System and a method for selective data retrieval from a remote database on basis of caller line identification and user specific access codes

• US 6,094,573 A
• Filed: 11/12/1997
• Issued: 07/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Okkonen, Harri, Heinonen, Pekka
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Application Number:
  US08/968,678
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412, 455/413, 455/414, 455/415, 455/517, 379/67.1, 379/88.2, 379/88.21, 379/88.25
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for retrieving information from a database (7). The object of the invention is to utilise both the information automatically transmitted at the point when the telecommunication connection is established and a code, relating to safe identification, for reliably identifying a subscriber A and for retrieving information from a correct location in the database. For this purpose, the system includes a subscriber device (1A, 1B) of the subscriber A for establishing a telecommunication connection and for managing communication during it, a data processing system (2) of a subscriber B for responding to a request for contact of the subscriber device (1A, 1B) of the subscriber A, the data processing system (2) containing the database (7) or being in contact with it, and the data processing system (2) further comprising a system for receiving an identifier (3) of the subscriber A, a system for receiving a predetermined code (4) from the subscriber A, and a system for retrieving information from the database (7) on the basis of the identifier (3) and the code (4) of the subscriber A.

Claims

1. A system for retrieving information from a database, the system comprising:

a subscriber device of subscriber A for establishing a telecommunication connection and for managing communication during it, the device containing a user interface for displaying messages received from a data processing system of a subscriber B and for responding to them;

the data processing system of the subscriber B for responding to a request for contact of the subscriber device of the subscriber A, the data processing system containing the database or being in contact with it, and the data processing system comprising means for receiving an identifier of the subscriber A;

wherein the database comprises data relating to a number of different services and service users, data related to one of the users of one of the services being identified by the identifier of the subscriber A and a predetermined code (4);

wherein the data processing system comprises means for receiving the predetermined code from the subscriber A and means for retrieving data relating to said one service and said one user from the database on the basis of the identifier of the subscriber A and the predetermined code; and

wherein the database is a patient database and that the data processing system of the subscriber B comprises a user interface for transmitting the information, retrieved from the patient database, to a user of the data processing system and for updating the information, in the database, input by the user.

2. A system for retrieving information from a database, the system comprising:

a subscriber device of a subscriber A for establishing a telecommunication connection and for managing communications during it, the device containing a user interface for displaying messages received from a data processing system of a subscriber B and for responding to them; and

the data processing system of a subscriber B for responding to a request for contact of the subscriber device of the subscriber A, the data processing system containing the database or being in contact with it, and the data processing system comprising means for receiving an identifier of the subscriber A;

wherein the database comprises data relating to a number of different services and service users, data related to one of the users of one of the services being identified by the identifier of the subscriber A and a predetermined code,

wherein the data processing system comprises means for receiving the predetermined code from the subscriber A and means for retrieving data relating to said one service and said one user from the database on the basis of the identifier of the subscriber A and the predetermined code,

wherein said database further comprises a first data relating to a first user and a second data relating to a second user,

wherein said first data is identified by a first identifier of the subscriber A and a first predetermined code,

wherein said second data is identified by said first identifier of the subscriber A and a second predetermined code, said second predetermined code differing from said first predetermined code,

wherein said means for retrieving data has been arranged to identify the data related to said first user on the basis of a combination of said first identifier of the subscriber A and said first predetermined code, and

wherein said means for retrieving data has been arranged to identify the data related to said second user on the basis of a combination of said first identifier of the subscriber A and said second predetermined code.

3. A system according to claim 2 wherein the data processing system further comprises a system for transmitting a message to the subscriber A, the message showing whether the data was successfully or unsuccessfully retrieved.

4. A system according to claim 2 wherein the database is a patient database and that the data processing system of the subscriber B comprises a user interface for transmitting data retrieved from the patient database, to a user of the data processing system and for updating the information, in the database, input by the user.

5. A system according to claim 2 wherein the data processing system has means for informing said user only after the retrieved data has been transmitted that a connection has been established to a subscriber device.

6. A system according to claim 2 wherein the subscriber device utilizes wireless communication.

7. A system according to claim 6 wherein the subscriber device is a mobile station and the identifier is an identifier relating to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card or an equivalent.

8. A method for retrieving information from a database, comprising steps of:

establishing a telecommunication connection with a subscriber A as a response to a request transmitted from the subscriber A;

receiving at least one identifier of the subscriber A;

receiving at least one predetermined code from the subscriber A; and

retrieving data from the database in response to receiving at least one predetermined code and the identifier of Subscriber A, wherein the database comprises data relating to at least one service and at least one service user, wherein data related to at least one of the service users of at least one of the services being identified by the identifier of the subscriber A and a predetermined code,

wherein the step of retrieving data from the database in response to receiving at least one predetermined code and the identifier of Subscriber A is further comprised of the steps of;

retrieving data identified in the database by a first predetermined code and a first identifier of Subscriber A from the database in response to receiving the first predetermined code and the first identifier of Subscriber A; and

retrieving data identified in the database by a second predetermined code and the first identifier of Subscriber A from the database in response to receiving the second predetermined code and the first identifier of Subscriber A.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein a message, showing whether the retrieval of information was successful or unsuccessful, is transmitted to a subscriber device of a subscriber A and that, after a successful retrieval of information, retrieved information is transmitted to be displayed on a display terminal of a user interface of a data processing system.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein the telecommunication connection is established utilizing a wireless communication connection.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the wireless communication connection utilizes a mobile communication system.