COMPUTER SERVER AND METHOD FOR SHARING DATA IN GROUPS

• US 20120259930A1
• Filed: 03/26/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: WU, YU-CHI
• Application Number:
  US13/429,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20120259930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering

Abstract

A method for sharing data in a group using a computer server establishes sharing groups to share data queried by a communication device. A query is sent to the computer server using a Subscriber Identity Module Application Toolkit (STK) application in the communication device. The method receives a query from the communication device, acquires a query result, and transmits the query result to the communication device and group members in one or more selected sharing groups in response to receiving a group selection command from the communication device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing data in a group using a computer server comprising a processor, the computer server in communication with a communication device, the communication device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module Application Toolkit (STK) application, the method comprising execution of the steps comprising:

establishing one or more sharing groups to share data queried by the communication device in response to receiving group establishment commands from the communication device;

receiving a query from the communication device, the communication device transmitting the query to the computer server using the STK application;

querying data according to the query and acquiring a query result; and

transmitting the query result to the communication device and group members in one or more selected sharing groups in response to receiving a group selection command from the communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing the query sent from the STK application of the communication device; and

transmitting a prompt message to the communication device to determine if one or more sharing groups are needed to be selected to share the query result.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the query result to the communication device in response to receiving a confirmation that no sharing group is selected.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the one or more sharing groups provides a phone number list to record phone numbers of the group members in the sharing group.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication device comprises the one or more sharing groups established in the computer server.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the computer server and the communication device transmit data between each other using short message service (SMS) messages or multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages.

7. A computer server, the computer server in communication with a communication device, the communication device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module Application Toolkit (STK) application, the computer server comprising:

a storage device;

at least one processor; and

one or more modules that are stored in the storage device and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising;

a receiving module that receives group establishment commands from the communication device;

an establishment module that establishes one or more sharing groups to share data queried by the communication device according to the group establishment commands;

the receiving module that further receives a query from the communication device, the communication device transmitting the query to the computer server using the STK application; and

a transmitting module that queries data according to the query, acquires a query result, and transmits the query result to the communication device and group members in one or more selected sharing groups in response to receiving a group selection command from the communication device.

8. The computer server according to claim 7, wherein the receiving module further recognizes the query sent from the STK application of the communication device, and the transmitting module further transmits a prompt message to the communication device to determine if one or more sharing groups are needed to be selected to share the query result.

9. The computer server according to claim 8, wherein the transmitting module further transmits the query result to the communication device in response that the receiving module receives a confirmation that no sharing group is selected.

10. The computer server according to claim 7, wherein each of the one or more sharing groups provides a phone number list to record phone numbers of the group members in the sharing group.

11. The computer server according to claim 7, wherein the communication device comprises the one or more sharing groups established in the computer server.

12. The computer server according to claim 7, wherein the computer server and the communication device transmit data between each other using short message service (SMS) messages or multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages.

13. A non-transitory storage medium having stored instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer server, causes the computer server to perform a method for sharing data in a group using the computer server, the computer server in communication with a communication device, the communication device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module Application Toolkit (STK) application, the method comprising:

establishing one or more sharing groups to share data queried by the communication device in response to receiving group establishment commands from the communication device;

receiving a query from the communication device, the communication device transmitting the query to the computer server using the STK application;

querying data according to the query and acquiring a query result; and

transmitting the query result to the communication device and group members in one or more selected sharing groups in response to receiving a group selection command from the communication device.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

recognizing the query sent from the STK application of the communication device; and

transmitting a prompt message to the communication device to determine if one or more sharing groups are needed to be selected to share the query result.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting the query result to the communication device in response to receiving a confirmation that no sharing group is selected.

16. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein each of the one or more sharing groups provides a phone number list to record phone numbers of the group members in the sharing group.

17. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the communication device comprises the one or more sharing groups established in the computer server.

18. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer server and the communication device transmit data between each other using short message service (SMS) messages or multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages.