FR3091123A1 - Notification of data relating to professionals - Google Patents

Abstract

Notification of data relating to professionals The invention relates to a process for obtaining data relating to professionals, implemented in a terminal, such that it comprises the following steps of locating (E21) the terminal and obtaining '' an address relating to the location, sending (E22) of a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at the determined address and receiving (E23) a notification, comprising at minus a piece of data relating to at least one professional who has worked professionally at this address, the data notified being a function of an associated right to consult the data. The invention also relates to a method of supplying data relating to professionals implemented by a management server in a communication network. It relates to a terminal (T) and a management server (S) implementing these methods. Figure for the abstract: Figure 2

Description

Description

Title of invention: Notification of data relating to professionals

The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications and more specifically to the transmission of data through communication networks.

More particularly, the invention relates to a transmission of data relating to professionals or craftsmen involved in various works or installations at different addresses and to the recording of this data in a database.

Currently, a craftsman or professional carrying out work with individuals, is known by the distribution of advertising on these works either by the distribution of paper or digitally via a website.

Its visibility and the visibility of its work are not always optimal. Indeed, it is often tedious for an independent professional to ensure both his work and his publicity, to update his website or to provide postings on each of the achievements that he has been able to carry out. These different operations are costly in time, material and require technical knowledge which is not always acquired to update and maintain a website.

In addition, the displays at the place of intervention of professionals are set up only provisionally, often for a very short time and are more unattractive. Display site owners do not always agree to such advertisements.

These postings on the intervention sites are, however, the only way for a person passing by this place to be informed of the name of the craftsman who intervened at this address.

There is therefore a need to highlight the achievements of a professional in a place of intervention so that a passerby who wishes to have information on the professional or professionals who have made these achievements, can get it easily. This visibility must be done without requiring too much time or too much technical knowledge for the craftsman.

The present invention improves the situation.

To this end, it offers a process for obtaining data relating to professionals, implemented in a terminal. The process is such that it includes the following steps:

- location of the terminal and obtaining an address relating to the location;

- sending of a request to obtain data relating to at least one professional who intervened at the determined address;

- receipt of a notification, comprising at least one piece of data relating to at least one professional who has worked professionally at this address, the piece of data notified being a function of an associated right to consult the data.

Thus, it is possible for a user who is passing in front of an achievement which interests him, to obtain data concerning the achievement which he has before his eyes. It is not necessary that he disturbs the inhabitants of the place of this realization, nor that he seeks the professional who could have done this. Thanks to its location and the implementation of the process, it will receive a notification containing data from professionals who intervened at the address of its location.

The professional thus enriches the dissemination of his advertising without spending time and material investments, for example in display.

The different particular embodiments mentioned below can be added independently or in combination with each other, to the steps of the method defined above.

In one embodiment, the notified data come from a database in which are associated, at an address, data relating to at least one professional who intervened at this address, a data item being further associated with a right of consultation.

Thus, at an address can be listed several data corresponding to different professionals or craftsmen who intervened over a longer or shorter period at a given address. Each data item has a right of consultation recorded so that the dissemination of this data is controlled.

In an exemplary embodiment, the data relating to a professional are data belonging to the group:

- professional identity card;

- details of the work carried out at this address;

- photos of the work carried out by the professional;

- invoices associated with the work carried out at this address.

This allows to know the contact details of the professional but also his achievements. Any information relating to the activity of the professional, at this address can be recorded.

In a particular embodiment, the database is updated when data relating to a professional is to be recorded in association with an address, the recording of said data as well as the associated right of consultation being carried out according to a mutual validation of the owner of the place defined by the address and of the professional.

This update of new data recorded in the database allows data control by both the professional and the owner of the premises of the address concerned, which are both concerned by this data. . Thus, without mutual agreement of the two parties, the data cannot be recorded and therefore cannot be disseminated.

The present invention also provides a method of providing data relating to professionals, implemented by a management server in a communication network. The process is such that it includes the following steps:

- reception from a terminal, of a request to obtain data relating to at least one professional who intervened at a given address according to a location of the terminal;

- obtaining data corresponding to the address received from a database in which are associated, at an address, data relating to at least one professional who intervened at this address, a data item being further associated with a right of consultation;

- sending to the terminal issuing the request, a notification containing the data obtained according to the associated consultation rights and an identifier of the terminal.

Thus, the management server controls the database recording the data of professionals who have worked at defined addresses. This management server can thus respond to requests for obtaining data from a terminal following a location performed for this terminal. The user of the localized terminal can thus receive information from professionals who have worked at the address in front of which he is located without disturbing the inhabitants at this address, or even looking for the professional who may have intervened at this address. The professional thus enriches the dissemination of his advertising without spending time and material investments, for example in display.

In one embodiment, following the reception of a request for registration of new data associated with an address, a mutual validation procedure of the owner of the place defined by the address and of the professional is implemented. work to record, the said data as well as the associated right of consultation, in the database.

This update of new data recorded in the database allows data control by both the professional and the owner of the premises of the address concerned, which are both concerned by this data. . Thus, without mutual agreement of the two parties, the data cannot be recorded and therefore cannot be disseminated.

The present invention also relates to a terminal comprising a notification application implementing:

- a location module for locating the terminal and obtaining an address relating to the location of the terminal;

- a communication module to send a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at the determined address; and to receive a notification comprising at least one piece of data relating to at least one professional who has worked professionally at the determined address, the piece of data notified being a function of an associated right to consult the data.

This device has the same advantages as the method of obtaining data described above, which it implements.

The invention also relates to a database management server in which are associated, at an address, data relating to at least one professional who intervened at this address, a data item being further associated with a right of consultation, comprising a communication module controlled by a processor to receive, from a terminal, a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at a given address according to a location of the terminal; obtain data corresponding to the given address, from the database; and send to the terminal sending the request, a notification comprising at least the data obtained according to the associated consultation rights and an identifier of the terminal.

In a particular mode, the communication module of the management server is able to implement a mutual validation procedure of the owner of the place defined by the address and of the professional to record in a database, said data as well as the associated right of consultation, following the reception of a request for registration of new data associated with an address by the reception module.

This device has the same advantages as the data supply method described above, which it implements.

The invention relates to a software module incorporated in a communication terminal and comprising program instructions for the implementation of the steps of the process for obtaining data as described, when these instructions are executed by a processor.

Finally the invention relates to a storage medium, readable by a processor, integrated or not in the terminal, possibly removable, on which is recorded a computer program implementing a method of obtaining data as described above . It also relates to a storage medium, readable by a processor, integrated or not in the management server, possibly removable, on which a computer program is implemented implementing a method of supplying data as described above.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly on reading the following description, given only by way of nonlimiting example, and made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[Fig.l] Figure 1 illustrates an environment in which the invention can be implemented and in which is shown a terminal and a server according to an embodiment of the invention;

[Fig.2] Figure 2 illustrates in the form of a flowchart, the steps implemented by a terminal for a method of obtaining data and by a server for a method of providing data according to one embodiment of the invention;

[Fig.3] Figure 3 illustrates in the form of a flowchart, the steps implemented by a management server to update a database according to an embodiment of the invention; and

[Fig.4] Figure 4 illustrates an example of data recorded in a database according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 1 illustrates an environment in which a user carrying a terminal T can operate. Two houses are shown in this figure to illustrate two possible addresses ADI and AD2, in front of which the bearer of the terminal T is located. The terminal T is for example a portable telephone of Smartphone or touch pad type connected to the communication network R.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal T comprises the following functional modules:

- a communication module (COM-T), input / output intended to communicate with the communication network R;

- a processing module (μΡ-Τ) comprising a processor and an operating system to control the interactions between the various modules of the terminal;

a memory module (MEM-T) in which an application or software module (APP) is stored comprising program instructions for implementing the steps of the method for obtaining data according to an embodiment of the invention, and as described for example with reference to Figure 2;

- an interface module (INT.) allowing the user carrying the terminal to interact;

- a location module (LOC.) to implement a terminal location function.

The terminal T, at the request of the user, implements, for example via the mobile application or APP software module, the notification method described later with reference to FIG. 2. The user of the terminal T implements this process because he passes, for example in front of a house with a landscaped garden which he finds beautifully made or because he sees on this house a veranda which he would also like to order for his home. The method locates the terminal and determines the address in front of which the user is located.

With this address, the terminal sends a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at the address thus determined. This request is received by a management server S able to manage a database DB. In this database are recorded data or information associated with addresses and relating to professionals or craftsmen who intervened at the associated addresses.

The management server and the database can be integrated, for example, into a service platform of an operator or of the supplier of the mobile application APP.

This management server is illustrated in FIG. 1 and includes the following functional modules:

- an input / output communication module (COM-S) intended to communicate with the communication network R;

- a processing module (μΡ-S) comprising a processor for controlling the interactions between the various modules of the server;

a memory module (MEM-S) in which a computer program (Pg) is stored comprising instructions for the execution of the steps of the method of supplying data according to an embodiment of the invention and as described for example in reference to figure 2.

The data recorded in the DB database is for example the professional's identity card with contact details, service proposals or other elements that the professional wishes to highlight. It can also be photos taken of the work in progress or at the end of the work. It can also be a list of work carried out, invoices related to the work carried out at this address. To these data can also be associated keywords defining the achievements made.

Furthermore, these data recorded in the database, according to updating steps described with reference to Figure 3, are also associated consultation rights according to criteria defined both by the owner of the place to the address concerned and the professional to whom this data corresponds.

A gradation of rights associated with a data can then be provided. A right of general or public dissemination allows anyone to consult the data during the implementation of the process.

Conversely, a private right associated only with a few identified people only allows this data to be viewed by these identified people.

Depending on the number of authorized persons, the associated consultation right is more or less wide.

For a private right of consultation, authorized persons may be authorized, for example, if they are part of the owner and / or professional contacts.

This can be people explicitly identified. It can also be people who are identified with a group, entity, organization, forum, or other community.

Thus, depending on the right associated with the data, a check is made according to an identifier of the located terminal to define whether it can receive the data or data associated with the address.

If there is at least one datum in this case, then a notification is sent to the terminal to inform the user that there is datum linked to this address which he can consult. There can obviously be several data for the same professional or several data for a plurality of professionals who have worked at this address.

FIG. 2 illustrates the steps E21 to E23 of a method of notification of data relating to professionals according to an embodiment of the invention.

This process is implemented by opening a dedicated APP application, downloaded for example into a memory module of the terminal.

The terminal user implements this application when, for example, he wishes to have information on work that has been carried out at an address near which he is located or on equipment installed at this address.

In step E21, the terminal is located. The terminal can use for this a GPS functionality (for “Global Positioning System” in English) present in the terminal or in another example of location function, use the identifier of the radio cell to which the mobile terminal is attached to access to the mobile communication network.

From this location information, an address of the place where the user of the terminal is located is determined.

In one embodiment, it is the terminal which determines the address according to the location determined for example using a saved map or a Google Maps® type navigation application. In another embodiment, the location is sent by the terminal to the management server which determines the corresponding address.

An address can also be determined by the location of a network access point registered at an address near the location determined by the terminal.

One or more addresses can be found depending on the proximity of the dwellings to the location and also on the configuration of the premises. Thus, one or more addresses can be determined and can be displayed on the terminal so that the user of the terminal confirms the address for which he wishes to have information.

During a step E22, a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who worked at the determined address is sent via the communication network to a management server. This request includes an identifier of the terminal used, for example the subscriber identifier, that is to say the telephone number (MSISDN number for Mobile Station ISDN number) stored in the SIM card of the telephone. It also includes the address determined in the previous step or the location if the address is determined by the management server. This request can also contain, in a particular embodiment, one or more keywords defining more precisely the type of work for which the user wishes information.

In response to this request, the terminal receives in E23 a notification comprising at least one item of data relating to at least one professional who has worked professionally at this address, the item of data notified being a function of an associated right to consult the item of data. .

FIG. 2 also illustrates the steps E25 to E28 of a method of supplying data relating to professionals implemented by the management server S according to an embodiment of the invention.

In step E25, the management server receives the request for obtaining data from the terminal described above.

From this request, the server consults the DB database to identify whether there is data recorded at the address received in the request or obtained by the location information.

An example of data recorded in the database DB is given in FIG. 4. It can indeed be seen that for a first ADI address, there are several data recorded for several professionals (ProA and ProB). For the Pro A professional, a professional identity card (ID card), two photos (Photol and Photo2) and an invoice (Lactl) are saved. For each of the data is associated a more or less wide right of consultation. In the example illustrated here, the professional's identity card and photo 1 can be viewed by anyone since the associated right is a public right (PD). Anyone who has downloaded the APP application implementing the data collection process can then access the data recorded for this address with public viewing rights.

In another example of the law associated with data, photo 2 of Professional A (ProA) for address 1 (ADI) can only be viewed by people in group 1 (Gl), the right to consult DGI is only given to people in this group. These people in group 1 are not, for example, people identified by the owner at the given address or by professional A according to the owner's agreement. These people are identified for example using subscriber identifiers, that is to say the telephone number stored in the SIM card of the user's terminal. The persons identified for a group can also be identified by a correspondence between the subscriber's identifier and their membership of an interest group, for example by their subscription to a service, a holder of a loyalty card in a DIY store for example, by subscribing to a newspaper dedicated to the work.

Thus, at an address can be registered several groups of identifiers which can define several consultation rights. A group can also be defined by the contacts (GC) registered for the owner of the address, the DGC consultation right is only given to people registered as contact. If the contacts are sorted by group, the different sorted groups can also define different rights, for example contacts from family, work, close friends, etc.

We can therefore see in this illustration of the data recorded in the database DB the data of the addresses ADI and AD2 for professionals A, B and C. These data can be of different types, for example of the list, card type. identity, photo, invoice. A set of keywords can also be associated with a professional to define his activity and the type of work he performs. This list is not exhaustive, many other types of data providing information on the professional or his activities may be recorded.

To return to FIG. 2, step E26 verifies that a data item is recorded in the database DB for the address obtained by the request received in E25. If there is no data recorded (N in E26) for this address, then the process stops. In an alternative embodiment, before the process is stopped, a notification can be sent to the terminal, informing it that no data is recorded for this address.

If there is at least one piece of data recorded for the given address, then step E27 is implemented to check the consultation rights associated with the data.

If the associated right is a public right (DC), then there is no need to check the terminal identifier since the data is accessible to all. In this case (O in E27), a notification is sent in E28, to the terminal T to transmit to it the data or data recorded at this address whose right of consultation is public.

If the right associated with a data item registered for the given address is not public, then step E27 verifies that the identifier of the terminal sending the request is indeed identified as belonging to the group for which the right of consultation is given. Thus, if the right is DGI for example, that is to say given to the identifiers listed in group 1, then if the identifier of the terminal T is not part of the identifiers listed for this group, the data recorded does not will not be sent and the process stops (N in E27).

Similarly, in an alternative embodiment, before the process is stopped, a notification can be sent to the terminal, informing it that no data is available for this address. If the identifier is well listed in the group corresponding to the right, then a notification is sent to the terminal in E28 with the data found.

In the case where one or more keywords are inserted in the request for obtaining data, a correspondence between the keywords of the request and the keywords recorded in the database is made to determine if there exists a professional with the same keyword, at the address requested.

FIG. 3 now illustrates the steps of an update of the database DB, implemented by the management server S.

Indeed, when new data is to be recorded in this database, for example to supply the data of a professional who has worked at an ADI address, then a process of mutual consent between the owner identified in the ADI address and the professional to whom the data corresponds is implemented.

When, for example, the owner of the house at the ADI address brought in a professional to clean up his house. He took photos of the result of this facelift and received his invoice which he scanned.

He wants to be able to record this data in the DB database in order to inform users of the application (APP) of obtaining this data. For this, it sends the data with the identifier of the professional concerned and the address corresponding to this data, to the management server with a desired right of consultation. The management server requests the consent of the professional concerned in step E31 for this recording, by sending, for example, a notification requesting the agreement for each item of data and for the associated right of consultation. The professional receives the notification and may or may not grant the recording of the data. It can also accept the right that has been associated with the data. He can also change it to restrict it, he cannot extend the right of consultation unless an explicit agreement of this extension of right of consultation is requested from the owner. In this case, another exchange can be planned between the professional and the owner, via the management server, to modify the right of consultation associated with the data.

It is the same if it is the professional who wants to record data that he has been able to obtain, for example photos, a quote, etc., at a given address. In this case, the management server sends a notification requesting agreement to the owner identified at the given address.

In the event of mutual agreement of the two parties, in E32, the registration and the associated right are recorded in the database, at the address given by the transmitter of the new data, in E33.

The notification sent by the management server to the professional or to the owner may include an internet link to which the recipient of the notification must connect to validate the data or data to be recorded.

Thus, with such an updating process, the recorded data are checked both by the professional and by the owner of the premises for which the data is representative.

Claims (1)

Claims [Claim 1] Method for obtaining data relating to professionals, implemented in a terminal, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - location (E21) of the terminal and obtaining an address relating to the location; - sending (E22) a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who worked at the determined address; - receipt (E23) of a notification, comprising at least one piece of data relating to at least one professional who has worked professionally at this address, the piece of data notified being a function of an associated right to consult the data. [Claim 2] Method according to claim 1, in which the notified data come from a database in which are associated, with an address, data relating to at least one professional who intervened at this address, a data being further associated with a right of consultation. [Claim 3] Method according to either of Claims 1 and 2, in which the data relating to a professional are data belonging to the group: - professional identity card; - details of the work carried out at this address; - photos of the work carried out by the professional; - invoices associated with the work carried out at this address. [Claim 4] Method according to claim 2, in which the database is updated when data relating to a professional is to be recorded in association with an address, the recording of said data as well as the associated right of consultation being carried out according to mutual validation of the owner of the place defined by the address and of the professional. [Claim 5] Method for providing data relating to professionals, implemented by a management server in a communication network, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - reception (E25) from a terminal, of a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at a given address according to a location of the terminal; - obtaining (E26) data corresponding to the address received from a database in which are associated, at an address, data relating to at least one professional who intervened at this address, a data being further associated with a right of consultation; -sending (E28) to the terminal sending the request, a notification containing the data obtained according to the associated consultation rights and an identifier of the terminal. [Claim 6] Method according to claim 6, in which, following the reception of a request for registration of new data associated with an address, a procedure for mutual validation of the owner of the place defined by the address and of the professional is implemented. work to record, the said data as well as the associated right of consultation, in the database. [Claim 7] Terminal characterized in that it includes a notification application (APP) implementing: - a location module (LOC) to locate the terminal and obtain an address relating to the location of the terminal; - a communication module (COM-T) to send a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at the determined address; and to receive a notification comprising at least one piece of data relating to at least one professional who has worked professionally at the determined address, the piece of data notified being a function of an associated right to consult the data. [Claim 8] Management server of a database in which are associated, at an address, data relating to at least one professional who intervened at this address, a data being moreover associated with a right of consultation, comprising a communication module (COM-S) controlled by a processor (μΡ-S) to receive, from a terminal, a request for obtaining data relating to at least one professional who intervened at a given address according to a location from the terminal; obtain data corresponding to the given address, from the database; and send to the terminal sending the request, a notification comprising at least the data obtained according to the associated consultation rights and an identifier of the terminal. [Claim 9] Management server according to claim 9 in which the communication module is able to implement a mutual validation procedure of the owner of the place defined by the address and of the professional to record in a database, the said data as well as the associated consultation right, following the reception of a request to register new data associated with an address by the reception module. [Claim 10] Software module incorporated in a communication terminal according to claim 8, comprising program instructions for the implementation of the steps of the method of obtaining data according to one of claims 1 to 5, when these instructions are executed by a processor . [Claim 11] Information medium readable by a processor on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for the execution of the steps of the process for obtaining data according to one of claims 1 to 5. [Claim 12] Information medium readable by a processor on which a computer program is recorded comprising instructions for the execution of the steps of the data supply method according to one of claims 6 to 7. 1/3