service-specific billing information of the respective service provider is generated with the help of a generic syntax from the relevant network component of the specific service provider even if several service providers use the same MMS relay / server simultaneously and there manage their individual multimedia message services.
- a service provider identification is advantageously contained in the transmission signal in this case.
- the different tariff models of different service providers can also be exchanged with one another with the aid of transmission signals between their respectively assigned MMS relays / servers with the help of transmission signals which have also been created with the same uniform generic syntax.
- the two MMS relays / servers RA and RB exchange their tariffing data between them with the aid of transmission signals via the interface MM4, which is indicated by a double arrow FIA2.
- a network component that is preferably within the area of responsibility of the MMS provider or MMS service provider, in particular an MMS relay / server, is considered for a specific MMS service, possibly by including other network components (such as a special OTAP Server (OTAP: over the air provisioning), a WAP gateway (WAP: Wireless Application Protocol), a push proxy gateway, an SMSC (SMSC: Short Message Service Center), etc.), a transmission signal based based on a specified, predetermined generic syntax with which the service-specific billing information of this MMS Service provider is communicated to those radio communication devices that are registered for this specific MMS service and want to send or receive a multimedia message.
- the transmission of service-specific billing information may also be carried out between the servers of different MMS service providers with the aid of transmission signals which are generated and transmitted in the same uniform generic syntax.
- the tariff model of the MMS service provider of the MMS relay / server RA from FIG. 1 is based, for example, on the billing of "MM Volume Classes"
- the currently available user data volume VOL of the multimedia message MM to be sent is determined in the radio communication device UA by the local MMS user agent A.
- the price category which is assigned to the multimedia message MM to be sent is then determined.
- the possibly free, ie unused, user data volume can be calculated for the price class that is assigned to the originally available user data volume of the multimedia message based on the tariff table.
- the free user data volume corresponds to the maximum number of bytes that can be added until the multimedia message MM belongs to a higher price category. Thereafter, the determined useful data volume VOL and / or the assigned price class Px are compared in an advantageous manner with previously defined, ie definable or predeterminable useful data volume and / or price limits. If one of these upper limits is exceeded, the multimedia message MM is preferably automatically checked by the MMS user agent A to determine whether and how a reduction in the useful data is possible. For this purpose, it is expedient for each multimedia message element that is in the multimedia message to be sent message MM is included, viewed individually and analyzed with regard to its useful data volume. The previously defined user data volume and / or price limits can have been set by the respective user and / or by the respective MMS provider.
- the user data volume VOL of the respective examined multimedia message is advantageously reduced by reducing the size of at least one of its multimedia message elements and this results in a new, smaller multimedia message.
- all of the message elements contained in the respective multimedia message can also be reduced with regard to their respective individual useful data volume.
- the multimedia message MM modified in this way, with one or more message elements reduced in terms of the useful data volume, is then advantageously offered to the sender as an alternative to sending the originally compiled multimedia message MM.
- the data volume of a multimedia message that is too large for the selected user data volume class and / or assigned price class can be reduced in an advantageous manner by the following different possibilities:
- File type conversion (eg conversion of a file of the film type into several files of the still image type in order to take several so-called "snap shots" from one image sequence); a) File format conversion (e.g. for files of the type still image: compression from BMP to JPEG, for files of the type audio: compression from WAV to MP3; for still images it is also possible, for example, to reduce the color depth and / or size.); b) additionally or independently of this, further data compression methods can also be applied to the respective multimedia message. It is also possible to combine several conversion techniques with one another. For example, the size of an image of a multimedia message can be changed first and then a file format conversion can be carried out.
- the compression techniques listed as examples represent a subset of the file format conversions and have the primary aim of reducing the size of a file. Some of these techniques can achieve a compression ratio of 10: 1 and even more.
- a multimedia message that is too large can be reduced by converting and / or compressing procedures of at least part or all of the multimedia message to reduce the total amount of data.
- the determined useful data volume VOL of the multimedia message to be sent such as MM, the price category Px assigned to this useful data volume, the possibly still unused, ie still free useful data volume in the current price category and / or the notification of possible exceedances of user or server-defined price and / or user data volume upper limits are displayed to the user of the radio communication device UA.
- this information is made known to him by the HMI, ie by the so-called human machine interface of his radio communication device.
- a display in the form of a bar graphic is particularly suitable for this purpose, which has been omitted here for the sake of clarity in the exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1, 2.
- the service-specific billing information is signaled between the server of at least one MMS service provider and at least one radio communication device registered with this service provider if its tariffing model is based on the "MM content class" principle.
- the multimedia message to be sent or received is categorized according to the message element or file type it contains. It can be useful to assign a certain flat fee to the respective message element type. In other words, this means that each message element type, such as a text, image or audio element of a multimedia message, is assigned an individually assigned flat fee.
- billing can be carried out according to the "MM Volume Classes" principle, ie depending on the respective amount of data in accordance with the scheme shown above for the overall content of a multimedia message to be sent or received ,
- This language is a document processing standard that is recommended by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) both for dynamically generated content and for static websites.
- the XML format is particularly suitable for the platform and software-independent exchange of data between different programs and / or computers from different manufacturers.
- Another characteristic of XML is that the syntax of XML is relatively strict, so that XML applications (ie the definition of XML commands for a class of XML documents of the same structure, ie for a specific one)
- An XML document usually has one or more XML elements. Each element consists of two "tags *" framed with> / ⁇ characters, i.e. Marks. Specifically, this is an opening start tag that contains the name of the respective XML element and a closing end tag that is identical to the start tag except for a slash in front of the XML name.
- This structure of an XML element is on the one hand abstract and illustrated in a concrete example: abstract: ⁇ name> For game: ⁇ prize> content 24.95 ⁇ /name> ⁇ /price>
- XML documents In addition to "normal" XML documents, which are typically characterized by the use of meaningful XML elements, there are also XML documents in the DTD category (document type definition), for which special rules have been agreed on how the XML Elements and XML attributes are defined and the logical relationship between them within the respective XML document.
- DTD document type definition
- MMS_Charging_Info which can be downloaded, for example, from the homepage (http: // www.gsm.world.com/dtd/charging/services/mms.dtd) of the so-called GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications Association) can be.
- GSMA Global System for Mobile Communications Association
- four MM data volume classes are defined here, for example ("MM Volume Classes”).
- the maximum permissible user data volume and the associated price are specified for each class.
- the principle of the "MM Content Classes” which rates according to the type of message element, is not yet taken into account in this exemplary embodiment.
- an MMS service provider uses its own DTD, which, if necessary, is sent from the specified location, for example, http: // www. Operator. com / charging / folderunderscorex / mms. dtd can be downloaded.
- a transmission signal FIA1 * for the transmission of tariff information from the MMS service provider PA to the mobile communication terminal UA of FIG. 1.
- This transmission signal FIA1 * is shown in FIG. 4 with its structure. For each message element category there are three different upper limits for the user data volume with the associated prices.
- the field section within the XML transmission signal FIAL * in which the user data volume classes for the category text element (“Text-MM”) is specified, is indicated by a curly bracket with the reference symbol TEL marked.
- the field section within the transmission signal FIA1 * which contains the user data volume classes for the message element of the image element type (“Image-MM”), is likewise enclosed by a curly bracket and provided with the reference symbol BEL.
- the three user data volume classes "class number” 1, 2, 3 with the kilobyte limit values 10, 25, 75 kilobytes and the associated price classes of € 0.20, 0.30, 0.40 are included .
- the XML section BEL for the message element of the image element type (“Image-MM”) contains the three useful data volume classes with the class numbers ("class number”) 1, 2, 3 with associated useful data volume limits ("Threshold”) of 10 , 50, 100 kilobytes, to which price ranges of € 0.30, 0.75, € 0.95 are assigned.
- the XML element type was defined in another namespace (“na e space *) with the designation“ MMS Info ”, which is entered in line 3 of the XML transmission signal FIAl * from FIG. 4 by“ x lns: ”in the XML document of the FIAl * transmission signal is integrated. It may also be expedient, if appropriate, for all those data formats which serve as a criterion for the assignment of multimedia messages to a specific category to be listed within a message element category. For example, within the "Image-MM” category, these can be the file formats "JPEG", "BMP", etc.
- a method for transmitting service-specific billing information from at least one MMS service provider to at least one telecommunication terminal, in particular a radio communication device is provided.
- the billing information is preferably transmitted in the form of a uniform, generically used syntax with the aid of at least one transmission signal.
- the charging information is preferably created in the form of an XML document and thus sent to that radio communication device by a network component that is preferably located located in the area of responsibility of the MMS provider or MMS service provider and assigned to it, which is registered with it and, for example, wants to send or receive a multimedia message.
- the charging information is expediently transmitted using at least one transmission signal in accordance with the following steps:
- This transmission signal is preferably transmitted independently of the protocols and methods of the multimedia messaging service (MMS). It is advantageous to transmit the transmission signal from a network component that is preferably in the area of responsibility of the MMS provider or MMS service provider, in particular from an MMS relay / server, by including other network components of the mobile radio network (such as a special OTAP server (OTAP: over the air provisioning), a WAP gateway (WAP: Wireless Application Protocol), a push proxy gateway, an SMSC (SMSC: Short Message Service Center), etc.). Alternatively, it is also conceivable for the transmission of the transmission signal to be transmitted to the at least one telecommunications terminal via MMS exclusively by means of an MMS relay / server.
- OTAP over the air provisioning
- WAP gateway Wireless Application Protocol
- SMSC Short Message Service Center
- the MMS PDU Protocol Data Unit
- the charging information contained within the respective XML document of the transmission signal preferably enables the assignment of a price to the volume of useful data of a multimedia message and / or the allocation of a price to a multimedia message element category (defined by the type of the useful data or data formats contained in the multimedia message) ,
- the definition of a document structure with a generic syntax for the transmission of billing information for the multimedia messaging service (MMS) is provided by the MMS service provider to the respective mobile communication terminal of a customer who is registered with this MMS service provider.
- the charging information can be carried out, in particular, according to the "MM Volume Classes” principle, and also according to the "MM Content Classes” principle, in which multimedia messages are categorized on the basis of the user data types they contain.
- the definition of a generic document structure uniformly for all transmission signals with MMS tariff information is particularly advantageous because in this way every MMS service provider
- the respective mobile communication terminal in particular the customer's radio communication device, can be supplied at any time, if necessary, with the respectively valid charging information of a particular MMS service provider whose service it has registered for.
- the use of a generic syntax also offers the advantages of interoperability, the automatic processing of data and the option of subsequently expanding the service-related billing information.
- the categorization of a multimedia message to be sent or received on the basis of the data types or message element types contained therein enables the respective MMS service provider to classify even more differently than if it were simply divided into user data volume classes, i.e. settle.
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