QUERYING A USER OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for providing a question to a user of a mobile communication device connected to a mobile communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving a command in the mobile communication device via the mobile communication network, the command specifying a question to be presented to the user of the mobile communication device;
passing the command to an application of the mobile communication device, the application controlling the mobile communication device to present the question to the user within a standard graphical environment provided by the mobile communication device;
receiving a user input via the application, the user input being made at the mobile communication device in connection with the presentation of the question; and
instructing the mobile communication device, via the application, to the send an answer to the question via the mobile communication network, the answer corresponding to the user input.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for providing a question to a user of a mobile communication device connected to a mobile communication network. An exemplary method comprises receiving a command in the mobile communication device via the mobile communication network, the command specifying a question to be presented to the user of the mobile communication device. The exemplary method also comprises passing the command to an application of the mobile communication device, the application controlling the mobile communication device to present the question to the user within a standard graphical environment provided by the mobile communication device. The exemplary method additionally comprises receiving a user input via the application, the user input being made at the mobile communication device in connection with the presentation of the question. The exemplary method further comprises instructing the mobile communication device, via the application, to the send an answer to the question via the mobile communication network, the answer corresponding to the user input.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for providing a question to a user of a mobile communication device connected to a mobile communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving a command in the mobile communication device via the mobile communication network, the command specifying a question to be presented to the user of the mobile communication device; passing the command to an application of the mobile communication device, the application controlling the mobile communication device to present the question to the user within a standard graphical environment provided by the mobile communication device; receiving a user input via the application, the user input being made at the mobile communication device in connection with the presentation of the question; and instructing the mobile communication device, via the application, to the send an answer to the question via the mobile communication network, the answer corresponding to the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A computer program product including a program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable, the program being executable in a mobile communication device connected to a mobile communication network, the program being adapted to receive a command that specifies a question to be presented to the user of the mobile communication device, the program being further configured to control the mobile communication device to present the question to the user within a standard graphical environment provided by the mobile communication device, to receive a user input made at the mobile communication device in connection with the presentation of the question, and to instruct the mobile communication device to the send an answer to the question via the mobile communication network, the answer corresponding to the user input.
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14. A broker unit for providing a question to a user of a mobile communication device connected to a mobile communication network, the broker unit being connectable to the mobile communication network and the broker unit being adapted to generate and to transmit to the mobile communication device a command for instructing an application of the mobile communication device to present the question to the user, and the broker unit being further adapted to receive from the mobile communication device an answer to the question, the broker unit being further adapted to generate the command in response to an instruction sent from an application unit to the broker unit.
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15. A method for providing a question to a user of a mobile communication device connected to a mobile communication network, the method comprising:
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connecting a broker unit to a mobile communication network; receiving in the broker unit an instruction from an application unit, the instruction specifying a question; generating in the broker unit, in response to a receipt of the command, a command for instructing an application of the mobile communication device to present the question to the user; sending the command from the broker unit to the mobile communication device; and receiving in the broker unit an answer to the question from the mobile communication device.
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