WO2008136022A1 - Process for sending sms-type messages at the cost of data traffic - Google Patents

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WO2008136022A1
WO2008136022A1 PCT/IT2007/000324 IT2007000324W WO2008136022A1 WO 2008136022 A1 WO2008136022 A1 WO 2008136022A1 IT 2007000324 W IT2007000324 W IT 2007000324W WO 2008136022 A1 WO2008136022 A1 WO 2008136022A1
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Pier Luca Cecchini
Stefano Aquino
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Sogetel S.R.L.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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  • the present invention relates to the telecommunications sector and in particular regards a process that enables anybody provided with a mobile terminal enabled for data traffic to send a message, for example a message of an SMS or MMS type or of some other known type, at a unit cost much lower than the one to be paid to the telephone operator in so far as it corresponds only to the data traffic during interaction between said mobile terminal and a Service Centre at which the user must be registered.
  • a message for example a message of an SMS or MMS type or of some other known type
  • the user sends a message, via a data network, to said Service Centre, where said message is processed and converted into an SMS message or the like before being forwarded to the recipient, and the cost of sending the message is substantially covered by one or more firms, hereinafter referred to as "Advertisers" , who register their own advertisements at said Service Centre so that they can be transmitted on the mobile terminal of each registered user when the latter so requests.
  • Advertisers who register their own advertisements at said Service Centre so that they can be transmitted on the mobile terminal of each registered user when the latter so requests.
  • Viewing by the user of one or more advertisements on his own mobile terminal enables the user himself to acquire a given number of credits, associated to the advert selected, which can be used for sending one or more messages at the cost of the data traffic alone, proportional to the number of the credits acquired and available .
  • each message is necessary for each message to be transmitted by the sender to the Service Centre as simple data packet using the data network, whilst the Service Centre transmits to the recipient the message received, entering it in the mobile network as SMS message and addressing it to the telephone operator thereof.
  • the task of the present invention is to provide a process that will enable, for any person possessing a terminal enabled for data traffic, to send a message at a lower cost than the one to be paid to the telephone operator, after prior viewing of at least one advertisement.
  • the above has been obtained by envisaging a Service Centre provided with a database for storage of a set of information regarding the data of each user who wishes to use of said service - and who must necessarily be registered at said Service Centre -, the updated credits which each user has available, together with one or more advertisements that are provided by each firm or Advertiser, and the credits associated to each of said adverts.
  • said Service Centre is designed to dialogue with the mobile terminal of the user exclusively via a purposely provided Client program which must be installed on said terminal, said Client program behaving as interface between said mobile terminal and the Service Centre and being compatible with the operating system of the mobile terminal on which it is installed.
  • the cost for sending a message will be limited to the cost of the data traffic alone due to interaction between the mobile terminal of the user and the Service
  • the user Once the user is registered at the Service Centre, he has the possibility, via the Client program already installed on his own mobile terminal, of displaying the list of the advertisements available, selecting the one that he wishes to view, to which there corresponds a pre-set number of credits, and downloading the advert selected onto his own terminal. Only at the end of viewing of the advert previously selected, the number of credits associated to the advert itself is attributed to the user, said credits having been booked by the user following upon selection of the advert. Even though it is possible to download one and the same advert a number of times to meet possible error situations, such as for example ones that occur in downloading the advert or else on account of network errors and/or problems, it is preferable for the user to be able to view one and the same advert selected just once.
  • the latter may send - via the Client program which communicates to the Service Centre - one or more messages to one or more recipients of his choice at the cost of the data traffic alone.
  • FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of the procedure of registration of a user at a Service Centre
  • FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the procedure for booking and assignment of a pre-set number of credits to a user registered at the Service Centre
  • FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the procedure for sending a message by a user registered at the Service Centre to the recipient via the Service Centre itself.
  • the procedure of registration at a Service Centre by a user who possesses a mobile terminal enabled for data traffic basically comprises the following steps (Figure 1) :
  • Step A as an alternative to downloading of the Client program made by the user directly on the mobile terminal, it is possible to envisage that said downloading operation is performed by the user on the hard disk of a computer enabled to navigate in the Internet and that said program is then transferred onto his own mobile terminal using means of a known type (USB, Bluetooth or IRDA connection) .
  • the form referred in Step E envisages at least one compulsory field that must be filled in, provided for entry of the telephone number of the user' s own terminal.
  • said form envisages a second compulsory field that must be filled in, provided for entry of the system password sent by the Service Centre via an SMS message.
  • the user must access the form again to enter the password received and then confirm.
  • said further fields can be modified at any moment by the user by means of a subsequent access to the form.
  • Step I simultaneously to or after registration of the user at the Service Centre (Step I) the following steps are envisaged: L) request from the Client program to the Service Centre for a list of items regarding the areas of interest, in which the advertisements of the Advertisers, available in the Service Centre itself, have been grouped; M) receipt of said request by the Service Centre; N) sending from the Service Centre to the Client program of said list of items including further areas of interest, if entered in the Service Centre after registration of the user;
  • the procedure for booking by a registered user of the credits associated to an advertisement that said user has selected for subsequent viewing from among the ones available at said Service Centre and for assignment to said registered user of said credits basically comprises the following steps (Figure 2) :
  • Step IX If a pre-set time interval has elapsed since booking of the pre-set number of credits (Step IX) , without said credits having been subsequently assigned to the user, said booking is cancelled and the corresponding credits are again made available to all the users registered at the Service Centre.
  • the selection of the version of the advertisement by the Service Centre is preferably made according to the tariff plan of the user and the areas of interest selected if said tariff plan has been indicated by the user in the procedure of registration.
  • Said advertisement can be of a video type or of a text type with one or more possible annexed images. It is evident that according to the type of advert there will be a different encumbrance, and this involves a data traffic of different size and hence a different cost chargeable by the sender, also according to the tariff plan of the latter.
  • Step XII As an alternative to the steps of receipt of the advertisement (Step XI) and of request of the user to view said advertisement (Step XII) , a single step is envisaged, in which at the end of receipt of the advertisement there automatically follows viewing of said advert.
  • the procedure for sending a message, such as for example an SMS message, at the cost of data traffic by a user registered at the Service Centre to a recipient via the Service Centre itself basically comprises the following steps ( Figure 3) :
  • Step 7 when the credits are not sufficient to send the message, it is envisaged that the Service Centre will transmit by means of the data network a message to the Client program so as to warn the user of the lack of said credits. Furthermore, the number of credits available for the user is displayed by the Client program.
  • a first advantage of the invention is represented by the fact that Steps II to XVI can be performed via a normal computer enabled to navigate in the Internet rather than on the user's own mobile terminal.
  • the Service Centre upon request of the registered user, the Service Centre will sends an SMS message containing a user ID and a password that enable him to view said advert after prior access to a purposely provided website.
  • a second advantage is -that the Client program is designed to be updated automatically by the Service Centre whenever the updatings are available and the Client program is in communication with the Service Centre.
  • a third advantage lies in the fact that the Service Centre is able to personalize the SMS message that it sends to the recipient, adding an advertising or promotional communication queued to said SMS message.
  • a plug-in is provided designed to assemble appropriately said advertising communication to said SMS message during processing of the message by the Service Centre.
  • a predetermined number of characters will be reserved to enable entry of the aforesaid advertising or promotional communication .
  • a further advantage is represented by the fact that the possibility is envisaged for each firm or Advertiser to personalize the Client program as they wish. For example, if a user chooses to install the Client program of a given Advertiser, in addition to a graphic characterization of said Client program, the Service Centre will prevent advertisements of competing firms or Advertisers from appearing in the list of the advertisements .

Abstract

A process that enables, to any person possessing a terminal enabled for data traffic, to send a message, for example of an SMS type, at the cost of the data traffic alone, after prior registration at a Service Centre and viewing of an advertisement.

Description

PROCESS FOR SENDING SMS-TYPE MESSAGES AT THE COST
OF DATA TRAFFIC
The present invention relates to the telecommunications sector and in particular regards a process that enables anybody provided with a mobile terminal enabled for data traffic to send a message, for example a message of an SMS or MMS type or of some other known type, at a unit cost much lower than the one to be paid to the telephone operator in so far as it corresponds only to the data traffic during interaction between said mobile terminal and a Service Centre at which the user must be registered.
According to the invention, the user sends a message, via a data network, to said Service Centre, where said message is processed and converted into an SMS message or the like before being forwarded to the recipient, and the cost of sending the message is substantially covered by one or more firms, hereinafter referred to as "Advertisers" , who register their own advertisements at said Service Centre so that they can be transmitted on the mobile terminal of each registered user when the latter so requests.
Viewing by the user of one or more advertisements on his own mobile terminal enables the user himself to acquire a given number of credits, associated to the advert selected, which can be used for sending one or more messages at the cost of the data traffic alone, proportional to the number of the credits acquired and available .
According to a peculiar characteristic of the invention, to be able to use said credits it is necessary for each message to be transmitted by the sender to the Service Centre as simple data packet using the data network, whilst the Service Centre transmits to the recipient the message received, entering it in the mobile network as SMS message and addressing it to the telephone operator thereof.
Currently, it is possible to send different types of messages (SMS, MMS, e-mail, etc.) from a mobile terminal according to the technical characteristics of said mobile terminal and to the needs of the user, with the disadvantage that the person who sends the message must pay a non-indifferent, albeit contained, cost, which is set by the telephone operator that provides the service. The task of the present invention is to provide a process that will enable, for any person possessing a terminal enabled for data traffic, to send a message at a lower cost than the one to be paid to the telephone operator, after prior viewing of at least one advertisement.
The above has been obtained by envisaging a Service Centre provided with a database for storage of a set of information regarding the data of each user who wishes to use of said service - and who must necessarily be registered at said Service Centre -, the updated credits which each user has available, together with one or more advertisements that are provided by each firm or Advertiser, and the credits associated to each of said adverts.
According to the invention, said Service Centre is designed to dialogue with the mobile terminal of the user exclusively via a purposely provided Client program which must be installed on said terminal, said Client program behaving as interface between said mobile terminal and the Service Centre and being compatible with the operating system of the mobile terminal on which it is installed.
The cost for sending a message will be limited to the cost of the data traffic alone due to interaction between the mobile terminal of the user and the Service
Centre, according to the tariff plan of the telephone operator.
Once the user is registered at the Service Centre, he has the possibility, via the Client program already installed on his own mobile terminal, of displaying the list of the advertisements available, selecting the one that he wishes to view, to which there corresponds a pre-set number of credits, and downloading the advert selected onto his own terminal. Only at the end of viewing of the advert previously selected, the number of credits associated to the advert itself is attributed to the user, said credits having been booked by the user following upon selection of the advert. Even though it is possible to download one and the same advert a number of times to meet possible error situations, such as for example ones that occur in downloading the advert or else on account of network errors and/or problems, it is preferable for the user to be able to view one and the same advert selected just once.
In the case where the aforesaid error situations occur, it may happen that the credits associated to one and the same advertisement are booked a number of times, following upon the various attempts that the user makes to download said advert. In these cases, booking of the credits not assigned is cancelled after a pre-set time interval, preferably subsequent to viewing of the advertisement.
Once said credits have been assigned to the user, the latter may send - via the Client program which communicates to the Service Centre - one or more messages to one or more recipients of his choice at the cost of the data traffic alone.
It is preferable to envisage a dead line, within which the credits accumulated by the user are eliminated if they are not used. In this case, if the user wants to use the service, it will be necessary for him to accumulate new credits by viewing further advertisements .
It is evident that, in the case where the sender does not have sufficient credits, the Client program does not allow messages to be sent. A better understanding of the invention will be obtained from the ensuing detailed description and with reference to the attached plates of drawings, which illustrate, purely by way of example, a preferred embodiment thereof.
In the plates of drawings:
- Figure 1 shows a flowchart of the procedure of registration of a user at a Service Centre;
- Figure 2 shows a flowchart of the procedure for booking and assignment of a pre-set number of credits to a user registered at the Service Centre; and
- Figure 3 shows a flowchart of the procedure for sending a message by a user registered at the Service Centre to the recipient via the Service Centre itself. USER REGISTRATION
The procedure of registration at a Service Centre by a user who possesses a mobile terminal enabled for data traffic, such as, for example, a third-generation cellphone or palmtop, basically comprises the following steps (Figure 1) :
A) connection by the user to a website from which he can download onto his own mobile terminal a purposely provided Client program designed to function as interface between said mobile terminal and the Service Centre at which the user is to be registered;
B) selection of the version of the Client program suited to the user's own mobile terminal;
C) downloading of the Client program selected;
D) installation of said Client program on the mobile terminal of the user;
E) filling-in of a purposely provided form by the user to be registered at the Service Centre, said form appearing on the display of the mobile terminal of the user after prior launching of the Client program;
F) confirmation of the form filled in and simultaneous sending thereof to the Service Centre;
G) receipt of the form by the Service Centre; and H) sending by the Service Centre to the user' s mobile terminal of an SMS message containing a purposely provided system password for completion of the registration of the user at the Service Centre;
I) registration by the Client program of the password sent by the Service Centre, after prior automatic reading of the SMS message, and simultaneous registration of the user at the Service Centre.
As regards Step A, as an alternative to downloading of the Client program made by the user directly on the mobile terminal, it is possible to envisage that said downloading operation is performed by the user on the hard disk of a computer enabled to navigate in the Internet and that said program is then transferred onto his own mobile terminal using means of a known type (USB, Bluetooth or IRDA connection) . The form referred in Step E envisages at least one compulsory field that must be filled in, provided for entry of the telephone number of the user' s own terminal.
In the case where the Client program, which is compatible with the operating system of the mobile terminal on which it is installed, were not able to read said SMS message automatically, said form envisages a second compulsory field that must be filled in, provided for entry of the system password sent by the Service Centre via an SMS message. In this specific case, the user must access the form again to enter the password received and then confirm.
It is preferable to envisage further fields in the registration form, one of which for indicating the tariff plan of the user and one or more fields for information that enable tracing of a user profile so that the Service Centre can transmit preferably on the mobile terminal of the user advertisements of interest to him. Said information can consist, for example, in the date of birth, sex, geographical location, interests or hobbies, etc.
It is moreover envisaged that said further fields can be modified at any moment by the user by means of a subsequent access to the form.
In the embodiment that is described, simultaneously to or after registration of the user at the Service Centre (Step I) the following steps are envisaged: L) request from the Client program to the Service Centre for a list of items regarding the areas of interest, in which the advertisements of the Advertisers, available in the Service Centre itself, have been grouped; M) receipt of said request by the Service Centre; N) sending from the Service Centre to the Client program of said list of items including further areas of interest, if entered in the Service Centre after registration of the user;
O) possible selection BY the user of one or more of said further areas of interest;
P) sending from the Client program of said further areas of interest selected to the Service Centre; Q) registration in a database of the Service Centre of said further areas of interest selected; and
R) access to the main screen of the Client program.
It is evident that the user who wishes to register must give his consent for the treatment of his personal data.
BOOKING CREDITS AND THEIR ASSIGNMENT The procedure for booking by a registered user of the credits associated to an advertisement that said user has selected for subsequent viewing from among the ones available at said Service Centre and for assignment to said registered user of said credits, basically comprises the following steps (Figure 2) :
I. launching of the Client program installed on his own mobile terminal by the registered user;
II. request of the user, via the Client program, of the list of advertisements available at the Service Centre;
III. receipt by the Service Centre of the request from the Client program, installed on the mobile terminal of the user, to view the list of advertisements ;
IV. sending by the Service Centre of the list of advertisements to the Client program;
V. receipt by the Client program of said list of advertisements ;
VI. selection by the user of an advertisement from among the ones present in said list; VII. request by the Client program to the Service Centre for downloading the advertisement selected;
VIII. receipt of the request for downloading of said advertisement by the Service Centre;
IX. selection by the Service Centre of an appropriate version of the advertisement to send to the
Client program, and simultaneous booking of the associated credits;
X. transmission of the advertisement selected by the Service Centre to the Client program; XI. receipt of the advertisement by the Client program;
XII. request of the user to view the advertisement received;
XIII. viewing of the advertisement by the user on the Client program of his own mobile terminal;
XIV. transmission of the information to the Service Centre as to that viewing of the advertisement by the Client program has taken place;
XV. receipt of the information by the Service Centre as to that viewing of the advert by the user has taken place;
XVI. assignment to the user of the pre-set number of credits associated to the advertisement that he has viewed.
If a pre-set time interval has elapsed since booking of the pre-set number of credits (Step IX) , without said credits having been subsequently assigned to the user, said booking is cancelled and the corresponding credits are again made available to all the users registered at the Service Centre.
The selection of the version of the advertisement by the Service Centre (Step IX) is preferably made according to the tariff plan of the user and the areas of interest selected if said tariff plan has been indicated by the user in the procedure of registration. Said advertisement can be of a video type or of a text type with one or more possible annexed images. It is evident that according to the type of advert there will be a different encumbrance, and this involves a data traffic of different size and hence a different cost chargeable by the sender, also according to the tariff plan of the latter.
As an alternative to the steps of receipt of the advertisement (Step XI) and of request of the user to view said advertisement (Step XII) , a single step is envisaged, in which at the end of receipt of the advertisement there automatically follows viewing of said advert. SENDING MESSAGES
The procedure for sending a message, such as for example an SMS message, at the cost of data traffic by a user registered at the Service Centre to a recipient via the Service Centre itself basically comprises the following steps (Figure 3) :
1- launching by the user of the Client program on his own mobile terminal;
2- access to the message environment, after prior verification of the credits by the Client program without connection to the Service Centre;
3- typing-in by the user of the text of a message to send to the Service Centre via the data network;
4- selection of the recipient of the message from the address book, if present, or typing-in of the number of the mobile terminal of the recipient;
5- sending of said message to the Service Centre via the data network;
6- receipt of said message by the Service Centre; 7- verification by the Service Centre of the presence of credit necessary for sending of said message in the form of an SMS message;
8- processing of said message and conversion thereof into an SMS message by the Service Centre; 9- sending of the SMS message by the Service Centre to the recipient via the mobile network (GSM, GPRS, UMTS, etc.) and simultaneous decrement of the number of credits available for the user.
As regards Step 7, when the credits are not sufficient to send the message, it is envisaged that the Service Centre will transmit by means of the data network a message to the Client program so as to warn the user of the lack of said credits. Furthermore, the number of credits available for the user is displayed by the Client program.
It is evident that, until the user starts the Client program and connects up to the Service Centre, the credits are not updated, thus obtaining that the latter may have expired, even though the Client program still displays a certain number of credits.
A first advantage of the invention is represented by the fact that Steps II to XVI can be performed via a normal computer enabled to navigate in the Internet rather than on the user's own mobile terminal. For this purpose it is envisaged that, upon request of the registered user, the Service Centre will sends an SMS message containing a user ID and a password that enable him to view said advert after prior access to a purposely provided website.
A second advantage is -that the Client program is designed to be updated automatically by the Service Centre whenever the updatings are available and the Client program is in communication with the Service Centre.
A third advantage lies in the fact that the Service Centre is able to personalize the SMS message that it sends to the recipient, adding an advertising or promotional communication queued to said SMS message. For said purpose, a plug-in is provided designed to assemble appropriately said advertising communication to said SMS message during processing of the message by the Service Centre. In the case of the SMS message, it is envisaged that a predetermined number of characters will be reserved to enable entry of the aforesaid advertising or promotional communication .
A further advantage is represented by the fact that the possibility is envisaged for each firm or Advertiser to personalize the Client program as they wish. For example, if a user chooses to install the Client program of a given Advertiser, in addition to a graphic characterization of said Client program, the Service Centre will prevent advertisements of competing firms or Advertisers from appearing in the list of the advertisements .
The present invention has been described and illustrated in a preferred embodiment, but it is evident that the person skilled in the sector may make technically equivalent modifications and/or replacements thereto, without thereby departing from the sphere of protection of the present industrial patent right.

Claims

1) A process for enabling a user to send, from a mobile terminal enabled for data traffic, a message of an SMS or MMS type or of some other known type, at the cost of the data traffic alone made during interaction between said mobile terminal and a purposely provided Service Centre, characterized in that it basically comprises the following steps:
1- launching by the user of a purposely provided Client program installed on his own mobile terminal, after prior registration at said Service Centre;
2- access to the message environment, after prior verification of the credits by the Client program, without being connected to the Service Centre;
3-- typing-in by the user of the text of a message to send to the Service Centre via the data network;
4- selection of the recipient of the message from the address book, if present, or typing-in of the number of the mobile terminal of the recipient;
5- sending of said message to the Service Centre via the data network;
6- receipt of said message by the Service Centre;
7- verification by the Service Centre of the presence of credits necessary for sending said message in the form of an SMS message; said credits having been assigned by the user following upon viewing of an advertisement by the user himself;
8- processing of said message and its conversion into an SMS message by the Service Centre; 9- sending of the SMS message by the Service Centre to the recipient via mobile network (GSM, GPRS, UMTS, etc. ) and simultaneous decrement of the number of credits available for the user. 2) The process according to Claim 1, characterized in that the registration of the user at the Service Centre basically comprises the following steps :
A) connection by the user to a website from which to be able to download onto his own mobile terminal a purposely provided Client program designed to function as interface between said mobile terminal and the Service Centre at which the user must be registered;
B) selection of the version of the Client program suited to the user's own mobile terminal;
C) downloading of the Client program selected;
D) installation of said Client program on the mobile terminal of the user;
E) filling-in of a purposely provided form by the user to be registered at the Service Centre; said form appearing on the display of the mobile terminal of the user after prior launching of the Client program;
F) confirmation of the form filled in and simultaneous sending thereof to the Service Centre; G) receipt of the form by the Service Centre;
H) sending by the Service Centre to the user's mobile terminal of an SMS message containing a purposely provided system password for completion of the registration of the user at the Service Centre; and I) registration by the Client program of the password sent by the Service Centre, after prior automatic reading of the SMS message, and simultaneous registration of the user at the Service Centre. 3) The process according to the preceding claim, characterized in that as an alternative to the connection to a website for downloading the Client program by means of mobile terminal, the connection is made via a computer enabled to navigate in the Internet thus obtaining that said download is performed by the user on the hard disk of said computer and that said program is then transferred onto the mobile terminal of the user using means of a known type (USB, Bluetooth or IRDA connection) . 4) The process according to Claim 2, characterized in that the form referred to in Step E envisages at least one compulsory field that must be filled in, provided for entry of the telephone number of the user's own mobile terminal. 5) The process according to the preceding claim, characterized in that in the case where the Client program, which is compatible with the operating system of the mobile terminal on which it is installed, were not able to read the SMS message containing the system password automatically, said form envisages a second compulsory field to be filled in, provided for entry of the system password sent by the Service Centre via an SMS message displayed by the user.
6) The process according to Claim 4 or Claim 5, characterized in that said form is provided with further fields, one of which for indicating the tariff plan of the user and one or more fields for information that enable tracing a user profile so that the Service Centre can transmit to him advertisements of interest.
7) The process according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said further fields of the form are modifiable at any moment by the user by means of a subsequent access to the form itself. 8) The process according to Claim 2, characterized in that simultaneously to or after registration of the user at the Service Centre (Step I) the following steps are envisaged:
L) request by the Client program to the Service Centre for a list of items regarding the areas of interest, available in the Service Centre itself, in which the advertisements of the Advertisers have been grouped;
M) receipt of said request by the Service Centre; N) sending from the Service Centre to the Client program of said list of items regarding the areas of interest including further areas of interest, if they have been entered in the Service Centre after registration of the user; O) possible selection of the user of one or more of said further areas of interest;
P) sending by the Client program of said selection to the Service Centre;
Q) registration in a database of the Service Centre of said selection; and
R) access to the main screen of the Client program.
9) The process according to Claim 1, characterized in that assignment of said credits to a registered user basically comprises the following steps :
I. launching of the Client program installed on his own mobile terminal by the registered user; II. request of the user, via the Client program, for the list of advertisements available at the Service Centre;
III. receipt by the Service Centre of the request by the Client program, installed on the mobile terminal of the user, to view the list of advertisements;
IV. sending from the Service Centre of the list of advertisements to the Client program;
V. receipt by the Client program of said list of advertisements; VI. selection by the user of an advertisement from among the ones of said list;
VII. request by the Client program to the Service Centre for downloading of the advertisement selected;
VIII. receipt of the request for downloading of said advertisement by the Service Centre;
IX. selection by the Service Centre of an appropriate version of the advertisement to send to the Client program and simultaneous booking of the associated credits; X. transmission of the advertisement selected by the Service Centre to the Client program;
XI. receipt of the advertisement by the Client program; XII. request of the user to view the advertisement received;
XIII. viewing of the advertisement by the user on the Client program of his own mobile terminal;
XIV. transmission to the Service Centre of the information as to that viewing of the advertisement by the Client program has taken place;
XV. receipt of the information by the Service Centre as to that viewing of the advert by the user has taken place; and XVI. assignment to the user of the pre-set number of credits associated to the advertisement that he has viewed.
10) The process according to the preceding claim, characterized in that if since booking of the pre-set number of credits (Step IX) a pre-set time interval has elapsed without said credits having been subsequently assigned to the user, said booking is cancelled and the corresponding credits are again made available to all the users registered at the Service Centre. 11) The process according to Claim 9, characterized in that the selection of the version of the advertisement by the Service Centre (Step IX) is made according to the tariff plan of the user, if said tariff plan has been indicated by the user when he registered.
12) The process according to Claim 9, characterized in that Steps II to XVI are taken by the user via a normal computer enabled to navigate in the Internet instead of on his own mobile terminal, after prior access to a purposely provided website via user ID and password supplied by the Service Centre itself, upon request of the registered user.
13) The process according to Claim 9, characterized in that, as an alternative to the steps of receipt of the advertisement (Step XI) and of request of the user to view said advertisement (Step XII) , there is envisaged a single step in which, at the end of receipt of the advertisement, there automatically follows viewing of said advert.
14) The process according to Claim 1, characterized in that if from the verification (Step 7) it emerges that the number of credits is not sufficient to send the message, the Service Centre transmits by means of the data network a message to the Client program so as to warn the user of the lack of credits; said number of available credits being in any case displayed by the Client program.
15) The process according to Claim 1, characterized in that the Client program upon launching is designed to connect up to the Service Centre for updating the number of credits of the user.
16) The process according to Claim 1, characterized in that the Service Centre is provided with means designed to personalize the SMS message during processing of the message before sending it to the recipient, adding an advertising or promotional communication queued to said SMS message. 17) The process according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said means of personalization comprise a plug-in designed to assemble appropriately said advertising communication to said SMS message so that a predetermined number of characters will be reserved for enabling entry of said advertising or promotional communication.
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