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Text message system

  • US 20060004727A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2005
  • Published: 01/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for collecting information by text messages, in which method an original text message requiring an answer is sent from a basic terminal to at least one target terminal, reply messages are received from the target terminals and desired information is separated from the reply messages, the method further comprising steps;

  • forming a table is formed, in which at least reply option to the question drawn up by an originator of query is a variable choosing a query-specific identifier for the process of collecting said information including in the original message a link to said table, said identifier and the reply options of at least one question forming a reply message of the original message received in the target terminal by marking reply options in it as accepted or rejected according to the selection made by a user of the terminal in the basic terminal, founding the reply message as belonging to said collecting process on the basis of the identifier in the reply message carrying out said separating of the desired information from the reply message by updating content of said table by information about the acceptance of options in the reply message when required, again sending a query message similar to the original text message with at least one changed reply option to the target terminals, and repeating the updating of the table by the information of the reply messages.

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