Subscriber profile matching and positioning system for mobile units in a communication system
First Claim
1. A telephony network comprising mobile telephones communicating through the telephony network with a server, the mobile telephones comprising means for entering personal information, both for a person searching for contact and the profile for a searched person, and means for transmitting the personal information to the server, and the server comprising means for receiving personal information and storing it in a data base, characterized in that the telephone network comprises means for localizing/position determination of mobile telephones connected to the telephone network, and that the server comprises means for determining the geographical distance between two telephones connected to the network and to transmit to two mobile telephones in the case where they have been determined to be located at a distance from each other smaller than a threshold value, a signal thereof.
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Abstract
A telephony network comprises telephone sets such as mobile telephones (1) connected to a server (3) that contains a database having information on persons looking to meet other persons. Using the telephones, a server information can be input to server both in regard of a person looking to meet another person and of a desired person. The server receives such personal information, stores it in the database and compares the personal information to find persons, the information of whom, for persons looking to meet another persons, agrees with the received information on the desired person, to determine a list that is transmitted to the telephone can be shown on the display (11) thereof. On the telephone a selection of a person in the transmitted list can be made and information on the selected person is transmitted to the server that can then establish a telephone connection between the telephone of the person looking to meet another person and the telephone of the selected person. Then, no telephone number presentation must be made to guarantee the anonymity. In the case where the telephones are mobile telephones, the server can have the feature of determining the geographical positions thereof, to give, when the geographical distance between the two mobile telephones is small, such as for an appointed meeting between persons looking for meet other persons, a signal thereof to the mobile telephones, such as activating a ring signal and establishing a telephone connection between them.
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- 1. A telephony network comprising mobile telephones communicating through the telephony network with a server, the mobile telephones comprising means for entering personal information, both for a person searching for contact and the profile for a searched person, and means for transmitting the personal information to the server, and the server comprising means for receiving personal information and storing it in a data base, characterized in that the telephone network comprises means for localizing/position determination of mobile telephones connected to the telephone network, and that the server comprises means for determining the geographical distance between two telephones connected to the network and to transmit to two mobile telephones in the case where they have been determined to be located at a distance from each other smaller than a threshold value, a signal thereof.
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