AT501036A1 - METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVICES IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Google Patents

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Method for controlling services in communication networks »5 The invention relates to a method for controlling thieves in communication networks.

The user of electronic devices is currently confronted with a multitude of communication networks, which - based on 10 different technologies - are particularly adapted to different environments or application cases. Examples include:

Different computer networks in the private sector and in the professional environment, mobile networks of various 15 network operators, fixed telephone networks of different types

Net2 operator, the Internet with a variety of 9 j

Subnetworks, peer 2 peer networks, television and broadcasting, etc. 20 Each of these networks offers services, but it has not been possible to interconnect all these services. i

The invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a method with which a wide variety of services can be combined.

This is done according to the invention with a method for j controlling services in communication networks with the following method steps: 30 - a list of available individual services is sent to e.in

User terminal - for the selected individual services the relevant service parameters for the implementation of these individual services and the linking options with 35 further individual services are represented i

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Linkage capabilities will create a service flow - the service flow will be passed to a control logic 5 for execution.

With the invention, complex and comfortable services can be created by combining individual services. 10 In this connection, packet-switching telecommunications networks, in particular computer networks, call circuit-switching communications networks and radio networks. Examples include: - computer network in the private sector 15 - TV and HiFi system at home - mobile networks i - telephony fixed networks - Internet - companies Intranet 20 - even virtual in reality not actually networked devices such as kitchen appliances can be considered as a separate network become- ,

Individual services are offered in all these networks. 25 multimedia services are particularly important.

The term "multimedia" refers in the broadest sense to all applications in which useful complementary language,! Audio, text, still and moving picture communications are integrated. In a narrower definition of the term "multimedia" is that at least three different content such as: for example, text, image or sound in an application ojder a so-called multimedia service must come to E.insatz. 3b Another important element of multimedia services is the possibility that the content may be interactively influenced by the user of the multimedia service. i 2 i 30/00 '04 DO 09:05 fSE / EM NR 5294] W09 _04L_D0_08l_57 FAX +43 6 1707 B4601 ü

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As possible interaction, for example, the; Selecting content, processing content j, or changing the appearance of content. Furthermore, in the case of multimedia, the existence of multimedia content in digital form for digital transmission, influencing and possibly further processing is also required. Such multimedia content may be, for example, discrete content such as text or graphics in which the contents may be construed as individual objects, or continuous contents such as e.g. Audio or video sequences.

In addition to the multimedia services, 15 control tasks are of particular importance.

As a result, a few concrete services in certain environments: 20 In the private sector, among other things, television, radio, the control of appliances such as washing machines or heating, as well as personal computers and the associated peripherals of i

Importance. 25 In the professional environment, corporate networks such as intranets or telephone private branch exchanges are used.

In public networks, for example, e-mail and various information services or even; 30 order services for cinema, theater etc. offered.

Mobile networks include SMS, MMS, and location-based services. It is advantageous if, for carrying out the aforementioned i

An arrangement is provided for the provision of services and means for the execution of 30/09 '04 DO 09:05 [SE / EM NR 5294] 30/09 04 DO 09:57 FAX +43 5 1707 54601

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Services and if the means for performing I services include control logic and container-embedded access means. 5 With the concept of clear separation of control logic and: container or the components contained therein eip manageable and easy to handle solution to the problem is achieved, a variety of different

Service access mechanisms, network access mechanisms or 10 services to integrate into a program.

The invention will be explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment, which relates to the combination of individual services for the reproduction of music. 15

In the prior art, there is a service that allows a song currently playing on the radio to: identify, i. to get the information about TiteJ and artist. This service is available in mobile networks and the internet.

There are also online music distributions or P2P networks on the Internet, which offer download services to music pieces. ! 25

It is also possible to connect in a private network stereo and MP3 player as a music playback service.

According to the invention, it is now possible to use any single service, regardless of which network and in which environment it is offered, together with other services and to combine these into a complex service.

In the Belm example, this service is supposed to look like a song that has been heard on the radio, about which!

Internet purchased and stored on your own MP3 player and played at a later date.

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The sequence of such a complex service is composed as follows:, - Process Initiation 5 - Process Execution - Process Flow Feedback l i

In this case, the user has to select, - which services from the different networks are to be merged into a sequence, - how the sequence is to be triggered, and - if and how the feedback must be sent to the user when the sequence has been executed. | 15 For the configuration of the four points mentioned by the user, he can choose from all networks and the services offered therein: ί

In the embodiment, this process looks as follows: 20

Of the many services available, three are selected, namely: - " Radio Song Identification " "Music Download " for example, via online music Istore 25 and " File Transfer " from the personal computer to the MP3 player

These services must also be executed in the given order. i 30 i

The control logic should therefore use the service "Radio $ ong Identification". identified the song, the title about the service "Music Download " purchased automatically and using " File Transfer " transferred to the MP3 player and stored 35. j i

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To create this service, a list of available individual services is presented to the user at a terminal 10, for example his personal computer, in a first step according to the method according to the invention.

To each of the selected individual services "Radio Song '15 Identification", "Music Download" and "File Transfer". The relevant service parameters for the implementation of these individual services and the linking options with other individual services are shown.

For the single service " Radio Song Identification " These are, for example, the radio station and the triggering by SMS of the mobile phone during the transmission time of the piece of music. The service is also available with the next service "Music Download". linked in such a way that it can not start until it has the result of the identification: 25.

Essential service parameter for "Music Download " is the provider where the song is to be purchased. The service is connected to the next service " FiJe Transfer " Also linked 30, since the acquired piece of music is indeed transferred to the MP3 player. i i

The service sequence specified in this way is determined on the basis of the specifications of the user and handed over to an i 35 control logic for execution.

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The control of the method according to the invention is carried out with a program which comprises the following modules:

Module "Process Creation " 5 This part of the program serves the user interface, that is to say an input mask on a display device of a terminal, by means of which the user is provided with all available network screens and the services available therein. ! Furthermore, the user is prompted to parameterize the services by means of corresponding 10 input screens.

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The services defined by the user are saved and the module "Process Execution Control". activated. 15 i i

This module includes the control logic of the method. Mittfels control logic, the stored information is evaluated, and the individual services are triggered in the appropriate order with the specified parameters and links, and 20 carried out the feedback. j

Furthermore, this module controls the access to the networks and the required individual services as well as any required authentication and authentication procedures. i

By means of the module "Process Execution Control" Thus, access is made to a wide variety of services offered in different networks via different access methods, and these are accessed according to the previous one

specified service flow. I

To cope with this complex task, the module is also modular, and has next to a control logic so-called container, in which various components are embedded. Such components can. for example: service access mechanisms, t

Network access mechanisms or the services themselves.

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There is a clear functional separation between the control logic and the components of the containers. The control logic only accesses the containers via a single interface, which perform an adaptation of the control commands to the formats required by the various components.

With the concept of clear separation of control logic and container and the components contained therein, a manageable and easily manageable solution to the problem of integrating a variety of different service access mechanisms, network access mechanisms or services into a program is achieved. Dabei 15 The following components are provided in particular: > - Interfaces for all common programming languages to accommodate different service access mechanisms, NetZ2 access mechanisms or services. Interfaces for all common scripting languages 20 to different service access mechanisms,!

To be able to record network access mechanisms or services: - various device drivers to communicate with devices (e.g light control, heating etc.) (if a DiensL is the control of a device) 25 - access codes / authentication methods for

different networks to address the services available there via the service access mechanisms. I - possibly also a mechanism to initiate services that can be used or triggered only by the operation of a mechanism. ] i 30/09 '04 DO 09:05 [SE / EM NR 5294] 35

Claims (1)

@ 011 30/09 04 DO 08:59 FAX +43 5 1707 54601 PAMTEIN RELAY 200318802 § ··· ···· ·························································································· 1. A method for controlling services in communication networks, comprising the following method steps: a list with individual services available, a service terminal is presented to the selected individual services, the service parameters and the connection possibilities relevant to the execution of these individual services are displayed with further individual services. j - a service procedure is created on the basis of the selected individual services and the respectively defined service parameters and the linking options the service flow is passed to a control logic for execution. | 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that are provided as Kommunikationsnet2e packet-switching communication networks, circuit-switching j i communication networks and radio networks. : " 3. The method of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that as individual services the presentation of multimedia content is provided. i 4. The method of claim 1 or 2, characterized; in that the control of electrical or electronic devices is provided as individual services. Arrangement for carrying out the method according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that means are provided for the creation of services and means for executing services, and in that the means for executing services comprise control logic and container-embedded access means. i I 30/09 '04 DO 09:05 [SE / EH NR 5294] 35