METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA CONCERNING AT LEAST ONE USER ENABLING SAID USER TO BE CONTACTED SUBSEQUENTLY

• US 20100063976A1
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Bertin, Emmanuel, Lancieri, Luigi
• Application Number:
  US12/067,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20100063976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method is provided for accessing, via a communication network, data stored in a storage module and concerning at least one user, in particular an identifier enabling the user to be contacted subsequently. The method includes: a) transmitting elements characterizing a user of at least one probe terminal and determined based on traces of communications of the probe terminal with at least one server of the network; b) determining, based on the characterizing elements, a determined profile characteristic pertaining to the user; c) storing the determined profile characteristic in the storing module; d) creating a list of users including, associated with each of the users, at least one identifier for which the profile characteristic stored at step c) corresponds to at least one profile characteristic defined in a request transmitted by a requesting user terminal; and e) transmitting to the requesting user terminal the list created at step d).

Claims

1. Method for the processing of information pertaining to at least one first user of a terminal, said method comprising at least:

a step of transmission, through a communications network, of elements characterizing said first user and determined from traces of communications of said terminal with at least one server included said communications network,

a step of determining, from said transmitted characterizing elements, of at least one profile characteristic proper to said user, and

a step of storage of said at least one determined profile characteristic in a storage module.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the method furthermore comprises a step of creation of a list of users comprising, associated with said users, at least one identifier for which said at least one profile characteristic stored in the storage step corresponds to at least one profile characteristic defined in a request transmitted by a terminal of a requesting, second user.

3. Method according to claim 2, according to which the list-creation step comprises a sub-step of questioning said storage module by said at least one profile characteristic defined in said request, and then a sub-step for making a search, in the storage module, for user profiles at least one of which includes this characteristic.

4. Method according to claim 2 comprising, prior to said steps, a step of entry, into said storage module, of information on at least one user liable to communicate with said terminal of said second user when at least one profile characteristic is common to said at least one user and said second user.

10. A method according to claim 1, comprising, prior to said steps, a step for the entry, into said storage module, of information relative to at least a second user.

5. System for the processing of information pertaining to at least one first user of a terminal, said system comprising at least:

first means of transmission, through a communications network, of elements characterizing said first user and determined from traces of communications of said terminal with at least one server included in said communications network,

means for the determining, from said transmitted characterizing elements, of at least one profile characteristic proper to said first user, and

means of storage of said at least one determined profile characteristic in a storage module.

6. System according to claim 5, wherein the method furthermore comprises means of creation of a list of users comprising, associated with each of said users, at least one identifier for which said at least one stored profile characteristic corresponds to at least one profile characteristic defined in a request transmitted by a terminal of a second user.

7. System according to claim 6 wherein said list-creation means comprise means of questioning said storage module by means of said at least one profile characteristic defined in said request, as well as means for searching, in said storage module, for user profiles at least one of which comprises this characteristic.

8. System according to claim 6, furthermore comprising means of transmitting, at the initiative of said second user, of at least one profile characteristic defined by the second user, through the communications network.

9. Information-processing unit comprising a storage module designed to store information pertaining to a plurality of users and transmitted by these users to a communications network, said unit comprising:

means for the determining, from elements characterizing a first user of a probe terminal transmitted through said communications network by said probe terminal, of at least one profile characteristic proper to said first user,

means of storage of said at least one determined profile characteristic,

means of creation of a list comprising at least one identifier associated with a user of a probe terminal when said at least one stored profile characteristic corresponds to at least one profile characteristic defined in a request formulated by a second user,

second means of transmission to said second user, through said communications network, of said created list.

11. Computer program stored in a storage module and designed to be installed in a processing unit, said program comprising instructions to implement steps of a method for processing of information pertaining to at least one first user of a terminal, during an execution of the program by a computation module of said unit, said method comprising at least:

a step of transmission, through a communications network, of elements characterizing said first user and determined from traces of communications of the terminal with at least one server included said communications network,

a step of determining, from said transmitted characterizing elements, of at least one profile characteristic proper to said user, and

a step of storage of said at least one determined profile characteristic in a storage module.