Mobile emotional notification application
First Claim
1. A communication system between terminals, the system comprising:
- at least two terminals communicating with each other;
an interface module enabling access to a data object for controlling with a terminal of a first party, said data object being associated with a second party; and
a notifying message to be sent substantially instantly to at least a predefined terminal of the second party each time said data object is activated by the terminal of the first party.
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Abstract
In an emotional notification system, information about another party is entered into and stored in a terminal of a first party along with one or more data objects associated with the second party (such as an email from, to or about the second party, a file originated by the second party, etc.). Each time the first party activates at his terminal through an interface module a data object associated with a second party, a notifying message is sent to the second party to make the second party aware that the first party is devoting attention to the second party and to promote bonding between the two parties. The notifying message may take one of various, preferably unobtrusive forms, such as a vibration of a terminal belonging to the second party, which minimizes any distraction caused by the notifying message.
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31 Claims
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1. A communication system between terminals, the system comprising:
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at least two terminals communicating with each other;
an interface module enabling access to a data object for controlling with a terminal of a first party, said data object being associated with a second party; and
a notifying message to be sent substantially instantly to at least a predefined terminal of the second party each time said data object is activated by the terminal of the first party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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12. A method of communicating messages between terminals in a communication system, the method comprising:
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activating with a terminal of a first party through an interface module a data object being associated with a second party; and
sending a notifying message substantially instantly to at least a predefined terminal of the second party each time said data object is activated by the terminal of the first party.
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24. A mobile terminal communicating with other terminals, the mobile terminal comprising;
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a processor;
a storage device; and
software means operative on the processor comprising;
means for maintaining in the storage device a database listing identified communication partners of a party;
means for associating data objects with the identified communication partners;
means for periodically scanning whether any of the associated data objects is being activated; and
means for sending a notifying message to at least one of the identified communication partners substantially instantly each time one of the data objects is activated.
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25. A method of notifying a terminal of a first party operating in a wireless communication network that a second party has manipulated an electronic representation of the first party, the method comprising:
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associating a first party with an electronic representation of the first party;
manipulating by a second party of the electronic representation associated with the first party using an input device; and
sending a notification from the second party to the first party upon the manipulation of the electronic representation associated with the first party.
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Specification