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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G06Q30/00—Commerce
  • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

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• the present invention relates to a method and a system for switching providers to interested parties.
• the present invention relates to a method and a system in which provider profile data and associated data are provided for a large number of providers
• Offer data are stored in a networked provider switching server and certain of the provider profile data and / or offer data are transmitted by the provider switching server to communication terminals of the interested parties who access the provider switching server via these communication terminals via a communication network.
• Interested parties with communication terminals can use the search engines on the Internet to find the pages of providers whose provider profile and / or the services, information and / or products offered match the specified search terms.
• a prospective customer can directly access a networked provider database using a communication terminal and software programs running thereon, for example a so-called browser, and can obtain provider profile data and / or offer data relating to providers, their provider profile data and / or Offer data have a match with specified search terms.
• the provider profile data of providers of services, information and / or products that can only be obtained from a prospective customer on site at the provider include corresponding address information of the provider, for example the address of a sales or service point of the provider concerned (POS, Point of Halls; POP, Point of presence).
• POS Point of Halls
• POP Point of presence
• So-called location-dependent or location-specific services, in which the current geographic position of a prospective customer is transmitted to a central office and through the central office are transmitted to the interested party concerned, especially for mobile prospective customers with mobile terminals, information that is specific to that defined by the current geographical position geographic area are relevant.
• a registration document being generated automatically by means of registration in the mobile terminal of the provider concerned and the registration document being transmitted to the provider switching server via a communication network
• a provider identification which is taken from an identification module of the mobile terminal
• registration document comprises the value of the current geographical position of the mobile terminal, which is determined by position determining means of the mobile terminal, and that the provider identification and the value of the current geographical position in the provider switching server as part of the provider profile data of the provider concerned.
• the advantage of this solution is, in particular, that providers, in particular mobile providers, can transmit their current location to the provider mediation server in the simplest way, without having to enter data, for example, and thus can be located by interested parties who use the services of the provider mediation server ,
• the value of the current geographic position of the mobile terminal transmitted to the provider switching server is stored in the mobile terminal, the stored value is periodically compared with the value of the current geographic position of the mobile terminal redetermined by the position determining means, and from a predefined distance value between the stored and the redetermined value of the geographic position, the value of the redetermined geographic position is transmitted to the provider switching server and stored in the mobile terminal.
• This embodiment variant has the advantage that the geographic position of a (mobile) provider in the provider switching server is updated automatically, without the provider in question having to worry about it.
• this embodiment variant in addition to the value of the current geographical position of the mobile terminal, information about the temporal validity of this value is transmitted to the provider switching server and stored there.
• This embodiment variant has the advantage that providers who, for example, are only at a certain geographical position for a limited period of time can report their temporary availability to the provider switching server when they register.
• the value of the current geographic position of the interested party is transmitted to the provider switching server, and the provider profile data and / or offer data transmitted by the provider switching server to the
• Communication terminal of the interested party are transmitted, are determined by the provider placement server taking into account the value of the current geographic position of the interested party and the stored values of the geographic positions of the providers.
• This embodiment variant has the advantage that the provider, or rather their provider profile data, for example their current location, and / or offer data can be conveyed to the prospective customers by the provider mediation server, so that the prospective customers For example, those providers of a desired service and / or information and / or a desired product that are in the vicinity of the interested party can be conveyed.
• the registration means are each loaded into the mobile terminal in the form of an executable program, a digital certificate is generated and stored in the mobile terminal by means of cryptographic means from characteristic data of the executable program and / or from the program code of the executable program, and for the detection of manipulations on executable program, the digital certificate is determined again by the cryptographic means and the conformity of the redetermined digital certificate with the stored digital certificate is checked.
• FIG. 1 shows a block diagram which schematically represents a provider switching server which is connected via a communication network to a communication terminal of a prospective customer and a mobile terminal of a provider.
• reference numeral 1 refers to a
• Provider mediation server that has a provider database 1 1.
• the provider switching server 1 and the provider database 11 are, for example, executed on a common computer, for example a conventional networkable server computer, or on different interconnected computers.
• the provider database 11 are for a variety of providers of services, information and / or products each provider profile data 111 and offer data 112 assigned to this provider profile data 111 are stored.
• the provider profile data 111 and the offer data 112 of a provider are linked, for example, via a common provider identification.
• a subscriber identification for a communication network can be used as provider identification, for example a so-called International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), which is used in particular to identify subscribers in a mobile radio network.
• IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
• the provider identification can also be another unique identifier of the provider, for example an identification for financial services, biometric features of the user or a number of the provider, for example an MSISDN number (Mobile Subscriber ISDN) or a network address, for example a URL address ( Uniform Resource Locator).
• the provider profile data 111 of a provider comprise information relating to this provider, for example the provider identification mentioned,
• the offer data 112 of a provider include information about services, information and / or products that are offered by the provider in question, for example the provider identification mentioned as well as descriptions, descriptions, evaluations by interested parties, order numbers, technical data, price details, bonus points, delivery conditions and / or availability details as well as information about the number of services, information and / or products already sold.
• the provider profile data 111 and the offer data 112 can, for example, be translated into several languages by the provider switching server 1 and stored in the provider database 11 in multiple languages, so that interested parties can obtain data from the provider database 11 in the language you have chosen (automatically according to the user profile or manually).
• data can be exchanged between the provider switching server 1 and the communication terminals 3, 4 via the schematically illustrated communication network 2.
• the communication network 2 comprises a mobile radio network, for example a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System) network or a similar mobile radio network or a satellite-based mobile network. Special data services can also be available in the communication network 2, for example the GPRS service (General Packet Radio Service) or other data services.
• GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
• UMTS Universal Mobile Telephone System
• Special data services can also be available in the communication network 2, for example the GPRS service (General Packet Radio Service) or other data services.
• the communication network 2 also includes, for example, fixed networks, for example the Internet, (TV) cable networks, the public switched telephone network (PSTN), ISDN networks (Integrated Services Digital Network) or PLC communication networks (Power Line Communication).
• the communication network 2 can also include networked access terminals that are equipped with contactless device interfaces, for example radio interfaces such as Bluetooth or
• Infrared interfaces such as IrDA
• IrDA Infrared interfaces
• the communication terminals 3, 4 which are equipped with corresponding contactless device interfaces, can communicate with the provider switching server 1.
• SSL services Secure Socket Layer
• WAP security services Wireless Application Protocol
• PKI Primary Key Infrastructure
• the communication terminal 3 is a staff, for example
• the communication terminal 4 is a mobile terminal 4, for example a communication-capable laptop or palm-top computer, for example a PDA (Personal Digital / Data Assistant) or a wireless or mobile radio telephone.
• the communication terminals 3 and 4 each comprise a display 32, 42, operating elements 33, 43, and an identification module 31, 41, for example a removable chip card, in particular a SIM card (Subscriber Identification Module).
• the communication terminals 3 and 4 shown in FIG. 1 also include position determining means 34, 44 for determining the current geographic position of the communication terminal 3, 4.
• the position determining means 34, 44 include, for example, modules for a terrestrial or satellite-based positioning system, for example a GPS receiver (Global Positioning System), for example in the form of an integrated GPS chip, or a programmed software module that obtains the current geographical position from the network infrastructure of the relevant communication network or that performs a triangulation process to determine the current geographical position on the basis of several to determine external positions, for example coordinates of base stations, which can be received by the relevant communication terminal 3, 4.
• GPS receiver Global Positioning System
• the position determining means 34, 44 support manual input of the geographic position by the user, for example landmarks specified by the user, for example the name of a known building or a street intersection, can be entered and by the position determining means 34, 44 are automatically converted into the corresponding geographic coordinates.
• Software programs can be executed in the communication terminals 3, 4 on a processor that is fixed in the communication terminal
• MExE Mobile Station Application Execution Environment
• ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• the communication terminals 3, 4 also include request modules, not shown, in order to communicate with the user at the application level
• the request modules are programmed software modules, for example database query programs or so-called browser programs, for example based on WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or i-mode services.
• the communication terminals 3, 4 can access application data from the provider switching server 1 and, for example, on the basis of HTML files (Hyper Text Markup Language), HDML files (Handheld Device Markup Language), WML files (Wireless Markup Language). or other data formats and
• the query modules can also enable users to search for desired data objects based on user-specific search criteria.
• users can use the request modules to enter ratings relating to providers and / or services, information and / or products offered and to transmit them to the provider mediation server 1, where they are included in the provider database 11 as part of the provider profile data 111 or offer data 112 in the provider database 11 get saved.
• the assessments are carried out, for example, with regard to the quality of offers and customer service.
• the provider placement server 1 can, for example, credit the user concerned with monetary amounts or bonus points that can later be used by the user as a means of payment, or the user concerned is authorized by the provider placement server 1 to participate in a lottery. For example, from
• Provider switching server 1 also a suitable request module, for example in the form of an executable program, for example an applet, via the communication network 2 into their communication terminals 3, 4 be loaded and stored there in the MExE area mentioned, for example in a memory of the identification module 31, 41.
• a suitable request module for example in the form of an executable program, for example an applet
• a provider accesses the provider switching server 1 with his mobile terminal 4, for example by means of the aforementioned
• Inquiry modules via the access module 14 of the provider switching server 1, and registration means can be transmitted to his mobile terminal 4, for example in the form of the executable registration program 13 stored in the provider switching server 1, for example an applet.
• the registration means 45 are in the MExE range of the
• Mobile terminal 4 for example stored in the memory of the identification module 41.
• the registration means 45 comprise a data table in which the provider can enter his provider profile data and his offer data. If the provider activates the registration means 45, i.e. starts the corresponding executable program, the registration means 45 automatically generates a registration document and transmits it to the provider mediation server 1, for example after prior confirmation by the provider, where it is processed by the provider mediation server 1, in particular by the provider programmed provider registration module 12, are stored in the provider database 11.
• the registration document comprises the provider profile data and offer data of the provider stored in the table mentioned, as well as a provider identification of the provider and the value of the current geographic position of the mobile terminal 4.
• the provider identification is preferably in a memory of the
• Identification module 41 is stored and is taken directly from the identification module 41 by the registration means 45.
• the value of the current geographical position of the mobile terminal 4, or the provider, is determined as described above by the position determining means 44 of the mobile terminal 4.
• the registration means 45 are preferably designed such that they can support various position determination means 44, that is to say certain current geographic position values of can receive various types of position determining means 44.
• the registration means 45 comprise a position update function.
• the position update function stores the value of the current geographic position transmitted to the provider switching server 1 in the mobile terminal 4 and periodically compares the stored value with the value of the current geographic position of the mobile terminal 4 determined again by the position determining means 44. From a predefined distance value between the stored and the newly determined value of the geographical position, the value of the newly determined geographical position is transmitted by the position update function to the provider switching server 1 and stored in the mobile terminal 4.
• the transmission of the newly determined value of the geographic position by the position update function to the provider switching server 1 can be linked, for example, to the condition that a corresponding option has previously been set by the provider concerned in the mobile terminal 4, for example in the identification module 41, or the provider concerned, upon request of the position update function, has entered a corresponding confirmation.
• the geographic position of the (mobile) provider, or rather his mobile terminal 4 is automatically updated in the provider switching server 1 by the position update function.
• the registration means 45 in addition to the value of the current geographical position of the mobile terminal 4, transmit an indication of the temporal validity of this value, specified by the relevant provider, to the provider switching server 1 and are stored there, for example a period of time or an expiry date.
• the relevant location of the provider, or the relevant provider in the case of a single location, can be deleted or deactivated in the provider database 11 after expiry of the time.
• Interactions between a provider and the registration means 45 take place by means of the operating elements 43 or using a speech recognition module by means of voice control, the speech recognition module being implemented, for example, in the mobile terminal 4, for example in the MExE area mentioned, for example on the identification module 41.
• a programmed marketing module based on the information received from providers and interested parties, for example evaluations, orders, offers and so on, automatically and dynamically creates marketing data which the users, in particular the interested parties, as query, navigation, Orientation and ordering help.
• the mobile terminals 4 comprise cryptographic means 46, which are designed, for example, as a programmed software module, for example as an applet.
• the cryptographic means 46 for example, are already stored on the identification module 41 as part of the kernel program during the production of the identification module 41 or can be used later, for example by inserting the identification module 41 into a card terminal provided for this purpose or via the air interface (OTA, over the air). , ins
• the cryptographic means 46 are used to detect manipulations in software programs, in particular executable software programs, which are loaded, for example, via the air interface into the mobile terminal 4, in particular into the above-mentioned MExE area, for example onto the identification module 41.
• the cryptographic means 46 generate a digital certificate, for example using a hash function, from characteristic data of the relevant software program and / or from the program code of the relevant software program and store this certificate in the mobile terminal 4, for example in a memory of the identification module 41.
• Characteristics of a software program include, for example, a date that indicates the topicality of the software program, a version of the software program, the size of the software program, the address of the Transaction server from which the relevant software program was loaded, in the case of the registration means 45 the address of the provider switching server 1, or other specific parameters of the relevant software program.
• the cryptographic means 46 redetermine the digital certificate at a later point in time, for example when the mobile terminal 4 is activated or before the relevant software program is activated, in the case of the registration means 45, for example before performing a registration , The cryptographic means 46 check the conformity of the newly generated digital certificate with the previously stored digital certificate.
• the software program in question is blocked, in the case of the registration means 45, for example, the registration means 45 are blocked, a corresponding log file is created and, for example, a responsible central point is alerted, for example the transaction server from which the software program in question was loaded , in the case of the registration means 45, the provider switching server 1.
• the value of the current geographic position of the interested party is transmitted to the provider switching server 1, and the provider profile data 111 and / or offer data 112 transmitted by the provider switching server 1 to the communication terminal 3 of the interested party are transmitted, are determined by the provider mediation server 1 taking into account the value of the current geographic position of the interested party and the stored values of the geographic positions of the providers.
• This embodiment variant has the advantage that the provider, or rather their provider profile data, for example their current location, and / or offer data can be conveyed to the prospective customers by the provider mediation server 1 in a location-specific manner, so that the prospective customers, for example, those providers of a desired service and / or information and / or a desired product can be conveyed, which are in the vicinity of the interested party.
• a prospect accesses the provider switching server 1 with his communication terminal 3, for example by means of the aforementioned request modules of the communication terminal 3 via the access module 14 of the provider switching server 1.
• the prospect can specify provider profile data as request criteria and transmit it to the provider switching server 1 such as the name of the provider.
• the interested party can specify offer data as request criteria and transmit them to the provider mediation server 1, for example the name of a desired offer.
• the interested party can specify geographic position information as query criteria and transmit it to the provider mediation server 1.
• Position determining means 34 automatically transmits the determined current geographical position of the communication terminal 3, or of the interested party concerned, from the mentioned request module of the communication terminal 3 as a request criterion to the provider switching server 1.
• the request module is set up in such a way that combined request criteria can be specified and transmitted to the provider switching server 1.
• the request module also enables the interested party to list providers and / or offers on the display 32 of the communication terminal 3 and to select individual providers and / or offers therefrom by means of the operating elements 33 or by using a speech recognition module by means of voice control.
• the provider mediation server 1 can also transmit route data to the interested party on his communication terminal 3.
• the guidance data include, for example, image objects with graphical map representations of the route from the location of the prospective customer, according to the transmitted geographic position of the prospective customer, to the location of the provider, according to the current geographical position of the provider in question, stored in the provider database 11.
• Interested parties can order selected offers, that is to say selected services, information and / or products, directly via the provider switching server 1.
• the determination of the costs (rating) can be carried out, for example, in the MExE area mentioned above, for example by means of programmed software modules that are executed with processing means that are permanently implemented in the communication terminal 3, 4 or in the identification module 31, 41.
• the costs determined by these programmed software modules are packed in billing documents and transmitted via the communication network 2 to the provider switching server 1 or to a clearing house, for example via suitable security channels, for example using the security mechanisms mentioned above.
• the generation of a billing document also includes an identification of the user concerned in the billing document, i.e. an identification of the interested party or provider, whereby, in particular in connection with orders for services, information and products by a prospective customer, in addition to the identification of the interested parties, an identification of the provider concerned can also be inserted in the billing document.
• the identification of the interested party or provider is, for example, an above-mentioned [MSI, an MSISDN number or another identifier of the user concerned, which is preferably stored in the identification module 31, 41.
• the provider switching server 1 can process the received billing documents to CDR documents (Call Detail Records) and CDR documents. Transfer documents according to conventional clearing processes for clearing via a network operator of the communication network 2 to the relevant user, that is to say the interested party or provider. Payable services can also be charged directly to an account on the identification card 31, 41, for example to a prepaid account. If the communication terminals 3, 4 are each equipped with an additional receiving point for further cards, for example chip cards, for example a credit card or bank card, chargeable services can also be charged directly to an account of these chip cards.
• the present invention enables a large number of mobile and / or fixed providers to connect with interested parties who can be subscribers in different communication networks, for example subscribers in different mobile radio networks which are operated by different operators.

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