FR2838908A1 - Mobile telephone remote information loading having telephone remote loading unit/access point wire connection network allowing remote loading. - Google Patents

Abstract

The mobile telephone remote loading system has a network (4) access point (12). The mobile telephone (6) has a remote loading unit (34). Each mobile telephone has a mechanism (32) establishing direct wire connection (36) with the access point allowing remote loading to take place.

Description

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  The invention relates to a system and method for downloading information into a mobile telephone comprising: - at least one connection point to an information transmission network from which information can be downloaded, and - at least one telephone mobile team of means for downloading information from this connection point to the

transmission of information.

  Today, more and more telephones, called WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) mobile phones, have limited access to the Internet. To this end, they are provided with means for establishing a wireless link with the Internet network and with an Internet browser. The Internet browser allows the user of the mobile telephone to download information, such as pages in HTML format (Hypertext Markup Language) and to display them, in a simplified manner, on the screen of his mobile telephone. The protocol used to establish the wireless link is the WAP protocol

(Wireless Application Protocol).

  However, the interface between WAP mobile phones and the Internet is not suitable for downloading large files. In fact, the available bandwidth for establishing the wireless link is limited and the file download speed is therefore reduced. Downloading a large file is very time-consuming and therefore expensive.

to the user.

  The invention aims to remedy this drawback by proposing a system capable of downloading quickly, at lower cost and without consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth, large amounts of information

in a mobile phone.

  The subject of the invention is therefore a system for downloading information, as described above, characterized in that each mobile telephone comprises means for establishing a direct wired connection with each access point from which information can be downloaded, and in that the download means are suitable for downloading information via the wired link established at

['aid of the means of establishment.

  The system described above comprises means for establishing a direct wired link between the mobile telephone and an access point to an information transmission network from which information can be downloaded. A wired link does not consume radio bandwidth between the mobile telephone and the mobile telephone network. This link can therefore have a large bandwidth and, consequently, a fast information download speed. In addition, wired connections to networks are generally not billed by the time passed, so

  that the cost of downloading is often lower.

  According to other characteristics of a system in accordance with the invention: the means of establishing a direct component wired link: - means of mechanical and electrical coupling of mobile phone vouchers at each access point to the transmission of information, and - a manager of a communication protocol used on the wired link to transfer information between the mobile telephone and the network, - an access point is an ADSL modem (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), - an access point is an Ethernet multi-port concentrator, - an access point is a computer connected to the information transmission network, - that an access point is a paid access terminal to the information transmission network, the mobile telephone comprises means for viewing video downloads using the downloading means, - the mobile telephone comprises a voice synthesizer capable of transforming alphanumeric text contained in a file downloaded in an audible and understandable voice message by a mobile phone user. The invention also relates to a mobile telephone intended to be used in a system according to the invention, characterized in that it comprises the means for establishing a direct wired connection with each access point to the network of transmission of information from which information can be downloaded, and the means of downloading suitable for downloading information via the wired link established using the means of establishment. The invention also relates to a method of downloading information into a mobile telephone comprising a step of downloading information into a mobile telephone from an access point to an information transmission network from which information can be downloaded, characterized in that it includes a step of establishing a direct wired link with said access point from which information can be downloaded, and in that the download step is suitable for downloading information via the wired link established

during the establishment stage.

  The invention will be better understood on reading the description which will

  follow, given only by way of example, and made with reference to the drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of ['architecture of a system for downloading information in a mobile telephone conforming to [' invention; and - Figure 2 is a flow diagram of a download process

  information in a mobile telephone according to the invention.

  FIG. 1 represents a system 2 for downloading information into mobile telephones from a network 4 of

transmission of information.

  System 2 includes a multitude of mobile phones similar to each other. These mobile telephones are similar in the sense that they include all the means necessary for their use in the system 2 for downloading information described here. However, these mobile telephones can differ from each other either by their external appearance, or by the presence of additional functions which are not necessary.

  for use in the system 2.

  By way of simplification, the system 2 will be described in the case where it only has a single mobile telephone 6. In addition, only the means of this telephone 6 necessary for setting up the system 2 will be described here in detail. System 2 will also be described here, in the particular case where network 4 is the Internet network forming the world spider web or World Wide Web. This network 4 will be simply designated by the term of network

  Internet in the rest of this description.

  To this end, network 4 is connected to a multitude of Internet servers capable of delivering information and to a multitude of access points suitable for being used to access, via network 4, to Internet servers. By way of illustration, only an Internet server 10 and a point

  of access 12 wind represented on figure 1.

  Here, the server 10 is suitable for delivering video files containing

races video sequences.

  The access point 12 is an ADSL modem (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) comprising a port 14 for connection of a terminal capable of browsing and downloading files from the Internet network 4. This port 14

  East. for example, a port that conforms to the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard.

  The mobile telephone 6 includes means for establishing a radio link 22 with a mobile telephone network 24 to establish, for example, telephone connections with other telephones (not shown). To this end, the mobile telephone 6 comprises a radio transceiver 26 and a man-machine interface 28. Here, the man-machine interface 28

  consists, for example, of a screen 29, a microphone 30, and a keyboard 31.

  The mobile telephone 6 also includes means 32 for establishing a direct wired link with the access point 12, associated with means 34 for downloading information from this point.

access 12.

  The means 32 for establishing a wired connection comprise a cable 36 and means 38 for coupling this coupling 36 to the mobile telephone 6. The means 38 are formed here, by way of example,

  also by a USB port attached to the mobile phone 6.

  The cable 36 comprises, at each end, coupling means for coupling to the USB port 14, respectively to the port

USB 38.

  The means 32 for establishing a wired link also include a manager 40, connected to the USB port 38, of a communication protocol used on the wired link 36 to communicate with the access point 12. This manager 40 forms a software interface between, on the one hand, the point

  access 12 and, on the other hand, the download means 34.

  The means of download 34 wind associated with the manager 40 and a memory 44. These means of download 34 are suitable, through the manager 40, of the wired link 36, and of the access point 12, for downloading information starting from the server 10 and recording them in the memory 44. These download means 34 are carried out in a conventional manner, for example, in a manner similar to the Internet browser, exist on known WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) telephones, except for the fact that it is not the radio link 22 which is used to download information, but the wired link 36. These means of download 34

  wind connections a, and under the control of the man-machine interface 28.

  Finally, the mobile telephone 6 includes means 50 for

  consultation of the downloaded files under the command of the man interface

  machine 28. By way of example, these means 50 comprise software capable of presenting video sequences on the screen 29 from video files recorded in memory 44. This software is. for example, similar to Microsoft's "MediaPlayer" software, but suitable for running on a

mobile phone.

  The operation of system 2 will now be described with reference to FIG. 2 in the particular case of downloading a video sequence

in the mobile phone 6.

  When the user wishes to download a video sequence into his mobile telephone 6, he proceeds to a step 60 of establishing a direct wired link between the mobile telephone 6 and the access point 12. During this step 60, I user connects one end of cable 36 to USB port 14 and

  the other end of cable 36 to USB port 38.

  Then, the user proceeds to a step 62 of downloading the video sequences via the wired link 36. During this step 62, the user controls the downloading means 34 using the human interface. machine 28 for activating the download of one or more video sequences from the server 10. Once the download has been activated, the download means 34 download these video sequences via the network 4 of the access point 12 , of the

  wire link 36, and manager 40 and save them in memory 44.

  When the information he wanted to download is saved in memory 44, the user uncouples the cable 36 from the USB port 14 and the port

USB 38.

  Later, while the wired connection is, for example, not established, the user performs a consultation step 64. During this step 64, it controls, through the man-machine interface 28, the means 50 for consulting the information recorded in the memory 44. For example, the user activates the reading and the display, on screen 29,

  video sequences saved in memory 44.

  In the particular example of embodiment described here, the access point has been described as being an ADSL modem. As a variant, this access point is a computer or a paying access terminal connected to the Internet network 6. In the case of the paying access terminal, the establishment of the wired link 36 and the downloading of information s '' in return

a payment.

  As a variant, the USB port 38 is replaced by an Ethernet port and the cable 36 is replaced by a cable suitable for being connected, on the one hand, to the Ethernet port of the mobile telephone and, on the other hand, to an Ethernet multi-port hub. a local information transmission network. The Ethernet multi-port hub is also better known as the "Ethernet Hub". It makes it possible to connect the cables of the local network in star form, to repeat and to regenerate the signals which it carries. Thus, in this variant, the information is downloaded not from the Internet, but from

  a local information transmission network.

  As a variant, the cord 36 is integral and integrated in a way that is not detachable at the access point 12. Thus, in this variant, the means for establishing the wired connection 36 housed in the telephone include the USB port 38 and the manager 40, while the cable 36 is integral with the access point 12. Although having been described in the particular case of downloading video sequences, the downloading means 34 are also able to download images, sound files or any other significant amount of information. As a variant, the mobile telephone also includes a voice synthesizer capable of transforming alphanumeric text contained in a downloaded file into an audible voice message which can be understood by the user of the mobile telephone 6. This voice synthesizer is. for example, connect to the man-machine interface 28 so that the voice message thus synthesized from the file containing text is produced by ie

  mobile phone microphone 30 6.

  As a variant, the memory 44 is a removable cassette adapted to be coupled and uncoupled mechanically and electrically from the mobile telephone 6. In this variant, the memory 44, in which the downloaded files are stored, can be replaced by another memory, similar to memory 44, containing, for example, more free space for storing new files to be downloaded via the link

wired 36.

  In another variant, the memory 44 is placed outside the mobile telephone and connected to it via, for example, an information transmission network conforming to the "Bluetooth" standard. Thus, in this variant, the size and space constraints imposed on the memory 44 are less strict than when the latter is housed directly at

inside the mobile phone 6.

  System 2 for downloading information from a telephone

  mobile has been described here in the particular case of a WAP mobile phone.

  However, as a variant, the download system 2 described here is made from GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) telephones or telephones

  UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System).

Claims (10)

  1. System (2) for downloading information into a mobile telephone comprising: - at least one access point (12) to an information transmission network (4) from which information can be downloaded, and - at least one mobile telephone (6) equipped with means (34) for downloading information from this access point (12) to the information transmission network, characterized in that each mobile telephone (6) comprises means (32) for establishing a direct wired link (36) with check access point (12) from which information can be downloaded, and in that the means (34) for downloading is suitable for downloading information via the wired link established using means establishment (32).   2. System (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for establishing a direct wired connection component: - means (38) of coupling and mechanical and electrical coupling of each mobile telephone (6) at each point access (12) to the information transmission network, and - a manager (40) of a communication protocol used on the wired link (36) to transfer information between the mobile telephone (6) and the network (4).   3. System (2) according to any one of claims   previous, characterized in that an access point (12) is an ADSL modem   (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line).   4. System (2) according to any one of the claims   previous, characterized in that an access point is a concentrator Ethernet multiport.   5. System (2) according to any one of the claims   precedents, characterized in that an access point is a connected computer   to the information transmission network (4).   6. System (2) according to any one of claims   previous, characterized in that an access point (12) is an access terminal   chargeable to the information transmission network (4).   7. System (2) according to any one of the claims   s previous, characterized in that the mobile telephone (6) includes means (50) for viewing video downloads using the download means.   8. System (2) according to any one of claims   precedents, characterized in that the mobile telephone (6) includes a voice synthesizer capable of transforming alphanumeric text contained in a downloaded file into an audible voice message understandable by a   mobile phone user (6).   9. Mobile telephone (6) for use in a system   according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that   that it comprises the means (32) for establishing a direct wired link (36) with each access point (12) to the information transmission network from which information can be downloaded, and the means ( 34) suitable for downloading information via   the wire link (36) established using the establishment means (32).   10. Method for downloading information into a mobile telephone comprising a step of downloading information into a mobile telephone from an access point to an information transmission network from which information can be downloaded, characterized in that it includes a step (60) of establishing a direct wired link with said access point from which information can be downloaded, and in that the downloading step is adapted to download the information by the link