Acquiring, Storing, and Correlating Profile Data of Cellular Mobile Communications System's Users to Events
First Claim
1. A method for collecting and associating profile data of a user of a mobile device to events of the mobile device, the method comprising:
- collecting profile data of a user, including a phone number of a mobile device of the user, via a form displayed on a web browser, the form being retrieved from a system associated with an information requesting entity;
in response to collecting the profile information, including the phone number, sending a message to the mobile device using the phone number, wherein the sent message, when responded to, results in a downloading of a device metering software module to the mobile device;
receiving, from the mobile device and at a system associated with the information requesting entity, a message containing a unique individual identification number;
associating, in a system associated with the information requesting entity, the unique individual identification number with the collected profile data;
receiving, from the mobile device and at a system associated with the information requesting entity, information indicative of events associated with the use of the mobile device, the information including the unique individual identification number; and
associating, using the unique individual identification number received with the received information and the association between the unique individual identification number and the collected profile data, the received information with the collected profile data.
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Abstract
A system to collect personal and demographic data from user'"'"'s of cellular mobile communications system devices. This system uses a standard web browser to collect the personal and demographic data instead of the device itself because of the limited interactive experience available to cellular mobile communications system device users. After obtaining data from the user including the user'"'"'s cellular mobile communications system device'"'"'s cellular phone number, a message is sent to the device. When a link is the message is activated a small event collection data software module is downloaded to the cellular mobile communications system device. The return message to the data collection entity incorporates the cellular mobile communications system device'"'"'s International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) number. This number then ties the event data collected by the module to the personal and demographic information collected from the cellular mobile communications system device user.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for collecting and associating profile data of a user of a mobile device to events of the mobile device, the method comprising:
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collecting profile data of a user, including a phone number of a mobile device of the user, via a form displayed on a web browser, the form being retrieved from a system associated with an information requesting entity; in response to collecting the profile information, including the phone number, sending a message to the mobile device using the phone number, wherein the sent message, when responded to, results in a downloading of a device metering software module to the mobile device; receiving, from the mobile device and at a system associated with the information requesting entity, a message containing a unique individual identification number; associating, in a system associated with the information requesting entity, the unique individual identification number with the collected profile data; receiving, from the mobile device and at a system associated with the information requesting entity, information indicative of events associated with the use of the mobile device, the information including the unique individual identification number; and associating, using the unique individual identification number received with the received information and the association between the unique individual identification number and the collected profile data, the received information with the collected profile data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. One or more non-transitory computer-usable storage mediums storing one or more computer programs for collecting and associating profile data of a user of a mobile device to events of the mobile device, the computer programs comprising instructions which, when executed, cause one or more computers to perform the following operations:
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collect profile data of a user, including a phone number of a mobile device of the user, via a form displayed on a web browser, the form being retrieved from a system associated with an information requesting entity; in response to the collection of the profile information, including the phone number, send a message to the mobile device using the phone number, wherein the sent message, when responded to, results in a download of a device metering software module to the mobile device; receive, from the mobile device and at a system associated with the information requesting entity, a message containing a unique individual identification number; associate, in a system associated with the information requesting entity, the unique individual identification number with the collected profile data; receive, from the mobile device and at a system associated with the information requesting entity, information indicative of events associated with the use of the mobile device, the information including the unique individual identification number; and associate, using the unique individual identification number received with the received information and the association between the unique individual identification number and the collected profile data, the received information with the collected profile data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system operable to collect and associate profile data of a user of a mobile device to events of the mobile device, the system comprising:
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one or more servers configured to; collect profile data of a user, including a phone number of a mobile device of the user, via a form displayed on a web browser, the form being retrieved from the one or more servers, in response to the collection of the profile information, including the phone number, send a message to the mobile device using the phone number, wherein the sent message, when responded to, results in a downloading of a device metering software module to the mobile device, receive, from the mobile device, a message containing a unique individual identification number, associate the unique individual identification number with the collected profile data, receive, from the mobile device, information indicative of events associated with the use of the mobile device, the information including the unique individual identification number, and associating, using the unique individual identification number received with the received information and the association between the unique individual identification number and the collected profile data, the received information with the collected profile data; and a mobile device configured to; send the response to the sent message to result in a download of a device metering software module to the mobile device, send, to the one or more servers, the message containing the unique individual identification number, and send, to the one or more servers, the information indicative of events associated with the use of the mobile device, including the unique individual identification number. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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