TWI583173B - A system and method for dating - Google Patents

Description

System and method for making appointments

The present invention relates to a system and method for making appointments.

With the development of technology and economy, there are many varieties and models of mobile phones on the market, from the first generation of analog mobile phones to the second generation of digital mobile phones such as GSM and TDMA, and now to the third generation (The Third Generation, 3G) mobile phones, mobile phones have become a new generation of mobile communication devices that integrate value-added services such as voice communication, multimedia communication, images, music, web browsing, teleconferencing and other information services. At present, the video function of 3G mobile phones is generally welcomed by users, and users can realize instant video calls, appointment appointments, etc. through 3G network. However, when making an appointment appointment, video call and data transmission cannot be performed simultaneously.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a system and method for making an appointment, and to realize the purpose of simultaneous video call and data transmission when making an appointment by using the function of the mobile phone video.

A system for making appointments, running on a carrier server, the carrier server connecting a plurality of mobile phones through a network of the operator, the appointment appointment system for receiving the appointment participants selected by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone. Invite all selected participants to enter the video conferencing mode. If the selected participant accepts the invitation to enter the video conferencing mode, the participants in the video conferencing mode are prompted to input on their respective mobile phones. a location and an alternate appointment location, receiving a travel location and an alternate appointment location uploaded by each participant in the video conference mode, and transmitting the all travel location and the alternate appointment location to each participant in the video conference mode, receiving Initiating the appointment of the final date information entered into the mobile phone based on the discussion result of the video conference, and sending the final appointment information to all the selected participants.

A method for making an appointment, applied to a carrier server, the carrier server connecting a plurality of mobile phones through a network of carriers, the method comprising: (a) receiving a participant who initiates an appointment selected by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone; (b) Invite selected participants to enter the video conferencing mode; (c) If the selected participant accepts the invitation to enter the video conferencing mode, the participants in the video conferencing mode are prompted to enter the travel location and the backup on their respective mobile phones. Selecting a meeting place; (d) receiving the travel location and alternate dating location uploaded by each participant in the video conferencing mode, and transmitting all the travel locations and alternate dating locations to the participants in the video conferencing mode; All participants in the videoconferencing mode discuss the final date information through videoconferencing; (f) initiate the appointment of the date to enter the final date information in their mobile phone based on the results of the above discussion; and (g) receive the final appointment information, The final appointment information is sent to all selected participants.

The system and method for the appointment appointment described above utilizes the characteristics of the mobile phone video call, and realizes the purpose of simultaneous video call and data transmission during the appointment appointment, which facilitates the user to make an appointment appointment.

1‧‧‧Telecom server

10‧‧‧A system for making appointments

11‧‧‧Database

2‧‧‧Mobile phones

3‧‧‧Telecommunications network

4‧‧‧Network

5‧‧‧Web server

1 is a schematic diagram of an operating environment of a preferred embodiment of a system for making appointments in accordance with the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of a method of a preferred embodiment of the method for making an appointment in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic diagram of an operating environment of a preferred embodiment of the system 10 for making appointments in accordance with the present invention. The system 10 for the appointment appointment runs in the carrier server 1. The carrier server 1 is connected to a plurality of handsets 2 via the carrier network 3 (only two are illustrated in this embodiment). The plurality of mobile phones 2 are mobile phones supporting video calls, such as 3G mobile phones, which include server phones and non-server phones. The server mobile phone refers to a mobile phone that downloads the system 10 in which the appointment appointment is installed from the carrier server 1 side. The non-server mobile phone refers to a mobile phone that does not download the system 10 that installs the appointment appointment. The carrier server 1 includes a database 11 in which a history appointment record of each handset 2 is stored, the history appointment record including the time, location, etc. of each appointment. The carrier server 1 is also connected to the network server 5 via the network 4, and the map information is obtained from the network server 5. In this embodiment, the map information includes a map, a picture of each store in the map, and recent discount information of the shop shown in the map.

When a user initiates an appointment invitation in the mobile phone 2 (hereinafter referred to as "initiating an appointment inviter"), the invited participant and the participation method are selected in the mobile phone 2, and the selected participant is selected. And the participation mode is uploaded to the carrier server 1 to achieve the purpose of making an appointment.

It should be noted that the mobile phone 2 that initiates the appointment invitation needs to be a server mobile phone. In the preferred embodiment, when the subscriber initiates an appointment invitation in the mobile phone 2, there are multiple ways to select participants, including selecting participants from the phone book of the mobile phone 2, manually inputting the participant's mobile phone number or from history. Participants are selected in the appointment record. The participation method includes: multi-person negotiation, notification or mixed equality. The notification method is to send the appointment information such as the date of the appointment and the date of the appointment to the participants through the multimedia newsletter, such as sending invitations. The confusing manner means that when there are participants among the invited participants who are unable to participate in the negotiation, the result of the negotiation is sent to the no Participants who participate in the negotiation process, such as through the multimedia newsletter, send the results of the negotiation to the participants who did not participate in the negotiation.

The reservation appointment system 10 determines whether the participation mode selected by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone 2 is the notification mode. If the selected participation mode is the notification mode, the appointment appointment system 10 receives the appointment information entered by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone 2 and transmits it to the participant.

When the mode of participation selected by the originating inviter in the mobile phone 2 is not the notification mode, the system 10 for booking the appointment invites all selected participants to enter the video conferencing mode, and determines whether the invited participants all enter the video conferencing mode. . If there is a participant refusing to enter the video conferencing mode, the system 10 for the appointment appointment regards the participant's participation mode as a notification mode.

The appointment appointment system 10 prompts participants of the video conferencing mode to enter their respective travel locations and alternate appointment locations in their respective handsets 2. It should be noted that if there is a non-server mobile phone in the mobile phone 2 of the participant in the video conferencing mode, the non-server mobile phone cannot enter the travel location and the alternate dating location through the mobile phone 2.

The reservation appointment system 10 receives the travel location and the alternate appointment location uploaded by the various participants of the video conference mode, and transmits the all travel destinations and the alternate appointment locations to the participants of the video conference mode. All participants in the video conferencing mode can discuss the final appointment information through videoconference discussions. In the process, the reservation appointment system 10 can also send the store's recent sales information provided by the network server 5 to each participant of the video conference mode for reference.

The initiating appointment inviter inputs the final appointment information in the mobile phone 2 according to the result of the above discussion, and uploads the final appointment information to the carrier server 1 . The system 10 of the appointment appointment receives the final appointment information and sends it to all participants selected prior to initiating the appointment inviter. In the preferred embodiment, the appointment appointment system 10 sends the final appointment information to the participant in the notification mode in the form of a multimedia message.

2 is a flow chart of a method of a preferred embodiment of the method for making an appointment in accordance with the present invention.

Step S30, when an initiating appointment inviter initiates an appointment invitation in the mobile phone 2, select the invited participant and the participation mode in the mobile phone 2, and upload the selected participant and the participation mode to the carrier servo. In the device 1, to achieve the purpose of making appointments. It should be noted that the mobile phone 2 that initiates the appointment invitation needs to be a server mobile phone. In the preferred embodiment, when the subscriber initiates an appointment invitation in the mobile phone 2, there are multiple ways to select participants, including selecting participants from the phone book of the mobile phone 2, manually inputting the participant's mobile phone number or from history. Participants are selected in the appointment record. The participation method includes: multi-person negotiation, notification or mixed equality.

In step S31, the carrier server 1 determines whether the participation mode selected by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone 2 is the notification mode. If the participation mode selected by the mobile phone 2 that initiated the appointment invitation is the notification mode, the process proceeds to step S32. If the participation mode selected by the mobile phone 2 that initiated the appointment invitation is not the notification mode, the process proceeds to step S33.

In step S32, the carrier server 1 receives the appointment information input by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone 2, and sends it to the selected participant, and then ends the process. The appointment information includes the date of the appointment, the date of the appointment, and so on.

In step S33, the carrier server 1 invites all selected participants to enter the video conference mode.

In step S34, the carrier server 1 determines whether the invited participant accepts the incoming video conference mode.

If the participant refuses to enter the video conference mode, in step S35, the carrier server 1 regards the participant's participation mode as the notification mode, and the flow proceeds to step S36.

If the participant accepts the enter video conference mode, in step S36, the carrier server 1 prompts the participants of the video conference mode to input their respective travel locations and alternate appointment locations in the respective mobile phones 2. It should be noted that if there is a non-server mobile phone among the participants of the video conferencing mode, the non-server mobile phone cannot input the travel location and the alternate appointment location through the mobile phone 2.

Step S37, the carrier server 1 receives the travel location and the alternate appointment location uploaded by each participant of the video conference mode, and sends the all travel destinations and the alternate appointment locations to the respective participants of the video conference mode.

In step S38, all participants in the video conferencing mode can discuss the final appointment information through the video conference discussion. In the process, the carrier server 1 sends the recent sales information of the shop provided by the network server 5 to each participant of the video conference mode for reference.

In step S39, the originating invitee enters the final appointment information in the mobile phone 2 according to the above discussion result, and uploads the final appointment information to the carrier server 1.

In step S40, the carrier server 1 receives the final appointment information and sends it to all participants selected before initiating the appointment inviter. In the preferred embodiment, the operator server 1 sends the final appointment information to the participants in the notification mode in the form of a multimedia message.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments. Modifications or equivalents are made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1‧‧‧Telecom server

10‧‧‧A system for making appointments

11‧‧‧Database

2‧‧‧Mobile phones

3‧‧‧Telecommunications network

4‧‧‧Network

5‧‧‧Web server

Claims (8)

A reservation appointment system running on a carrier server, the carrier server connecting a plurality of mobile phones via a carrier network, the appointment appointment system for receiving an appointment participant selected by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone and Participation mode, the participation mode includes a merging manner, and the merging mode means that when there are participants among the invited participants who cannot participate in the negotiation, the result of the negotiation is sent to the participant who cannot participate in the negotiation by means of notification; The reservation appointment system invites all selected participants to enter the video conference mode. If the selected participant accepts the invitation to enter the video conference mode, the participants in the video conference mode are prompted to input the travel location and the backup on their respective mobile phones. Selecting a meeting place; the system for making an appointment receives the travel location and the alternate appointment location uploaded by each participant in the video conferencing mode, and transmits all the travel locations and alternate dating locations to the participants of the video conferencing mode; The appointment appointment system also sends the store's recent sales information to the video conferencing mode. By reference; appointment reservation system that receives invitee final appointment date information originating phone input, and all participants in the final date for selecting the information transmitted to the video conference based on the discussion thereon. For the system for making an appointment appointment as described in item 1 of the patent scope, the participation method further includes: a multi-person negotiation method and a notification method. For the system of the appointment appointment described in claim 2, if the selected participation method is the notification method, the system is further configured to receive the appointment information entered by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone, and the appointment is Information is sent to the participants, and the appointment information includes the date of the appointment and the appointment time. For the system of the appointment appointment described in claim 2, if the participant refuses to enter the video conference mode, the system regards the participation mode of the participant as the notification mode. A method for making an appointment for a telecommunications server that connects a plurality of handsets through a network of telecommunications providers, the method comprising: (a) receiving participants of an appointment selected by the appointment inviter in the handset and Participation mode, the participation mode includes a merging manner, and the merging mode means that when there are participants among the invited participants who cannot participate in the negotiation, the result of the negotiation is sent to the participant who cannot participate in the negotiation by means of notification; (b) Invite selected participants to enter the video conferencing mode; (c) If the selected participant accepts the invitation to enter the video conferencing mode, the participants in the video conferencing mode are prompted to enter the travel location and the backup on their respective mobile phones. Selecting a meeting place; (d) receiving the travel location and alternate dating location uploaded by each participant in the video conferencing mode, and transmitting all the travel locations and alternate dating locations to the participants in the video conferencing mode, and The recent sales information of the store is sent to the participants of the videoconferencing mode for reference; (e) all participants of the videoconferencing mode are through the videoconferencing Discussing the final date information; (f) initiating the appointment of the date to enter the final date information in the mobile phone based on the results of the above discussion; and (g) receiving the final date information and sending the final date information to the above All participants selected. For the method of making an appointment appointment as described in claim 5, the participation method further includes a multi-person negotiation method and a notification method. In the method of claiming an appointment as set forth in claim 6, in the step (b), the method further comprises the steps of: If the selected participation mode is the notification mode, the carrier server receives the appointment information entered by the appointment inviter in the mobile phone, and sends the appointment information to the participant, wherein the appointment information includes the appointment location And dating time. The method for making an appointment appointment as described in claim 6 of the patent scope, the method further comprising the step of: determining whether there is a selected participant refusing to enter the video conference mode after the step (b); and if the participant refuses to enter the video conference Mode, the participant's participation method is regarded as the notification method.