ITRM20080395A1 - PROCEDURE TO SEND THROUGH A SERVICE CENTER A RECORDABLE MESSAGE ONLY TO THE SERVICE CENTER FOR INFORMING THE RECIPIENT OF THE FACT THAT A PERSON IS INTERESTED IN CONTACTING HIM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a process which allows whoever is equipped with a mobile phone and / or a computer able to surf the Internet to send an SMS message (or an e-mail) to a specific recipient via a Service Center. whose mobile phone number (or email) is known.

The SMS message informs the recipient of the existence of a specific website relating to said Service Center, and of the fact that someone, through said website, has expressed an interest in it.

According to a peculiar feature of the invention, the SMS message (or e-mail) that reaches the recipient can only be traced back to said website, and not to the actual sender.

If the recipient so desires, he can find out the actual sender by connecting to the website and entering, in a specific field, the mobile phone number (or e-mail) of the one he assumes is the sender of the SMS message sent by the Service Center. .

If the recipient guesses the sender's mobile phone number, the Service Center sends an SMS message (or an e-mail) to both the sender <"> and the recipient as evidence of mutual interest, as well as the favorable outcome of the procedure which ends.

If the recipient enters a mobile phone number (or e-mail) on the website that is different from that of the actual sender, but corresponding to that of another person, the latter will receive an SMS message (or e-mail) from the Service Center. mail), similar to the one received previously by the recipient, now in turn the sender. If interested, the new recipient, like the previous one, can find out who sent the SMS message (or e-mail) sent by the Service Center by connecting to the website and entering the mobile phone number (or e-mail) of what it assumes is the sender.

The procedure ends when the recipient of the SMS message (or e-mail) from the Service Center guesses the actual sender or when the recipient of the SMS message from the Service Center is not interested in finding out who was · To send it to him. In the latter case, the recipient of the SMS message will not have to do anything.

It is preferable to provide that after a predetermined period of time, for example six months, the data entered on the website will be automatically deleted.

This was achieved by providing a Service Center suitable for:

receive an SMS message from a sender that contains only the mobile phone number of the recipient to whom you wish to have an SMS message delivered by the Service Center and attributable exclusively to said Service Center,

- store the mobile phone numbers of the sender and recipient,

- send the recipient the SMS message informing him of the website and of someone who has shown interest in him, as well as

- compare the cell phone number of the recipient entered by the sender with that of the recipient entered by the recipient himself later, and to compare the cell phone number of the presumed sender entered by the recipient with that of the actual sender entered by the sender himself previously, if the recipient decides to connect to the website to find out the sender.

For this purpose, said Service Center is equipped with a database for storing not only the numbers of mobile phones, but also a series of information relating to those that each user who wants to use this service can enter in the appropriate fields provided inside. of said website, such as name, surname and city, as well as a software to carry out the aforementioned comparison operations.

A better understanding of the invention will be obtained with the following detailed description and with reference to the attached drawings which illustrate, by way of example only, a preferred embodiment.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the procedure that allows a user to send an SMS message, through a Service Center, to a recipient, which message can only be traced back to the Service Center itself, and to the recipient, if interested, to find out through said Service Center who is the actual sender of said message;

figure 2 shows in detail the block A of fig. 1;

figure 3 shows in detail the block B of fig. 1.

The method according to the invention allows a first user A who is equipped with a mobile phone and / or computer to send, via a Service Center, an SMS message (or an e-mail) to a specific recipient or second user B of the which knows the mobile phone number (or e-mail address), which SMS message (or email) can only be traced back to a specific website relating to said Service Center and informs said second user B of the existence of said website and of someone who has expressed an interest in it, through the website itself.

In the following, we will describe the invention, with reference to the use of SMS messages, but the same functionalities and purposes are obtainable using e-mail messages.

Said procedure comprises the following phases: 1 connection to said website by the sender or first user A;

2- compilation of a specific form or form that provides at least two mandatory fields to be filled in: a first field prepared for the insertion of the telephone number of the mobile phone of the first user A, and a second field prepared for the insertion of the telephone number mobile phone of the second recipient user B, to whom the SMS message can be sent from the Service Center;

3- typing an SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user B and sending said SMS message to a specific number of a Service Center;

4- receipt of said SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user B by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition by the Service Center itself of the mobile phone number of the first user A and of the second user B;

5- sending to the first user A of an SMS message by said Service Center containing a unique alphanumeric code associated with user A for the procedure in progress;

6- reception by the first user A of said SMS message containing said unique code;

7- insertion by the first user A of said unique code in a specific field provided on the website;

8- acquisition by the Service Center of the data entered by the first user A in the form;

9- verification of the correspondence between the mobile phone number of the first user A acquired by entering, in the form, and that of the mobile phone used by the first user A for sending the SMS message referred to in step 3-, as well as between the number the mobile phone of the second user B acquired by entering the form and the one contained in the SMS message referred to in step 3-;

10- in case of correspondence, the Service Center sends an SMS message to the mobile phone number of the second user B containing the indication of the website and the fact that someone has shown interest in it;

11- receipt by the second user B of the SMS message sent by the Service Center;

12- in the event that the second user B is interested in knowing the first user A, he proceeds to connect to said website;

13- compilation by the second user B of a specific form or form, which provides at least two mandatory fields to be filled in: a first field prepared for the insertion of the telephone number of the mobile phone of the second user B, and a second field prepared for entering the mobile phone number gives the presumed sender of the SMS message referred to in step 10-;

14- typing an SMS message containing the cell phone number of the presumed sender and sending said SMS message to a specific number of a Service Center;

15- receipt of <'> said SMS message by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition, by the Service Center itself, of the mobile phone number of the second user B, who now becomes the sender of the message, and of the telephone number contained in the SMS message;

16- sending to the second user B by said Service Center of an SMS message containing a unique alphanumeric code associated with user B for the procedure in progress;

17- receipt of said SMS message containing the unique code by the second user B;

18- insertion by the second user B of said unique code in a special field provided on the website;

19- acquisition by the Service Center of the data entered by the second user S in the form;

20- verification of the correspondence between the mobile phone number of the second user B acquired by entering the form and that of the mobile phone used by the same user B for sending the SMS message referred to, in step 14-, as well as between the mobile phone number of the first user A acquired by entering the form and the one contained in the SMS message referred to in step 14-;

21- in case of positive verification, sending by the Service Center to both the first user A and the second user B of an SMS message communicating mutual interest,

It is preferable to provide that the form that each user must fill contains further fields for the insertion of additional information, for example relating to the name, surname, city of the user, and e-mail. According to the invention, in the event that the first user A has also entered the email of the second user B in the form, the Service Center is expected to send said second user B also an e-mail message containing the indication of the website. and the fact that someone has shown interest in him, in addition to the SMS message.

It is evident that the same happens if the second user B who decides to know the first user A enters the latter's e-mail in the form.

Once the Service Center acquires the data in the form (phase 8- and 19-), the page of the website containing the form opens to reopen with the empty form fields ready to be filled in again for sending another SMS message to another recipient or even the same one. Therefore, the data entered in the form remain displayed until the moment of confirmation, after which they disappear from the view of each user.

Obviously, if the correspondence referred to in step 9- is not verified, the procedure stops.

It is further preferable to provide, in case of change of mind, the possibility for each user to delete the data entered relating to them from the database of the Service Center through his own alphanumeric code. For this purpose, a specific button for deleting data is provided on the website page.

Therefore, if after the Service Center has sent the SMS message to the second user B, the first user A has second thoughts and deletes his data, although user B has guessed the mobile phone number of user A, the procedure will not is successful. In this specific case, in fact, no user will receive a message of mutual interest, as the comparison phase between the mobile phone numbers will fail, since the mobile phone number of the first user A has been deleted from the database.

If, from the moment of receipt of the SMS message by the second user B (phase 11-), a predetermined time has elapsed without the latter having intervened in the procedure, the information recorded in the Service Center database is automatically deleted.

If from the verification referred to in step 20- the correspondence between the cell phone of the alleged sender and that of the first user A is not verified, the Service Center sends a message to the cell phone number of the alleged sender who is a third user C SMS containing the indication of the website and giving someone who has expressed an interest in it. If the third user C who receives the SMS message from the Service Center is interested in finding out who has expressed interest in him via the website, steps 13 onwards are repeated.

In the form of implementation described, each message that the Service Center sends to the first sender user A and to the second recipient user B communicating their favorable outcome (phase 21â € ") contains the respective unique code that identifies each of the two, without the possibility of third parties to understand what it is, if the latter accidentally or deliberately read the SMS message in question. In other words, the unique code, in addition to allowing the registration of the data entered by the first user A and the second user B at the Service Center, identifies each of them in that procedure, leaving them anonymous.

In a variant, it is possible to provide that the same procedure can be carried out simply by mobile phone by making a phone call to the number of the Service Center. In this case, the Service Center only stores the mobile phone number of the first user A and that of the second user B, and subsequently sends to the first user A, and possibly to the second user B, if the latter is interested in know the first user A, a unique alphanumeric code designed to identify each user for the procedure in progress, without the need to use the website relating to the Service Center. Only in the event that a user wishes to delete their data from the database of the Seryizi Center, will they have to connect to this website and enter their unique code and telephone number in the appropriate fields.

In the specific case, the procedure includes the following steps:

A. typing by the first user A of an SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user B and sending said SMS message to a specific number of a Service Center;

B. receipt of said SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user B by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition by the Service Center itself of both the mobile phone number of the first user A and of the second user B;

C. sending by the Service Center to the mobile phone number of the second user B of an SMS message containing the indication of the website and of someone who has shown interest in it, as well as sending by said Service Center to the first user A of an SMS message containing a unique alphanumeric code associated with user A for the procedure in progress;

D. receipt by the second user B of the SMS message sent by the Service Center and receipt by the first user A of said SMS message containing the unique code;

E. in the event that the second user B is interested in knowing the first user A, typing by the second user B of an SMS message containing the cell phone number of the presumed user A, and sending said SMS message to a specific number of the Centro Servìzi;

F. receipt of said SMS message by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition by the Service Center itself of the cell phone number of the second user B and the cell phone of the alleged user A;

G. sending a unique alphanumeric code by said Service Center to the second user B; H. verification of the correspondence by the Service Center between the mobile phone number of the second user B and that entered by user A in the SMS message referred to in Phase B., and between the mobile phone of the presumed user A and that of the telephone mobile phone used by the first user A referred to in Phase B .;

I. in the event that the mobile phone numbers match, the Service Center sends both the first user A and the second user B an SMS message communicating their mutual interest, as well as the favorable outcome of the procedure, after prior correspondence - mobile phone numbers.

The present invention has been described and illustrated in a preferred embodiment and a variant, but it is clear that the technician skilled in the art will be able to make technically equivalent modifications and / or replacements without however going beyond the scope of protection of the present industrial property. For example, it is clear that the same purposes and the same functionalities can be obtained without any modification even by using any mobile terminal enabled to send SMS and / or e-mail messages.

Claims (12)

CLAIMS 1) Procedure to allow a first user (A) equipped with a mobile phone and / or computer able to surf the internet to send, through a Service Center, an SMS message or an email to a specific recipient or second user (B) whose mobile phone number or e-mail address is known, characterized by the fact that said SMS message can only be traced back to a specific website relating to said Service Center; said SMS message informing said second user (B) of the existence of said website and of the fact that someone has expressed interest in it, without revealing their identity. 2) Process according to the claim characterized in that it comprises the following steps: 1- link to said website by the sender or first user (A); 2- filling in a specific form or form that provides at least two mandatory fields to be filled in: a first field designed for entering the telephone number of the mobile phone of the first user (A), and a second field designed for entering the number the mobile phone of the second recipient user (B), to which the SMS message can be sent from the Service Center; 3- typing an SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user (B) and sending said SMS message to a specific number of a Service Center; 4- receipt of said SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user (B) by the Service Center and _contes acquisition by the Service Center itself of the mobile phone number of the first user (A) and of the second user ( B); 5- sending to the first user (A) of an SMS message by said Service Center containing a unique alphanumeric code associated with the first user (A) for the procedure in progress; 6- receipt by the first user (A) of said SMS message containing said unique code; 7- insertion by the first user (A) of said unique code in a specific field provided on the website; 8- acquisition by the Service Center of the data entered by the first user (A) in the form; 9- verification of the correspondence between the mobile phone number of the first user (A) acquired by entering the form and that of the mobile phone used by the same user (A) for sending the SMS message referred to in step 3-, as well as between the mobile phone number of the second user (B) acquired by entering the form and the one contained in the SMS message referred to in step 3-; 10- in case of correspondence, the Service Center sends an SMS message to the mobile phone number of the second user (B) containing the indication of the website and the fact that someone has shown interest in it; 11- receipt by the second user (B) of the SMS message sent by the Service Center; 12- in the event that the second user (B) is interested in knowing the first user (A), he proceeds to connect to said website; 13- compilation by the second user (B) of a specific form or form, which includes at least two mandatory fields to be filled in: a first field prepared for entering the telephone number of the second user's mobile phone (B), and a second field prepared for entering the mobile phone number of the one presumed to be the sender of the SMS message referred to in the phase 10-; 14- typing an SMS message containing the cell phone number of the presumed sender and sending said SMS message to a specific number of a Service Center; 15- receipt of said SMS message by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition, by the Service Center itself, of the second user's mobile phone number (B), and of the telephone number contained in the SMS message; _ 16- sending to the second user (B), by said Service Center, an SMS message containing a unique alphanumeric code associated with the second user (B) for the procedure in progress; 17- receipt of said SMS message containing the unique code by the second user (B); 18- insertion by the second user (B) of said unique code in a special field provided on the website; 19- acquisition by the Service Center of the data entered by the second user (B) in the form; 20- verification of the correspondence between the mobile phone number of the second user (B) acquired by entering the form and that of the mobile phone used by the same user (B) for sending the SMS message referred to in step 14-, as well as between the mobile phone number of the first user (A) acquired by entering the form and the one contained in the SMS message referred to in step 14-; 21- in the event of a positive check, the Service Center will send an SMS message to both the first user (A) and the second user (B) communicating mutual interest. 3) Process according to the previous claim characterized by the fact that the Service Center is equipped with a database for storing the information entered in the fields of the forms or forms, as well as with a special software for making the comparison between the mobile phone number of the second recipient user (B) with that of the recipient entered by the first user (A), and of the cell phone of the presumed sender with that entered by the user (A). 4) Process according to the previous claim characterized by the fact that if from the moment of receipt of the SMS message referred to in step 11- by the second user (B), a predetermined time interval has elapsed without the latter having intervened in the procedure, the information registered in the Service Center database is automatically deleted. 5) Process according to claim 2 characterized by the fact that if from the verification referred to in step 20- it turns out that there is no correspondence between the cell phone number of the presumed sender and that of the first user (A), the Service Center sends to the telephone number cell phone of the alleged sender who is a third user (C) an SMS message containing the indication of the website and of someone who has expressed an interest in it. 6) Procedure according to the previous claim characterized by the fact that if the third user (C) who receives the SMS message from the Service Center is interested in finding out who has expressed interest in him, he foresees that he must connect to the website and repeat steps 13-onwards. 7) Process according to claim 2 characterized by the fact that said specific form or form provides further fields prepared for the insertion of additional information, relating to the name, surname, city and e-mail. 8) Process according to the previous claim characterized by the fact that if the first user (A) enters the e-mail of the second user (B) in the form, the Service Center sends said second user an e-mail containing the indication of the site web and of the fact that someone has shown interest in it, and that if the second user (B) enters the e-mail of the alleged user (A) in the form, the Service Center sends said alleged user (A) an e- mail containing the indication of the website and the fact that someone has shown interest in it. 9) Process according to one of the preceding claims characterized by the fact that each user can delete his / her own data entered in the form from the database of the Service Center by means of his / her alphanumeric code. 10) Procedure for allowing a first user (A) equipped with a mobile phone to send, through a Service Center, an SMS message to a specific recipient or second user (B) of whom he knows the mobile phone number, characterized by the fact that said SMS message is exclusively attributable to said Service Center; said SMS message informing said second user (B) of the fact that someone has expressed interest in him, without revealing his identity. 11) Process according to the preceding claim which comprises the following steps: A. typing by the first user (A) of an SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second user (B) and sending said SMS message to a specific number of a Service Center; B. receipt of said SMS message containing the mobile phone number of the second _user · (B) by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition by the Service Center itself of both the mobile phone number of the first user (A) and of the second user (B); C. sending by the Service Center to the mobile phone number of the second user (B) of an SMS message containing the indication of the website and of someone who has shown interest in it, as well as sending by said Service Center ¬zi to the first user (A) of an SMS message containing a unique alphanumeric code associated with the user (A) for the procedure in progress; D. receipt by the second user (B) of the SMS message sent by the Service Center and receipt by the first user (A) of said SMS message containing the unique code; E. in the event that the second user (B) is interested in knowing the first user (A), typing by the second user (B) of an SMS message containing the cell phone number of the alleged user (A), and sending said SMS message to a specific number of the Service Center; F. receipt of said SMS message by the Service Center and simultaneous acquisition by the Service Center itself of the mobile phone number of the second user (B) and the cell phone of the alleged user (A); G. sending a unique alphanumeric code by said Service Center to the second user (B); H. verification of the correspondence by the Service Center between the mobile phone number of the second user (B) and the one entered by the first user (A) in the SMS message referred to in Step B., and between the mobile phone of the presumed user ( A) and that of the mobile phone used by the first user (A) referred to in Phase B .; I. if the mobile phone numbers match, the Service Center will send an SMS message to both the first user (A) and the second user (B) communicating their mutual interest, as well as the favorable outcome of the procedure, after matching mobile phone numbers. 12) Procedure according to the previous claim characterized by the fact that each user can delete his / her data from the Service Center database, by connecting to a website relating to said Service Center and entering his / her own in the provided fields of a specific form or form. alphanumeric code and your telephone number.