A method and a system for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals is provided, in which informational content data and informational description data are provided in a memory of at least one information provider station the informational content data and the informational description data are loaded into a memory of a central informational transmission station, an informational content data block is generated based on the loaded informational content data and an informational description data block based on the loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station, the informational content data block and the informational data description block are linked to a data transmission block, and the data transmission block is transmitted from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals.
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0. 53. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals from a central information transmission station, the method comprising:
receiving, by a central information transmission station, informational content data and informational description data from an information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of the central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on the loaded informational content data and generating an informational data description block based on the loaded informational description data;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
automatically transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals, so that there is a regular, settable interval between a previously transmitted data transmission block and the transmitted data transmission block.
0. 49. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals from a central information transmission station, the method comprising:
transmitting a request signal from a central information transmission station to one of a plurality of information provider stations;
after transmitting the request signal, receiving, by the central information transmission station, informational content data and informational description data from the information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of the central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on the loaded informational content data and generating an informational data description block based on the loaded informational description data;
linking tho informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals.
0. 38. A method for receiving informational content data at a terminal, the method comprising:
receiving a data transmission block from a central information transmission station via a transmission network, wherein the data transmission block is linked to an informational content data block and an informational data description block and wherein the informational data description block includes informational data records regarding a data type tor the informational content data block, wherein the data type indicates that data of the informational content data block is text data, video data, voice data, or audio data;
checking the data transmission block by checking the informational data description block to determine whether the data transmission block is relevant to the terminal;
if the data transmission block is relevant to the terminal, then triggering a process at the terminal, wherein the process displays any text data or video data of the informational content data block via the terminal; and
acoustically communicates any voice data or audio data of the informational content data block via the terminal.
0. 41. A method for receiving informational content data at a terminal, the method comprising:
receiving a data transmission block from a central information transmission station, wherein the data transmission block is linked to an informational content data block and an informational data description block, data of the informational content data block is encrypted, and the informational data description block includes encryption description data indicating a type of encryption of the informational content data block, wherein the informational content data block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational content data received from an information provider station and the informational data description block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational description data received from the information provider station and the data transmission block was created by the central information transmission station by linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to the data transmission block;
receiving a decryption program from the information provider; and
using the decryption program to decrypt the data of the informational content data block.
0. 44. A method for receiving informational content data at a terminal, the method comprising:
receiving a data transmission block from a central information transmission station, wherein the data transmission block is linked to an informational content data block and an informational data description block, wherein the informational content data block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational content data received from one of a plurality of information provider stations and the informational data description block was generated by the central information transmission station based on informational description data received from the one of the plurality of information provider stations and the data transmission block was created by the central information transmission station by linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to the data transmission block;
using the informational data description block to determine whether the informational content data block is relevant to a terminal; and
in response to determining that the informational data description block indicates that the informational content data block is relevant to the terminal, triggering an event on the terminal, wherein the event communicates data of the informational content data block via the terminal.
0. 1. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational data description block includes informational data records regarding a geographic region of validity, a valid time period, a data format, a manner of at least one of a coding and an encryption, and a manner and type of a transmitted data transmission block.
0. 2. The method of
checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 3. The method of
storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 4. The method of
0. 5. The method of
0. 6. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational content data and the informational description data are loaded as a function of a request signal transmitted by the central transmission station to the at least one information provider station.
0. 7. The method of
checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 8. The method of
storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 9. The method of
0. 10. The method of
0. 11. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational content data and the information description data are automatically loaded at regular, settable intervals.
0. 12. The method of
checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 13. The method of
storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 14. The method of
0. 15. The method of
0. 16. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the data transmission block is automatically transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals at regular, settable intervals.
0. 17. The method of
checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 18. The method of
storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 19. The method of
0. 20. The method of
0. 21. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein the informational data description block includes decryption and description data indicating a manner of encrypting the data transmission block.
0. 22. The method of
checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 23. The method of
storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 24. The method of
0. 25. The method of
0. 26. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals, wherein encryption data for encrypting the data transmission block is transmittable by the at least one information provider station to the plurality of terminals.
0. 27. The method of
checking the data transmission block in at least one of the plurality of terminals by using the informational data description block to determine a relevance of the data transmission block for the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 28. The method of
storing the data transmission block in an intermediate memory of the at least one of the plurality of terminals if the data transmission block is determined to be relevant, a stored data transmission block being retrievable by a user of the at least one of the plurality of terminals.
0. 29. The method of
0. 30. The method of
0. 31. An information transmission system comprising:
at least one information provider station for providing informational content data and informational description data;
a first transmission network to transmit the informational content data and the informational description data;
a central information transmission station including a memory to store the transmitted data and including a calculation device to generate an informational content data block based on the informational content data and to generate an informational data description block based on transmitted informational description data, and to link the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
a second transmission network for simultaneously transmitting the data transmission block to a plurality of terminals, wherein the plurality of terminals are connected by a third transmission network to the at least one information provider station to transmit decryption programs.
0. 32. The information transmission system of
0. 33. The information transmission system of
0. 34. The information transmission system of
0. 35. The information transmission system of
0. 36. A method for transmitting informational content data to a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
providing the informational content data and informational description data in a memory of at least one information provider station;
loading the informational content data and the informational description data into a memory of a central information transmission station;
generating an informational content data block based on loaded informational content data and an informational data description block based on loaded informational description data in the central information transmission station;
linking the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals;
wherein the data transmission block is automatically transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals at regular, settable intervals, and wherein the informational data description block includes decryption and description data indicating a manner of encrypting the data transmission block.
0. 37. An information transmission system comprising:
at least one information provider station for providing informational content data and informational description data;
a first transmission network to transmit the informational content data and the informational description data;
a central information transmission station including a memory to store the transmitted data and including a calculation device to generate an informational content data block based on the informational content data and to generate an informational data description block based on transmitted informational description data, and to link the informational content data block and the informational data description block to a data transmission block; and
a second transmission network for simultaneously transmitting the data transmission block to a plurality of terminals;
wherein the data transmission block is automatically transmittable by the information transmission station to the plurality of terminals at regular, settable intervals, and wherein the informational data description block includes decryption and description data indicating a manner of encrypting the data transmission block.
0. 39. The method of claim 38, further comprising:
if the data type indicates that the data transmission block is relevant to the terminal, then storing the data of the informational content data block in a memory of the terminal.
0. 40. The method of claim 38, further comprising:
receiving subsequent data transmission blocks from the central information transmission station via the transmission network, wherein there is a regular, settable interval between receipt of the data transmission blocks.
0. 42. The method of claim 41, wherein the data transmission block is received via one transmission network and the decryption program is received via another transmission network.
0. 43. The method of claim 41, further comprising receiving decryption data of the decryption program from the information provider station as an SMS message.
0. 45. The method of claim 44, further comprising:
storing the informational content data block in a memory of the terminal,
wherein triggering an event on the terminal comprises activating an application on the terminal and accessing the stored informational content data using the application.
0. 46. The method of claim 45, wherein the application is a browser application.
0. 47. The method of claim 44, wherein the event communicates data of the informational content data block via the terminal by displaying the stored informational content data via the terminal.
0. 48. The method of claim 44, wherein the event communicates data of the informational content data block via the terminal by acoustically communicating the stored informational content data via the terminal.
0. 50. The method of claim 49, further comprising:
transmitting subsequent data transmission blocks from the central information transmission station to the plurality of terminals so that there is a regular, settable interval between the transmission of the data transmission blocks.
0. 51. The method of claim 49, wherein transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals comprises transmitting the data transmission block using a broadcast channel.
0. 52. The method of claim 49, wherein the informational content data is encrypted and the informational data description block indicates a type of encryption.
0. 54. The method of claim 53, further comprising:
receiving, by the central information transmission station, subsequent informational content data and subsequent informational description data from the information provider station, wherein there is a regular, settable interval between the receipt of the informational content data and the informational description data and receipt of subsequent informational content data and subsequent informational description data.
0. 55. The method of claim 53, wherein automatically transmitting the data transmission block from the central information transmission station to a plurality of terminals comprises transmitting the data transmission block using a broadcast channel.
0. 56. The method of claim 53, wherein the informational content data is encrypted and the informational data description block indicates a type of encryption.
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Data blocks stored temporarily may be automatically deleted from the intermediate memories of terminals 15-19 when they lose their temporal or local validity. If terminal 15-19 is a mobile telephone, for example, and is moving from a first network cell to a second network cell, those informational content data blocks that are only relevant for the first network cell may be deleted.
The data blocks transmitted by central transmission station 7 by second transmission network 9 to terminals 15-19 may be transmitted in an encrypted manner. In this context, the transmitted informational data description block includes encryption description data informing the user of the terminal of the type of encryption of the transmitted data blocks. The user of the terminal may receive a decryption program for decrypting the data blocks transmitted over transmission network 9 from the appropriate information provider by a third transmission network.
If terminals 15-19 are mobile telephones, the decryption data of the decryption programs may be transmitted to terminal 15-19 by information provider stations 1, 2, such as, for example, as SMS messages in a device-dependent manner, i.e., as a function of the SIM card ID. The decryption data may be renewed at regular intervals.
With regard to the encryption, the user of the terminal may send his/her SIM card to the licensing service provider. The user may receive a key from the service provider. This key together with the SIM card to which the decryption program in the terminal has direct access permits the decoding or decryption of the data provided by the service provider.
In another exemplary embodiment according to the present invention, central transmission station 7 constantly receives information regarding the current time as well as the regions in which mobile terminals 15-19 are currently located.
In still another exemplary embodiment according to the present invention, events linked to specific transmitted data blocks are processed by so-called plug-ins. It is believed that plug-ins have the advantage that they may be precisely adjusted to the needs of the user of the terminal, thereby saving memory space and loading time.
An exemplary method and an exemplary system for transmitting informational content data according to the present invention may have many different uses. Examples of applications are providing local information, e.g., city guides, maps, hotel guides, restaurant guides, traffic information, calendar of events, sightseeing tours, bus and train schedules, movie schedules, etc.
Events may be initiated or triggered in the terminals by the transmitted data blocks. This results in additional possible uses, e.g. news, stock market ticker with current information, pop-up messages for the end of summer sale, storm warnings, reports of traffic jams on the highway, bypass recommendations, etc. The information may be displayed to the user in terminals 15-19 or communicated acoustically.
Central information transmission station 7 may be connected to a plurality of different information providers by different transmission networks. An Internet connection results in further possible uses, e.g., references in the city guide to the web sites of different restaurants or references to taxi web sites with ordering capabilities or references to pizza delivery services. If an event is linked to the data block transmitted by transmission network 9 to terminal 15-19, an applications such as, for example, an Internet browsers may be activated in terminal 15-19. The browser may then access the informational content data stored in the intermediate memory of terminal 15-19.
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