RU2248040C2 - Method for inputting and searching for information concerning an object on basis of its individual marks in remote database via encoding messages, transferred by cell phones - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: telecommunication networks.

SUBSTANCE: messages, sent by cell phones, are formed by means of printed and public-distributed classifier, wherein at least one category is made with possible detection of at least one identifier of individual mark of object, identifier is sent by sender via at least one message to computer server with software, which transfers such message into database record at server for its transfer to at least one receiver, or searches for such record in database at server in accordance to received message and transfers to sender of such message at least one found database record.

EFFECT: broader functional capabilities.

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Description

The invention relates to information retrieval methods (G 06 F 17/30) in telecommunication network databases, which significantly expands the capabilities of mobile communications when transmitting significant amounts of data.

One of the closest analogues is a system for searching goods through telecommunication networks of goods (RU 2172012, IPC G 06 F 17/30, 2001.08.10) or interest partners (RU 2000103652, IPC G 06 F 17/30, 2002.01.10). The difference from the first method is the use of a classifier, which helps to convey the set of individual distinctive features of the object through coded mobile communications. The difference from the second method is to search the database for the individual distinguishing features of the object.

Other modern solutions in the field of mobile communications also do not allow the user to enter and search for objects using a combination of individual distinctive features that are convenient for the consumer.

The objective of the claimed invention is to provide consumers with the ability to perform queries of a high degree of complexity to a remote database and obtain significant amounts of information about search objects using a mobile communication device, including to satisfy demand and / or supply in the market of goods and services, regardless of location and time of need.

The task in the proposed method is achieved by entering and searching for information about the object in a remote database, characterized in that it is carried out by encoding messages transmitted by mobile communication devices generated using a typographically published and publicly distributed classifier, in which at least one section made with the possibility of determining at least one identifier of the individual distinguishing feature of the object, and the transfer of such identifier by the sender ikator by means of at least one mobile communication message to a computer server with software that converts such a message into a database record on the server for transmission via at least one mobile communication message sent from the server to at least one recipient, or searches at least one database record on the server corresponding to such a message and transmits to the sender of such a message at least one found database record by at least her as one sent from the server of mobile communication.

Entering a complex query to a remote database, such as entering a new record or advanced search for the required records by several criteria, using a mobile device, such as a mobile phone or personal communicator, is inconvenient and takes a lot of time when using buttons and other input elements of a mobile device communication. Moreover, the input of requests with a length of more than 160 characters is impossible when using the common technology of short text messages (SMS) in transmission over communication networks. The use of encoded information to eliminate these restrictions requires storing in the RAM of a mobile communication device a classifier of individual distinguishing features of objects for encoding requests or decoding messages received from a remote database server directly by the user or software of the mobile communication device. Unfortunately, this approach is possible only for relatively simple classifiers and can be implemented only with a limited subset of mobile communication devices with sufficient RAM and a processor with the necessary computational characteristics. Moreover, the small size of the display of a mobile communication device does not allow even one individual distinguishing feature of an object to be displayed in the classifier if it is characterized by a long phrase, which, together with the above conditions, characterizes the overwhelming number of mobile communication devices as completely unsuitable for solving the problem. The technical result of the invention, which does not follow explicitly from the prior art, is expressed in the implementation of a convenient and quick procedure for entering a request of any complexity by encoding a request using a typographically published and publicly distributed classifier, as well as the ability to decode the information received from a remote database using the specified classifier . The joint use of a classifier presented in printed form, encoded with its help requests and messages decoded with its use turns a mobile communication device, limited by the totality of the above characteristics, into a full-fledged terminal for making requests and receiving significant amounts of information from a remote database. The unexpected effect achieved by sharing the distinguishing features of the present invention does not follow from examples of using a mobile communication device known in the art to achieve the technical result claimed by this invention. Common mobile communication devices are usually characterized by small display sizes, limited information input capabilities, limited RAM, insufficient internal processor resources, size restrictions on sent and incoming data packets, low bandwidth of wireless channels, which makes it impossible to use them as terminals to achieve the task without using the present invention. Unlike traditional expensive ways to equip a mobile communication device with the capabilities of a full-fledged remote communication terminal, which consists in increasing the display resolution, expanding the amount of RAM, increasing processor performance, completing the device with a full keyboard, increasing the bandwidth of wireless communication channels, this invention offers a simple and original Method for using a conventional mass mobile device with disabilities to solve the technical problem.

The invention is illustrated in graphic materials.

Figure 1 shows a method of entering and searching for information.

Figure 2 shows the classifier for entering and searching for information.

By using a classifier with a set of individual distinguishing features of the objects, the subscriber enters into his mobile communication device information about the new object in the remote database (upper stream) or searches for information about the object of interest in the remote database (lower stream). The encoded request from the subscriber is transmitted via the networks of the mobile operator to the server with the database software. On the server, the encoded request is converted to a deployed form and processed by the software. If the subscriber enters the database, then the software adds an entry about the new object. If the subscriber requests a search for an object in the database with the specified distinguishing features, the software searches the database and generates a response to the user in the form of an encoded or regular mobile communication message, which is sent to the mobile communication device via the networks of the mobile operator.

The classifier contains, as a rule, several sections and is made in the form of a set of cards or in another printing method, which provides the convenience of visual processing by the consumer of the heterogeneous information provided.

The proposed method for entering and searching information allows the consumer:

- have a personal mobile “mail box” for receiving messages from other consumers;

- encode a personal profile in the format proposed in the classifier for transmission to a remote database and the possibility of its subsequent viewing in decoded form by other consumers;

- search for personal profiles of other consumers by various individual distinctive signs, encoded in a compact form;

- view received on a mobile communications device personal profiles of specific consumers in coded and decoded form;

- send coded and regular messages to mobile “mailboxes” of other consumers, whose individual distinguishing features satisfy the search criteria of the message sender;

- view coded and regular messages arriving in a personal mobile “mail box”;

- set and remove the block to receive in a personal “mailbox” mobile messages from at least one consumer, if at least one field of his personal profile does not suit the message recipient;

- set and remove the lock on receiving in your personal mobile “mail box” mobile communications from consumers with a specific pseudonym.

The presence of a classifier and a system for encoding / decoding messages allows one to significantly expand the number of individual distinguishing features of objects for transmitting them in a compact form via mobile communications to a remote database for their subsequent processing and distribution.

The proposed method allows you to enter and search for information in the databases of telecommunication networks about various goods and services offered by legal entities and individuals, as well as to establish direct contact between people according to their individual distinguishing features. The information entered into the search system in the form of an encoded message can be delivered to one or several recipients, and the request in the search system can be satisfied by one or more offers for the sender.

Before entering or searching for information, a mobile subscriber acquires or receives, together with other goods or services, a classifier, which, as a rule, includes one or several sections, a user manual describing the rules for entering and searching information, and auxiliary printed materials. The industrial design of the classifier provides the convenience of its portability by consumers of mobile communication services as a pocket product.

Input, search and receipt of information is carried out regardless of the location of the sender and the nature of his main occupation at this time. It is necessary for the consumer to have a classifier, knowledge of the rules for encoding / decoding messages, as well as access to mobile services.

You can enter, search and receive information in transport, in places of rest, in anticipation of events, in any other place where there are several free minutes to send or receive a message. You can send and receive messages on the go, while standing, lying, sitting. For the above method of inputting and searching for information, no additional items, devices and devices are required, except for the classifier and mobile communications.

Consumers through their mobile phones are registered in the system under an arbitrary pseudonym. Interaction with a remote server occurs through visual contact of consumers with the classifier, analysis of the received information, sending encoded or regular messages to a remote server using a mobile communications tool, and receiving information messages from a remote server to a mobile communications tool.

The encoded message from the subscriber via the network of the mobile operator is sent to the remote server via the Internet using standard protocols such as HTTP, SMPP and others. The network equipment of the mobile operator adds information to the message that uniquely identifies the subscriber, for example, the phone number of the subscriber.

The real-time remote server software processes encoded or regular messages received from senders' mobile communications and sends them, upon request, encoded or regular messages with information about other consumers. Messages sent by the server may contain graphics, animation, and sound.

To implement the claimed invention, known databases such as mySQL, InterBase and others can be used as a database. The task of the software, which can be implemented in Java or C ++, includes converting incoming requests from subscribers into standard database queries, receiving query results from the database, converting them into a form convenient for sending over the networks of a mobile operator, and also keeping statistics. To convert messages from an encoded form to a deployed one and vice versa, functions, classes, and methods of standard libraries supplied with compilers of the indicated programming languages can be used. The claimed software features are widespread in database management tasks. All of the above factors give reason to argue that this invention is practiced by means and methods known in the art.

For a better understanding of the proposed method, we consider meeting the needs of people to get to know each other, and at the same time consider the option when information is entered and searched by encoding messages transmitted by mobile communication devices to a remote server with a database and generated using a typographically published and publicly distributed classifier both one and several identifiers of individual distinguishing features.

The goal of a man named Fedor, aged 31 years, height 176 cm, weight 76 kg, with dark hair, brown eyes, with a balanced character, who lives in a separate apartment, is a marriage with a woman aged 23 to 30 years, height from 161 to 170 centimeters, weighing from 51 to 60 kilograms, with red hair, blue eyes, balanced character.

The goal of a woman named Marina at the age of 24 years, height 167 cm, weight 54 kg, with red hair, blue eyes, with a balanced character, who lives with her parents, is to create a family with a man aged 31 to 40 years, height from 171 to 180 centimeters, weighing from 71 to 80 kilograms, with brown eyes, dark hair, balanced character, who lives in a separate apartment.

The search is carried out in the service area of the mobile operator. Before starting the search, a man and a woman purchase or receive, together with another product or service, the “Dating” classifier, each section of which includes a set of individual distinguishing features corresponding to the name of the section. To ensure that information is entered into the remote database and searched for by given keys, the classifier must contain at least sections describing gender, age, height, weight, hair color, eye color, character, place of residence, purpose of acquaintance, and each section must include at least one of the individual distinguishing features consistent with the goals of the man and woman meeting. For the convenience of entering and searching information, each section contains an identifier in the form of a number, and each individual distinguishing feature corresponds to an identifier in the form of a letter.

Then, in accordance with figure 2:

A man can send to the server a simple questionnaire in the form of a coded message, for example, “anketa fedor”, which will mean the appearance of a person in the database under the alias fedor.

A woman can send to the server a simple questionnaire in the form of an encoded message, for example, “anketa marina”, which will mean the appearance of a person in the database under the pseudonym marina.

A man can also send a personal application to the server in the form of a coded message, for example, “anketa fedor 1A2E3D4D5A6D7A8B9A”, where 1A means a sign of male gender, 2E means age from 31 to 40 years old, 3D means growth from 171 to 180 centimeters, 4D means weight from 71 to 80 kilograms, 5A means dark hair color, 6D means brown eye color, 7A means a balanced character, 8B means living in a separate apartment, 9A means marriage as the purpose of dating.

A woman can also send an extended personal profile to the server in the form of a coded message, for example, “anketa marina 1B2D3C4B5C6B7A8A9A”, where 1B means female, 2D means age from 23 to 30 years old, ZS means height from 161 to 170 centimeters, 4B means weight from 51 to 60 kilograms, 5C means red hair color, 6B means blue eye color, 7A means balanced character, 8A means living with parents, and 9A means marriage as the purpose of dating.

When filling out a personal questionnaire, you can use both all and selective identifiers of individual distinguishing features indicated in the classifier.

To conduct a simple search, a man must send to the remote server, for example, the following encoded message in the form:

“Iskat '1B”, which means “looking for a woman”.

To conduct a simple search, a woman must send to the remote server, for example, the following encoded message in the form:

“Iskat '1A”, which means “looking for a man”.

To conduct an advanced search, a man must send to the remote server, for example, the following encoded message in the form:

“Iskat '1B2D3C4B5C6B7A9A”, which corresponds to the purpose of meeting a man and means “to find a woman aged 23 to 30 years, height from 161 to 170 centimeters, weight from 50 to 55 kilograms, with red hair, with blue eyes, with balanced character, for marriage. ”

To conduct an advanced search, a woman must send an encoded message to a remote server in the form of:

“Iskat '1A2E3D4D5A6D7A8B9A”, which corresponds to the purpose of dating a woman and means “to find a man aged 31 to 40 years old, height from 171 to 180 centimeters, weight from 71 to 80 kilograms, with dark hair color, with brown eye color, with balanced character living in a separate apartment for marriage. ”

The fewer identifiers are used in the search message, the higher the probability of finding an object with a given set of individual distinctive features.

After receiving and processing incoming messages, the server will send the message “S vami hochet poznakomitsya Marina 24/167/54” to the man and the woman “S vami hochet poznakomitsya Fedor 31/176/76”, respectively. After receiving such messages, a man and a woman can receive each other's complete profiles from a remote database, exchange messages and make an appointment without revealing their phone numbers and other contact information. If for some reason a man or woman does not want to maintain a relationship via mobile communication, they can block the former interlocutor from accessing their mobile “mailbox” via “zapretit 'Fedor” or “zapretit' Marina” messages sent to a remote server. Similarly, a man and a woman can deny any other consumers with one or more individual distinctive features access to their mobile “mailbox”. For example, the coded message “zapretit '2F” will mean a ban on access to the mobile “mailbox” of all consumers aged 41-50 years.

The set of individual distinguishing features when entering and searching for information about an object in a remote database can, for example, exceed 160 characters, which is the maximum permissible size of a short text message of a mobile communication. Thus, coded messages can also expand the information capacity of mobile communications.

Thus, the proposed method allows consumers through encoded mobile communications to enter into a remote database, as well as search in it for information about objects by their individual distinguishing features at any time and anywhere.

Claims (1)

A method for entering and searching information about an object in a remote database, characterized in that it is carried out by encoding messages transmitted by mobile communication devices and generated using a typed and publicly distributed classifier in which at least one section is configured to determine at least one identifier of an individual distinguishing feature of an object, and sending by the sender of such an identifier by means of at least one community mobile communication to a computer server with software that converts such a message into a database record on the server for transmission via at least one mobile message sent from the server to at least one recipient, or searches for at least one database record on the server corresponding to such a message and transmits to the sender of such a message such a database record by means of at least one mobile communication message sent from the server.

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