Method of wireless retrieval of information
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1. A method of providing data from an informational database, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a call from a mobile station on a wireless network;
receiving an indentifier of the mobile station;
using said identifier to access a subscriber profile;
presenting data type options to a user of the mobile station;
receiving a request for data of a selected data type option during said call; and
transmitting, to a destination determined by said subscriber profile, SMS formatted data corresponding to said requested data.
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Abstract
A mobile station subscriber can access data from an informational database and have it forwarded to a desired destination. A database associated with the informational database maintains subscriber profiles. When the informational database receives a data request, it uses a mobile station identifier to acquire subscriber profile information. Using that profile information, the requested data is forwarded to a destination designated in the profile in a SMS format.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of providing data from an informational database, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call from a mobile station on a wireless network;
receiving an indentifier of the mobile station;
using said identifier to access a subscriber profile;
presenting data type options to a user of the mobile station;
receiving a request for data of a selected data type option during said call; and
transmitting, to a destination determined by said subscriber profile, SMS formatted data corresponding to said requested data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing data from an informational database, comprising the steps of:
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presenting data type options to a mobile station;
receiving a request for data of a selected data type option, said request originating from the mobile station;
receiving an identifier of the mobile station;
selecting a destination for data transfer based on the received identifier;
transmitting SMS formatted data corresponding to the requested data to the selected destination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing data in response to a request from a mobile station comprising the steps of:
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in a first communication, receiving a mobile station identifier;
accessing a subscriber profile using said mobile station identifier;
presenting data type options to the mobile station identified by the mobile station identifier;
generating a message containing requested data of a selected data type option; and
transmitting, in a second communication, said message to a destination determined by said subscriber profile. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of providing information from a database, comprising:
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presenting data type options to a user of the mobile station;
receiving a call from a mobile station, the calling including a request for data of a selected data type option;
receiving a mobile station identifier;
accessing a subscriber profile having a subscriber identifier and data destination information using the mobile station identifier;
selecting a destination from a group of destinations using the data destination information; and
transmitting the information corresponding to the data requested by the request to the selected destination. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A data transfer method, comprising, at a mobile station:
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establishing communication with a wireless system;
transmitting to a wireless system a request for data that is directed to an information server and includes an identifier of the mobile station and a subject matter identifier of requested data; and
receiving requested data in an SMS transmission from the wireless system, when a subscriber profile of the mobile station indicates that data requests are to be transmitted to the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A data transfer method, comprising, at a mobile station:
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establishing communication with a wireless system;
transmitting to a wireless system a request for data that is directed to a message center of the wireless system and includes an identifier of the mobile station and a subject matter identifier of requested data; and
receiving requested data in an SMS transmission from the wireless system, when a subscriber profile of the mobile station indicates that data requests are to be transmitted to the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A data transfer method, comprising:
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receiving a request for data, the request originating from a mobile station and identifying requested data by subject matter;
receiving an identifier of the mobile station;
retrieving a subscriber profile from a database based upon the mobile station identifier, the subscriber profile identifying a destination of a response to the mobile station'"'"'s request;
generating the response to the data request; and
if the destination is the mobile station, transmitting the response to the mobile station as SMS formatted data otherwise, transmitting the response to the identified destination. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A data transfer method, comprising:
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receiving a request for data, the request originating from a mobile station and identifying requested data by subject matter;
receiving an identifier of the mobile station;
receiving a subscriber profile from a database based upon the mobile station identifier;
generating a response to the data request; and
transmitting the response toward a destination identified in the subscriber profile, the transmitted data in a format that is appropriate to the destination, wherein when the destination is the mobile station, the format is a SMS format. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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