Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
  • H04L67/01—Protocols
  • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
  • H04L67/1095—Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Definitions

• Telecommunication terminal in particular a mobile terminal and communication method for the wireless exchange of data sets
• the invention relates to a telecommunications terminal, in particular a mobile term for the wireless transmission of communication information, the communication information at least also comprising character strings and the mobile term input means for entering the character sequence, memory center! for storing character strings in a predefined database structure, output means for outputting and / or displaying character strings and transmission / reception means for sending and receiving the character strings.
• the invention relates to a communication method for the wireless exchange of data records between two mobile terminals in communication with each other, each with at least input means for entering the character strings, storage means for storing character strings in a database structure, output means for outputting and / or displaying character strings and transmitting / receiving means for sending and receiving the character strings. 5
• the inventor proposes the known telecommunication terminal, in particular a mobile terminal, which is used to transmit communication information comprising at least character strings and via input means for entering the character string, storage means for storing character strings in a predetermined database structure, output means for outputting and / or displaying character strings and transmitting / receiving means for sending and receiving the character strings to further develop such that at least one further database structure with data records and data fields is provided, each, at least one further database structure being assigned a unique identifier.
• An advantageous variant provides for a list with different database structures and assigned, unique identifiers to be provided instead of the database structure itself with the corresponding identifier.
• the transmitting / receiving means have an encoder / converter which converts the content of a preselected data record from a database into a character string that can be sent. This enables, for example, the possibility of compressing the content of a data record, or of converting certain special characters, for example graphical special characters or sounds, into sendable character strings.
• the identifier of the database into the character string, wherein the identifier of the database can be arranged at a specific predetermined position of the character string, preferably at the beginning of the character string.
• the character string that is exchanged between the telecommunication terminals is set to a certain length, that is to say the number of characters, preferably a number of 160 characters is used here.
• the mobile terminal which sends the data record it is advantageous if the mobile terminal which receives a data record does not simply display this data record or the character string in the received form, but rather when transmitting and Receiving means have a decorder / converter which converts the content of a data record received as a character string into a storable and / or displayable character string.
• means should preferably be provided which take the identifier of a specific database from the character string and insert the received data record in this specific database with the corresponding database structure.
• the database structure in particular with regard to field length, field names and field characteristics - such as date / time / text / logical entry etc. - is first queried and a corresponding database in the storage means and then the received data record is inserted into this new database.
• the above-mentioned means will consist, at least in part, of programmable microprocessors with corresponding programs.
• a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal according to the invention is that it is a mobile phone according to the known GSM standard or UMTS standard. It is also advantageous if the character string that the mobile terminal sends or receives is exchanged via the SMS (Short Message Service).
• At least one database of the telecommunications terminal contains a diary and / or a telephone book and / or a business card database and / or a database for graphic information and / or an image database.
• the transmission of information can be carried out, for example, wirelessly via radio waves or via infrared waves.
• This communication interface can represent, for example, an infrared transmitter / receiver, a serial, a parallel, a USB or PCMCIA interface, whereby combinations of the individual interface types are of course also possible.
• the inventor furthermore proposes a communication method for exchanging data records between two telecommunication terminals, in particular mobile terminals, which are in communication with one another, which data transmission means via input means for entering character strings, storage means for storing character strings in a database structure, output means for outputting and / or display of strings and sending / receiving means for sending and receiving the strings.
• the storage means of a first telecommunication terminal contain in particular mobile terminals, at least one database structured according to data records and data fields and provided with an assigned identifier
• the storage means of a second telecommunication terminal in particular mobile terminals, likewise at least this database with the same structure - or at least one database structure itself - and the same , assigned identifier
• a data record sent from the first to the second telecommunication terminal is provided with the identifier of the associated database
• the received data record is searched for the presence of an identifier
• the identifier is compared with the identifier of existing databases or database structures, and in the case a match of the identifier of the received data record is entered in a database identified by the identifier or in a database newly built according to the existing database structure.
• This method according to the invention now makes it possible to easily transfer the content of data records from a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal, and to insert them into an existing database or a database to be newly created.
• the inventor proposes that in the event of a mismatch between the transmitted identifier and existing identifiers, from the second telecommunication terminal or mobile terminal, to the first telecommunication terminal or mobile terminal, a request for transmission of the database structure occurs, and this then transferred database structure is adopted in the storage means.
• This additional method makes it possible to also transmit data records of a specific structure if the structure of the data records has not yet been present in the receiving telecommunications terminal.
• An embodiment is also advantageous in which the content of this data record is converted into a sendable character string before the transfer of a data record.
• data compression can also take place, for example, or characters that are not transferable per se - such as graphic characters or image information - can be converted in order to send them in a corresponding character string.
• the character string contains the identifier of the database in each case.
• the identifier of the database can be arranged at certain predetermined positions of the character string, preferably at the beginning of the character string.
• field contents of the converted data record can also be placed at specific positions in the character string, or the field contents of the converted data record can be preceded by the respective field name.
• An advantageous embodiment of the communication method provides that the character string has a certain length, preferably 160 characters.
• the method is particularly advantageous if the transmission of the character string is sent as an SMS (Short Message Service) - in accordance with the existing GSM standard or UMTS standard.
• SMS Short Message Service

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