METHOD FOR INPUTTING AND SEARCHING INFORMATION ABOUT AN OBJECT IN A REMOTE DATABASE

• US 20090259640A1
• Filed: 06/29/2009
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alexandr Y. Bredikhin
• Original Assignee: Alexandr Y. Bredikhin
• Inventors: Sergeichev, Nikolai Evgenevich, Bredikhin, Aleksandr Yurevich
• Granted Patent: US 7,653,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4552 Lookup mechanisms between a plurality of directories; Synchronisation of directories, e.g. metadirectories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

A method includes transmitting an object ID containing message from a mobile communication terminal via the network of the Global System for Mobile Communications through a mobile network operator equipment and by means of the Internet network to a server. At least one word is used as an object ID containing message transmitted from a mobile communication terminal. When searching for an object ID in the database the server compares the word with domain names. If the user of a mobile communication terminal finds a matching domain name, the server transmits a subscriber'"'"'s phone number to him. Then, the mobile communication terminal initiates connection to that phone number by making a voice call to the subscriber'"'"'s phone number. The method enables to expand functional capabilities, speed up search, decrease volumes of information transmitted, reduce load on telecommunications networks and their equipment.

Claims

1. A method for inputting and searching information about an object in a remote database, comprising:

transmitting a first message containing an object ID from a mobile communication terminal via a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network through a mobile network operator equipment and further transmitting the first message over the Internet to a server, wherein at least one word characterizing a name of an individual or an organization is included in the object ID;

receiving the first message at the server;

searching for the object ID in a server database;

at the server, comparing the at least one word with domain names stored in the database and, if domain names are found such that at least a part of the domain name matches the at least one word, transmitting to the mobile communication terminal a list of domain names;

if the object ID is found, transmitting a second message regarding a location of the object ID to the mobile communication terminal;

upon the user selecting a domain name from the list, transmitting a third message containing the selected domain name to the server;

at the server, performing a second search for the selected domain name and the corresponding phone number of a subscriber;

if the subscriber'"'"'s phone number is found, transmitting the subscriber'"'"'s phone number to the mobile communication terminal; and

upon confirmation of selection of the domain name/subscriber'"'"'s phone number, initiating a voice call to the subscriber'"'"'s phone number via the GSM network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, after the voice call is completed, software installed on a mobile communication terminal removes the subscriber'"'"'s phone number from the mobile communication terminal memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein multiple subscribers'"'"' phone numbers correspond to a single domain name in the database, with different phone numbers corresponding to different time intervals of the day, different days of the week or different geographical locations, and wherein the server transmits a selected subscriber'"'"'s phone number to the user'"'"'s mobile communication terminal, depending on the time when the first or second message is received.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the at least one word matches a single domain name or a single e-mail address, the selecting step and the second search are omitted and the user is connected to the subscriber via the voice call.

5. A method for searching information about an object in a remote database and anonymous connection of network subscribers, the method comprising:

from a mobile communication terminal, transmitting, via a mobile telephone network, a first message containing an object ID and further transmitting the first message over the Internet to a server, wherein the object ID includes at least one word associated with an individual;

receiving the first message at the server;

searching for the object ID in a server database;

at the server, comparing the at least one word with domain names stored in the database and, if domain names are found such that at least a part of the domain name matches the at least one word, transmitting to the mobile communication terminal a list of domain names;

if the object ID is found, transmitting a second message regarding a location of the object ID to the mobile communication terminal;

upon the user selecting a domain name from the list, transmitting a third message containing the selected domain name to the server;

at the server, performing a second search for the selected domain name and the corresponding phone number of a subscriber;

if the subscriber'"'"'s phone number is found, transmitting the subscriber'"'"'s phone number to the mobile communication terminal; and

upon a user confirming selection of the domain name/subscriber'"'"'s phone number on his mobile communication terminal, initiating a voice call to the subscriber'"'"'s phone number via the mobile telephone network.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising, after the voice call is completed, removing the subscriber'"'"'s phone number from the mobile communication terminal memory.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein multiple subscribers'"'"' phone numbers correspond to a single domain name in the database, with different phone numbers corresponding to different time intervals of the day, different days of the week or different geographical locations, and wherein the server transmits a selected subscriber'"'"'s phone number to the user'"'"'s mobile communication terminal, depending on the time when the first or second message is received.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein, if the at least one word matches a single domain name or a single e-mail address, the selecting step and the second search are omitted and the user is connected to the subscriber via the voice call.