Event update management system
First Claim
1. An event update management system comprising:
- a) a data module for receiving alert registration data provided by a web-host server, the alert registration data being generated when a mobile service user submits an alert registration request corresponding to an event through the web-host server;
b) a database for storing the alert registration data; and
c) an alert module for generating an alert in response to an instruction provided by a website manager operating the web-host server, the instruction being associated with the event and the alert module further for sending the alert to the mobile service user corresponding with the alert registration data.
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Abstract
The growth and expansion of the Internet has encouraged companies as well as consumers to use the Internet for all kinds of purpose ranging from advertising to e-commerce to online shopping to blogging and news dissemination. The Internet is currently the fastest media to spread information. With the advent of the wireless age and proliferation of mobile devices, the Internet is projected to grow even more especially in the mobile wireless application arena. Increasingly, it is becoming a mammoth task for end-users to keep track of new events and updates on the Internet. Current event update management systems that allow mobile service users to keep track of updates from websites of their interest suffer from various inflexibilities and disadvantages. A disclosed embodiment of the disclosure describes a system and a method to address the problems faced by existing event update management systems.
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39 Claims
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1. An event update management system comprising:
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a) a data module for receiving alert registration data provided by a web-host server, the alert registration data being generated when a mobile service user submits an alert registration request corresponding to an event through the web-host server;
b) a database for storing the alert registration data; and
c) an alert module for generating an alert in response to an instruction provided by a website manager operating the web-host server, the instruction being associated with the event and the alert module further for sending the alert to the mobile service user corresponding with the alert registration data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An event update management method comprising the steps of:
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receiving alert registration data provided by a web-host server by a data module, the alert registration data being generated when a mobile service user submits an alert registration request corresponding to an event through the web-host server;
recording the alert registration data to a database;
generating an alert in response to an instruction being received from the web-host server, the instruction being associated with the event; and
sending the alert to the mobile service user corresponding with the alert registration data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A machine readable medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions which when executed, cause the machine to:
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a) receive alert registration data provided by a web-host server by a data module, the alert registration data being generated when a mobile service user submits an alert registration request corresponding to an event through the web-host server;
b) record the alert registration data to a database;
c) generate an alert in response to an instruction being received from the web-host server, the instruction being associated with the event; and
d) send the alert to the mobile service user corresponding with the alert registration data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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