Database maintenance method and system for use in a communication network

• US 20050175169A1
• Filed: 04/15/2005
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Peter Boda
• Original Assignee: Peter Boda
• Inventors: Boda, Peter
• Application Number:
  US11/106,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20050175169A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/355.10
• 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 logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• 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:

determining contact information which is used to establish a connection;

generating usage statistics of said contact information; and

providing said usage statistics of said contact information for offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user of a terminal device based on said contact information and said usage statistics.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically maintaining the contact database according to said statistics.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of offering maintenance operations comprises an offering of an addition of data to said contact database.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of offering maintenance operations comprises an offering of a deletion of data from said contact database.

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

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the contact information is an e-mail or Internet address.

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

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the contacted contact information is contacted to by name dialling.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the contacted contact information is contacted to by voice dialling.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein said statistics of the contact information are generated in predetermined intervals.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein offering to maintain said contact database is transferred via a message.

12. A method according to claim 1, comprising executing said maintenance order automatically.

13. A 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 claim 1 when said program is run on a computer or a terminal device.

14. A computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for causing a processor to perform the method of claim 1 when said program product is run on a computer or terminal device.

15. A terminal device comprising a contact database;

means for determining contact information which is used to establish a connection;

means for storing used contact information;

means for generating usage statistics of said contact information;

means for providing said usage statistics of said contact information to a user of said terminal device; and

means for offering maintenance operations of said contact database to said user of said terminal device based on said contact information and said usage statistics.

16. A terminal device of claim 15, further comprising voice recognition means.

17. A terminal device of claim 15, wherein said terminal device is a mobile phone.

18. A terminal device of claim 15, wherein the terminal device is connected to, is incorporated in or comprises a computer device.

19. A server for maintaining a contact database in a network comprising:

means for determining contact information which is used to establish a connection;

means for generating usage statistics of said contact information; and

means for providing said usage statistics of said contact information for offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user of a terminal device based on said contact information and said usage statistics.

20. A server of claim 19, further comprising voice recognition means.

21. A server of claim 19, wherein the server further comprises a name dialling system.

22. A contact database maintenance system in a network including, at least one terminal device and at least one server, comprising:

means for determining contact information which is used to establish a connection;

means for generating usage statistics of said contact information; and

means for providing said usage statistics of said contact information for offering maintenance operations of said contact database to a user of a terminal device based on said contact information and said usage statistics.

23. A contact database maintenance system of claim 22, wherein said database is connected to, or comprises a name dialling system.

24. A contact database maintenance system of claim 22, comprising means for displaying a transferred message in said terminal device.

25. A contact database maintenance system of claim 22, further comprising a voice recognition system.

26. A contact database maintenance system according to claim 22, comprising means to generate user call statistics comprising a number of contacts made to a specific contact information in predetermined intervals.

27. A contact database maintenance system according to claim 22, comprising means for adding or deleting contact information and related data to or from a directory in said database.

28. A contact database maintenance system according to claim 25, wherein the voice recognition system is speaker-dependent.

29. A contact database maintenance system according to claim 25, wherein the voice recognition system is speaker-independent.

30. A contact database maintenance system according to claim 22, wherein modules of the system can be distributed between the terminal device and the network.

31. A contact database maintenance system according to claim 25, wherein the means for voice dialling is distributed between the terminal device and a server.