Telecommunications service and method enabling users to physically meet
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a face-to-face meeting between users of a face-to-face service of a telecommunications network wherein the face-to-face service has a plurality of users subscribed thereto, the method comprising steps of:
- registering a plurality of users of the face-to-face service, each of the plurality of users having an associated user profile;
marking the associated user profiles pertaining to the plurality of registered users;
processing the marked user profiles to identify at least two compatible user profiles;
enabling a physical face-to-face communication between at least two users having the at least two compatible user profiles by providing information found in the compatible user profiles to at least one of the at least two users having the compatible user profiles.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a service node and method for enabling a face-to-face meeting between users of a face-to-face service of a telecommunications network wherein the face-to-face service has a plurality of users subscribed thereto. User profiles pertaining to pertaining to a plurality of registered users are marked and processed to identify at least two compatible user profiles. Therefore, the invention enables a physical face-to-face communication between at least two users having compatible user profiles. This is achieved by providing information found in the compatible user profiles to at least one of the at least two users having the compatible user profiles.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a face-to-face meeting between users of a face-to-face service of a telecommunications network wherein the face-to-face service has a plurality of users subscribed thereto, the method comprising steps of:
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registering a plurality of users of the face-to-face service, each of the plurality of users having an associated user profile;
marking the associated user profiles pertaining to the plurality of registered users;
processing the marked user profiles to identify at least two compatible user profiles;
enabling a physical face-to-face communication between at least two users having the at least two compatible user profiles by providing information found in the compatible user profiles to at least one of the at least two users having the compatible user profiles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. The method of claim 9 wherein the step of communicating further comprises providing information not found in the user profiles.
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10. A service node for providing a face-to-face service in a telecommunications network, the service node comprising:
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a profile repository capable of;
maintaining user profiles having information about users of the face-to-face service; and
marking a plurality of user profiles pertaining to registered users of the face-to-face service;
a processing module capable of;
processing the marked user profiles to identify at least two compatible user profiles; and
a communication module capable of;
communicating with other nodes of the telecommunications network; and
communicating with the users of the face-to-face service by providing information found in compatible user profiles to at least one registered user of the face-to-face service so as to enable a physical face-to-face communication between compatible users. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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