Method and system for transmitting user data to a terminal that has data service capability and is integrated in a communication network

• US 20060253413A1
• Filed: 11/23/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Dihlmann, Klaus-Dieter, Hellenthal, Hans-Georg
• Application Number:
  US11/285,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253413A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems

Abstract

A method and system are provided for transmitting user data to a terminal that has data service capability, is integrated in a communication network, and in which the user data are retrievably stored. Desired user data is obtained from a user-data information system likewise connected to the communication network. It is connected in a manner that, starting from the terminal, the desired user data are requested from the user-data information system via the communication network, and the desired user data are subsequently transmitted by way of a standardized data service via communication network to the terminal for retrievable storage.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting user data to a terminal that has data service capability, is integrated in a communication network, and in which the user data are retrievably stored, comprising:

obtaining desired user data from a user-data information system connected to the communication network, including;

requesting the desired user data from the user-data information system via the communication network, and

subsequently transmitting the desired user data by a standardized data service via the communication network to the terminal for retrievable storage.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user-data information system utilizes at least one of standardized SMS data service and standardized MMS data service for transmitting the user data to the terminal.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the subscriber requests desired user data by telephone, by a call via the terminal to the user-data information system.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the terminal uses at least one of standardized SMS data service and standardized MMS data service for transmitting the request for desired user data to the user-data information system.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the CLIP information of a call incoming at the terminal is used for the query for desired user data.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user data received by the terminal are stored with an option, settable at the terminal, of automatic storage or storage to be confirmed by the subscriber beforehand.

7. A system for transmitting user data to a terminal that has data service capability, is integrated in a communication network, and in which the user data are retrievably stored,

wherein the terminal obtains the desired user data from a user-data information system likewise connected to the communication network, in that the terminal requests the desired user data via the communication network from the user-data information system, which subsequently transmits the desired user data by way of a standardized data service via communication network to the terminal for retrievable storage.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the user data are made up of person-specific information, selected from a group containing information about names, address data, birthday data, call numbers and/or fax numbers of a subscriber.

9. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein for retrievable storage of the received user data, the data-service-capable terminal is equipped with a menu-driven telephone directory function able to be displayed on a display.

10. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the data-service-capable terminal is in the form of a wire-bound/wireless fixed-network telephone, a fax machine, a cellular phone or a PDA.

11. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the terminal is in communication with the communication network via a private telecommunications switching system.

12. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the user data centrally stored in a base station of the private telecommunications switching system are transmittable via the standardized data service to the inquiring terminal.

13. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the user-data information system includes a data-service-capable information service unit with connected user-data data base of an information service provider, which is in communication with the communication network.

14. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the user-data information system includes an SMS/MMS service center or is in communication with it.

15. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the communication network is a fixed network or a mobile telephony network of a telecommunications network operator.