Method and system for information distribution

• US 20040049584A1
• Filed: 10/06/2003
• Published: 03/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Bjorkner, Jorgen
• Granted Patent: US 7,580,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system and a method for distributing information from at least one Information Provider (11,13,15) to at least one Customer device (3).

According to the invention the method comprises the steps of:

sending information from at least one of the Information Providers (11,13,15) to an Information Publisher (9);

comparing the content of the information with information about the customers stored in customer profiles in the Information Publisher (9);

distributing the information to all the customers corresponding to a certain feature described in the customer profile;

receiving and processing the information in at least one Information Receiver (19) in each concerned Customer device (3);

notifying the customer by displaying at least a part of the Information on the Customer device (3).

Claims

1. A method for distributing information from at least one Information Provider (11,13,15) to at least one Customer device (3) comprising the steps of:

sending information from at least one of the Information Providers (11,13,15) to an Information Publisher (9);

comparing the content of the information with information about the customers stored in customer profiles in the Information Publisher (9);

distributing the information to all the customers corresponding to a certain feature described in the customer profile;

receiving and processing the information in at least one Information Receiver (19) in each concerned Customer device (3);

notifying the customer by displaying at least a part of the information on the Customer device (3).

2. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

establishing the connection between a Customer device (3) and a network (5) through a first interface (11);

informing the Information Publisher (9) through a second interface (12) that is separated from the first interface (II) that this specific Customer device (3) is connected to the network (5);

3. Method according to claim 2, characterised in that the distribution of information to the customers is done through the second interface (12).

4. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the distribution of information is dependent on the customers'"'"' desires and/or location.

5. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by placing at least one address of each Customer device (3) in at least one specific list (23,25) depending on what kind of information the customer should be notified with.

6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by notifying the customer by only displaying a notice telling that information has been received.

7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by displaying the information to the customer for a predetermined time period or until the customer confirms the receiving by for example clicking on the information.

8. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by queuing the information that should be distributed to a certain customer in the Information Publisher (9) if the customer not is logged on for the moment and distributing the information to the customer as soon as he logs on.

9. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by checking from the Information Receiver (19) if the information is correctly displayed in the Customer device (3) and sending a fault message to the Information Publisher (9) if the information was incorrectly displayed and/or a success message if the information was correctly displayed.

10. Method according to claim 9, characterised by instructing a Network Access Server (7) from the Information Publisher (9) to disconnect the Customer device (3) if a fault message was received in the Information Publisher (9) and/or rewarding the customer if a success message was received.

11. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, further characterised by the steps of:

sending instructions to the Information Publisher (9) from a Customer device (3) telling that a specific information should be distributed to for example the customer'"'"'s friends or colleagues;

distributing this information to other Customer devices (3) according to the instructions from the customer, this distribution of information being done in the same way as the distribution of information from the Information Providers (11,13,15).

12. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by using SIP (=Session Initiation Protocol) as the transport protocol.

13. A system for distributing information from at least one Information Provider (11,13,15) to at least one Customer device (3), characterised in that it comprises:

an Information Publisher (9) connected to the at least one Information Provider (11,13,15) and adapted to distribute information received from the Information Providers (11,13,15) according to information about the customers stored in customer profiles in the Information Publisher (9);

an Information Receiver (19) located in each Customer device (3) adapted to receive and process the information received from the Information Publisher (9);

an Information Presenter (21) connected to the Information Receiver (19) in each Customer device (3) adapted to notify the customer by displaying at least a part of the information on the Customer device (3).

14. System according to claim 13, characterised in that it comprises a Communication Stack (17) in each Customer device (3) that is connectable to a Network Access Server (7) through a first interface (11) and in that the Information Receiver (19) in each Customer device (3) is adapted to inform the Information Publisher (9) through a second interface (12) that this customer is connected to the network (5).

15. System according to claim 14, characterised in that the Information Publisher (9) is adapted to distribute the information to the customers through the second interface (12) that is separated from the first interface (11).

16. System according to any one of the claims 13-15, characterised in that the Information Publisher (9) is adapted to distribute the information to the customers depending on the customers'"'"' desires and/or location.

17. System according to claim 14, characterised in that said second interface (12) is a higher level of the first interface (II).

18. System according to any one of the claims 13-17, characterised by lists (23,25) placed in the Information Publisher (9), each list (23,25) comprising addresses to customers wanting the same type of information.

19. System according to any one of the claims 13-18, characterised in that the Information Presenter (21) is adapted to only display a notice telling that information has been received when the customer is notified.

20. System according to any one of the claims 13-19, characterised in that the Information Presenter (21) is adapted to display the information to the customer for a predetermined time period or until the customer confirms the receiving by for example clicking on the information.

21. System according to any one of the claims 13-20, characterised in that the Information Publisher (9) is adapted to queue the information that should be distributed to a certain customer if the customer not is logged on for the moment and distribute the information to the customer as soon as he logs on.

22. System according to any one of the claims 13-21, characterised in that the Information Receiver (19) is adapted to check if the information is correctly displayed in the Customer device (3) and send a fault message to the Information Publisher (9) if the information was incorrectly displayed and/or a success message if the information was correctly displayed.

23. System according to claim 22, characterised in that the Information Publisher (9) is adapted to instruct the Network Access Server (7) to disconnect the Customer device (3) if a fault message was received and/or to reward the customer if a success message was received.

24. System according to any one of the claims 13-23, further characterised in that the Information Receiver (19) is adapted to send instructions to the Information Publisher (9) telling that a specific information should be distributed to for example the customer'"'"'s friends or colleagues and in that the Information Publisher (9) is adapted to distribute this information to other Customer devices according to the instructions from the customer, this distribution of information being done in the same way as the distribution of information from the Information Providers (11,13,15).

25. System according to any one of the claims 13-24, characterised in that SIP (=Session Initiation Protocol) is used as the transport protocol.

26. A Customer device, characterised in that it comprises an Information Receiver (19) and an Information Presenter (21) according to any one of the claims 13-25.

27. An Access Service Provider, characterised in that it comprises an Information Publisher (9) according to any one of the claims 13-25.