Method and system for data management
First Claim
1. A method for managing data, the method comprising the steps of:
- in a community system offering a plurality of services and including at least one service database containing service data, at least one identity database containing user-specific data defining user preferences, at least one service access point (SAP) having at least one user database communicating with said service database and said identity database, maintaining user-specific data of at least one user of said at least one service access point (SAP) in the at least one identity database,maintaining service data of at least one service in the at least one service database,publishing at least part of the user-specific data of the at least one identity database to the at least one service database, anddetermining, in the at least one service database, a list of services from said plurality of services based on the published user-specific data for said at least one user database.
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to the use of databases. Preferably the invention relates to a method and a system associated with the use of databases with mobile terminals. The objective of this invention is to present a method and a system which allows managing a large dynamically changeable set of applications in the mobile Internet. The objectives of the invention are attained by determining user profiles within communities, and the rights for using applications of a community server depends on the profiles of the user within the community. The identity information is preferably maintained in an identity server. The invention provides a solution to the problem of managing services and configuration of smart network node in environments where the services and their content data need to be managed remotely from multiple remote sources in a dynamic manner.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for managing data, the method comprising the steps of:
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in a community system offering a plurality of services and including at least one service database containing service data, at least one identity database containing user-specific data defining user preferences, at least one service access point (SAP) having at least one user database communicating with said service database and said identity database, maintaining user-specific data of at least one user of said at least one service access point (SAP) in the at least one identity database, maintaining service data of at least one service in the at least one service database, publishing at least part of the user-specific data of the at least one identity database to the at least one service database, and determining, in the at least one service database, a list of services from said plurality of services based on the published user-specific data for said at least one user database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for managing data in a community system comprising:
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at least one community offering a plurality of services, at least one service database containing service data, at least one identity database containing user-specific data defining user preferences, and at least one service access point (SAP) having at least one user database and wherein the service access point (SAP) has a means for communicating with said at least one service database and said at least one identity database, wherein the managing system comprises; the at least one identity database arranged to maintain user-specific data of at least one user of said at least one service access point (SAP), the at least one service database arranged to maintain service data of at least one service in, a means for publishing at least part of the user-specific data of the at least one identity database to the service database, and a means for determining in the at least one service database a list of services from said plurality of services based on the published user-specific data for said at least one user database. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A community server for data management in a community system, the community server comprising:
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at least one community offering a plurality of services, at least one database containing community data, a means for communication between the community system and at least one service access point (SAP) having at least one user database, wherein the at least one master database is arranged to maintain data of at least one service, a means for joining said service access point (SAP) into the community system, a means for receiving published user-specific data defining user preferences from another database server in the community system, and a means for determining a list of services from said plurality of services based on the published user-specific data for said at least one user database. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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