Apparatus and method for mediating between callers and receivers using mobile phones
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A mediation center apparatus 1 receives registration as answerers from mobile phones 9 owned by answerers. The mediation center apparatus 1 provides, responding to requests from a mobile phone 10 owned by a questioner, candidate list information of suitable answerers among answerers who are registered in the mediation center apparatus 1, for the mobile phone 10. When the mediation center apparatus 1 receives, from the mobile phone 10, information which instruct a selection of answerers, the mediation center apparatus 1 establishes a circuit connection between the mobile phones 9 owned by the selected answerer and the mobile phone 10 owned by the questioner. A mediation consultancy service is provided by the answerer to the questioner by use of the circuit connection.
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26 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A mediation apparatus comprising:
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registration request receiving means for receiving a registration request which contains telephone number data and answer field data from each of a plurality of mobile phones of answerer candidates via a mobile telecommunication network;
candidate data storing means for storing candidate data sets, each of which contains telephone number data and answer field data which are contained in a registration request received by said registration request receiving means;
mediation request receiving means for receiving a mediation request, which contains telephone number data and question field data, from each of a plurality of mobile phones of questioners via said mobile telecommunication network;
extracting means for extracting, when said mediation request receiving means receives one mediation request from one mobile phone of one questioner, one or more candidate data sets which contain answer field data corresponding to question field data which is contained in said one mediation request, from candidate data sets stored by said candidate data storing means;
acquiring means for acquiring telephone number data of one mobile phone of one answerer from candidate data sets which are extracted by said extracting means;
connection establishing means for establishing a communication circuit connection in said mobile telecommunication network between said one mobile phone of said one answerer and said one mobile phone of said one questioner, on the basis of said telephone number data acquired by said acquiring means and said telephone number data contained in said one mediation request;
evaluation data receiving means for receiving evaluation data, which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, from said one mobile phone of said one questioner via said mobile telecommunication network;
evaluation index storing means for storing an evaluation index, which is made on the basis of said evaluation data which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, linked to a candidate data set corresponding to said one answerer which is stored by said candidate data storing means; and
,calculating means for calculating at least one of (a) reward for said one answerer and (b) bill for said one questioner, with regard to a communication using said communication circuit connection, on the basis of an evaluation index which is stored by said evaluation index storing means linked to the candidate data set corresponding to said one answerer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21)
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22. A mobile phone comprising:
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mediation request transmitting means for transmitting a mediation request, which contains telephone number data and question field data, to a mediation apparatus via a mobile telecommunication network;
communication means for conducting at least one of (a) a voice communication and (b) a data communication, with one mobile phone of one answerer using a communication circuit connection which is established by said mediation apparatus in response to said mediation request; and
,evaluation data transmitting means for transmitting evaluation data, which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, to said mediation apparatus via said mobile telecommunication network. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A mediation method comprising:
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a registration request transmitting step for transmitting a registration request, which contains telephone number data and answer field data, from each of a plurality of mobile phones of answerer candidates to a mediation apparatus via a mobile telecommunication network;
a candidate data storing step for storing candidate data sets, each of which contains telephone number data and answer field data which are contained in a registration request transmitted in said registration request transmitting step;
a mediation request transmitting step for transmitting a mediation request, which contains telephone number data and question field data, from each of a plurality of mobile phones of questioners to said mediation apparatus via said mobile telecommunication network;
an extracting step for extracting, when one mediation request is transmitted from one mobile phone of one questioner to said mediation apparatus, one or more candidate data sets which contain answer field data corresponding to question field data which is contained in said one mediation request, from candidate data sets stored in said candidate data storing step;
an acquiring step for acquiring telephone number data of one mobile phone of one answerer from candidate data sets which are extracted in said extracting step;
a connection establishing step for establishing a communication circuit connection in said mobile telecommunication network between said one mobile phone of said one answerer and said one mobile phone of said one questioner, on the basis of said telephone number data acquired in said acquiring step and said telephone number data contained in said one mediation request;
an evaluation data transmitting step for transmitting evaluation data, which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, from said one mobile phone of said one questioner to said mediation apparatus via said mobile telecommunication network;
an evaluation index storing step for storing an evaluation index, which is made on the basis of said evaluation data which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, linked to a candidate data set corresponding to said one answerer which is stored in said candidate data storing step; and
,a calculating step for calculating at least one of (a) reward for said one answerer and (b) bill for said one questioner, with regard to a communication using said communication circuit connection, on the basis of an evaluation index which is stored in said evaluation index storing step, linked to the candidate data set corresponding to said one answerer.
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