WO2002059752A1 - Dispositif de communication - Google Patents

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WO2002059752A1
WO2002059752A1 PCT/IB2002/000158 IB0200158W WO02059752A1 WO 2002059752 A1 WO2002059752 A1 WO 2002059752A1 IB 0200158 W IB0200158 W IB 0200158W WO 02059752 A1 WO02059752 A1 WO 02059752A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/72409—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories
    • H04M1/72412—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/72445—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality for supporting Internet browser applications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72469—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

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  • the present invention relates to a communication arrangement.
  • the present invention relates to a communication arrangement for controlling accessories (peripheral devices) and/or applications associated with a radio telephone such as a mobile or cellular telephone or mobile telephone or DECT cordless telephone.
  • SAT SIM Application Toolkit
  • Accessories or peripheral devices such as barcode scanners and music players, can also be used in conjunction with a cellular telephone. This offers numerous applications and opportunities.
  • a SIM Card may also be regarded as a type of peripheral device.
  • the applications of peripheral devices are typically controlled by menu-driven user interfaces, which are stored on the peripheral device. This has certain drawbacks; fore example, storage space is l-tmited, and thus the number of menus and applications of a peripheral device are l--mited.
  • CONFIRMATION COP WAP applications allow a person to connect to the Internet (or an internet-like network) via a cellular telephone, and obtain certain requested information from this network. There are, however, certain difficulties encountered when a person wishes to utilise this information to control a peripheral device associated with the cellular telephone.
  • WAP does not easily allow a person to transfer information between a peripheral device associated with the cellular telephone and a remote device, such as a control centre.
  • the WAP interface requires special software to be loaded on the cellular telephone, which is not currently fully integrated with the conventional cellular telephone operating software.
  • SIM card contains controls that depend on a person's identity. Thus each person who wishes to control a peripheral device associated with the cellular telephone will have to program the required software and control mechanisms into the SIM card. This makes it difficult for such control to be organized from a remote centre, especially when one SIM card has to support multiple applications from multiple vendors. As not all makes of SIM cards are compatible, the use of SIM cards to control accessories does not allow easy integration of such control techniques in the commerce, and presents numerous logistical problems. SIM card storage is also limited.
  • the current cellular standards and vendor implementations do not yet provide for uniform ways in which external functions (e.g. provided by a plug-in peripheral device ) may be commanded by the SIM.
  • Technologies such as WIG (Wireless Internet Gateway) also exist, whereby the SIM card is used to provide, via SIM Applications, a WAP-like service.
  • a communication arrangement includes
  • operating means operatively associated with the or each peripheral device, and being capable of receiving and ttans ⁇ titting information to and from the or each application server to cause operating commands to be displayed on the display unit of the user interface means for activating required operating functions of the peripheral device.
  • a communication arrangement includes
  • operating means operatively associated with the or each peripheral device, and being capable of receiving and transmitting information to and from an application server to cause operating commands to be displayed on the display unit of the user interface means for activating required operating functions of the peripheral device.
  • the user interface means may be a radio unit.
  • the radio unit may be a mobile telephone, a cellular telephone, cordless telephone, a mobile station, a wireless telephone, a personal communicator, a personal computer module or card, or a personal communication service telephone.
  • the or each peripheral device may be integrally formed with the user interface means.
  • the or each peripheral device may be a unit separate from the user interface means.
  • the peripheral device or at least one of the peripheral devices may be a scanning device such as a barcode scanner.
  • the peripheral device or at least one of the peripheral devices may be a SIM card.
  • Each application server may be remote from the user interface means and the peripheral device(s).
  • the operating commands may be displayed in a menu format on the user interface means.
  • the menu format may be fully integrated with operating software, such as is found on conventional radio units.
  • the operating means may include a plug-in connection, a cable connection, an infra-red connection or a radio frequency.
  • Figure 1 a block layout of a communication arrangement in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG 2 a flow diagram of the operation of the communication arrangement shown in Figure 1.
  • the communication arrangement 10 includes user interface means 12, such as a cellular telephone, and a peripheral device 14 associated with the user interface means 12. Both the user interface means 12 and the peripheral device 14 are further associated with an application server 16.
  • the user interface means 12, peripheral device 14 and application server 16 are all adapted to communicate with each other.
  • the arrangement 10 further includes operating means operatively associated with the peripheral device 14 capable of receiving and transmitting information to and from the application server 16 to cause operating commands to be displayed on the display unit of the user interface means 12 for activating required operating functions of the peripheral device 14.
  • the user interface means 12 includes a radio transmitter and a radio receiver and is adapted to transmit and receive signals from a radio network, such as a cellular network.
  • the user interface means 12 has operating software with a menu format capability allowing a person to control various functions of the user interface means 12. Such functions, for example, can include the activation of an infra-red connection on a cellular telephone.
  • the operating software provides for the peripheral device 14 to make use of all or part of the menu format capability on the user interface means 12, for example to display its own menus. This allows a person to control various functions of the peripheral device 14 by using the user interface means 12.
  • the peripheral device 14 is adapted to communicate with the user interface means 12 once they are operatively associated with each other. Such operative association can include physical joining together via a cable connection or direct plug-in connection, an infra-red connection or any other suitable connection method such as a radio frequency network, e.g. Bluetooth.
  • the peripheral device 14 registers itself with the operating software on the user interface means 12 whereafter the user interface means 12, wit-riin its menu format capability, may display an application associated with the peripheral device 14. A person using the user interface means 12 can thus select the peripheral device application from the menu.
  • the peripheral device application is not, however, contained entirely on the peripheral device 14 but is stored on the application server 16. Thus all features of the peripheral device application are also stored on, and can be controlled by, the application server 16.
  • the peripheral. device 14 After a person selects the peripheral device application from the menu, the peripheral. device 14 causes operating commands to be displayed on the user interface means 12, according to instructions stored on and provided by the application server 16. The person can select a desired command, which is then acted on by the peripheral device 14, in accordance with instructions provided by the application server 16. Such instruction is transmitted by the application server 16 to the peripheral device 14, either directly or via the user interface means 12. Such instruction can include the instruction to the peripheral device 14, to perform certain actions, including to request additional instruction from the application server 16, or to transmit data or transfer the results of an operation to the application server 16. Such request or transmission is transmitted by the peripheral device 14 to the application server 16, either directly or via the user interface means 12. .
  • Information obtained from the peripheral device 14 can be stored on the user interface means 12 or on the application server 16. Any information stored on the application server 16 will be uniquely addressed according to either the specific user interface means 12 or peripheral device 14 requesting the storage.
  • the communication arrangement operates between any number of peripheral devices 14 connected to any number of user interface means 12.
  • the use and control of the peripheral devices 14 by the user interface means 12, and the use and control of the user interface means 12 by the peripheral devices 14, are all regulated by the application server 16, which may reside at a central location or can be distributed amongst various locations. This allows functions of the peripheral device 14 and features of the peripheral device application displayed on the user interface means 12 menu to be changed by merely changing the peripheral device application on the application server 16. More than one application server 16 may provide various peripheral device applications to the same peripheral device 14 and user interface means 12. Also, a peripheral device application may be provided to a peripheral device 14 by more than one application server 16.
  • peripheral device 14 is a barcode scanner and is connected to the user interface means 12, which is a mobile phone.
  • user interface means 12 which is a mobile phone.
  • Various applications can be envisioned for this system. In one example, consider the following two applications: A home shopping system whereby barcodes are scanned from a product catalogue, and a system whereby couriers and delivery personnel may 0 scan package barcodes to provide red-time package tracking.
  • the invention allows for the addition or removal of applications.
  • An 0 application provider may thus later add applications such as "Vending,” with the same principles of operation. These will become additional options on the root menu).
  • menu option 1 Home Shopping
  • a subsequent menu is displayed at the command of the application server 16, i.e. the subsequent menu is not necessarily stored on the mobile phone nor on the scanner, but can be provided on-the-fly by the application server 16. This means the application provider can easily change the "look and feel" of an application.
  • the scanner will be activated (e.g. the barcode laser is turned on), so that the resulting scanned bar codes are transmitted to the applications server 16.
  • the remote application server 16 will dynamically generate this list, based on the products just scanned. While the scanner instructs the mobile phone as to which menus to display, the scanner itself needs very little computing power or information storage, since it in turn is being commanded by the remote application server 16.
  • menus can be dynamically generated to view the list of scanned products, and to proceed to purchase those products such as by providing a screen on which to enter credit card details.
  • the user may press the "NO" button on the mobile telephone, upon which the application server 16 will deliver another instruction to the scanner, typically to display the previous menu.
  • the peripheral device 14 receives a command from the application server 16. This causes the peripheral device 14 to take an action, which may entail activation of an internal function (such as scanning of barcodes), updating of the root menu or other data stored on the user interface means 12, or on the peripheral device 14, or displaying of a particular menu or dialogue on the user interface means 12.
  • This command also includes instruction to the peripheral device 14 what actions to perform thereafter — for example, for a menu, if the user selects an item, whether the peripheral device 14 must then activate an internal function (such as scanning of barcodes), or request a new command from the application server 16.
  • An example of a further application of the invention includes a user interface means 12, such as a mobile phone, with a connected peripheral device 14 such as a barcode scanner; or alternatively with no separate peripheral device 14, but with a SIM card; or alternatively with a virtual peripheral device 14 integrated direcdy into the mobile phone operating software.
  • a user interface means 12 such as a mobile phone
  • a connected peripheral device 14 such as a barcode scanner
  • SIM card such as a SIM card
  • the invention can also provide for the following:
  • peripheral device 14 with functional actions may consist entirely of a SIM card; that applications and applications servers 16 may interact with any functional module that may be provided by the peripheral device 14, such as a facility to cause menus to be displayed, a facility to scan barcodes, an electronic wallet facility, etc.; it is also the purpose to show that the invention allows applications to be delivered from numerous different and separate application servers 16 (such as a server providing Home Shopping and Package Tracking, as well as application servers 16 resident on, for example, vending machines) while providing one menu system to the user; and that such diverse applications may be delivered over any available communication interface (such as GSM mobile, infrared, Bluetooth, etc.), using any available bearing protocol (such as SMS, IP, etc.), at the same time and with the user not needing to intervene to make such communication possible.
  • any available communication interface such as GSM mobile, infrared, Bluetooth, etc.
  • any available bearing protocol such as SMS, IP, etc.
  • the arrangement: a) is a corrtmunication arrangement
  • peripheral device 14 which may have some peripheral device 14 connected to, or integrated with it, including such items as barcode scanners and SIM cards,
  • the user interface means 12 is to display the user interface, that being the set of menus, input screens, operating commands that a person would use to interact with the application, for example to carry out certain operations or enter certain information,
  • the associated actions are the actions, which must be carried out by the application and peripheral device 14 in the hands of the user, when certain elements of the user interface means 12 and user interface are accessed (for example, to scan a barcode when a menu item "Scan Barcode" is selected),
  • the main aim of the arrangement is to arrange that the user interface and associated actions to be taken, for each possible application, do not form an integral part of the peripheral device 14, SIM card or radio unit, but may be delivered as and when required by a remote application server 16; in other words that it may reside in whole or part on the application server 16, with the relevant parts retrieved from the server during the actual usage of the application,
  • operating means is resident on any one of or combination of the peripheral device, SIM card, or mobile phone;
  • the application server 16 which is remote from the operating means, and contains all information with regards to the user interface means 12 and associated actions of an application;
  • the operating means is responsible for requesting commands from, and submitting data to, the application server 16, either directly or via the user interface means 12. It then receives the commands from the application server 16, interprets them, and causes the relevant functional actions to be performed, such as the displaying of menus, the on-board storage of information, the scanning of barcodes, etc.
  • the application server 16 is responsible for receiving requests from the operating means. These requests may contain data (such as scanned barcodes), or may be simply requests from the operating means on what to do next.
  • the application server 16 must cause any data to be properly processed, and then respond with a command indicating to the operating means what action to take next (for example a command containing the text of a menu, which is to be displayed by operating means on the user interface means 12).
  • the operating means and application server 16 communicate using two types of messages:
  • the REQUEST-type message which is sent from the operating means to the application server 16, and may carry data to be submitted (such as barcodes)
  • the COMMAND-type message which is sent from the application server 16 to the operating means, and may carry data destined to a functional module on the operating means (e.g. a menu to be displayed, destined to the facility on the operating means that arranges for menus to be displayed on the user interface means 12).
  • a functional module on the operating means e.g. a menu to be displayed, destined to the facility on the operating means that arranges for menus to be displayed on the user interface means 12.
  • All communications between the operating means and the application server 16 occur by a REQUEST-COMMAND message pair.
  • the operating means submits a REQUEST to the application server 16, which contains the data from a previous functional module destined to the application server 16 (e.g. barcodes which have been scanned, information on which menu item was selected, etc.), and which enquires from the application server 16 what the next action is that the operating means must take.
  • the application server 16 responds with a COMMAND message, which not only indicates reception and processing of the foregoing REQUEST message and its data, but also includes a command destined to a particular functional module on the operating means (e.g. the system responsible for displaying menus), with data destined to this functional module (e.g.
  • the operating means then takes the appropriate action (e.g. display the menu on the user interface means 12, start the barcode scanning process), and waits for the user to interact (e.g. select an item, scan a barcode). Depending on what the user does, the operating means then takes either one more action or sends a new REQUEST based on the instructions embedded in the previously received COMMAND message.
  • the operating means contains various functional modules, each of which is the hardware and/or software associated with carrying out a particular action. These can receive data included in a COMMAND message.
  • the operating means may contain separate functional modules, for example, to:
  • each functional module can be invoked either directly, by a COMMAND, or indirecdy, by a menu selection where the COMMAND containing the menu, had indicated that the associated functional module is to be invoked upon selection of the menu item.
  • each functional module will complete its assigned function, whereafter the operating means then either sends a REQUEST, along with any captured data, to an application server; or invokes one more subsequent functional module, if the COMMAND invoking the current function, indicated that such must be done.
  • the flow chart starts when a user mates the peripheral device 14 to the user interface means 12, or selects the appropriate start-up menu, (the "My Applications" menu in the previous examples).
  • Step 1 The operating means examines local communication mechanisms (such as infrared, Bluetooth, etc.) to determine whether local applications servers, such as vending machines, are nearby. If such servers are found (lb), the user is given the choice to select the application server to use, or to proceed to the root menu. If a different application server (e.g. vending machine) is selected (lc), the operating means makes a request to this application server.
  • local communication mechanisms such as infrared, Bluetooth, etc.
  • Step 2 The operating means accesses its reprogrammable (or non- reprogrammable) non-volatile storage, where is stored the command that describes the first action to be taken - typically this action will be to display the root menu on the user interface means 12, as found in the previous examples.
  • This command is in exactiy the same form as would be delivered by an application server, and is treated in exacdy the same manner.
  • Step 3 The operating means executes the action as commanded by the command, irrespective of whether the command was received from an application server or retrieved from internal storage.
  • the operating means may cause the root menu to be displayed on the user interface means 12, or may display on the user interface means 12 a menu provided by the application server, or may activate the barcode scanner.
  • Step 4 The person using the system interacts with the user interface means 12, for example by selecting an item from the menu, scanning a barcode, etc.
  • Step 5 In the command, is encoded what the operating means must do for each action the user can take; such as pressing the 'YES / Select" button on a radio unit for a specific menu item, or the "NO / Back" button; and then causes the specific function to be invoked;
  • the operating means invokes the relevant functional module, which could be (for example) one of the following steps 6 or 7:
  • Step 6 a) Retrieving another command (for example to display a new menu on the user interface means 12) from the peripheral device's own storage; b) Activating a barcode scanner to scan barcodes; c) Activate a RFID (radio frequency identification) tag scanner to scan RFID tags; d) Displaying a dialogue box to ask the user to type in some information; e) Accessing an electronic wallet;
  • Step 7 Transmitting a REQUEST to the application server, to request the next command, while simultaneously submitting the data from the previous functional module (e.g. barcode scanner, e-wallet, etc.) that was active. Wait for the application server to respond with a
  • the flow chart omits, for clarity, that the invention allows a user to move out of an application loop (steps 3 - 7) (e.g. with successive presses of the "NO" key on the user interface means 12), back to step 2 and step 1.
  • the commands required for the application can be either delivered by application servers, or stored in and retrieved from storage - in any combination.
  • the most frequently used menus can be stored on the operating means by the application server (with the possibility to be updated), while all others are delivered by the application server only at the time they are required by the application;
  • all commands of an application can be delivered by the application server, or for all commands to be stored on the peripheral device 14 , in an updateable manner.
  • the first action may be to retrieve an internal command, request it from elsewhere, or follow any procedure which may be internally defined in the operating means.
  • Each COMMAND message denotes which functional module on the operating means should be invoked to act on the. message; such as the menu dispatcher, the barcode scanner, etc. It may also contain data destined to this functional module, for example containing the title and items that must be displayed by the menu dispatcher as a menu on the user interface means 12.
  • Each COMMAND message also includes a SERVICE number, which helps identify, on the application server, each individual screen, menu, action, etc., described on the application server, that forms part of the applications. (This is akin to an Internet Uniform Resource Locator [URL] that identifies each separate web page).
  • the REQUEST message denotes which functional module (e.g. barcode scanner, menu dispatcher, etc.) is responsible for submitting the data. It also contains the SERVICE number of the original command, which lead to the REQUEST being sent, as well as the number of the sub-menu item if the function was invoked via a menu item.
  • functional module e.g. barcode scanner, menu dispatcher, etc.
  • each REQUEST implicitly indicates to the application server where the data comes from (what part of the application triggered it) and what should be done with it, and thus (similar to a web server), the application server need not track extensive state information for each user of an application, with regards to where in the user interface the user is navigating.
  • the operating means also need track only limited state information of the application, and thus does not require extensive processor or volatile storage (i.e. RAM) resources.
  • RAM volatile storage
  • a transaction is interrupted (e.g. if the phone is turned off after a REQUEST has been sent, but before the resulting COMMAND is received, even though the latter may already be sent), it can be resumed at a
  • Example 1 discussed above is illustrated by writing in dialogue form the underlying protocol messages. The actions taken by the operating means , server and the user of the system, are also described in the dialogue. 1. User Mates peripheral de ⁇ ce 14 to phone, and selects the peripheral device menu to start the process
  • the menu dispatcher knows that if means option 1 (Home Shopping) is selected, it must request a new command from the server. It compiles the following message, which is then sent by the operating means :
  • Server From the request, and the telephone number, the server can look up in a database the contents of service 1 associated with that particular user —which in this case is the same as his root menu. From such a database it finds that it must inform the operating means to display another menu, and sends the appropriate command: COMMAND to MENU DISPATCHER from SERVICE 256 title "Shopping Menu” option 1 "Scan Items” invoke SCANNER option 2 "View List” invoke REQUEST option 3 "Delete Items” invoke REQUEST option 4 "Edit Items” invoke REQUEST option 5 "Checkout” invoke WALLET
  • Operating The operating means sees the message is destined to the menu dispatcher.
  • the menu dispatcher is invoked, and displays the menu on the user interface means 12 as in the example.
  • the menu dispatcher knows that the means barcode scanner must be activated.
  • the scanner functional module is invoked. For the purposes of this example, it may display "Scan Items" on the user interface means 12 screen. Then the user may press a button such as * on the phone, to fire the laser and scan a barcode, and # to finish scanning.
  • Server The server looks up service 256 (the home shopping menu), option 1, which is scanning data for home shopping. This, together with the telephone number, tells it to execute the appropriate action to add the scanned data to the user's shopping list. Thereafter, its programming indicates that the main shopping menu is to be displayed again, so it sends exactyl the same command as documented in step 6.
  • Server looks up option 4 of service 256, and sees that this means that the shopping list must be displayed as a menu, so that individual items can be selected and edited. From the phone number, it looks up the shopping list, compiles the menu, and returns the command:

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L'invention porte sur un dispositif de communication comprenant une interface utilisateur, une unité d'affichage et au moins un dispositif périphérique associé de manière fonctionnelle à l'interface utilisateur. Dans cette invention, un serveur d'application comporte au moins un logiciel fonctionnel. Un organe d'exploitation est associé à chaque dispositif périphérique et peut recevoir et émettre des informations depuis chaque serveur d'application de façon à déclencher des instructions à afficher sur l'unité d'affichage de l'interface utilisateur afin d'activer toute fonction requise du dispositif périphérique.
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