RU2246754C1 - Method for data exchange between communication networks subscribers and machine-recognizable data carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: communications.

SUBSTANCE: method includes inputting data from individual subscriber into memory of subscriber device, then data are sent through subscriber device to data server, where it is clarified, whether subscriber provides certain information or consumes certain information with query for certain data, data from data provider are kept in information server database in form of individual provider record, and for data consumer data search is performed, appropriate to query, in database, in case if data answering the query is found on server, it is sent to data consumer. Method includes prior forming of classification, allowing forming identifiers of objects of possible interest of subscribers, before inputting data from individual subscriber or in process of this input at least partial conversion of these data to appropriate formed identifier of said classification, used for recognizing information in database, is performed, said information being appropriate for subscriber request. Portion of data not used in identifier is used dependent on category of subscriber.

EFFECT: broader functional capabilities.

2 cl, 2 dwg

Description

Field of Invention

This invention relates to communication technology and can be used to organize the exchange of information between users of telephone, computer and other communication networks.

The current level of technology

Currently, various methods are known for organizing the exchange of information on the network between those who have some information suitable for use by other persons (i.e., information providers) and those who wish to receive some specific information (i.e. . information consumers), - from the simplest in the form of electronic bulletin boards to complexly organized information systems that allow the subscriber to search by setting selection criteria.

There is a known method of exchanging information in a network in which each user (subscriber) of the system enters data about himself and his interests, preferably using a written statement - questionnaire, while receiving an identification code. In the future, each time this code is entered into the system, the control device searches for a match of this user's request with the characteristics of other users and, using paging communication, reports this match to this user (US patent No. 5086394, CL G 06 F 15/38, publ. 04.02 .1992). The main disadvantages of this invention are: the need for a preliminary data entry procedure, i.e. essentially a subscription to the service, which does not allow you to quickly become a subscriber to the system or change the data of your request; the inability to use personal subscriber devices for data entry; functional limitation is only the organization of acquaintances.

There are methods for obtaining information in a mobile communication network, where a subscriber acting as a consumer of information uses a mobile phone as a subscriber device. In this case, the user gets access to the information provided by the information provider. So, there is a known method of calling user-defined information using a mobile phone, in which the subscriber using a personal computer prepares and sends a request with an attached short command to an information server, where this request is compared with the information available in the information server database, and if there is a corresponding request information is sent to the consumer (application EPO No. 0926911, CL N 04 Q 7/32, publ. 06/30/1999). This matching procedure is started upon receipt of the indicated short command sent by the subscriber via a mobile phone supporting the short message service (SMS). The subscriber also receives the information found that matches the request using an SMS message. The disadvantages of this method are: the inability to prepare and send an information request using a mobile phone; one-way nature of information exchange, as the subscriber cannot offer his information to other subscribers; the need for two stages for data entry using different subscriber devices - a personal computer for sending a request and a mobile phone for receiving information; limited information offered by the information provider.

There is a method of providing the ordered information to a mobile subscriber using SMS messages or a microbrowser, in which the information server receives an SMS message or a microbrowser message containing a conditional starter (trigger) that starts searching for information, searches for information pre-ordered by the mobile subscriber, and sends the found information to the mobile subscriber on his mobile phone, who sent the mentioned starter (international application WO 00/72612, CL N 04 Q 7/22, publ. 30.11.2000). The disadvantages of this method are: the need for a preliminary procedure for subscribing to a service to determine the profile of the ordered information and the starter (trigger); the impossibility of carrying out this procedure through a mobile phone; unilateral nature of information exchange when a subscriber cannot offer his information to other subscribers; limited information offered by the information provider.

A known method is where subscribers enter data on the required goods from the computer terminal and transfer this data to the information server, which searches the databases of the telecommunication network for the goods corresponding to these data and transmits the search results to the subscriber (RF patent No. 2172012, cl. G 06 F 17 / 30, publ. 08/10/2001). The disadvantage of this method is that it allows the use of only computer terminals as subscriber devices and is functionally limited to the search for goods, does not allow the participation of subscribers - suppliers of goods that do not have databases.

A special group consists of methods based on the short message service (SMS) - SMS services, where subscribers use only SMS messages transmitted and received by a subscriber’s mobile phone to exchange information in a communication network.

The disadvantage of SMS services is their forced extreme simplicity, which does not allow the subscriber to identify the object of his interest with a sufficient degree of accuracy.

These analogues are suitable for solving specific problems, but cannot be extended to the general tasks of exchanging information over the network, when the information provider offers its information, and the consumer searches for the information that interests him, and both act independently of each other and at the same time, not wanting to spend excessively a lot of time and effort.

The closest analogue is a method for exchanging information between subscribers of communication networks, which consists in the following: inputting data from an individual subscriber into the memory of a subscriber device designed to communicate in at least one of the aforementioned communication networks; transmitting the entered data from an individual subscriber through said subscriber device to an information server; when receiving the transmitted data on the information server, it is revealed whether the subscriber who transmitted this data acts as an information provider offering specific information about objects of potential interest to other subscribers or as a consumer of information requesting specific information about specific objects; for a subscriber acting as an information provider, the received data is stored in the information server database as a separate provider record; for a subscriber acting as a consumer of information, search for information that meets his request in the database of the information server among the records of suppliers; upon recognition in the database of the information server of such information that meets the request of the consumer of information, transmit at least partially this information to this consumer of information (US patent No. 5359508, CL G 06 F 15/00, publ. 25.10.1994). The disadvantage of this method, as previously mentioned, is that it also does not allow the use of other personal devices, except for computer terminals for entering the request or proposal data of the subscriber.

An analysis of the above analogs shows that the problem of searching and providing information on the network for communication network subscribers using subscriber devices capable of transmitting and receiving short alphanumeric messages has been solved only in terms of receiving pre-ordered information from an information provider. As for the input of request data, it is carried out in the process of “subscribing to a service”, which is carried out using a computer terminal. The reason that prevents the use of subscriber devices such as mobile phones for data entry is primarily the lack of convenient and large displays and keyboards suitable for typing in these subscriber devices, which is a consequence of their compactness and mobility and, obviously, cannot be eliminated. Meanwhile, the amount of information to be entered in the process of creating a query profile is significant and requires the simultaneous study of volumetric instructions, questionnaires and reference materials, allowing the user to figure out what exactly he needs or what he offers. Given that errors in the data entry process that distort the meaning of the request are unacceptable, it becomes clear that the following technical result is unattainable in the framework of analogues of the present invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is aimed at solving the technical problem of providing opportunities for subscribers of various mobile and fixed communication networks capable of receiving and transmitting at least short alphanumeric messages, for example, SMS messages in the GSM system, to gain access to the information service consisting in the exchange information between those who have some kind of information suitable for use by someone else (i.e., information providers), and those who want to receive some specific information (i.e. . by consumers of information), the result of which is the expansion of the coverage area of the specified information services to the size of the coverage area of the above communication networks. The technical result achieved in this case is:

- providing subscribers of the above networks using unspecified and unsuitable for this service subscriber devices (for example, mobile phones), additional services for searching and offering information on the network by sending and receiving subscriber non-standard short messages addressed to a predetermined circle of interested subscribers, automatically;

- increasing the amount of information transmitted in one short message to the size necessary for the transmission of data identifying the object of a particular offer or request of the subscriber;

- Giving speed to the process of exchanging data on the network by eliminating the procedure for preliminary approval of the content of the ordered or proposed information;

- eliminating the need for one subscriber to use two different subscriber devices, for example, a computer for data input and a mobile phone for data output;

- creating a method that would be convenient for users and take into account the features of these subscriber devices, due to their compactness and mobility (lack of a large display, convenient keyboard, specialized user interface for converting data to a specific format);

- increasing the efficiency of searching and offering information, i.e. improving the quality of information services due to a significant increase in the audience of participants in information exchange at the expense of subscribers of these communication networks;

- facilitating the recognition in the database of the information server of information that meets the consumer’s request for information, and reducing the amount of information that the consumer should perceive from the small display of the subscriber’s device, while increasing the amount of information useful to the subscriber contained in one short message.

The problem is solved with the achievement of the specified technical result in the proposed method of organizing the exchange of information in the network, which consists in the following: enter data from an individual subscriber into the memory of a subscriber device designed for communication in at least one of the aforementioned communication networks; transmitting the entered data of an individual subscriber through said subscriber unit to an information server; when receiving the transmitted data on the information server, it is revealed whether the subscriber who transmitted this data acts as an information provider offering specific information about objects of potential interest to other subscribers or as a consumer of information requesting specific information about specific objects; for a subscriber acting as an information provider, the received data is stored in the information server database as a separate provider record; for a subscriber acting as a consumer of information, search for information that meets his request in the database of the information server among the records of suppliers; upon recognition in the database of the information server of such information that meets the request of the consumer of information, at least partially transmit this information to this consumer of information - in this case, according to the present invention, a classification is created in advance that allows the formation of identifiers of objects of possible interest of subscribers, containing at least classification features characterizing these objects, and codes corresponding to these features; before the mentioned data input from an individual subscriber or during this input, at least partial conversion of data from this subscriber to the corresponding generated identifier of the classification is used, which is used when the information in the database of the information server is recognized that meets the request of the subscriber acting as the consumer of information ; a part of the mentioned data that is not included in the said identifier is used depending on the one of the mentioned roles in which the given subscriber is involved.

An additional difference of the claimed method is that the data not included in the identifier received from the subscriber acting as the information provider and stored in the corresponding record of the supplier contain at least information that meets the request of the consumer of information that is transmitted to this consumer of information.

Another additional difference of the claimed method is that the data not included in the identifier obtained in the request of the subscriber acting as a consumer of information contain information addressed to the information server software.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the data received in response to a request from a subscriber acting as a consumer of information contains information from the information server software and / or from the administrator of the information server database.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the conversion of data from an individual subscriber is carried out depending on the presence or absence in the specified data of the full name of the object of a specific proposal or request of this subscriber, which allows to uniquely identify this object.

Another difference of the claimed method lies in the fact that during the conversion process, specific values are assigned to those of the selected classification features that are characterized by quantitative measurements.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the conversion of data from an individual subscriber is carried out depending on the role in which this subscriber is involved.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the classification can contain either the names of aspects of information about objects of possible interest of subscribers and codes corresponding to these aspects, or generic names of objects of possible interest of subscribers and codes corresponding to these generic names, or both.

Moreover, the classification contains sets of classification features specific for each combination of the kind of object of possible interest of subscribers and the aspect of information about it with codes corresponding to these characteristics.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the conversion of data from an individual subscriber is carried out taking into account the hierarchy of these data provided for in the classification from general to particular in the structure of knowledge.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the database of the information server includes all the databases available for this information server via communication networks.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the search for information requested by the subscriber acting as a consumer of information is carried out by comparing the identifier of this request with the identifiers in the mentioned records of the supplier in the database of the information server.

Another difference of the claimed method is that when receiving information from the subscriber acting as a consumer of information, data containing the identifier, the received data is stored in the information server database as a separate consumer record, and the requested information is searched in the records suppliers among the newly received data as they are received by comparing the identifiers contained in them with the identifiers in the consumer records in the information server database.

Another difference of the claimed method is that the identifiers contain the generated sets of codes or codes and keywords, and these codes and keywords can be from a pre-compiled classification, in addition, the identifiers can be agreed in advance between the information provider and the information consumer.

Moreover, in the classification, bar codes can be used as codes or in addition to them.

It is characteristic that the indicated codes and keywords when forming the identifier can be separated from each other by a separating character.

Finally, each omitted classification item can be replaced with an additional separator character.

The same task with the achievement of the specified technical result is also solved in the proposed machine-readable storage medium, intended for direct use in a subscriber device, providing information exchange between subscribers of communication networks, which stores a classification that allows the formation of identifiers of objects of possible interest of subscribers, containing at least classification features , characterizing these objects, and codes corresponding to these signs, and a program, which, when Status Closed allows the subscriber unit to convert the identifier of said corresponding shaped classifying at least some of the input subscriber and destined for transmission to the information storage server.

An additional difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that the program provides data conversion from an individual subscriber depending on the presence or absence in the indicated data of the full name of the object, which makes it possible to uniquely identify this object of a specific offer or request from this subscriber.

Another additional difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that in the process of the aforementioned conversion, specific values are assigned to those of the selected classification features that are characterized by quantitative measurements.

Another difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that the conversion of data from an individual subscriber is carried out depending on the role in which this subscriber is involved.

Another difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that the classification may contain the names of aspects of information about objects of possible interest of subscribers and codes corresponding to these aspects, or generic names of objects of possible interest of subscribers and codes corresponding to these generic names, or both. Moreover, the classification contains sets of classification features specific for each combination of the kind of object of possible interest of subscribers and the aspect of information about it with codes corresponding to these characteristics.

Another difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that the conversion of data from an individual subscriber is carried out taking into account the hierarchy of this data provided for in the classification from general to particular in the structure of knowledge.

Another difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that the identifiers contain the generated sets of codes or codes and keywords, and these codes and keywords can be from a predefined classification, in addition, the identifiers can be agreed in advance between the information provider and the information consumer.

Moreover, in the classification, bar codes can be used as codes or in addition to them.

Finally, another difference of the claimed machine-readable medium is that the program provides conversion into codes of that part of the input data that is not included in the identifier and is addressed to the information server software.

As is clear from the above, at least partial conversion of data from an individual subscriber to a corresponding generated identifier, which is a combination of codes or codes and keywords, performed before entering data into a subscriber device or during this input, can increase the information saturation of the input data, reducing to a minimum the number of characters to be entered (letters, numbers), which allows you to make the input process quick and easy for the subscriber. This, in turn, allows you to practically accurately enter a significant amount of information necessary to identify the object of a particular subscriber request, and at the same time meet the restrictions on the number of characters that can be transmitted in one message using, for example, mobile phones. (For SMS messages in the GSM system - up to 160 characters when transmitting Latin letters and up to 70 characters when transmitting Cyrillic letters).

In the current level of technology, no information sources have been identified that contain information about all the features of the claimed method, which allows it to be considered new.

Despite the urgent need for a long time for a method that allows to solve the above technical problem, the sources of information that would contain information about those features that the claimed method differs from the closest analogue that allows you to consider the claimed inventive method.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The present invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, where:

Figure 1 is an exemplary block diagram of a system in which the method of the present invention is implemented;

figure 2 shows a block diagram of an algorithm for implementing the method of the present invention.

Detailed Description of Embodiments

The proposed method is implemented in the system (figure 1), containing at least subscriber devices 1, which can be cell phones, personal computers and the like, with which it is possible to communicate with the information server 2 having a database 3 of data. Communication subscriber devices 1 with the information server 2 is carried out on the corresponding communication lines 4. For example, in the case where the subscriber device 1 is a personal computer, the communication line 4 may be a wired line; in the case when the subscriber device 1 is a mobile phone, the communication line 4 is a radio line. Information server 2 has the appropriate means (not shown) for exchanging data with subscriber devices 1, possibly through an SMS center and for writing data to database 3 and reading them from this database 3 data.

The method of exchanging information between subscribers of the communication networks of the present invention is carried out using the system of FIG. 1 as follows.

A classification is created in advance, which can be narrowly specialized, containing one set of classification features and corresponding codes characterizing homogeneous objects of possible interest of subscribers in one of the possible aspects of information about these objects. In this case, the genus and aspect of the objects are not indicated by codes and are not included in the identifiers mentioned, since they are known and the same for all objects in this classification.

If the classification being created is universal, then it contains many sets of classification features in an amount equal to the number of combinations of the given kinds of objects and the given aspects of information about these objects, as well as the generic names of objects of possible interest to subscribers, names of aspects of information about these objects, and codes corresponding to them.

In addition, these classifications may contain lists of keywords, codes from a pre-compiled catalog, barcodes, classification tables, alphanumeric indexes, application rules and a reference and reference apparatus, questionnaires with questions that correspond to classification signs.

Each subscriber of the system of figure 1 can act as a provider of information or a consumer of information, although, in principle, the same subscriber of the system can be both a supplier and a consumer, depending on what purpose he is using the communication system at the moment. However, regardless of the role that a particular subscriber plays, data containing his information must first be entered into the memory of subscriber device 1. This subscriber device 1 can be various devices capable of receiving and transmitting at least short alphanumeric messages for example, the mobile phone of this subscriber, his personal computer, or a public computer device, such as, for example, in well-known Internet cafes. In this case, issues related to verification of the subscriber’s access right are not considered, since it is assumed that any subscriber of this system has such an access right. For example, specific actions to be taken by a subscriber to gain access to a communication network can occur as described in RF patent No. 2169995 (class N 04 Q 7/38, publ. June 27, 2001). Of course, the data entered by the subscriber is accompanied by his identification data - personal identification number (PIN), password, key, and in the case of a mobile subscriber - by the international mobile subscriber identification number (IMSI), email address, etc. This allows us to further identify the subscriber (or subscriber unit 1) to which information found during the implementation of this method will be sent.

Using the above classification, the input data can either be pre-converted into the corresponding identifier, which is a combination of codes or codes and keywords, and then entered into the memory of the subscriber device 1, or this conversion can be carried out in the process of entering the data into the memory of the subscriber device 1. The specified set of codes is some sets of alphanumeric characters, and the set of codes and keywords are not only sets of alphanumeric characters that do not have a language new content, but also special words of a natural language. These codes and keywords are pre-compiled in tables or lists to unify the spelling, ease of entering information and minimize the time it takes to enter. Keywords in this aggregate can be pre-compiled for all subscribers of the network, but can also be entered by agreement between subscribers, one of which is the supplier, and the other is the consumer of information. The specified set of codes includes codes from the aforementioned pre-compiled classification. In principle, a set of codes can be serial numbers from a pre-compiled catalog (table of contents).

The above conversion of data into an identifier may not be subjected to all the data from a particular subscriber, but only a part of them that identifies the object of a particular offer or request of that subscriber. For example, contact information or other information intended to transmit information to a consumer does not need to be converted and is not included in the identifier.

An important distinguishing feature of the proposed method is that part of the data that is not included in the identifier is used depending on the role in which this subscriber is involved. So, if a part of the data that is not included in the identifier is received from the information provider, then it is transmitted to the information consumer who sent the corresponding request, but if it is received from the information consumer, then it is used to transmit control commands to the server software address.

Another distinctive feature of the proposed method is that the conversion to a data identifier from an individual subscriber can also be carried out depending on the role in which this subscriber acts in this case. So, for example, the identifier of the data received from the subscriber - the consumer of information, may contain a range of acceptable values of classification features that are inherent in quantitative measurements, while the information provider should, as a rule, indicate the exact values of these classification features that characterize the proposed facility. In addition, the classification provides questionnaires with different conversion schemes for different roles of subscribers, which simultaneously depend on the presence or absence in the indicated data of the full name of the object of a specific offer or request of this subscriber, which allows to uniquely identify this object. Namely: for the subscriber - the consumer of information, various questionnaires are used for queries with the presence and absence of full names that the subscriber may or may not know, and for the subscriber - the information provider who always knows the full name of the object of his proposal, it is advisable to use a combined questionnaire, so as the identifier based on it must correspond to the request, both containing the specified full name, and not containing it.

After the information from the subscriber is converted and entered (or transformed during the input) into the memory of the subscriber device 1, it is transmitted - possibly, together with some additional information not included in the identifier - to the information server 2 via the corresponding communication line 4. When receiving these transmitted data on the information server 2, the role in which a particular subscriber acts, transmitting his data via communication line 4, is revealed. Depending on the identified role of a particular subscriber, the data received from him is processed differently in the information server 2.

For a subscriber acting as an information provider and offering some information for use by other subscribers, who, respectively, will act as consumers of information, the received data, including the identifier, is stored in the database 3 of the information server 2 as a separate provider record. Moreover, the information provider may not be notified that its data has been entered into database 3, although in principle such a notification is quite possible.

For the subscriber, who makes a request for some information he needs, i.e. for a subscriber acting as a consumer of information, in the database 3 of the information server 2 search for information that meets the request of this consumer. To do this, the search for information requested by the consumer of information is carried out by comparing the identifier of this request with the identifiers in the records of suppliers in the database of the information server. Upon recognition in the database 3 of the information server 2 of such information that meets a given request of a particular consumer of information, this information is transmitted to this consumer of information. All information from the relevant records of the supplier can be transmitted, as well as its part, not included in the identifier, specially designed for such a transfer, which is more preferable, because excludes the transfer of information known to the consumer in the identifier. Partial transfer of information found at the request of a particular consumer allows you to transfer more information useful to the subscriber in a single SMS message. For example, contact information indicated by the provider of the relevant information and / or information from the administrator of the database of the information server or from its software may be transmitted. Using this information, the consumer can find out, for example, who provided the information he received.

It is possible that the subscriber wants to receive all the data corresponding to his request, which will come in the future. In this case, the part of the data received from the consumer of information mentioned above that was not included in the identifier will contain the code of the corresponding order addressed to the information server software. As a result, the so-called “deferred search” is carried out, in which the data received from the consumer of information is stored in the same database 3 as a separate consumer record, and the search for information that is requested by the consumer of information is carried out in the supplier’s records among the newly received data as they are method by comparison with consumer records stored in the database 3 of the information server 2. This method of "delayed search" can be carried out differently, as is done in the method according to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2172012 (CL G 06 F 17/30, published on 08/10/2001).

Figure 2 is a flowchart according to which the method of the present invention is implemented.

The method illustrated in FIG. 2 begins at step 11, in which a hierarchical classification system is created in advance, for example, with a universal thematic coverage, which has the section “Household Appliances” in the table of contents, among others. In turn, at the next level of the hierarchy, the “Home Appliances” section contains, among others, the “Refrigerators” position, for example, under number 9. Let this classification allow three different aspects of information about the objects of interest of subscribers, for example, aspect No. 3 - “purchase and sale” ”, Aspect No. 2 -“ rent ”, aspect No. 1 -“ repair-service ”. At step 12, using this classification, at least partial conversion of data from a particular subscriber to an identifier is carried out. For example, suppose that each subscriber of the system in which the method of the present invention is implemented is provided with this classification, which also lists possible codes and keywords into which subscribers must convert their data to form an identifier. Let a subscriber want to find or offer information about the sale of a refrigerator with certain parameters. Using this classification, this subscriber composes the following message:

A) If the subscriber-consumer of information, knowing the full name, uniquely identifying the desired object:

1 + 9 + 3 + ELECTROLUX407 + W + 500 $ 400 # *

B) If the subscriber-consumer of information who does not know the full name of the object of his search:

1 + 9 + 3 + ELECTROLUX + W + 500 $ 400 # + A ++ GT + NV # *

B) If the subscriber is an information provider offering for sale the ELECTROLUX407F refrigerator:

1 = 9 = 3 = ELECTROLUX407F = WV = 430 $ -A = B = GTM = CNVK #

tel. 1234567. Garantiya 3 goda.

Here 1 is the number of the section "Household Appliances" in the table of contents;

9 - the position "Refrigerators" in this section, denoting the generic name of the object;

3 - aspect of information about the object “Purchase and Sale”;

ELECTROLUX407F - keyword - full name (brand and model), which allows to uniquely identify the object;

ELECTROLUX - keyword with the desired brand;

W, WV - codes of answers to questions of classifier questionnaires, common for various kinds of objects (payment terms, etc.);

500 $ 400 - a range of reasonable prices;

430 $ - sale price;

A, B, GT, GTM, NV, CNVK - codes for answering questions from the classifier questionnaires specific to this kind of object - a refrigerator (number of refrigerators, etc.);

=, + - separators of classification features (an additional separator is used instead of a missing classification characteristic, for example, + +);

# - end of identifier - the beginning of the part of the message that was not included in the identifier;

* - a symbol or code addressed to the server software initiating a “delayed search”;

tel. 1234567. Garantiya 3 goda. - message text intended by the information provider to transmit information to the consumer.

After such a sequence of data is generated, at step 13 it is entered into the memory of the subscriber device 1.

At step 14, the data entered into the memory of the subscriber unit 1 are transmitted via the corresponding communication line 4 to the information server 2, where they are received at step 15.

At step 16, the role in which the subscriber acts, the data from which is received on the information server 2, is identified. There are various ways to designate this role, however, we assume in this example that the information provider uses an equal sign ("=") as delimiters, whereas the consumer of information uses the plus sign (+) above. Therefore, the above message will be uniquely identified as a request by the consumer of information. In the case when the message comes from the information provider (that is, in this example it would contain the "=" sign as a separator), it is saved as a separate supplier record in the database 3 of the information server 2 (step 17), and the method ends. In the case when the message is recognized as having arrived from the consumer of information, the method proceeds to step 18, in which the database is searched for in the data base 3 of the information that answers the consumer’s request for information.

If at step 19 it is determined that such information was not found, the method ends. If the information is found, the method proceeds to step 20, in which the output of the found data (that part of which is intended for transmission) is carried out to the subscriber who sent this request (it is assumed that the request contains the identifier of this subscriber, which allows sending the data intended for transmission to him ) After transmitting this data to the consumer of information in step 21, the method ends.

In the above classification, questionnaires with questions for the information provider and for the information consumer can be separately presented. It is important that the information provider questionnaire contains all the questions contained in the information consumer questionnaire. In this case, for example, such situations are possible.

When converting his data, the information provider may not answer all the questions of his questionnaire, i.e. interrupt or terminate the set of codes (or codes and keywords that make up the identifier), reducing the length of the transmitted message. In this case, this subscriber reduces the audience of potential consumers of his information by the number of those who will answer questions excluded by the information provider, i.e. those who more specifically defined an object (class of objects) of their interest.

If the consumer of information does not answer all the questions, then by reducing the length of the transmitted request due to questions that he considers insignificant, he will increase the number of potential offers that he can receive, however, the number of unnecessary offers (“garbage”) increases.

The method of the present invention takes into account the possibility of such a reduced set of data, however, it should be used, bearing in mind that when converting data from an individual subscriber, this data is converted including taking into account the hierarchy of these data from general to particular in the structure of knowledge. In other words, the questions in the classification questionnaires are formulated and arranged in such a way that each subsequent question (or a group of questions) detailed the proposed or requested object more precisely - for example, as illustrated in the above example with a refrigerator (household equipment - refrigerators - specific brand - service life - affordable price). As a result of this, having missed some questions, you can lose the meaning of the generated identifier or get an identifier that will correspond to a huge number of objects, which, apparently, is inappropriate. To indicate a missing question, you can, for example, use an additional separator character.

One and the same subscriber can simultaneously act both as a provider of information and as a consumer of information.

Since the classification described above may include barcodes, the corresponding identifiers can also be composed using them.

The classification described above and all materials related to it can be stored in the memory of all subscriber devices 1, the displays of which are suitable for their perception, for example, in the memory of personal computers connected to the network, either on paper in the form of a directory or in the memory of mobile phones. Therefore, a separate object of the present invention may be a computer-readable storage medium intended for direct use in a subscriber device such as a mobile phone or personal computer. Such a subscriber device provides for the exchange of information between subscribers of communication networks and stores the described classification, which allows generating identifiers of objects of possible interest of subscribers. This classification, as already noted, contains at least classification features that characterize these objects, and codes corresponding to these features. In addition, such a machine-readable storage medium comprises a program which, when executed in said subscriber unit, allows at least a portion of the data input by the subscriber to be transmitted to the information server to be converted into the corresponding generated identifier of the classification. The program contained in this machine-readable medium provides the aforementioned conversion of data from an individual subscriber, depending on the presence or absence of the full name of the object in this data, which makes it possible to uniquely identify such an object of a particular offer or request from this subscriber. In addition, this program provides conversion into codes of that part of the input data that is not included in the identifier and is addressed to the information server software. Features of the classifier stored on such a machine-readable storage medium are described previously.

Industrial applicability

The present invention can be applied in systems combining subscribers using an appropriate network, as well as subscribers of various networks capable of receiving and transmitting at least short alphanumeric messages. In particular, the invention can be used to exchange information between users of telephone, computer and other communication networks.

The present invention can be used to search and offer information of interest to users in those areas of human activity where such a search is required. For example, searching for information about tangible and intangible objects, phenomena, events, offers, etc. of interest to a subscriber, establishing contacts between people, playing with one or more participants, sending messages to a predetermined circle of interested subscribers, receiving messages from them, etc. .d.

The present invention is industrially applicable since for its implementation, devices based on computer and communication technology are used, the modernization of which is not required or is based on existing technical solutions.

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The method of exchange of information between subscribers of communication networks, which consists in the fact that they enter data from an individual subscriber into the memory of a subscriber device designed to communicate in at least one of the aforementioned communication networks, transmit the entered data from an individual subscriber through said subscriber device to the information server, when receiving the transmitted data on the information server, it is revealed whether the subscriber who transmitted this data acts as the information provider with the offer of specific information about objects of possible interest of other subscribers or as a consumer of information with a request for specific information about specific objects; for a subscriber acting as an information provider, the received data is stored in the information server database as a separate provider record, for a subscriber acting as an information consumer, information is searched for that meets his request in the information server database among suppliers records, when recognition in the database of the information server of such information that meets the request of the consumer of information, transmit at least partially this information to this consumer of information, characterized in that a classification is created in advance, which allows generating identifiers of objects of possible interest of subscribers, containing at least classification signs characterizing these objects and codes corresponding to these signs; before the mentioned data input from an individual subscriber or during this input, at least a partial conversion of data from this subscriber to the corresponding generated identifier of the classification is used, which is used to recognize in the information server database that information that meets the request of the subscriber acting as a consumer of information that is not included in the identifier, a part of the mentioned data is used depending on that of the mentioned roles, in which This subscriber is on. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said non-identifier data received from a subscriber acting as an information provider and stored in a corresponding provider record contain at least information that meets the information consumer’s request, which transmit information to this consumer. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data not included in the identifier received in the request of a subscriber acting as a consumer of information contain information addressed to the software of the information server. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data received in response to a request from a subscriber acting as a consumer of information contains information from the information server software and / or from the administrator of the information server database. 5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the said data conversion from an individual subscriber is carried out depending on the presence or absence in the indicated data of the full name of the object of a particular offer or request of this subscriber, which allows to uniquely identify this object. 6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the process of said conversion, specific values are assigned to those of the selected classification features that are characterized by quantitative measurements. 7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the said data conversion from an individual subscriber is carried out depending on the role mentioned, in which the given subscriber is involved. 8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the classification contains the names of aspects of information about objects of possible interest of subscribers and codes corresponding to these aspects. 9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the classification contains the generic names of objects of possible interest of subscribers and the codes corresponding to these generic names. 10. The method according to claim 1, or 8, or 9, characterized in that the classification contains sets of classification features specific for each combination of the kind of object of possible interest of subscribers and the aspect of information about it with codes corresponding to these signs. 11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the said conversion of data from an individual subscriber is carried out taking into account the hierarchy of this data provided for in the classification from general to particular in the structure of knowledge. 12. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the information server database includes all databases available for this information server over communication networks. 13. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said search for information requested by a subscriber acting as a consumer of information is carried out by comparing the identifier of this request with the identifiers in said records of the supplier in the database of the information server. 14. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that when receiving information from the subscriber acting as a consumer of information, data containing an identifier, the received data is stored in the information server database as a separate consumer record, and said search for requested information carried out in the records of suppliers among the newly received data as they are received by comparing the identifiers contained in them with the identifiers in the mentioned consumer records in the database of the information server. 15. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said identifiers comprise formed sets of codes or codes and keywords. 16. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said identifiers include codes and / or keywords from said pre-compiled classification. 17. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said identifiers are agreed in advance between the information provider and the information consumer. 18. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in said classification, bar codes are used as the codes mentioned or in addition to them. 19. The method according to any one of paragraphs.15-18, characterized in that the said codes and keywords when forming the identifier are separated from each other by a separating character. 20. The method according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that each omitted classification characteristic is replaced by an additional separator symbol. 21. A machine-readable storage medium intended for direct use in a subscriber device providing information exchange between subscribers of communication networks, and storing a classification that allows generating identifiers of objects of possible interest of subscribers, containing at least classification features characterizing these objects, and corresponding to these featured codes, and a program that, when executed in said subscriber unit, can be converted to the corresponding field The programmed identifier of said classification is at least a part of the data input by the subscriber and intended for transmission to the information server. 22. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein said program provides said conversion of data from an individual subscriber depending on the presence or absence in the indicated data of the full name of the object, which makes it possible to uniquely identify this object of a specific offer or request from that subscriber. 23. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, characterized in that in the process of the aforementioned conversion, specific values are assigned to those of the selected classification features that are characterized by quantitative measurements. 24. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, wherein the said data conversion from an individual subscriber is carried out depending on the role mentioned, in which the given subscriber acts. 25. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, characterized in that the classification contains the names of aspects of information about objects of possible interest to subscribers and codes corresponding to these aspects. 26. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein said classification contains generic names of objects of possible interest to subscribers and codes corresponding to these generic names. 27. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, or 25, or 26, characterized in that said classification contains sets of classification features specific for each combination of the kind of object of possible interest of subscribers and the aspect of information about it with codes corresponding to these signs. 28. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, characterized in that said data conversion from an individual subscriber is carried out taking into account the hierarchy of this data provided for in the classification from general to particular in the knowledge structure. 29. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, wherein the said identifiers contain the generated set of codes or codes and keywords. 30. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, wherein the said identifiers include codes and / or keywords from the aforementioned classification. 31. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, wherein the said identifiers are agreed in advance between the information provider and the information consumer. 32. The computer-readable storage medium according to item 21, characterized in that in the classification as mentioned codes or in addition to using bar codes. 33. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, characterized in that said program provides conversion into codes of that part of input data that is not included in said identifier and is addressed to information server software.

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