EP1952565A1 - Systeme, procede et dispositif permettant le telechargement de produits multimedia - Google Patents

Systeme, procede et dispositif permettant le telechargement de produits multimedia

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EP1952565A1
EP1952565A1 EP06747831A EP06747831A EP1952565A1 EP 1952565 A1 EP1952565 A1 EP 1952565A1 EP 06747831 A EP06747831 A EP 06747831A EP 06747831 A EP06747831 A EP 06747831A EP 1952565 A1 EP1952565 A1 EP 1952565A1
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Hans Sandholt
Peter Sandholt
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  • the invention relates to a system, a method and a device for purchasing and downloading a media product connected to the media content currently heard or viewed by a user.
  • Downloading of various media products from a remote system is nowadays an ordinary and well known occurrence performed by ordinary people. For example, it is well known to download music and/or films from a server on the Internet to a home computer.
  • downloading of media products from a remote system typically involves a substantial amount of browsing, e.g. to find a suitable supplier and to find the desired media product at the selected supplier etc.
  • suppliers are frequently requiring a more or less complicated purchase and identification procedure requesting the user to fill in order forms, emptying carts; providing such facts as name, address, credit card number and other facts or information that may be of interest for the supplier etc.
  • the purchase and download procedure should be simple there is still a problem of keeping track of the desired media products.
  • the user may e.g. have forgotten some crucial information about the desired media product, e.g. the name of the artist, the title of the music piece, the name of the movie, the name of the actor(s) etc.
  • the user may even be unaware of the desired media product until it is heard or seen, which may occur in a situation when the user is unable to properly acquire and/or register the information required for a subsequent successful download of the product.
  • a typical example of the later may be when a user hears a song broadcasted from a radio station without receiving the necessary information to be able to download the product or is unable to properly register any received information.
  • the download itself usually suffers from non- negligible mobility limitations.
  • the download is performed to a stationary device connected by wire to LAN (Local Area Network) providing a very limited mobility.
  • LAN Local Area Network
  • the present invention provides an improved solution that enables a user to purchase and download a desired media product connected to the media content currently heard or viewed by a user.
  • a download system comprising a broadcasting station, a plurality of wireless mobile terminals operatively connected to a wireless telecommunication network, and a service-provider.
  • the broadcasting station (110) is arranged to operatively transmit a signal comprising media content and data content, which data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content.
  • At least two mobile terminals within the system are arranged to operatively: receive the broadcasted signal and at least extract the media product identifier form the data content; transmit a download request to the service-provider via said telecommunication network as a response to a command from a user of the terminal, which download request at least comprises the media product identifier and a unique user subscriber identity held by the terminal; and receive the requested media product from the service-provider.
  • the service-provider within the system is arranged to operatively receive a download request from at least one of said mobile terminals via said telecommunication network, which request at least comprises a media product identifier and a unique user subscriber identity held by the terminal.
  • the service-provider is arranged to operatively execute an authorization control based on the received user subscriber identity, execute a media product retrieval, based on the received media product identifier, as a response to a successful authorization, and transmit the retrieved media product to the mobile terminal.
  • An embodiment of the download system comprises mobile terminals arranged to operatively receive the broadcasted signal and at least extract the media product identifier form the data content; transmit a download request to the service-provider via a wireless telecommunication network, as a response to a first command from a user of the terminal, which download request at least comprises the media product identifier and a unique user subscriber identity held by the terminal; receive a download answer from the service- provider as a response to the download request; transmit an order request to the service- provider as a response to a second command from a user of the terminal, which order request at least comprises one of: a user subscriber identity or a terminal equipment identification held by the terminal; receive the requested media product from the service- provider.
  • Said embodiment of the download system have a service-provider that is arranged to operatively receive a download request from at least one mobile terminal via said telecommunication network, which request at least comprises a media product identifier and a unique user subscriber identity held by the terminal; execute an authorization control based on the received user subscriber identity; execute a media product availability request based on the received media product identifier and as a response to a successful authorization; transmit a download answer to the mobile terminal as a response to an executed product availability request; execute a media product retrieval, based on the media product identifier, as a response to a download order request received from the mobile terminal; transmit the retrieved media product to the mobile terminal.
  • a service-provider for downloading media products into at least one wireless mobile terminal via a wireless telecommunication network in response to a received download request from the terminal.
  • the service- provider is arranged to operatively: receive a download request from a mobile terminal via said telecommunication network, which request at least comprises a media product identifier and a unique user subscriber identity held by the terminal; execute an authorization control based on the received user subscriber identity by communicating an authorization request with a network operator operating said telecommunication network; execute a media product retrieval, based on the received media product identifier, as a response to a verified authorization of the subscriber; and transmit the retrieved media product to the mobile terminal.
  • An embodiment of the service-provider is preferably arranged to operatively: receive a download request from a mobile terminal via said telecommunication network, which request at least comprises a media product identifier and a unique user subscriber identity held by the terminal; execute an authorization control, based on the received subscriber identity, by communicating an authorization request with said network operator; execute a media product availability request based on the received media product identifier and as a response to a successful authorization; transmit a download answer to the mobile terminal as a response to an executed product availability request; execute a media product retrieval, based on the received media product identifier and as a response to a download order request received from the mobile terminal; and transmit the retrieved media product to the mobile terminal.
  • a mobile terminal comprising: a wireless broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcasted signal, which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein said data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content; a wireless mobile phone unit holding a unique user subscriber identity and adapted to communicate with a service provider (140) via a wireless telecommunication network.
  • a wireless broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcasted signal, which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein said data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content
  • a wireless mobile phone unit holding a unique user subscriber identity and adapted to communicate with a service provider (140) via a wireless telecommunication network.
  • the mobile terminal is characterized by comprising a download unit arranged to operatively: at least extract the media product identifier from the data content; activate the mobile terminal to be able to receive download commands from a user of the terminal; transmit a download request by means of the mobile phone unit to a service-provider as a response to a command from a user of the terminal, which download request at least comprises the user subscriber identity and the media product identifier for enabling an authorization control of the subscriber and a media product retrieval; and control the reception of the requested media product from the service-provider.
  • An embodiment of the mobile terminal has a download unit that is arranged to operatively: at least extract the media product identifier from the data content; activate the mobile terminal to be able to receive download commands from a user of the terminal; transmit a download request by means of the mobile phone unit to a service-provider as a response to a first command from a user of the terminal, which download request at least comprises the user subscriber identity and the media product identifier for enabling an authorization control of the subscriber and a media product retrieval; receive a download answer from the service-provider as a response to the download request; transmit an order request to the service-provider as a response to a second command from a user of the terminal, which order request at least comprises one of: a user subscriber identity or a terminal equipment identification held by the terminal; control the reception of the requested media product from the service-provider.
  • a download unit adapted to be arranged in a mobile terminal, which terminal comprises: a wireless broadcast receiver function for receiving a broadcasted signal, which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein said data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content; a wireless mobile phone unit holding a unique user subscriber identity and adapted to communicate with a service provider via a wireless telecommunication network.
  • Said download unit is arranged to operatively: at least extract the media product identifier from the data content; activate the mobile terminal to be able to receive commands from a user of the terminal; transmit a download request by means of the mobile phone unit to a service-provider as a response to a command from a user of the terminal, which download request at least comprises the user subscriber identity and the media product identifier for enabling an authorization control of the subscriber and a media product retrieval; and control the reception of the requested media product from the service-provider.
  • the download unit is arranged to operatively: at least extract the media product identifier from the data content; activate the mobile terminal to be able to receive download commands from a user of the terminal; transmit a download request by means of the mobile phone unit to a service-provider as a response to a first command from a user of the terminal, which download request at least comprises the user subscriber identity and the media product identifier for enabling an authorization control of the subscriber and a media product retrieval; receive a download answer from the service- provider as a response to the download request; transmit an order request to the service- provider as a response to a second command from a user of the terminal, which order request at least comprises one of: a user subscriber identity or a terminal equipment identification (123) held by the terminal (120); and control the reception of the requested media product from the service-provider.
  • a program product comprising a computer readable medium, having thereon: computer program code means, to make a mobile terminal execute, when said program is loaded in the mobile terminal; which mobile terminal comprises: a wireless broadcast receiver function for receiving a broadcasted signal, which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein said data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content; a wireless mobile phone unit holding a unique user subscriber identity and adapted to communicate with a service provider via a wireless telecommunication network; - extraction of at least the media product identifier from the data content;
  • An embodiment of the program product comprises a computer readable medium, having thereon: computer program code means, to make the mobile terminal (120) execute, when said program is loaded in the mobile terminal;
  • a computer program element comprising: computer program code means to make a mobile terminal execute, when said program element is loaded in the mobile terminal; which mobile terminal comprises: a wireless broadcast receiver function for receiving a broadcasted signal, which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein said data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content; a wireless mobile phone unit holding a unique user subscriber identity and adapted to communicate with a service provider via a wireless telecommunication network; - extraction of at least the media product identifier from the data content;
  • An embodiment of the computer program element comprises computer program code means to make a mobile terminal execute, when said program element is loaded in the mobile terminal;
  • a method for downloading media products within a download system comprising the steps of: - transmitting a signal from a broadcasting station, which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein the data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content;
  • An embodiment of the method for downloading media products within a download system comprises the steps of:
  • a broadcasting station which signal comprises media content and data content, wherein the data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content;
  • An embodiment of the method for downloading media products into a mobile terminal comprises the steps of: - receiving a broadcasted signal, which signal comprises media content and data content, by means of a wireless broadcast receiver, wherein said data content at least comprises a media product identifier connected to the currently broadcasted media content;
  • Fig. 1 is schematic illustration of an exemplifying media product download system 100.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration of an exemplifying radio station 110 comprised by the download system 100 shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic illustration of an exemplifying mobile terminal 120 comprised by the download system 100 shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic illustration of an exemplifying service-provider 140 comprised by the download system 100 shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic illustration of a use case.
  • Fig. 6 shows a CD Rom on which program code for executing the method according to an embodiment of the invention is provided.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an exemplifying media product download system 100.
  • the exemplifying download system 100 in Fig. 1 comprises a radio broadcast station 110, a plurality of mobile terminals 120 (only one is shown in Fig. 1), a telecommunication network 130, and a service-provider 140.
  • the exemplifying radio broadcast station 110 generally shown in Fig. 1 comprises the necessary equipment for broadcasting radio programs together with a Radio Data System signal (RDS-signal), as is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • RDS-signal Radio Data System signal
  • Radio Data System is a standard from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU, see e.g. www.ebu.ch/) for sending small amounts of digital information using conventional FM radio broadcasts.
  • EBU European Broadcasting Union
  • the RDS system standardizes several types of information transmitted, including but not limited to time and station identification.
  • the RDS is standard in Europe since the early 90s and well known to those skilled in the art.
  • Radio Broadcast Data System which is the official name used for the U.S. version of RDS.
  • RBDS was approved by the National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC, see e.g. www.nrscstandards.oraV
  • NRSC National Radio Systems Committee
  • Teletext pages can be viewed on television sets with suitable decoders. They offer a wide range of text-based information, usually including national, international and sporting news, weather and TV schedules etc.
  • the exemplifying radio station 110 has access to a music database 111 being locally and/or externally arranged.
  • the database 111 comprises pieces of music to be broadcasted by the radio station 110. It is also preferred that the database 111, for each piece of music, comprises additional information about the artist, the title and the ISRC or a similar unique identifier.
  • the ISRC International Standard Recording Code, see e.g. http://www.ifpi.org/isrc/) is the international identification system for sound recordings and music video recordings. Each ISRC is a unique and permanent identifier for a specific recording which can be permanently encoded into a product as its digital fingerprint. Encoded ISRC provide the means to automatically identify recordings for royalty payments etc.
  • the radio station 110 comprises a studio function 112 for selecting and organizing the content in radio programs broadcasted from the radio station 110, e.g. selecting and organizing such content as music and commercials etc.
  • a modern studio function 112 is typically implemented by means of radio-station software running on commercially available computers or computer systems. These computers or computer systems are typically provided with and/or connected to the necessary audio resources, such as digital-to-analogue converters, mixers, amplifiers, loudspeakers etc, as is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • Radio-station software as now discussed is e.g. available from the company RCS with head quarter address: RCS World Headquarter, 12 Water Street, White Plains, New York 10601, USA (see e.g. www . rcswo rks.com).
  • a primitive studio function can be achieved by the manual work of e.g. a disc jockey and/or a studio technician having access to music a player (e.g. a CD-player or even a computer) and music pieces (e.g. CD- records or music files stored in a database on a computer hard disc).
  • a disc jockey and/or a studio technician having access to music a player (e.g. a CD-player or even a computer) and music pieces (e.g. CD- records or music files stored in a database on a computer hard disc).
  • the studio function 112 in Fig. 2 has access to the music data base 111 for retrieving the music pieces to be broadcasted, and any additional information about the music pieces stored in the database, such as the artist, the title and/or the ISRC.
  • the studio function 112 has access to an RDS-encoder 114, which encoder will be further discussed below.
  • the studio function 112 provides the RDS-encoder 114 with the audible radio program to be broadcasted by the radio station 110. If a modern radio- station software is used this can e.g. be done by connecting an output from the computer on which the software is running to the RDS-encoder, as is well known by those skilled in the art. If a primitive studio function is used this can e.g. be done by connecting the output from the music player to the RDS-encoder.
  • the studio function 112 has access to a RDS formatting function 113, which will be further discussed below. It is preferred that the studio function 112 provides the RDS formatting function 113 with suitable information about the music piece currently broadcasted by the radio station 110. It is particularly preferred that this music piece information provided to the RDS formatting function 113 comprises the ISRC or a similar unique identifier associated with the music piece currently broadcasted. Such an identification connected to the currently broadcasted music piece or other currently broadcasted information is more generally denoted a "media product identifier" below. In addition, it is preferred that the information provided to the RDS formatting function 113 comprises the artist and/or the title associated with the music piece currently broadcasted.
  • the studio function 112 is implemented by means of modern radio-station software this software can provide the RDS formatting function 113 with the media product identifier (e.g. the ISRC) being extracted by the software from the information accessed in the music database 111, as is well known by those skilled in the art.
  • the RDS formatting function 113 can be provided with the media product identifier e.g. entered manually by a studio technician on computer keyboard connected to a computer provided with the necessary software for formatting and communicating with the RDS-encoder e.g. using the RDS Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (UECP).
  • UECP RDS Universal Encoder Communication Protocol
  • the RDS formatting function 113 shown in Fig. 2 is preferably implemented by means of software.
  • the software may be running on a separate computer and/or on the same computer as the above mentioned radio-station software.
  • the RDS formatting function 113 receives the media product identifier (e.g. an ISRC) from the studio function 112. This media product identifier is formatted by the formatting function 113 so as to have an adequate structure and content to fit the download function, which download will be further explained below.
  • the media product identifier e.g. an ISRC
  • the media product identifier is formatted and communicated by the RDS formatting function 113 to the RDS-encoder 114 by using the RDS Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (UECP) and in particular the UECP, SPB 490 Version 6.01 produced by the RDS Forum (see e.g. www.rds.orq.uk/).
  • UECP RDS Universal Encoder Communication Protocol
  • SPB 490 Version 6.01 produced by the RDS Forum (see e.g. www.rds.orq.uk/).
  • RDS Forum see e.g. www.rds.orq.uk/
  • ODA Open Data Application
  • the ODA-groups are not explicitly specified in the RDS standard. Rather, the ODA-groups can be freely utilized by RDS broadcasters - some groups under certain conditions and some groups unconditionally.
  • the use of ODA-groups is itself well known by those skilled in the art and more information can e.g. be found in the above mentioned specification EN 50067 of April 1998 by CENELEC.
  • a use of the ODA-groups is subject to a registration process and registered applications are listed in the EBU/RDS Forum ODA Directory.
  • the radio station 110 is provided with an RDS-encoder 114 and a radio transmitter 115.
  • the radio transmitter 115 can be any commercially available radio transmitter being adapted to transmit an RDS radio signal.
  • the RDS-encoder can be any commercially available RDS-encoder being able to receive and convert the audible radio program and the information regarding the music piece or other information to be broadcasted, so as to enable the RDS radio transmitter 115 to broadcast the radio program and a media product identifier etc in a RDS radio signal.
  • the RDS-encoder 114 is provided with the audible radio program from the studio function 112, whereas the RDS-encoder 114 is provided with information about the music piece currently broadcasted (music piece information) from the RDS formatting function 113.
  • the mandatory information can to a large extent be stored in the RDS-encoder in connection with an installation of the RDS transmission equipment.
  • the media product download system 100 in Fig. 1 also comprises a mobile terminal 120.
  • the mobile terminal 120 comprises the necessary equipment for communicating via a telecommunication network with other mobile terminals as well as other stationary or semi-stationary devices such as computers and servers in various data networks, e.g. computers and servers connected to the Internet.
  • the mobile terminal 120 is a mobile phone in a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) connected to a subscription offered by the operator of the UMTS in question as is well known by those skilled din the art.
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
  • the UMTS is only one of the third generation (3G) mobile cell phone technologies. However and mobile phones operating according to other 3G cell phone technologies are clearly conceivable.
  • 2,5G or 2,75G cell phone technologies providing a fairly high bandwidth may also be conceivable, e.g. the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or the Enhanced Data
  • EDGE Rates for GSM Evolution
  • a mobile terminal 120 in a UMTS is referred to as the User Equipment (UE).
  • UE User Equipment
  • a UMTS User Equipment (UE) comprises the terminal, referred to as the Mobile Equipment (ME), and a smart card referred to as the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM).
  • the USIM stores user subscriber information, authentication information and provides with storage space for text messages.
  • the USIM stores a unique user identification called the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI).
  • IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
  • An IMSI analysis is the process of examining a subscriber's IMSI in order to identify which network the IMSI belongs and to establish whether subscribers from that network are allowed to use a given network (if they are not local subscribers, this will require a roaming agreement between the network operators).
  • an unique user identification like the IMSI enables roaming between networks operated by different service providers as well as handovers between cells within the same network.
  • the USIM provides a user with access to subscribed services irrespective of the specific mobile terminal 120 used. Hence, by inserting a USIM-card into a mobile terminal 120, the user is able to receive calls at that terminal, make calls from that terminal, and receive other subscribed services.
  • UE user equipment
  • USIM user subscriber module
  • SIM Subscriber Identity Module
  • Every a UMTS User Equipment (UE) and GSM Mobile station (MS) is provided with an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), which is a number unique to every UE and MS.
  • IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
  • FIG 3 is a schematic illustration of an exemplifying mobile terminal 120.
  • the mobile terminal 120 correspond to an UMTS cellular mobile phone, though other alternatives are clearly conceivable.
  • a Mobile Phone Unit A Mobile Phone Unit
  • the mobile terminal 120 is preferably provided with a cellular UMTS mobile phone unit 121 or similar for communicating by means of a 3G cellular telecommunication network with other mobile phones and other units such as computers and servers on the internet, as described above and as is well known by those skilled in the art.
  • the mobile phone unit 121 is provided with a unique subscriber identity 122 (e.g. an USIM provided with an IMSI) and an equipment identity 123 (e.g. IMEI), which is a unique number given to the mobile terminal 120 by the manufacturer.
  • a unique subscriber identity 122 e.g. an USIM provided with an IMSI
  • an equipment identity 123 e.g. IMEI
  • the unique subscriber identity 122 e.g. USIM/IMSI
  • the unique subscriber identity 122 is connected to a subscription or similar offered by the operator of the telecommunication network 130, as is well known by those skilled din the art.
  • the mobile unit 121 may be enabled for handover as well as roaming based on the unique subscriber identity 122. This is particular true if the mobile phone unit 121 is a cell phone, which provides a true mobility for the mobile terminal 120 in the download system 100 shown in Fig. 1, which mobility typically extends over entire countries and regions, and in most cases over several countries and regions depending on the roaming agreements etc provided by the operator of the telecommunication network 130.
  • the mobile terminal 120 is provided with a RDS-receiver 124.
  • the RDS-receiver 124 is preferably implemented by means of a single or a few microchips, such as e.g. a FM tuner chip connected to the "High-speed Locking PLL Frequency Synthesizer IC LC72151V" and to the "Single-chip RDS Decoder LC72722, LC72722M, LC72722PM" for RDS decoding. All three of these chip types are available from the Japanese company SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
  • RDS receivers implemented by a single or a few microchips can e.g. be comprised in an exterior accessory module attached to the mobile terminal 120 through a connector, e.g. a connector arranged at the lower end of a mobile phone.
  • a connector e.g. a connector arranged at the lower end of a mobile phone.
  • the RDS-receiver 124 in the mobile terminal 120 is adapted to receive and decode a RDS radio signal, which has been formatted by a RDS formatting function 113, encoded by a RDS-encoder 114 and broadcasted by a RDS radio transmitter 115, as described above in connection with the radio station 110.
  • the reception and decoding of such RDS signals is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the decoding of the received RDS radio signal extracts the media product identifier, which has preferably been encoded into one or several of the so-called Open Data Application (ODA) groups within the RDS signal as described above.
  • ODA Open Data Application
  • the media product identifier comprises the ISRC or a similar unique identifier associated with the music piece or other information currently broadcasted.
  • the media product identifier may comprise the artist and/or the name of the music piece.
  • the mobile terminal 120 comprises a download unit 125.
  • the download unit 125 may be implemented by means of hardware circuitry, such as one or several ASIC or other suitable circuits being programmable or not.
  • the download unit 125 is implemented by means of software, e.g. in the form of a JAVA application or some other suitable program or program application for witch the mobile terminal 120 is enabled.
  • the software may e.g. be installed in the terminal 120 during manufacturing or downloaded later by the user or other partner or operator.
  • the software may be native, i.e. adapted to the specific mobile terminal 120, in which case it may be suitable to replace the software by hardware.
  • the software may also be more or less generic, e.g. adapted so as to be executed under an operative system that is used by a plurality of mobile terminals provided from different manufacturers.
  • the download unit 125 is provided with a suitable interface to the RDS-receiver 124, e.g. an Application Program Interface (API) in case the download unit 125 is implemented as software.
  • API Application Program Interface
  • the interface enables the download unit 125 to retrieve and/or receive the above mentioned music piece information and possibly other information in the received RDS radio signal, including but not limited to time and radio station identification.
  • the download unit 125 is provided with a suitable interface to the mobile phone unit 121 of the mobile terminal 120.
  • This interface may also be an Application Program Interface (API) in case the download unit 125 is implemented as software.
  • API Application Program Interface
  • the interface to the mobile phone unit 121 enables the download unit 125 to provide the mobile phone unit 121 with the music piece information and possibly other information in the received RDS radio signal.
  • the interface to the mobile phone unit 121 enables the download unit 125 to access, initiate and use the data communication capability of the mobile phone unit 121.
  • an access, initiation and use of the data transmission capability in case of an mobile phone unit 121 in the form of an UMTS mobile cell phone is a well known task for those skilled in the art, which e.g. can be done by means of a JAVA application or any other suitable software utilizing the data transmission capabilities of the UMTS mobile phone.
  • the download unit 125 is adapted to access, initiate and use of the data transmission capability of the mobile phone unit 121 to establish communication with the Internet, though other data networks are clearly conceivable.
  • the application protocol used for communicate with the Internet or similar data network may e.g. be the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), whereas the protocols used within the transport layer may e.g. be the Internet User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for IP services, and the Internet Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for services which require delivery guarantee such as X.25 services.
  • the HTTP is a request/response protocol between clients and servers on e.g. the Internet.
  • the originating client such as a web browser, which in our case is the mobile terminal 125, is referred to as the user-agent.
  • the destination server which stores and/or creates resources such as HTML files, music pieces, images and movies etc, are called the origin server, which in our case is a service-provider, as will be further explained below.
  • an HTTP client initiates a request by establishing a TCP connection to a particular port on a remote host (port 80 by default).
  • An HTTP server listening on that port waits for the client to send a request message.
  • the server Upon receiving the request, the server sends back a status line, such as "HTTP/1.1 200 OK", and a message of its own, the body of which is perhaps the requested file, an error message, or some other information.
  • Resources to be accessed by HTTP are identified using Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) (or, more specifically, Uniform Resource Locators, URLs) using the http: or https URI schemes.
  • URIs Uniform Resource Identifiers
  • the download unit 125 is operatively connected to a data memory 126 arranged in the mobile terminal 120.
  • the data memory 126 may e.g. be an internal memory forming an integral part of the mobile terminal 120, or it may be an exchangeable memory unit, such as a smart card, a memory stick or some other suitable memory.
  • the memory 126 may additionally or alternatively be operatively connected directly to the mobile unit 121.
  • an embodiment of the download unit 125 is preferably arranged to operatively: extract information such as a media product identifier (e.g. ISRC) from a received RDS radio signal; preferably display at least parts of the extracted information on a display in the mobile terminal 120; activate the mobile terminal (120) to be able to receive download commands from a user of the terminal (120).
  • the activation could e.g. be the activation of a key on the mobile terminal 120, e.g. a button key or a touch key. It could also be an activation of a voice command function etc; - transmit a download request to a service-provider 140 as a response to a first download command from the user of the mobile terminal 120.
  • the download request comprises the media product identifier (e.g. ISRC) extracted from the decoded RDS signal and a user subscriber identity 122 (e.g. USIM/IMSI) or similar held by the mobile phone unit 121 in the mobile terminal 120; preferably receive a download answer from the service-provider 140, preferably comprising the name and/or prize of the media product and/or the size of the file to be downloaded; preferably display at least parts of the received download answer on a display in the mobile terminal 120; preferably transmit an order request to the service-provider 140 as a response to a second command from the user of the mobile terminal 120.
  • the request comprises a terminal equipment identification 123 (e.g.
  • an IMEI an IMEI
  • a subscriber identity 122 e.g. USIM/IMSI
  • the download unit 125 is implemented by means of one or more processors with corresponding memory containing the appropriate software in the form of a program code.
  • the software i.e. the program code
  • the program code can also be provided on a data carrier such as a CD ROM disc 60 as depicted in fig. 6 or an insertable memory stick, which will perform embodiments of the invention when loaded into a mobile terminal 120 having suitable processing capabilities.
  • program code can be downloaded remotely from a server either outside or inside the telecommunication network 130 or be downloaded via a computer like a PC to which the mobile terminal 120 is temporarily connected.
  • the media product download system 100 in Fig. 1 comprises a service-provider 140.
  • An exemplifying service-provider 140 is schematic illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • the service-provider 140 is preferably connected to or has at least communicative access to a network operator function 141 and a content host 142.
  • the physical location of the service-provider 140, the network operator function 141 and the content host 142 is less important; in fact they may all be comprised by one single unit or each be distributed over several different units.
  • the service-provider 140, the network operator function 141 and the content host 142 may be controlled and operated by a single operator, e.g. a telecommunication network operator.
  • the service-provider 140 may access the network operator function 141 and/or the content host 142 via other servers and/or similar data network units.
  • the service-provider 140 may e.g. access the network operator function 141 via the content host 142, or the content host 142 via the network operator function 141.
  • the content host 142 it is preferably representing the access to a plurality of different data storage servers and in particular to data storage servers connected to the Internet, e.g. so as to form an Internet hosting function.
  • These data storage servers are provided with the media products to be downloaded to the mobile terminal 120, e.g. the different pieces of music broadcasted by the radio station 100 as previously described.
  • the media products may be a vast variety of items that can be identified by a media product identifier (e.g. an ISRC) extracted from the decoded RDS signal as previously described.
  • the media products may, e.g. be pictures, newspapers, talking books, television programs, movies or even electronic tokens, identifiers, PIN-codes etc to be used for collecting a ticket or similar requested and purchased as a response to a commercial offer broadcasted by the radio station 100 etc.
  • the storage servers are provided with the appropriate software for enabling a communication with the service-provider 140, e.g. so as to enable an availability check of the media product requested by the download unit 125 on the mobile terminal 120.
  • the content host 142 is a data storage that is more or less directly connected to the service-provider 140, e.g. a local hard disc, it may be more appropriate to perform the availability check directly by means of the software comprised by the service-provider 140 itself.
  • the availability check can e.g. be performed by searching the storage in question for a media product comprising a suitable media product identifier (e.g. an ISRC) connected to the media product identifier extracted and provided by the download unit 125 in the mobile terminal 120 as previously described.
  • a suitable media product identifier e.g. an ISRC
  • the storage servers are provided with the appropriate software for enabling a Digital Rights Management (DRM) of the media product prior to a delivery to the service-provider 140 for a subsequent download to the mobile terminal 120.
  • DRM Digital Rights Management
  • a Digital Rights Management (DRM) of the media product may alternatively be enabled by the service-provider 140 before a subsequent download to the mobile terminal 120.
  • Suitable software for at least providing a simple DRM encoding in the form of an encryption of the media product based on a key or cryptovariable is well known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the DRM encoding may e.g. use the terminal equipment identification 123 (e.g.
  • the subscriber identity 122 e.g. USIM/IMSI
  • USIM/IMSI may be used so as to attach the media product to the specific subscription under which the download is performed, e.g. with the result that the downloaded media product can only be utilized under that specific subscription. This may e.g. imply that the appropriate USIM/IMSI must be used in the mobile terminal 120 in question for enabling a utilization of the downloaded media product.
  • Providing the storage servers with the ability to perform a DRM encoding has the advantage of enabling the entity or entities controlling the storage servers to also control the DRM encoding, which e.g. may be desired by record companies before they considering opening up their servers and/or data bases for downloading as described above.
  • this function 141 represents the functions for controlling and supervising the telecommunication network 130 to which the mobile terminal 120 is associated via a subscription.
  • the telecommunication network 130 is preferably an UMTS network and the network operator function is therefore preferably an UMTS operator function for controlling and supervising the UMTS network.
  • a UMTS network operator function is provided with appropriate functions for handling such tasks as identification, authorization and billing etc associated with a particular subscription.
  • the network operator function 141 and the content host 142 are connected to or are at least provided with communicative access to the service-provider 140.
  • the service-provider 140 is preferably a server that can be accessed via the Internet, e.g. by means of TCP/UDP and HTTP protocols as mentioned above in connection with the data communication ability of the mobile terminal 120.
  • the service-provider 140 is provided with a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) for interfacing the service-provider 140 with the download unit 125 on the mobile terminal 120.
  • CGI Common Gateway Interface
  • the service-provider 140 communicates with the network operator function 141 by means of an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting protocol (AAA- protocol) to access and utilize such tasks as identification, authorization and billing etc in the network operator function 141.
  • AAA- protocol Authentication, Authorization and Accounting protocol
  • the communication between the service-provider 140 and the content host 142 depend on the nature of the content host 142. If the content host 142 is a local storage such as a hard disk connected to the service-provider 140, then it may be appropriate to use an USB-connection or an Ethernet connection or any other suitable connection for communicating by means of a suitable protocol as is well known by those skilled in the art.
  • the content host 142 represents the access to a plurality of different and distributed data storage servers, then it may be more appropriate to utilize the Internet and any of the suitable connections and protocols associated therewith, as briefly described above and as is well known to those skilled in the art, for the communication between the service-provider 140 and the data storage servers.
  • the service-provider 140 is preferably arranged to operatively: receive a download request from a mobile terminal 120 transmitted from the mobile terminal 120 as a response to a first command from the user of the mobile terminal 120. This command can be followed by further commands or clicks.
  • the download request comprises a media product identifier (e.g. ISRC) extracted from an RDS-signal received by the mobile terminal 120 and a user subscriber identity 122
  • the request comprises the user subscriber identity 122 (e.g. USIM/IMSI) or similar received in the download request; - receive an authorization answer from the network operator 141 indicating whether the subscriber identified by the subscriber identity 122 is authorized to make the requested download, which answer may e.g. indicate whether the subscriber has access to the download service in question and/or whether the subscriber be charged for the requested service etc.; - preferably transmit a media product availability request to a content host 142 upon a successful authorization of the subscriber identified by the subscriber identity 122.
  • the request comprises the media product identifier (e.g. ISRC), which is directly or in directly used by the content host 142 in a search for the requested media product; - preferably receive a media product availability answer from the content host 142.
  • the answer comprises information about the availability of the requested media product etc, e.g. information corresponding to a simple yes or no and/or information comprising the name and/or prize of the media product and/or the size of the file to be downloaded; - preferably transmit a download answer to the mobile terminal 140.
  • the answer comprises information about the availability of the requested media product, e.g.
  • the order comprises the media product identifier (e.g. ISRC) and a subscriber identity 122 (e.g. USIM/IMSI) and/or a terminal equipment identification 123 (e.g. an IMEI) previously received from the mobile terminal 120; transmit a delivery request to the content host 142, which request may comprise the media product identifier (e.g. ISRC) and a terminal equipment identification 123 (e.g.
  • an IMEI an IMEI
  • USIM/IMSI subscriber identification 122
  • receive a delivery of the media product from the content host 142 - transmit the received media product to the mobile terminal 120; transmit a message to the network operator function 141 with instructions for charging the subscription connected to the user subscriber identity 122 (e.g. USIM/IMSI).
  • This message may e.g. comprise the user subscriber identity 122.
  • Figure 5a is a schematic graph illustrating the exemplifying steps that are preferably taken by the media product download system 100 shown in Fig. 1.
  • the exemplifying download system 100 comprises a radio broadcast station 110, a plurality of mobile terminals 120 (one is shown in Fig. 1), a telecommunication network 130, and a service-provider 140.
  • the service-provider 140 is preferably connected to or has at least communicative access to a network operator 141 and a content host 142.
  • the physical location of the service-provider 140, the network operator function 141 and the content host 142 is less important; in fact they may all be comprised by one single unit or alternatively each be distributed over several different units.
  • the service-provider 140, the network operator function 141 and the content host 142 may be controlled and operated by a single operator, e.g. a telecommunication network operator.
  • the service- provider 140 may access the network operator function 141 and/or the content host 142 via other servers and/or data network units.
  • the service-provider 140 may access the network operator function 141 via the content host 142, or the content host 142 via the network operator function 141.
  • the mobile terminal 120 and the service-provider 140, as well as the network operator 141 and the content host 142 are represented by vertical lines. Arrows extend horizontally between the vertical lines so as to represent actions or steps taken by the mobile terminal 120, the service-provider 140, the network operator 141 and/or the content host 142.
  • the first step or action illustrated in Fig. 5 is represented by the left uppermost arrow pointing to the right towards the vertical line representing the mobile terminal 120, whereas the last step or action illustrated in Fig. 5 is represented by the left lowermost arrow pointing to the left from the vertical line representing the mobile terminal 120.
  • a radio station 110 is already broadcasting an RDS radio signal, which signal at least comprises a media product identifier referring to the broadcasted media content currently heard by a user, as previously explained.
  • information extracted from the received RDS radio signal - e.g. by the previously mentioned download unit 125 - is shown on a display in the mobile terminal 120.
  • the displayed information may e.g. be the name of the radio station 110 and/or the name of the media product currently broadcasted or currently referred to in the broadcasted media content.
  • the download unit 125 has activated at least one of the button keys or similar on the mobile terminal 120 so as to be able to receive a download command from the user of the mobile terminal 120.
  • the mobile terminal 120 receives a download command from a user of the terminal 120, implying that the user requests a download of the media product identified by the media product identifier extracted from the broadcasted RDS radio signal as previously explained.
  • the activated terminal 120 transmits a download request to the service-provider 140.
  • the download request comprises the media product identifier (e.g. ISRC) extracted from the broadcasted RDS signal and the user subscriber identity 122 (e.g. USIM/IMSI) held by the mobile phone unit 121 in the mobile terminal 120.
  • the media product identifier e.g. ISRC
  • the user subscriber identity 122 e.g. USIM/IMSI
  • the service-provider 140 transmits an authorization request to the network operator function 141.
  • the request comprises the user subscriber identity 122 (e.g. USIM/IMSI) in the download request from the mobile terminal 120.
  • step 4 the network operator function 141 answers the service-provider 140 by transmitting the outcome of an authorization control based on the user subscriber identity 122. It is preferred that the authorization control establishes whether the particular subscriber identified by the subscriber identity 122 is authorized to download the requested media product, e.g. whether the particular subscriber has access to the download service in question and/or if the subscriber can be charged for the requested service etc.
  • the service-provider 140 will retrieve information about the availability of the requested media product, provided that the authorization was verified, I.e. that the subscriber is allowed to perform the requested download.
  • the retrieval is performed in step 5 by transmitting an availability request to the content host 142, which in turn performs the necessary steps for retrieving information about the requested media product, e.g. the availability of the product, the prize of the product and/or the size of the file to be downloaded etc.
  • the content host 142 transmits an answer to the service-provider 140, which answer comprises the outcome of the availability request, e.g. whether the media product is available, the prize of the media product and/or the size of the file to be downloaded.
  • some embodiments may retrieve the requested media product directly, i.e. perform a direct delivery of the product upon a verified authorization of the subscriber without any previous retrieval of information about the availability and such of the requested product.
  • step 4 in which the outcome of an authorization control is received by the service-provider 140, will be followed by a delivery request corresponding to step 11 in Fig. 5 and the suitable steps thereafter as will be further discussed below.
  • step 6 in which the service-provider 140 transmits a download answer to the mobile terminal 120.
  • the download answer comprises suitable information about the requested media product, e.g. such as the availability and/or the prize of the product and/or the size of the file to be downloaded.
  • step 8 at least a part of the information received by the download answer from the service-provider 140 is shown by the mobile terminal 120 on a display, such as is commonly present on modern cell phones of today.
  • the displayed information comprises the availability and/or prize of the product and/or the size of the file to be downloaded.
  • the mobile terminal 120 receives a second download command from the user implying that the user now orders a download of the requested media product identified by the media product identifier as previously explained.
  • the mobile terminal 120 transmits a download order request to the service- provider 140.
  • the order comprises the terminal equipment identification 123 (e.g. an IMEI) and/or or the user subscriber identity 122 (USIM/IMSI), which enables DRM to be imposed on the ordered media product, e.g.
  • the ordered media product can only be decrypted and used by the specific mobile terminal 120 ordering the download and/or by utilization of a terminal provided with the specific user subscriber identity 122.
  • step 11 the service-provider 140 retrieves the requested media product from the content host by transmitting a delivery request to the content host 141. Similarly, in step 12 the content host 141 transmits the requested product to the service-provider 140.
  • step 13 the service-provider 140 transmits the requested media product to the mobile terminal 120, which receives and preferably stores the product in the memory 126.
  • the mobile terminal 120 may display a message on a display in the terminal 120 informing about the completed download.
  • the service-provider 140 transmits an order to the network operator 141 instructing the network operator 141 to charge the specific subscription identified by the user subscriber identity 122 for the download performed.
  • This order message may e.g. comprise the user subscriber identity 122.

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L'invention porte sur un système (100), un fournisseur de services (140) et un terminal mobile (120) qui permettent de télécharger des produits multimédia de la manière suivante: un signal est transmis depuis une station de radiodiffusion (110), lequel signal comprend un contenu multimédia et un contenu de données, le contenu de données comprenant au moins un identificateur de produit multimédia relié au contenu multimédia actuellement diffusé; le signal radiodiffusé est reçu au moyen d'un terminal mobile (120) et l'identificateur de produit multimédia est extrait du contenu de données reçu; une demande de téléchargement est transmise du terminal mobile (120) au fournisseur de services (140) via un réseau de télécommunications sans fil (130) en réponse à une commande en provenance d'un utilisateur du terminal (120), laquelle demande de téléchargement comprend au moins l'identificateur de produit multimédia et une identité d'abonné utilisateur unique (122) détenus par le terminal (120); une vérification d'autorisation est exécutée à l'aide du fournisseur de services (140) sur la base de l'identité d'abonné utilisateur reçue (122); le produit multimédia est extrait au moyen du fournisseur de services (140) sur la base de l'identificateur de produit multimédia reçu en réponse à une autorisation acceptée de l'abonné; le produit multimédia extrait du fournisseur de services (140) est transmis au terminal mobile (120), via le réseau de télécommunications sans fil (130).
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