Method for performing an inquiry in a telecommunications network
First Claim
1. Method for performing an inquiry wirelessly in a telecommunications network, in which the inquiry is carried out in the following steps:
- creating a database of persons with demographic data, forming and storing the questions, transcribing the questions into SMS messages according to the specifications of a telecommunications network applicable in SMS (Short Message Service) communication, selecting from the database a set satisfying desired demographic conditions, sending the formed SMS message via the telecommunications network to the persons included in the set, receiving replies via the SMS message service for a predetermined length of time, storing and interpreting each reply, generating a report characterized in that each reply is interpreted and, according to a each set criterion the question arranged to be the next one is sent to the same person.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for performing an inquiry in a telecommunications network, in which the inquiry is carried out in the following steps: —creating a database of persons, —forming and recording the questions, —selecting from the database a set satisfying desired conditions, —sending the inquiry in the form of text messages (SMS, Short Message Service) to the persons included in the set, —receiving text message replies for a predetermined length of time, —storing and interpreting each reply, so that, according to each set criterion, the question arranged to be the next one is sent to the same person, —generating a report.
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9 Claims
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1. Method for performing an inquiry wirelessly in a telecommunications network, in which the inquiry is carried out in the following steps:
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creating a database of persons with demographic data, forming and storing the questions, transcribing the questions into SMS messages according to the specifications of a telecommunications network applicable in SMS (Short Message Service) communication, selecting from the database a set satisfying desired demographic conditions, sending the formed SMS message via the telecommunications network to the persons included in the set, receiving replies via the SMS message service for a predetermined length of time, storing and interpreting each reply, generating a report characterized in that each reply is interpreted and, according to a each set criterion the question arranged to be the next one is sent to the same person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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