WO2006003681A1 - Method, terminal and system for providing video, audio and text contents in mobile telephone networks - Google Patents

Method, terminal and system for providing video, audio and text contents in mobile telephone networks Download PDF

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WO2006003681A1
WO2006003681A1 PCT/IT2004/000384 IT2004000384W WO2006003681A1 WO 2006003681 A1 WO2006003681 A1 WO 2006003681A1 IT 2004000384 W IT2004000384 W IT 2004000384W WO 2006003681 A1 WO2006003681 A1 WO 2006003681A1
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Vincenzo Novari
Dina Ravera
Franco Ferri
Andrea Braj
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  • the present invention relates to a method for providing video and/or audio and/or text contents in mobile telephone networks, and in particular to a mobile terminal connected to a mobile telephone network.
  • the present invention also relates to a mobile terminal and to a system which can be employed for carrying out said method.
  • a terminal or a server of a provider of mobile telephone services send video and/or audio and/or text contents to one or more terminals connected through a network environment.
  • Said contents can be explicitly requested by the receiving terminal or sent spontaneously by the transmitting terminal or server.
  • the user of the receiving terminal must not only know information about the requested contents but also the address of the transmitting terminal or server for manually sending it a request message for these contents, hi the second case, instead, the user passively receives said contents, without any possibility of choice. Therefore, in neither case the user can find and choose the contents of his interest without searching them and/or without explicitly requesting information about them in the network environment or elsewhere.
  • Said object is achieved with a method, a terminal and a system, the main features of which are disclosed in claims 1, 32 and 48, respectively, while other features are disclosed in the remaining claims.
  • the particular background program which continuously receives and shows on the display of the terminal the images of the contents which can be requested, the user is updated in real time about the availability of these contents and can request them in a simple and quick manner by pressing even one button only of the terminal keyboard.
  • Said background program is preferably always active when the terminal is on and can be automatically controlled by the operating system, so that the user must not worry about its installation, start, update and/or standby when he is making calls or sending messages.
  • the video and/or audio and/or text contents can be divided into more channels, so that the background program can extract and show on the display only the images of a channel selected by the user.
  • the system according to the present invention can be carried out with a minimum modification of an already installed mobile telephone network, with relatively low installation and working costs and times.
  • the video and/or audio and/or text contents can be provided in a simple and quick manner also to mobile terminals which are not initially provided with the background program.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first front view of a terminal according to the present invention
  • - figure 2 shows a block scheme of the system according to the present invention in a first operative step of the method according to the present invention
  • - figure 3 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a second operative step
  • figure 4 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a third operative step
  • figure 5 shows a second front view of a terminal of figure 1 during the use
  • figure 6 shows a third front view of a terminal of figure 1 during the use
  • figure 7 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a fourth operative step
  • figure 8 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a fifth operative step.
  • a mobile terminal T for example a
  • UMTS mobile telephone comprises at least one electronic control unit CU connected to input means, in particular a keyboard K and a microphone MC, to output means, in particular a display D and a speaker S, to a radio transceiver RT, and to at least one memory M which can comprise an operating system OS, one or more programs Pl...Pn and one or more data sets D 1...Dn, so that the control unit CU can execute the functions of terminal T requested by the user.
  • terminal T comprises further electric and/or electronic devices necessary for its working, for example an aerial, a battery, inner and outer interfaces, etc.
  • the control unit CU runs the operating system OS, which in turn automatically loads and runs a background program BP suitable for displaying images on display D.
  • the operating system OS sends to a given network address a download request message through one or more programs Pn, for example a HTTP browser available in memory M, and transceiver RT.
  • Said request message passes through a network environment NE and reaches a service delivery platform SDP of a front end environment FEE of a provider of mobile telephone services.
  • Platform SDP is a hardware and software system, also of the known kind, which controls the delivery of network services which can be transmitted to terminal T by said service provider.
  • Platform SDP can send an information request message to a gateway OSA of the network environment NE for checking that terminal T is not in a roaming mode.
  • gateway OSA confirms that terminal T is not in a roaming mode, i.e. is connected to the network environment NE of the same service provider
  • platform SDP forwards the download request message to a program distribution server PDS of a content distribution environment CDE of the service provider.
  • the program distribution server PDS sends in turn a download authorization message to a download server DS of the front end environment FEE, so that the download server DS sends to terminal T the background program BP, which can be automatically started by the operating system OS of terminal T when the transmission of program BP is ended.
  • a content management system CMS arranged in the content distribution environment CDE transmits to a content distribution server CDS in the same environment CDE an availability message of these new contents.
  • the content distribution server CDS sends in turn to a distribution control server DCS a control signal for sending said contents to terminals T connected to the network environment NE.
  • the distribution control server DCS transmits to a Push Proxy gateway PPG and/or to a Cell Broadcast System server CBS an availability message of new contents for the distribution via IP or via Cell Broadcast, respectively, to terminals T, and in particular to the background program BP active in these terminals T.
  • Gateway PPG and/or server CBS transmit at last the data of terminals T updated with this availability message to a report system RS arranged in a base station system environment BSSE.
  • the request of new contents can also occur from terminal T toward the content distribution server CDS.
  • terminal T 5 when it receives the content availability message, sends to platform SDP an information request message about these new contents.
  • Platform SDP sends a check request of the security profile of terminal T to a security control system SCS of the network environment NE. If the security control system SCS replies with a positive message, platform SDP forwards the information request message to the content distribution server CDS, which in turn forwards this message to the content management system CMS.
  • the content distribution server CDS forwards to terminal T the information CI about the new contents when it receives this information from the content management system CMS.
  • the content distribution server CDS can also send to the report system RS the data of the terminals T updated with information CL Information CI is thus stored into a memory M of terminals T.
  • the background program BP when terminal T is on, the background program BP is active and continuously shows on display D the information CI received from the network environment NE and stored in memory M.
  • information CI comprises one or more images I which are sequentially shown by the background program BP on display D and which represent the video and/or audio and/or text contents that can be received by terminal T.
  • the background program BP can also show on display D an icon DI describing the kind of content (video, audio, image, text, etc.) represented by image I shown at the same moment on display D and/or a legend L, preferably sliding, which summarizes the content represented by the same image I.
  • the , background program BP can further show on an area of display D close to keyboard K one or more labels Ll, L2 which show the functions of the program respectively associated with buttons of keyboard K, in particular the buttons Bl, B2 closest to labels Ll, L2.
  • Button Bl can for example be pressed for selecting the video and/or audio and/or text content represented by image I shown on display D at that moment.
  • said contents are grouped into one or more channels, for example thematic channels, so that the user can easily select one channel offering the video and/or audio and/or text contents of his interest, so that display D can sequentially show only the images I representing the contents of the selected channel.
  • the background program BP can show on display D a header H describing the channel selected in terminal T.
  • label L2 shows that button B2 can be pressed by the user for accessing to a menu in which he can select the desired channel.
  • the background program BP shows on display D a list of channels C available in terminal T and obtained from the content information CI, as well as one or more labels Ll, L2 showing the functions of the background program BP associated with buttons of keyboard K, in particular the two buttons Bl and B2 closest to labels Ll, L2.
  • the background program BP shifts on display D a flag F close to each channel C of the list, while if the user presses button B2, the background program BP selects the chamiel C indicated by flag F at that moment, so that the background program BP can store into memory M the channel C selected by the user.
  • the background program BP extracts from the information CI in memory M the images I corresponding to this channel C and shows them sequentially on display D in the above described manner.
  • a fourth step of the method according to the present invention when the user selects a particular video and/or audio and/or text content by pressing button Bl, the background program BP sends a content request message to platform SDP, thereby preferably passing through a charging program Pn which is running on terminal T.
  • Platform SDP sends a check request of the security profile of terminal T to the security control system SCS. If the latter system replies with a positive message, platform SDP forwards the content request message to the content distribution server CDS, which in turn forwards this message to the content management system CMS.
  • the content distribution server CDS when it receives from the content management system CMS the contents RC requested by terminal T, sends a control request message to a user personalization system PP arranged in environment BSSE. If system PP replies to the content distribution server CDS that terminal T is enabled for receiving the requested contents, the content distribution server CDS sends a charging request message to a content charging component CCC arranged in environment BSSE, which in turn sends a charging message to a billing system BS which can be forwarded to the report system RS.
  • the download server DS or the streaming server SS checks with the content charging component CCC that terminal T has been charged with the cost of the required content RC. The required content is then sent to terminal T by server DS or SS.
  • the required content RC can be stored into memory M and is provided to the user through display D and/or speaker S, after which the background program BP starts showing again the -sequence of images I of the desired channel C, in the above described manner. If the required content RC has been stored into memory M, the user can watch and/or listen to it more times by pressing one or more keys of keyboard K.
  • the background program BP remains active until terminal T is turned off, but is temporarily suspended by the operating system OS when the user is executing a function of terminal T, for example when he is making a telephone call, sending SMS or e-mail messages, consulting the telephone number list or other similar operations, after which the background program BP is automatically restarted. If desired, the background program BP, when installed, hides or cancels its own record from the list of the programs which can be cancelled or disabled by the operating system OS of terminal T, so that the user cannot disable it manually.
  • a customer relationship management system CRM of environment BSSE sends a deactivation message to a system OTA (Over The Air) of the network environment NE and to the distribution control server DCS of environment CDE.
  • the system OTA sends then to terminal T a network address different from the address initially employed for loading and/or updating the background program BP, so that the latter is not started again when terminal T is turned on next time.
  • the above described functions of the background program BP can be written and implemented in a known way and/or with known programming languages, in particular Java, while servers CDS, PDS and DCS and system CMS can comprise also known hardware and software systems.

Abstract

Method for providing video and/or audio and/or text contents in a mobile telephone network to at least one terminal (T) comprising at least one electronic control unit (CU) connected to a keyboard (K), to a display (D), to a speaker (S), to a radio tranceiver (RT) and/or to at least one memory (M), which method comprises the following operative steps: - starting in the terminal (T) a background program (BP) suitable for showing on the display (D) one or more images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T); - transmitting information (CI) including said images (I) from at least one server (CDS) to the background program (BP) through a network environment (NE); - displaying said images (I) on the display (D) of the terminal (T); - transmitting a content request message through a network environment (NE) from the background program (BP) to a server (CDS) if a button (B1) of the keyboard (K) of the terminal (T) is pressed; - transmitting the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) corresponding to said content request message from at least one server (DS, SS) to the background program (BP) through the network environmnet (NE); - providing said video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) through the display (D) and/or the speaker (S) of the terminal (T). The present invention also relates to a mobile terminal and to a system which can be employed for carrying out said method.

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METHOD, TERMINAL AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIDEO, AUDIO AND TEXT CONTENTS IN MOBILE TELEPHONE NETWORKS
The present invention relates to a method for providing video and/or audio and/or text contents in mobile telephone networks, and in particular to a mobile terminal connected to a mobile telephone network. The present invention also relates to a mobile terminal and to a system which can be employed for carrying out said method.
In the known methods, a terminal or a server of a provider of mobile telephone services send video and/or audio and/or text contents to one or more terminals connected through a network environment. Said contents can be explicitly requested by the receiving terminal or sent spontaneously by the transmitting terminal or server. In the first case, the user of the receiving terminal must not only know information about the requested contents but also the address of the transmitting terminal or server for manually sending it a request message for these contents, hi the second case, instead, the user passively receives said contents, without any possibility of choice. Therefore, in neither case the user can find and choose the contents of his interest without searching them and/or without explicitly requesting information about them in the network environment or elsewhere.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method which is free from said disadvantages, i.e. a method in which the user can know, choose and obtain video and/or audio and/or text contents in a simple and quick manner. Said object is achieved with a method, a terminal and a system, the main features of which are disclosed in claims 1, 32 and 48, respectively, while other features are disclosed in the remaining claims. Thanks to the particular background program which continuously receives and shows on the display of the terminal the images of the contents which can be requested, the user is updated in real time about the availability of these contents and can request them in a simple and quick manner by pressing even one button only of the terminal keyboard. Said background program is preferably always active when the terminal is on and can be automatically controlled by the operating system, so that the user must not worry about its installation, start, update and/or standby when he is making calls or sending messages.
According to a particular aspect of the invention, the video and/or audio and/or text contents can be divided into more channels, so that the background program can extract and show on the display only the images of a channel selected by the user.
Thanks to its particular architecture, the system according to the present invention can be carried out with a minimum modification of an already installed mobile telephone network, with relatively low installation and working costs and times.
Furthermore, through the method and the system according to the present invention, the video and/or audio and/or text contents can be provided in a simple and quick manner also to mobile terminals which are not initially provided with the background program.
Further advantages and features of the method, the terminal and the system according to the present invention will become clear to those skilled in the art from the following detailed and non-limiting description of an embodiment thereof with reference to the attached drawings, wherein:
- figure 1 shows a first front view of a terminal according to the present invention;
- figure 2 shows a block scheme of the system according to the present invention in a first operative step of the method according to the present invention; - figure 3 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a second operative step;
- figure 4 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a third operative step;
- figure 5 shows a second front view of a terminal of figure 1 during the use;
- figure 6 shows a third front view of a terminal of figure 1 during the use;
- figure 7 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a fourth operative step; and
- figure 8 shows a block scheme of the system of figure 2 in a fifth operative step.
Referring to figures 1 and 2, it is seen that a mobile terminal T, for example a
UMTS mobile telephone, comprises at least one electronic control unit CU connected to input means, in particular a keyboard K and a microphone MC, to output means, in particular a display D and a speaker S, to a radio transceiver RT, and to at least one memory M which can comprise an operating system OS, one or more programs Pl...Pn and one or more data sets D 1...Dn, so that the control unit CU can execute the functions of terminal T requested by the user. Obviously, terminal T comprises further electric and/or electronic devices necessary for its working, for example an aerial, a battery, inner and outer interfaces, etc. In a first installation step of the method according to the present invention, when terminal T is turned on, the control unit CU runs the operating system OS, which in turn automatically loads and runs a background program BP suitable for displaying images on display D.
If the background program BP is not yet available in memory M of terminal T, the operating system OS sends to a given network address a download request message through one or more programs Pn, for example a HTTP browser available in memory M, and transceiver RT. Said request message passes through a network environment NE and reaches a service delivery platform SDP of a front end environment FEE of a provider of mobile telephone services. Platform SDP is a hardware and software system, also of the known kind, which controls the delivery of network services which can be transmitted to terminal T by said service provider. Platform SDP can send an information request message to a gateway OSA of the network environment NE for checking that terminal T is not in a roaming mode. If gateway OSA confirms that terminal T is not in a roaming mode, i.e. is connected to the network environment NE of the same service provider, platform SDP forwards the download request message to a program distribution server PDS of a content distribution environment CDE of the service provider. The program distribution server PDS sends in turn a download authorization message to a download server DS of the front end environment FEE, so that the download server DS sends to terminal T the background program BP, which can be automatically started by the operating system OS of terminal T when the transmission of program BP is ended.
These operative steps can be carried out also when the background program BP is already available in terminal T but an updated version of the same program is available in the download server DS. Referring to figure 3, it is seen that, in a second step of the method according to the present invention, when new video and/or audio and/or text contents are available - A -
for being sent to terminals T connected to the network environment NE, a content management system CMS arranged in the content distribution environment CDE transmits to a content distribution server CDS in the same environment CDE an availability message of these new contents. The content distribution server CDS sends in turn to a distribution control server DCS a control signal for sending said contents to terminals T connected to the network environment NE. The distribution control server DCS transmits to a Push Proxy gateway PPG and/or to a Cell Broadcast System server CBS an availability message of new contents for the distribution via IP or via Cell Broadcast, respectively, to terminals T, and in particular to the background program BP active in these terminals T. Gateway PPG and/or server CBS transmit at last the data of terminals T updated with this availability message to a report system RS arranged in a base station system environment BSSE. The request of new contents can also occur from terminal T toward the content distribution server CDS.
Referring to figure 4, it is seen that, in a third step of the method according to the present invention, terminal T5 when it receives the content availability message, sends to platform SDP an information request message about these new contents. Platform SDP sends a check request of the security profile of terminal T to a security control system SCS of the network environment NE. If the security control system SCS replies with a positive message, platform SDP forwards the information request message to the content distribution server CDS, which in turn forwards this message to the content management system CMS. The content distribution server CDS forwards to terminal T the information CI about the new contents when it receives this information from the content management system CMS. The content distribution server CDS can also send to the report system RS the data of the terminals T updated with information CL Information CI is thus stored into a memory M of terminals T.
Referring to figure 5, it is seen that, when terminal T is on, the background program BP is active and continuously shows on display D the information CI received from the network environment NE and stored in memory M. In particular, information CI comprises one or more images I which are sequentially shown by the background program BP on display D and which represent the video and/or audio and/or text contents that can be received by terminal T. The background program BP can also show on display D an icon DI describing the kind of content (video, audio, image, text, etc.) represented by image I shown at the same moment on display D and/or a legend L, preferably sliding, which summarizes the content represented by the same image I. The , background program BP can further show on an area of display D close to keyboard K one or more labels Ll, L2 which show the functions of the program respectively associated with buttons of keyboard K, in particular the buttons Bl, B2 closest to labels Ll, L2. Button Bl can for example be pressed for selecting the video and/or audio and/or text content represented by image I shown on display D at that moment.
In the present embodiment of the invention, said contents are grouped into one or more channels, for example thematic channels, so that the user can easily select one channel offering the video and/or audio and/or text contents of his interest, so that display D can sequentially show only the images I representing the contents of the selected channel. For this purpose, the background program BP can show on display D a header H describing the channel selected in terminal T. In this case, label L2 shows that button B2 can be pressed by the user for accessing to a menu in which he can select the desired channel.
Referring to figure 6, it is seen that, when the user accesses to said menu, the background program BP shows on display D a list of channels C available in terminal T and obtained from the content information CI, as well as one or more labels Ll, L2 showing the functions of the background program BP associated with buttons of keyboard K, in particular the two buttons Bl and B2 closest to labels Ll, L2. If the user presses button Bl, the background program BP shifts on display D a flag F close to each channel C of the list, while if the user presses button B2, the background program BP selects the chamiel C indicated by flag F at that moment, so that the background program BP can store into memory M the channel C selected by the user. After that channel C has been selected by the user, the background program BP extracts from the information CI in memory M the images I corresponding to this channel C and shows them sequentially on display D in the above described manner.
Referring to figure 7, it is seen that, in a fourth step of the method according to the present invention, when the user selects a particular video and/or audio and/or text content by pressing button Bl, the background program BP sends a content request message to platform SDP, thereby preferably passing through a charging program Pn which is running on terminal T. Platform SDP sends a check request of the security profile of terminal T to the security control system SCS. If the latter system replies with a positive message, platform SDP forwards the content request message to the content distribution server CDS, which in turn forwards this message to the content management system CMS. The content distribution server CDS, when it receives from the content management system CMS the contents RC requested by terminal T, sends a control request message to a user personalization system PP arranged in environment BSSE. If system PP replies to the content distribution server CDS that terminal T is enabled for receiving the requested contents, the content distribution server CDS sends a charging request message to a content charging component CCC arranged in environment BSSE, which in turn sends a charging message to a billing system BS which can be forwarded to the report system RS. The download server DS or the streaming server SS checks with the content charging component CCC that terminal T has been charged with the cost of the required content RC. The required content is then sent to terminal T by server DS or SS. The required content RC can be stored into memory M and is provided to the user through display D and/or speaker S, after which the background program BP starts showing again the -sequence of images I of the desired channel C, in the above described manner. If the required content RC has been stored into memory M, the user can watch and/or listen to it more times by pressing one or more keys of keyboard K.
The background program BP remains active until terminal T is turned off, but is temporarily suspended by the operating system OS when the user is executing a function of terminal T, for example when he is making a telephone call, sending SMS or e-mail messages, consulting the telephone number list or other similar operations, after which the background program BP is automatically restarted. If desired, the background program BP, when installed, hides or cancels its own record from the list of the programs which can be cancelled or disabled by the operating system OS of terminal T, so that the user cannot disable it manually. Referring at last at figure 8, in a fifth step of the method according to the present invention, for deactivating the background program BP, a customer relationship management system CRM of environment BSSE sends a deactivation message to a system OTA (Over The Air) of the network environment NE and to the distribution control server DCS of environment CDE. The system OTA sends then to terminal T a network address different from the address initially employed for loading and/or updating the background program BP, so that the latter is not started again when terminal T is turned on next time.
The above described functions of the background program BP can be written and implemented in a known way and/or with known programming languages, in particular Java, while servers CDS, PDS and DCS and system CMS can comprise also known hardware and software systems.
Possible modifications and/or additions may be made by those skilled in the art to the hereinabove described and illustrated embodiment while remaining within the scope of the same invention.

Claims

1. Method for providing video and/or audio and/or text contents in a mobile telephone network to at least one terminal (T) comprising at least one electronic control unit (CU) connected to a keyboard (K), to a display (D), to a speaker (S), to a radio transceiver (RT) and/or to at least one memory (M) which can comprise an operating system (OS), one or more programs (Pl...Pn) and/or one or more data sets (Dl...Dn), characterized by comprising the following operative steps: starting in the terminal (T) a background program (BP) suitable for showing on the display (D) one or more images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T); transmitting information (CI) including said images (I) from at least one server
(CDS) to the background program (BP) through a network environment (NE); displaying said images (I) on the display (D) of the terminal (T); - transmitting a content request message through a network environment (NE) from the background program (BP) to a server (CDS) if a button (Bl) of the keyboard
(K) of the terminal (T) is pressed; transmitting the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) corresponding to said content request message from at least one server (DS, SS) to the background program (BP) through the network environment (NE); providing said video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) through the display
(D) and/or the speaker (S) of the terminal (T).
2. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that said content request message transmitted by the background program (BP) comprises information relating to the image (I) displayed on the display (D) when said button (Bl) of the keyboard (K) of the terminal (T) is pressed.
3. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP) is automatically installed and/or started by the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T) when the latter is turned on.
4. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP) remains active until the terminal (T) is turned off.
5. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP) is temporarily suspended by the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T) when the user is executing a function of the terminal (T) and is automatically restarted when this function is ended.
6. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP), when installed, can hide or cancel its own record from the list of the programs which can be cancelled or disabled by the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T), so that it cannot be disabled manually.
7. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP) stores the information (CI) containing the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T) into a memory (M) of the same terminal (T), after that the latter has received the information (CI).
8. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP) stores the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) received by the terminal (T) into a memory (M) of the same terminal (T).
9. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on the same display (D) an icon (DI) describing the kind of content represented by the image (I) shown at the same moment on the display (D).
10. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on the same display (D) a legend (L) which summarizes the content represented by the same image (I).
11. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that said legend
(L) slides on the display (D).
12. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on an area of the display (D) close to the keyboard (K) one or more labels (Ll, L2) showing functions of the program (BP) respectively associated with buttons (Bl, B2) of the keyboard (K).
13. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the video and/or audio and/or text contents which can be provided to the terminal (T) are grouped into one or more channels (C) which can be selected in the terminal (T), so that the background program (BP) can show on the display (D) only the images (I) representing the contents of the selected channel (C).
14. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on the same display (D) a header (H) describing the channel (C) selected in the terminal (T).
15. Method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the background program (BP) obtains the channels (C) available in the terminal (T) from the content information (CI) received from the network environment (NE).
16. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the background program (BP), if a button (B2) of the keyboard (K) of the terminal (T) is pressed, shows on the display (D) a list of channels (C) available in the terminal (T), so that one of these channels (C) can be selected by pressing one or more buttons (Bl, B2) of the keyboard (K).
17. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T), for installing the background program (BP) into the memory (M) of the terminal (T), sends a download request message to a given network address of a service delivery platform (SDP) of the front end environment (FEE) of a provider of mobile telephone services.
18. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the service delivery platform (SDP), after that it has received the download request message from the terminal (T), sends a download request message to a program distribution server (PDS) of a provider of mobile telephone services, which sends a download authorization message to a download server (DS), so that the latter transmits the background program (BP) to the terminal (T).
19. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the service delivery platform (SDP) sends said download request message to the program distribution server (PDS) after that the same platform (SDP) has sent an information request message to a gateway (OSA) of the network environment. (NE) and that this gateway (OSA) has confirmed to the service delivery platform (SDP) that the terminal (T) is not in a roaming mode.
20. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that when new video and/or audio and/or text contents are available for being sent to the terminal (T), a content distribution server (CDS) of a provider of mobile telephone services sends to a distribution control server (DCS) a control signal for sending said contents to the terminals (T) connected to the network environment (NE), so that the distribution control server (DCS) can send to a Push Proxy gateway (PPG) and/or to a Cell Broadcast System server (CBS) an availability message of new contents to the background program (BP) active in the terminal (T).
21. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the Push Proxy gateway (PPG) and/or the Cell Broadcast System server (CBS) transmit the data of the terminal (T) updated with said content availability message to a report system (RS) arranged in a base station system environment (BSSE) of the provider of mobile telephone services.
22. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the terminal (T), when it receives the content availability message, sends an information request message about these new contents to the service delivery platform (SDP), which sends a request message to the content distribution server (CDS), which in turn send information (CI) about the new contents to the terminal (T).
23. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the service delivery platform (SDP), when it receives the information request message from the terminal (T), sends a check request of the security profile of same terminal (T) to a security control system (SCS) of the network environment (NE).
24. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the service delivery platform (SDP) sends the request message to the content distribution server (CDS) if the security control system (SCS) replies with a positive message to said check request of the security profile of the terminal (T).
25. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS), when it receives the content request message from the background program (BP) of a terminal (T), sends an authorization message for sending the required content (RC) to a download server (DS) or to a streaming server (SS), which send the required content (RC) to the same terminal (T).
26. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that when the background program (BP) of a terminal (T) sends a content request message to the content distribution server (CDS), the service delivery platform (SDP) sends a check request of the security profile of the terminal (T) to a security control system (SCS).
27. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the service delivery platform (SDP) forwards the content request message to the content management system (CDS) if the security control system (SCS) replies with a positive message to the check request of the security profile of the terminal (T) sent by the service delivery platform (SDP).
28. Method according to one of claims 25 to 27, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS) forwards the content request message, when received, to a content management system (CMS) which sends the required contents (RC) to the content distribution server (CDS).
29. Method according to one of claims 25 to 28, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS), when it receives the content request message, sends a control request message to a user personalization system (PP) arranged in a base station system environment (BSSE) of the provider of mobile telephone services.
30. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS) sends a charging request message to a content charging component (CCC) arranged in the base station system environment (BSSE) of the provider of mobile telephone services if the user personalization system (PP) replies to the content distribution server (CDS) that the terminal (T) which has sent the content request message is enabled for receiving the required contents.
31. Method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS) sends to the download server (DS) or to the streaming server (SS) the authorization message for sending the required content (RC) if the content charging component (CCC) confirms that the terminal (T) which has sent the content request message has been charged with the cost of the required content (RC).
32. Mobile terminal (T) comprising at least one electronic control unit (CU) connected to a keyboard (K), to a display (D), to a speaker (S), to a radio transceiver (RT) and/or to at least one memory (M) which can comprise an operating system (OS), one or more programs (P 1...Pn) and/or one or more data sets (D 1...Dn), characterized in that said memory (M) comprises a background program (BP) suitable for: receiving from a network environment (NE) information (CI) including one or more images (I) representing video and/or audio and/or text contents which can be provided to the terminal (T); extracting said images (I) from the received information (CI); - showing said images (I) on the display (D) of the terminal (T); transmitting a content request message through the network environment (NE) if a button (Bl) of the keyboard (K) of the terminal (T) is pressed; receiving the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) corresponding to said content request message through the network environment (NE); - providing said video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) through the display (D) and/or the speaker (S) of the terminal (T).
33. Terminal (T) according to the previous claim, characterized in that said content request message transmitted by the background program (BP) comprises information relating to the image (I) displayed on the display (D) when said button (Bl) of the keyboard (K) of the terminal (T) is pressed.
34. Terminal (T) according to claim 32 or 33, characterized in that the background program (BP) is automatically installed and/or started by the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T) when the latter is turned on.
35. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 34, characterized in that the background program (BP) remains active until the terminal (T) is turned off.
36. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 35, characterized in that the background program (BP) is temporarily suspended by the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T) when the user is directly executing a function of the terminal (T) and is automatically restarted when this function is ended.
37. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 36, characterized in that the background program (BP), when installed, hides or cancels its own record from the list of the programs which can be cancelled or disabled by the operating system (OS) of the terminal (T), so that it cannot be disabled manually.
38. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 37, characterized in that the background program (BP) stores the information (CI) containing the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T) into a memory (M) of the same terminal (T), after that the latter has received the information (CI).
39. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 38, characterized in that the background program (BP) stores the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) received by the terminal (T) into a memory (M) of the same terminal (T).
40. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 39, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on the same display (D) an icon (DI) describing the kind of content represented by the image (I) shown at the same moment on the display (D).
41. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 40, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on the same display (D) a legend (L) which summarizes the content represented by the same image
(I).
42. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 41, characterized in that said legend (L) can slide on the display (D).
43. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 42, characterized in that the background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T), shows on an area of the display (D) close to the keyboard (K) one or more labels (Ll, L2) showing functions of the program (BP) respectively associated with buttons (Bl, B2) of the keyboard (K).
44. Terminal (T) according to one of claims 32 to 43, characterized in that the background program (BP) shows on the display (D) only the images (I) representing the contents of a channel (C) selected in the terminal (T).
45. Terminal (T) according to the previous claim, characterized in that background program (BP), when it shows on the display (D) the images (I) representing the contents of the selected channel (C), shows on the same display (D) a header (H) describing this channel (C). ,
46. Terminal (T) according to claim 44 or 45, characterized in that the background program (BP) obtains the list of the channels (C) available in the terminal (T) from the content information (CI) received from the network environment (NE).
47. Terminal (T) according to the previous claim, characterized in that the background program (BP) can show on the display (D) the list of the channels (C) available in the terminal (T), so that one of these channels (C) can be selected by pressing one or more buttons (Bl, B2) of the keyboard (K).
48. System for providing video and/or audio and/or text contents to at least one terminal (T) in a mobile telephone network, characterized by comprising: a server (CDS) suitable for transmitting to the terminal (T) through a network environment (NE) information (CI) including one or more images (I) representing the contents which can be provided to the terminal (T); - a server (CDS) suitable for receiving from the terminal (T) through the network environment (NE) a content request message; a server (DS, SS) suitable for transmitting to the terminal (T) through the network environment (NE) the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) corresponding to said content request message.
49. System according to the previous claim, characterized in that said server
(CDS) suitable for transmitting information (CI) to the terminal (T) is a content distribution server (CDS) connected to a distribution control server (DCS) in turn connected to a Push Proxy gateway (PPG) and/or to a Cell Broadcast System server (CBS).
50. System according to claim 48 or 49, characterized in that said server
(CDS) suitable for transmitting information (CI) to the terminal (T) is a content distribution server (CDS) connected to content management system (CMS).
51. System according to one of claims 48 to 50, characterized in that said server (CDS) suitable for transmitting information (CI) to the terminal (T) is a content distribution server (CDS) connected to a service delivery platform (SDP) suitable for receiving messages from the terminal (T) through the network environment (NE).
52. System according to the previous claim, characterized in that said service delivery platform (SDP) is connected to a security control system (SCS) of the network environment (NE) for sending a check request of the security profile of the terminal (T) and for controlling the message forwarding to the content distribution server (CDS) according to this check.
53. System according to one of claims 49 to 52, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS) is connected to a report system (RS) for sending data of the terminals (T) updated with the information (CI) sent by this server (CDS).
54. System according to one of claims 49 to 53, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS) is connected to a user personalization system (PP) of the terminal (T) for sending an enablement check request for receiving the contents (RC) requested by the terminal (T) and for controlling the transmission of these contents (RC) to the terminal (T) according to this check.
55. System according to one of claims 49 to 54, characterized in that the content distribution server (CDS) is connected to a content charging component (CCC) for sending a charging request message of the cost of the contents (RC) requested by the terminal (T) and for controlling the transmission of these contents (RC) to the terminal (T) according to this charging.
56. System according to one of claims 49 to 55, characterized in that the server (CDS) suitable for receiving from the terminal (T) through the network environment (NE) the content request message is the content distribution server (CDS).
57. System according to one of claims 49 to 56, characterized in that the server (DS, SS) suitable for transmitting to the terminal (T) the required contents (RC) is a download server (DS) or a streaming server (SS) connected to the content distribution server (CDS).
58. System according to one of claims 49 to 57, characterized by comprising also a server (PDS) which can send to the terminal (T) a background program (BP) suitable for: receiving from the network environment (NE) information (CI) including one or more images (I) representing video and/or audio and/or text contents which can be provided to the terminal (T); extracting said images (I) from the received information (CT); showing said images (I) on the display (D) of the terminal (T); transmitting a content request message through the network environment (NE); receiving the video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) corresponding to said content request message through the network environment (NE); providing said video and/or audio and/or text contents (RC) through the terminal (T).
59. System according to the previous claim, characterized in that said server (PDS) suitable for sending programs (BP) to the terminal (T) is a program distribution server (PDS) suitable for receiving a download request message from the terminal (T) and sending a download authorization message to a download server (DS), which transmits the background program (BP) to the terminal (T).
60. System according to the previous claim, characterized in that said program distribution server (PDS) is connected to a service delivery platform (SDP) suitable for receiving messages from the terminal (T) through the network environment (NE).
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