RU57067U1 - CELL PHONE CONTENT DOWNLOAD SYSTEM - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to telecommunications and can be used to download information from the Internet using a cell phone. The task of creating a utility model is to expand the functionality of the gaming system and provide payments for services. The solution to these problems was achieved due to the fact that the content loading system of cell phones, including cell phones with a WAP function, the server of the cellular communication station, contains a content server that can connect to the server of the cellular communication station via the Internet. The content server’s memory block contains a content database, for example, tunes, pictures and games, a prepaid card database and billing system software. Downloading the content of cell phones includes downloading objects from the content database previously recorded in the memory block of the content server via the Internet through the server of the cellular communication station, while access to the content server is carried out using prepaid cards by entering the addresses of the content north and “Pin code”, and calculations using a database of prepaid cards pre-recorded in the memory block of the content server and billing system, the software of which is recorded in the memory block content server.

Description

The utility model relates to telecommunications and can be used to download the content of cell phones. Content (Eng. Content - content - see V.K. Muller et al. English-Russian Dictionary, Kiev, "Cannon", 1999, p.234).

A known system and method of conducting the game according to St. RF for utility model No. 2088, containing a device for holding television games, i.e. games in the distance from the game center.

The disadvantage of this method is that it is suitable for holding only non-gambling games by one user at home.

A device for conducting electronic games according to St. RF №5274 using a telephone network and a regular telephone. These games are less entertaining due to the lack of a display; they cannot be implemented in road conditions and outdoors, as well as in rooms where there is no telephone line. This system is not suitable for transferring other content objects and payments for services.

A known system for transferring content to a cell phone from the Internet site http://wap.vologda.ru.

This system contains WAP-enabled cell phones that can connect to a cellular station to download content.

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a protocol for wireless access to information and service resources of the Internet directly from mobile phones. The WAP specifications are created by the Wap Forum organization, which includes all the major participants in the telecommunications services market.

The main advantage of WAP is that to work on the Internet the subscriber does not need additional devices (computer and modem), just one mobile device with WAP support is enough. WAP sites are hosted on web servers and

presented in a special format Wireless Markup Language (WML). This markup language is specially adapted to the capabilities of mobile phones - two-color graphics, small screens and small memory. In the past two years, WAP sites on the Russian Internet have become widespread. On them you can not only find a melody, picture or game, but also find information about the company, a brief description of the phones sold in offices, descriptions of services, addresses and phone numbers of service centers. In a separate section, you can read the news from France Press and RBC (political, economic, sports, etc.), weather forecasts, the Central Bank of Russia exchange rates, addresses and phone numbers of exchange offices of commercial banks with the best exchange rates, nightclub programs and discos, jokes. You can also send an email and participate in a WAP chat. The Moscow Guide section combines a reference and information database of institutions and commercial organizations (more than 150 thousand) and the convenience of a search system. With the help of this resource you can find a variety of information on more than 1800 topics: from shops and car services to radio stations and hospitals. Using a simple menu, you can easily find information of interest using your mobile phone. The search for organizations is carried out both by name and by phone number. To provide a more accurate search, you can restrict yourself to an administrative district or street. The final information page includes the address and phone number, which is a link. When you click on this link, the connection with the WAP-gateway will be disconnected and the phone will automatically dial the specified number. In the near future, as a result of the improvement of a cell phone, primarily a multiple increase in the amount of memory, the functionality of WAP sites will increase significantly: it will be possible to download books, directories, maps and diagrams and films to the memory block of a hundredth telephone.

The disadvantages of the prototype are its limited functionality and the lack of a system of payments for downloaded content objects and accounting for the replication of works that are copyright objects.

A known system for downloading content for cell phones from the newspaper "Computer News", No. 47, 2003, (http://www.kv.by/index20033474501.htm@print, prototype, Appendix No. 1).

Tasks of creating a utility model: expanding the functionality of the system and simplifying settlements for the services provided.

The solution to these problems was achieved due to the fact that the system for downloading the content of cell phones, including cell phones with a WAP function, a server of a telephone exchange, and a content server having the ability to connect to a server of a telephone exchange via the Internet, in that it contains a billing system made in the form of a hardware-software complex. The hardware of the billing system is functionally combined with the content server, the software of the billing system is recorded in the memory of the content server. The billing system is configured to download content by entering a “PIN code” from a prepaid card.

The billing system (billing calculations, English) contains a hardware-software complex and software. The purpose of the complex is more general than just settlements, namely: accounting for realized prepaid cards, keeping a subscriber’s history, withdrawing amounts from each subscriber’s account for each content item, determining the remaining amount, remote administration, sending a command to the content server to download it to a cell phone etc. An example of a billing system is provided on the Internet site http://rd.natec.com.ua (in Appendix 2). This package contains hardware and software for Wide Cup Billing 2.5. "

Specifically, for the purposes of the present invention, a content server can be used as the hardware of the billing system, and the aforementioned billing system software or program specifically designed to implement the algorithm of FIG. 2 is also stored in the memory of the content server. At the same time, the billing system provides the ability to download content and make payments using prepaid cards by entering the addresses of the server for storing and loading objects and a “PIN code” indicated in them.

The invention is illustrated in figure 1 ... 3, where:

Figure 1 shows the scheme for downloading content,

Figure 2 - shows the aglo-rhythm of downloading content,

Figure 3 shows the functional diagram of the system.

The system (Fig. 1) contains a content server 1, with a processor 2 and a memory unit 3, a transmitter-receiver device of a server 4, for example, a modem for a wired communication channel or a radio transmitter for a radio communication channel. In the case of using the latter communication option (radio channel), the transmitting and receiving device of the server 4 must be equipped with an antenna of the receiving and transmitting device of the server 5. The content server is a server of any type having a large amount of hard disk memory. For very powerful servers, in addition to the functions of the content server, this server can also perform other functions.

The system also includes a cellular communication station 6, which includes the server of the cellular communication station 7, to which the receiving and transmitting device of the cellular communication station 8 with the antenna of the cellular communication station 9 is connected. Communication between the receiving and transmitting devices 4 and 6 is carried out using the network Internet 10, so the distance between them can be arbitrarily large.

The system includes cell phones 11 with a WAP function. Cellular phones 11 contain a keyboard 12, a display 13, and an antenna 14. Cellular phone subscribers purchase a prepaid card 15. The server’s email address 15 is marked with the server’s email address

content 16 and pin code 17. Pin code 17 is hidden under an opaque protective layer 18. Each prepaid card 15 has its own nominal value, for example, 100 rubles, 200 rubles, 1000 rubles. etc. In the memory block 3 of the content server 1, a database of prepaid cards 19 is recorded, which contains their identification numbers and nominal value, as well as the number of units remaining after calculations. In addition, the content database 20 is recorded in the memory unit 3: music, pictures, games, etc. The content database 20 contains a certain number of objects 21, which can be periodically updated. Objects 21 are grouped by type: music, pictures, etc., by authors and by semantic load, have their own name and identification number. In the memory block 3 is also recorded the software of the billing (settlement) system 22 and the user interface program 23.

Subscribers to implement the proposed method and system must have cell phones with a WAP function, for example, Nocia 6260, Ericsson R910i, etc. Outdated cell phones do not have these features.

To download a content object, a cellphone subscriber buys a prepaid card 15, erases the protective coating 18, enters the email address of the content server 16 and pin code 17 from the keypad 12, as a result, through the cellphone station 6 via the Internet 10, the cellphone 11 connects to the content server 1. Using the display 13 and the user interface of the site 23 (figure 3), the subscriber selects the content object 21, which he wants to download. Billing system 22 identifies the prepaid card, determines how many units are left on it, deducts the cost of the selected content object 21 and gives a command to transfer this object to the cell phone 13.

The user interface of the site 23 is used to ensure the interaction of the subscriber with electronic means (cellular telephone and content server) 23. Human-computer interaction is commonly called the user interface (Bedet et al. Glossary of computer terms, Williams Publishing House, 2002, p.

108 and 319). An interface is hardware and related software necessary for human interaction with an electronic equipment product (cell phone), in our case a display, keyboard and user menu.

The use of small-value prepaid cards, for example 100 rubles. and 200 rubles. (Appendix 3) and the absence of the need to call the address of the client's bank and his account allows you to ensure the financial security of the client. As a last resort, its material losses will be small within the limits of the cash balance on the prepaid card.

Application of the utility model allowed:

1. To expand the functionality of a cell phone, allowing a subscriber to download various useful information for a fee: music, pictures, games, etc., which are the objects of copyright.

2. Simplify and facilitate settlements for the use of services for downloading content objects through the use of a user interface and a billing system.

3. Ensure copyright protection of authors of content objects by accounting for copying the works of each author and preventing unauthorized copying of copyright objects through the use of a “pin code”.

4. To prevent hackers from intercepting settlement accounts of customers and causing them great material damage.

Claims (3)

1. The system for downloading the content of cell phones, including cell phones with a WAP function, a server of a telephone exchange, and a content server that can connect to a telephone server via the Internet, characterized in that it contains a billing system made in the form of software hardware complex. 2. The content loading system of cell phones according to claim 1, characterized in that the hardware of the billing system is functionally combined with the content server, the software of the billing system is stored in the memory of the content server. 3. The system for downloading content of cell phones according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is configured to download content from a prepaid card by entering the address of the content server and the “PIN code” indicated therein.