SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH CELLULAR TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES

• US 20080162497A1
• Filed: 12/28/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Life in Mobile Innovations, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Life in Mobile Innovations, Inc.
• Inventors: Lim, John
• Granted Patent: US 9,161,182 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for sending a cellular text message to a system server through a data network, including an identification of a requested database record and a forward address. The system server then performs a database lookup or related search and sends an enhanced message or a file to the forward address, which could be a cellular phone, e-mail address, server, computer, mobile device, or any hardware or device associated with the intended recipient that is communicatively coupled to the system server.

Claims

1. A method for communicating a database record to a recipient, comprising the steps of:

(a) communicating a record identifier to a server via a cellular text message;

(b) retrieving from the server a database record associated with the record identifier; and

(c) sending the retrieved record to a forward address of the recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the database record comprises a file or a contact information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the forward address comprises a cellular telephone number, a mobile device number, an e-mail address, a computer address, a server address, or a device address associated with the recipient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cellular text message comprises a SMS message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the record identifier comprises a search criteria for the database record, and

the retrieving step comprises the steps of commanding the server to perform a database search based on the search criteria, and selecting a database record from the results of the database search.

6. A method for retrieving a database record from a server, comprising the steps of:

(a) communicating a record identifier to a server via a first cellular text message; and

(b) retrieving a database record associated with the record identifier from the server via a second cellular text message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the database record comprises contact information.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first cellular text message comprises a SMS message.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the second cellular text message comprises a customized mobile business card.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the record identifier comprises a search criteria for the database record, and

the retrieving step comprises the steps of commanding the server to perform a database search based on the search criteria, and selecting a database record from the results of the database search.