Method and device for determining and notifying users having matching preference profiles for accessing a multiple access online application
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, in a mobile terminal device related to a user, a preference profile including identification data and preference data related to at least another user, from a mobile terminal related to said at least one other user;
saving said received identification data and said received preference data in a user database within the mobile terminal device related to said user, said user database containing preference data of at least a third other user;
comparing, in the mobile terminal device related to said user which received the preference profile, said received preference data with the preference data contained in the user database for determining users of substantially matching preference data, wherein the comparison is based on a user-defined degree of non-matching preference data included in preference data related to the user;
determining, in the mobile terminal device related to said user which received the preference profile, a plurality of users having said substantially matching preference data; and
sending a notification, from the mobile terminal device related to said user which received the preference profile, to each of said mobile terminals related to said determined users.
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Abstract
Method and device for starting a multiple access to a multiple access online application such as an online game. The method enables a plurality of mobile terminal devices each being connected to a wireless communication network and each being related to a user, to participate multiple access online application. The devices in said wireless communication network are configured to perform transferring identification data and preference data related to each of said users, from at least one of said mobile terminals to a server. The method proceeds with, storing said identification data and said received preference data in a user database at a server, wherein said user database containing preference data of at least one other user. The method further compares said received preference data with preference data of said at least one other user for groups of matching preference data, and determining a plurality of users having matching preference data. The method further comprises sending a notification to each of said users with matching preference data.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, in a mobile terminal device related to a user, a preference profile including identification data and preference data related to at least another user, from a mobile terminal related to said at least one other user; saving said received identification data and said received preference data in a user database within the mobile terminal device related to said user, said user database containing preference data of at least a third other user; comparing, in the mobile terminal device related to said user which received the preference profile, said received preference data with the preference data contained in the user database for determining users of substantially matching preference data, wherein the comparison is based on a user-defined degree of non-matching preference data included in preference data related to the user; determining, in the mobile terminal device related to said user which received the preference profile, a plurality of users having said substantially matching preference data; and sending a notification, from the mobile terminal device related to said user which received the preference profile, to each of said mobile terminals related to said determined users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6)
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3. A method comprising:
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sending a preference profile including identification data and preference data of a user to a server connected to a wireless communication network, via said network, wherein the server is a mobile terminal device with access to a multiple access online application and related to another user; receiving, in the server mobile terminal device, the preference profile from a mobile terminal related to the user; saving said received identification data and said received preference data in a user database within the server mobile terminal device, said user database containing preference data of at least a third other user; comparing, in the server mobile terminal device, said received preference data with the preference data contained in the user database for determining users of substantially matching preference data, wherein the comparison is based on a user-defined degree of non-matching preference data included in preference data related to the another user; determining, in the server mobile terminal device, a plurality of users having said substantially matching preference data to the user; sending a notification, from the server mobile terminal device, to each of the mobile terminals related to said determined users; and receiving the notification from said server mobile terminal device in the mobile terminal related to the user, said notification comprising an offer to get access to said multiple access online application according to said preference data, wherein said notification comprises data to enable an access of the user to said multiple access online application.
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7. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program and when said computer program is run on a mobile terminal device related to a user, the mobile terminal device:
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receives a preference profile including identification data and preference data related to at least one other user, from a mobile terminal related to said at least one other user; saves said received identification data and said received preference data in a user database within the mobile terminal device related to the user, said user database containing preference data of at least a third other user; compares said received preference data with the preference data contained in the user database of the mobile terminal device related to the user for determining users of substantially matching preference data, wherein the comparison is based on a user-defined degree of non-matching preference data included in preference data related to the user; determines a plurality of users having said substantially matching preference data; and sends a notification to each of said mobile terminals related to said determined users.
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8. A device comprising:
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an interface, within said device, to a wireless communication network for exchanging data with at least one server connected to said wireless communication network wherein the server is a second mobile device related to another user and has access to a multiple access online application; a database within said device to store identification data and preference data of a user of said device; and a processor within said device and connected to said interface and said database and configured to send a preference profile including identification data and preference data of said user via said interface and via said network to a server, and configured to receive a notification from said server, said notification comprising an offer to get access to said multiple access online application according to said preference data, wherein said notification comprises data to enable an access of said user to said multiple access online application. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A terminal related to a user and operating as a server comprising:
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an interface, within said terminal, to a wireless communication network for exchanging data with terminal devices connected to a wireless communication network, a database within said terminal for storing data received from said terminal devices, a processor within said terminal, said processor being connected to said interface and said database to process data, wherein said interface is adapted to receive a preference profile including identification data and preference data from at least one other mobile terminal, and said database is adapted to store said preference profile, means, within said terminal, for comparing said received preference data with preference data of at least a third other user for determining users of substantially matching preference data, wherein the comparison is based on a user-defined degree of non-matching preference data included in preference data related to a user of the mobile terminal, and means, within said terminal, for sending a notification to each of said mobile terminals related to said determined users. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a wireless communication network; a server mobile terminal related to a user having access to a multiple access online application and connected to a wireless communication network configured to receive identification and preference data for other users of respective mobile terminal devices in preference profiles, compare the received preference profiles with stored preference profiles to determine users of substantially matching preference data based on a user-defined degree of non-matching preference data included in preference data related to the user, and send a notification to each of the users determined to have substantially matching preference data, the steps of receiving identification and preference data, comparing, and sending occurring within the server mobile terminal; and a plurality of mobile terminal devices each storing identification and preference data for a respective user of each of the plurality of mobile terminal devices in a preference profile, each device configured to transmit a respective preference profile to the server mobile terminal and receive a notification from the server mobile terminal via the wireless communication network wherein the notification includes an offer to get access to the multiple access online application according to the preference data and data to enable the respective users to access the multiple access online application.
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