Database maintenance method and system for use in a communication network

• US 20020141548A1
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Boda, Peter
• Application Number:
  US10/106,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20020141548A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42204 Arrangements at the exchange for service or number selection by voice at the terminal H04M1/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/44 Additional connecting arrangements for providing access to frequently-wanted subscribers, e.g. abbreviated dialling at the subscriber's set H04M1/27; automatic redialling H04M3/424
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems

Abstract

A contact database maintenance method comprises the steps of storing used contact information, collecting data associated to used contact information, providing the contact information to a terminal device, and offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user based on these contact information and associated data.

Claims

1. A method for maintaining a contact database, comprising the steps of:

storing used contact information;

collecting data associated to said used contact information;

providing said contact information to a terminal device; and

offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user based on said information and said associated data.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the step of offering maintenance comprises an offering of an addition of data to said database.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the step of offering maintenance operations comprises an offering of a deletion of data from said database.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein the step of maintaining comprises a modification of data, or a reminding of said user.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the contact information is a telephone number.

6. Method according to claim 1, wherein the contact information is an e-mail or internet address.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the contact information is a wireless application access point.

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein the contacted contact information are contacted to by name dialling.

9. Method according to claim 1, wherein the contacted contact information are contacted to by voice dialling.

10. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of generating data associated to said contact information comprising at least statistics of the contact information of contacts made to a specific contact during a predetermined interval.

11. Method according to claim 10, wherein said statistics are used for offering a maintenance of the contact information directory in said database.

12. Method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of automatically maintaining the contact database according to said statistics.

13. Method according to claim 1, wherein the offer to maintain said contact database (4) is transferred via a message.

14. Method according to claim 1, wherein the user transfers a maintain order via a message.

15. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of executing said maintenance offer automatically.

16. Computer program code that causes a processor to execute a database maintenance operation in a communication network, comprising program code means for performing all the steps of anyone of claims 1 to 15 when said program is run on a computer or a terminal device or in a distributed manner between a computer and a terminal device.

17. Computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for causing a processor to perform the method of anyone of claims 1 to 15 when said program product is run on a computer or terminal device or in a distributed manner between a computer and a terminal device.

19. Terminal device of claim 18, further comprising means to automatically generate a message and means to automatically post a message to another terminal device.

20. Terminal device of claim 18, further comprising voice recognition means.

21. Terminal device of claim 18, wherein said terminal device is a mobile phone.

22. Terminal device of claim 18, wherein the terminal device is connected to, is incorporated in or comprises a computer device.

24. Server of claim 23, further comprising voice recognition means.

25. Server of claim 24 wherein the server further comprises a name dialling system.

27. Contact database maintenance system as claimed in claim 26, wherein said database is connected to, or comprises a name dialling system.

28. Contact database maintenance system as claimed in claim 26, comprising means for displaying said transferred message in said terminal device.

29. Contact database maintenance system according to claim 27, further comprising a voice recognition system.

30. Contact database maintenance system of claim 29, further comprising a voice pattern recognition system.

31. Contact database maintenance system according to claim 26, further comprising means to generate a user call statistics comprising the number of contacts made to a specific contact information in predetermined intervals.

33. Contact database maintenance system of claim 29, wherein the voice recognition system is speaker-dependent.

34. Contact database maintenance system of claim 29, wherein the voice recognition system is speaker-independent.

35. Contact database maintenance system of claim 26, wherein modules of the system can be distributed between the terminal device and the network.

36. Contact database maintenance system of claim 26, wherein the means for voice dialling is distributed between the terminal device and a server.

37. Method according to claim 2, wherein the step of offering maintenance operations comprises an offering of a deletion of data from said database.

38. Method according to claim 8, wherein the contacted contact information are contacted to by voice dialling.

39. Terminal device of claim 20, wherein said terminal device is a mobile phone.

18. Terminal device comprising

Means for storing used contact information;

Means for collecting data associated to used contact information;

Means for providing said contact information to the user; and

Means for offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user based on said information and said associated data.

23. Server for maintaining a contact database in a network comprising means for

storing used contact information;

collecting data associated to used contact information;

providing said information to a user; and

offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user based on said information and said associated data.

26. Contact database maintenance system in a network, having

at least one terminal device,

at least one server, and

means for

storing used contact information;

collecting data associated to used contact information;

providing said information to a user; and

offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user based on said information and said associated data.

32. Contact database maintenance system according to claims 26, further comprising means for deleting or adding a specific contact information and a related data from or to said directory in said database.