ES2320508A1 - Messaging system that allows to delay the sending/receiving of messages to a mobile terminal. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Messaging system that allows delaying the sending/receiving of messages to a mobile terminal, which constantly detects movements or movements of the terminal and compares its position with a database that has information of the area in which each user has coverage uma, provoking an alert to the application implemented in the terminal through a gprs connection at the moment it changes. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Messaging system that allows you to delay sending / receiving messages to a mobile terminal.

Object of the invention

The messaging system of the present invention, depending on whether the user is in GSM /
UMTS or outside it, allows you to delay sending / receiving various messages until the user is in UMA coverage.

The acronym UMA stands for "Unlicensed Mobile Access ", which translates as" Mobile Access Without a License ". UMA is a technology that allows a GSM terminal to use a broadband connection, and a non-bandwidth access point licensed - for example WiFi or Bluetooth - as a means of accessing the  mobile operator network.

With UMA technology the change of Access to the mobile phone network. This new access allows the user connect through a domestic Internet connection, by ADSL example, when the user arrives at his home, provided he has A WiFi network at your fingertips, your mobile phone connects to it. He system of the present invention allows to delay the sending / receiving various messages until the mobile terminal is  find in UMA coverage, so that the sending / receiving of messages are made through this new coverage wireless

This technology benefits operators, because users connected with WiFi do not saturate the cells of mobile telephony and these can increase your coverage without needing of installing new antennas.

This technology also benefits the user, that has improved coverage at home, with greater width of band and with fixed telephony rates.

Background of the invention

It is currently possible to delay the sending / receiving messages when the mobile terminal is located out of GSM / UMTS coverage, once, the application detects that the mobile terminal has entered coverage, the message is sent or received.

The usefulness of these systems is, above all, act as repository of incoming and outgoing messages. Do not They have UMA coverage detection. Its usefulness is limited to outgoing message storage if it could not be taken. From the terminal, the user does not have in his application of a system that allows to delay the moment of sending the message.

Description of the invention

The following definitions are used to the various entities that make up the solution of the invention:

to)

Terminal. Dual mobile terminal GSM-UMA programmable.

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Message delay agent. Available system in the terminal and that performs the functionality described in this document. In particular this system is able to detect if the user is or is not in UMA coverage and make decisions in based on that information.

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Messaging platform Network platform responsible for sending and receiving messages.

d)

Username. Person who has a line of mobile telephony and is also subscribed to the UMA service.

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One of the main advantages that UMA will provide users with the possible lowering of their invoice both in calls and messaging. By not using the network GSM / UMTS operator resource utilization is minimal and this You can bill cheaper.

In this way, the user can have better Rates from the Wifi coverage of your home. Many of the messages that the user sends and / or receives during the day are not urgent, for this could wait to be sent or received so far in that the user will be at home. Even certain messages (from subscriptions to information channels for example) They may bother you at certain times of the day.

If the user wants to send a message on Message delay agent is responsible for storing those messages until the user is in UMA coverage. At time of shipment the user can specify if that message is send immediately or if you have to wait for the terminal to find in UMA coverage.

If the user wants to receive certain messages, the message delay agent will allow you to specify by configuration which of them will be received in the domestic environment when the user is under Wifi coverage.

Description of the figures

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to facilitate the understanding of characteristics of the invention, is attached herein descriptive a set of drawings in which, with character Illustrative and not limiting, it has been represented:

In figure 1 a complete flow chart of the system described.

In figure 2 a scheme of the storage of the messages in the Terminal application.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In the current technological status the messages that can be treated with this system are SMS, MMS for messages Outgoing and MMS, WAP PUSH for incoming messages.

In the address user-> network, if the terminal mobile is out of coverage or in GSM coverage, the SMS and MMS messages to be sent will be stored in the terminal, when the message delay agent detects that the user is is in UMA coverage then it will continue to send the messages to their corresponding recipient. Until the application do not detect that the user has entered into UMA coverage, the Messages will be stored.

In the network-> user address the platform  messaging sends a notification SMS to the user with the URL of the MMS or WAP PUSH message, this notification message will be stored in the same terminal, when the delay agent messages detect that the terminal enters UMA coverage, it will download the MMS or WAP PUSH message. While the mobile terminal is not in UMA coverage the message of Notification will remain stored.

The user can activate or deactivate the agent Message delay at will.

A fundamental aspect for operation of this system is the detection of coverage, or the mode in which the terminal detects if it has changed UMA coverage to Macro coverage of the mobile phone network and vice versa. He system works as follows:

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\ vtcortauna The UMA system present in the operator's network knows the terminal situation at all times.

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\ vtcortauna There is a network server with a database that stores the area where each user has UMA coverage; so that at the moment that the situation of the user's terminal changes, the application of the terminal is "alerted" by means of a GPRS connection.

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\ vtcortauna The application in the terminal uses this user positioning information for the tasks considered necessary at that time, if the user enters the UMA coverage area and if he has messages to send, the sending of those messages begins; if you have messages to receive, the reception of those messages begins. If, during this process, the user returned to exit UMA coverage, the sending and receiving of said messages would be interrupted.

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An important part of this system consists a temporary storage repository for those messages; yes you have messages to receive the reception of those starts posts. In case during this process the user returns to leaving UMA coverage would interrupt the sending and receiving of The aforementioned messages.

An important part of this system consists a temporary message storage repository, both Outgoing as incoming. For this, some buffers are available. specific by type of message.

In incoming message buffers will store the SMS messages of MMS and Wap Push that are they will use in their moment to recover the complete message. In the Outgoing message buffer will be stored SMS and MMSs up to The time of shipment. Figure 2 illustrates this mechanism which is part of the message delay agent.

The method of filtering incoming messages (which are delayed and which are not) is done through the information collection through configuration in the terminal and that the user is able to define through a user interface.

As for the outgoing messages will be the user at the time of shipment who decides, through an option present in the terminal. There will be a configuration option for default of certain destination numbers so you don't need to check  continuously to the user.

Once nature is sufficiently described of the invention, as well as a preferred embodiment, for the appropriate purposes that the materials, form, size and arrangement of the elements described may be modified, as long as this does not involve an alteration of the essential features of the invention claimed in continuation.

Claims (2)

1. Messaging system that allows you to delay the sending / receiving of messages to a mobile terminal, until the user is in UMA coverage, characterized in that to determine if you have changed from UMA coverage to macro coverage of the mobile telephone network and vice versa , the system constantly detects the movements or displacements of the terminal in order to know at all times the situation of the terminal, storing a database on a network server that has information on the area in which each user has UMA coverage, causing an alert to the application implemented in the terminal through a GPRS connection at the time it changes, to:

to)

in the address user-> network, if the terminal mobile is out of coverage or in GSM coverage, the SMS and MMS messages to be sent remain stored in the terminal until the system detects that the user is in UMA coverage, at which time the messages are sent to its corresponding recipient;

b)

in the network-> user address the platform of messaging sends a notification SMS to the user with the URL of the MMS or WAP PUSH message, this notification message is stored in the same terminal, until the system detects that the terminal enters UMA coverage, making possible then the download of the MMS or WAP PUSH message.

2. System according to the preceding claim, characterized in that there is a temporary repository for storing messages, both outgoing. as incoming, consisting of specific buffers for each type of message, storing, in the incoming message buffers, the MMS and Wap Push notification SMS that will be used at the time to retrieve the entire message, using a message filtering method incoming that the user is able to define through a user interface in the terminal; while the SMS and MMSs will be stored in the outgoing message buffers until they are sent, which will be decided by the user through an option available in the terminal.