Business event indicator

• US 20050239483A1
• Filed: 04/23/2004
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Suoste, Marko
• Application Number:
  US10/830,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20050239483A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

The invention relates to a transfer of an event based data between a backend server and a terminal. When an event is input to a server, the server makes an indication to a terminal via telephone network by calling shortly. The terminal identifies the call and launches a process for checking the event from the server. The invention relates to a method, a system as well as both to the server and the terminal. The invention relates also to corresponding computer program products. The event being transferred can be e.g. email or calendar mark.

Claims

1. A method for transferring event based data from a server to a terminal, an event being entered to a server, wherein the method comprises transferring a notification of the event to the terminal via telephone network by a call, identifying the call and launching a process for fetching the event from the server by said terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising disconnecting the call after a connection is made to the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising profiling the call for hidden call receive by the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the process is a synchronization process.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising notifying the event to the user.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said event is one of the following:

an email, a calendar marking, to-do marking.

7. A system for managing events, said system comprising a server and a terminal being configured to use a network, said server comprising an interface for receiving events and an event account for storing said events, said terminal comprising communication element for fetching said events from said server, wherein the server further comprises an indicator means for making a call to said terminal for notifying about events, said terminal further comprising a control element for identifying said call and launching a process for fetching the event.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the indicator means is configured to operate after noticing an absence of a user.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the indicator means is configured to make a call and disconnect after a connection has been made to the terminal.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the terminal comprises a synchronizing element for synchronizing event based data with the server.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein the terminal comprises a memory for saving the call information made by the server.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the terminal is configured to hidden call receive.

13. A terminal for fetching event based data from a server, said terminal comprising a communication element for forming a network connection to said server and for receiving a call, said terminal further comprising a control element for identifying said call and if the call came from the server, the terminal is further configured to launch a process for fetching data from the server.

14. The terminal according to claim 13, further comprising a memory for saving call related information.

15. The terminal according to claim 13, further comprising a profiling means for defining a hidden call receive for calls.

16. The terminal according to claim 13, comprising means for informing the event to the user.

17. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein said event is one of the following:

an email, a calendar marking, to-do-marking.

18. The terminal according to claim 13, configured to disconnect the call after identifying said call.

19. The terminal according to claim 13, comprising synchronizing element for synchronizing event based data with the server.

20. An event server for transferring event based data to a terminal, said server comprising an interface for receiving events and for configuring a network connection to the terminal and an event account for storing said events, said server further comprising an indicator means for making a call to the terminal for indicating events and transferring said event based data to the terminal in a fetching process.

21. The event server according to claim 20, wherein the indicator is configured to operate after noticing an absence of a user.

22. The event server according to claim 20, wherein the server is configured to disconnect after a connection has been made to the terminal.

23. A computer program product for a server comprising computer readable instructions for identifying a recipient of an event and making a call to a terminal of that recipient via a network for indicating events to the recipient.

24. A computer program product for a terminal comprising computer readable instructions for forming a network connection with server, said computer program product further comprising instructions for identifying a call and if the call came from the server, launching a process configured to fetch event based data from the server.

25. A business method for providing a notification service for events occurring in a server, wherein the method comprises transferring event based data to a terminal in a fetching process by the terminal, informing the terminal about the events by a call, whereupon the terminal identifies the call and launches the fetching process for the event.