DE10310743A1 - Method for establishing contact between people using at least one communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for establishing contact between people using a communication system, the people having access to this communication system via a communication terminal. According to the invention, the method provides for a one-time registration of each participating person with a network element of the communication system, the registration following the transmission of an individual participant profile of the person to the network element. The subscriber profile is stored in the form of a data record in a database of the network element. In the network element, the data records of the participants are checked for matches in the respective participant profile. On the basis of this check, the data records are divided into different groups depending on matching features. Each person's record is assigned to at least one group. Within these groups, a contact message is now sent from the network element to the communication terminal of each group member, this contact message containing information about the other members of the group.

Description

The The invention relates to a method for establishing contact between People using at least one communication system and a communication system for performing the method.

In particular among young people there is a need to make contact with others young people with the same interests or needs to tie or get to know a partner. As a rule, such Contacts in restaurants, Discotheques or at public places Events linked. In this way, however, it is not easy to get acquainted with To make people who share the same interests and preferences, what the basis for represents joint ventures.

It is also known about contacts so-called contact exchanges socialize on the internet. in this connection however, a fixed internet connection is required.

The The object of the invention is to provide a method for establishing contacts between people using at least one communication system indicate which allows easy contact to people to tie with the same interests and preferences.

This The object is achieved by the Features of claim 1 solved. A communication system to carry out the method is specified in claim 18.

The Procedure requires a one-time registration of each participant Person in a network element of the communication system, the Registration the transmission an individual participant profile of the person to the network element. This Subscriber profile is in the form of a record in the network element saved. The data records of the participants are then checked People in the network element for matches in the participant profile and a division of the data records depending of matching Characteristics in different groups. Each person's record will assigned to at least one group. This group includes people the one or more areas of interest or preferences with each other divide. The network element is transmitted now a contact message to the communication terminal or several people in a group, the contact message information about contains other members of the group.

The Invention thus provides a platform for automatic assignment and mediation of people with the same interest profiles under consideration preferably mobile communication features ready.

The The advantage of the invention is that almost everywhere, provided access to a communication terminal and preferably a mobile one Communication network exists, contacts to people with the same areas of interest and preferences can, at first information about receives these people and the user can then decide for himself whether to go in with these people Want to get in touch or not.

preferred Refinements and developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

In The transmission is a preferred embodiment of the invention the contact message from an additional one from the subscriber transmitted the network element Criterion dependent made. This means the participant can in addition to the data of his existing participant profile Other criteria indicate the conditions under which he receives information about possible contact persons would like to receive. These criteria can for example day of the week, time, availability of one picture of the other Contacts or any other characteristic.

How already mentioned, the Contact message from the network element to the person's terminal automatically or preferably only at the request of the respective person.

The Participant profile includes information about the identity of the participant and at least one personal criterion. This criterion can result from one or more personal characteristics of the participating Put the person together. These characteristics can be age, gender, Nationality, Appearance, etc. Furthermore, the criterion can have one or more interests of the participant, such as travel, cycling, Sports, work, cars, cinema, etc. Another criterion can be current location or whereabouts or a limited one Area around this location, e.g. Radius of 10 km for your own location. This enables a contact search to be restricted to a specific regional environment.

Another criterion can be an offer or a demand for a certain thing or activity, such as an offer for a company, a party, a joint cinema visit or a product that is to be sold privately. According to the same criteria, one can also request a activity or product transmit to the network element, which is then compared with available offers in the network element depending on the specified criteria.

The individual criteria classified by the participant according to preferences and priorities be the network element in the selection of potential contacts these priorities considered.

According to the Contact message sent as a short message or email or as a voice message become. This depends from the technical possibilities of the communication terminal used.

Based the participating contact can now receive the contact message on request a communication link with one or more in build up the people named in the contact message. This communication link can be a conventional one Telephone connection, an online connection, a video connection, etc.

ever according to what types of communication are preferred can be as Communication network a mobile communication network or a landline or a combination of several different communication networks be used.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described below of drawing figures closer explained. Additional features result from the drawings and their description, Advantages and possible applications the invention.

1 shows schematically a communication system for carrying out the invention and the method for registering the persons participating in the method.

2 shows the procedure for the exchange of information between potential contact persons.

3 describes various possibilities of communication connections between the contact persons.

4 shows an example of the supply and demand of a certain activity with potential contact persons.

5 shows a possible information flow in the process according to 4 ,

6 shows a possible structuring of the database based on criteria of the participants.

In the following example, we consider four people who want to participate or want to participate in the method for establishing contacts. Let's call the people Kathy, Jenny, Bob and Steve. Kathy, Jenny, Bob and Steve are participants in a mobile communication network 1 and have appropriate mobile terminals 2 . 3 . 4 and 5 with which you can communicate via the mobile communication network. Kathy, Jenny, Bob and Steve have their personal interests and hobbies, where they have common as well as different interests. The four intend to participate in the contact mediation service. This service includes one in a network element 6 of the mobile communication network 1 Platform set up, which collects, combines and evaluates various personal information (participant profiles) of the participants and can make this information available to other participants.

To the network element 6 In order to enable information about the interests and preferences of the participating persons to be transmitted to others, the users must first register with the network element. Like it in 1 is shown, for example, Jenny registers via her mobile terminal 2 for the network element 6 , To do this, she enters into her mobile terminal 2 your personal participant profile, which contains information about your identity, interests and other personal characteristics. In this example, this registration information contains the name, the age, the interests, the desired maximum number of desired contact information and the location area within which contact information should be transmitted by other people. Bob, Steve and Kathy transmit via their communication terminals 3 . 4 . 5 similar information to the network element.

The network element 6 now combines the information of all participating persons and groups this information or the data records on the basis of the respective participant profiles, in particular certain characteristics of the participant profiles. For this purpose, the network element comprises a database 22 in which all records of the participant profiles are stored. This is exemplified in 6 shown. The data records are now divided into appropriate groups based on various characteristics such as gender: female, male, interests: travel, computers, sports, cars, work or a preferred age such as 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years etc. , whereby each subscriber data record can also be divided into several different groups if it has several of these characteristics ka or criteria met. The individual data fields of the database 23 can be linked to each other.

The individual groups contain data records of people whose interests or criteria matched in certain points. If the network element 6 Finding matches between participants will be according to 2 a contact message 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 transmitted to all persons whose interests and preferences agree on certain points. This message can be transmitted automatically, for example, by means of a short message service or only at the request of the respective subscriber. The messages can also be sent as a function of additional filter criteria, which the participating person transmits directly to the network element. In addition to a predefined set of different criteria, users can also create their own rules and criteria that are taken into account when evaluating the possible contact partners.

In the example according to 2 three users have the common interest "travel", namely Jenny, Bob and Kathy. This match causes the network element 6 , Contact messages 11 . 12 to send to Jenny and Bob. This contact messages 11 . 12 contain the names and contact information of people with matching criteria, which people can be contacted afterwards. In her filter criteria, Jenny has also requested an image of the possible contact partners, so that an image of the bob on her mobile device 2 appears.

Kathy has stated in her subscriber profile that the "job" has a higher priority than other interests, so Steve is listed first in the contact message she received, with Bob and Jenny also in Kathy's contact message 13 appear because they share a common interest in "traveling" with Kathy.

In the contact message 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 information will be transmitted on how the relevant contact persons can be contacted. In the present example, for example, an email address of the possible contact persons is given. Of course, telephone number or address can also be given. This e-mail address can be used to contact the person directly, for example by simply selecting the appropriate name from the display of the end device. A communication connection of any kind is then established between the two people.

In the example according to 3 Jenny has decided to contact Bob in which she has a videophone session 15 sets up. This request is made by the network element 6 edited while the video images and voice data between the terminals 2 . 3 can be exchanged via the mobile communication network. Jenny has requested good video quality, which will also be provided if supported by the network. Kathy wants to ask Steve some questions about the job. Since Steve is in a meeting, he cannot contact her directly by phone, so she sets up a chat session 16 and sends a chat message 17 to Steve, which enables Steve to send her a message 18 to respond as soon as time permits.

All of these communication services are completely from the network element 6 supported and controlled. The network element provides, in particular, for communication connections between one person and several other people 6 ensure that the information is transmitted according to the requirements and technical possibilities of the user. The network element 6 can also save the messages if a communication partner is currently not available.

The present invention also includes a so-called event service. This is a service for arranging events and events between people who offer such an event and people who are looking for such an event. This arrangement is based on the interests of the people and their location area. The network element 6 offer a direct means of communication between these people to make an appointment for such an event. This communication can have a multimedia character, such as, for example, voice communication, text communication or video communication.

How The interest groups are already described above selected by filter functions and participant profiles, such as for example age, interests, gender, preferences, location and other characteristics.

• – nur Personen nicht älter als 30 Jahre sollen informiert werden;
• – nur Personen die Musik der 80iger Jahre bevorzugen sollen informiert werden;
• – nur Personen die in einem Umkreis von 30 Kilometer sich befinden sollen informiert werden;
• – nur Personen die Getränke oder Essen zur Party beisteuern wollen sollen informiert werden;
• – und nur Personen die ein Bild von sich preisgeben sollen informiert werden.

In the example according to 4 Jenny offers the organization of a party, especially for people who are interested in "traveling". For this, Jenny puts this offer in the data record 7 your subscriber profile and sends this criterion to the network element 6 , Jenny can specify further criteria that are listed in 4 are not shown, such as:

• - only people no older than 30 years should be informed;
• - only people who prefer music from the 80s should be informed;
• - only people who are within a radius of 30 kilometers should be informed;
• - only people who want to contribute drinks or food to the party should be informed;
• - and only people who should reveal a picture of themselves are informed.

Steve, Kathy and Bob are bored and decide on the network element 6 make a request for the event "Party". This is done by modifying your participant profile 8th . 9 and 10 by entering another criterion search: "Party". You provide some pictures of yourself and possibly further personal information.

In the network element 6 it is found that the participant profiles of Steve, Kathy and Bob contain a search query "Party" and match the offer "Party" offered by Jenny. According to 5 Jenny receives a message 19 about potential participants for your party. At the same time, Bob, Steve and Kathy are made contact messages 20 . 21 . 22 informed about the planned party of Jenny. In these contact messages, further information about the event such as location, time, special conditions can be transmitted. Jenny, Bob, Steve and Kathy can now connect with each other and discuss the details of the party.

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Claims (18)

Method for establishing contact between people using at least one communication system, the people using a communication terminal ( 2-5 ) Access to the communication system ( 1 ), the method comprising the steps: one-off registration of each participating person with a network element ( 6 ) of the communication system ( 1 ), the registration being the transmission of an individual participant profile ( 7-10 ) of the person to the network element ( 6 ) includes; Storing the subscriber profile in the form of a data record in the network element; Checking the data records of the participating persons in the network element for matches in the subscriber profile and dividing the data records into different groups depending on matching features, the data record being assigned to at least one group for each person; Submit a contact message ( 11-14 ) from the network element to the communication terminal of one or more people in a group, the contact message containing information about other members of the group. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the transmission the contact message from an additional person transmitted the network element Criterion dependent is made. Method according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that that the transmission the contact message automatically or at the request of the respective Person is initiated. Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the participant profile provides information about the identity of the participant and at least one personal Criterion includes. Method according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that that one or more personal characteristics of the person is used as the criterion become. Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that uses one or more interests of the person as a criterion become. Method according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that as a criterion the location or area around the location the person is used. Method according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that that as a criterion an offer for a certain thing or activity is used. Method according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that that as a criterion a demand for a certain thing or activity is used. Method according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that that the criteria are prioritized by the participant and are processed in the network element according to these priorities. Method according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that that the contact message is sent as a short message or e-mail becomes. Method according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that that the contact message is transmitted as a voice message. Method according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that that based on the contact message a communication link between the person receiving the message and one or more in the person named in the contact message is set up. Method according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that that a mobile communication network is used as the communication network. Method according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that that a fixed network is used as the communication network. Method according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that that the input and output of information by / for the person by means of of the communication terminal is carried out. Method according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that that from the communication system information about the location of the people recorded and taken into account in the grouping, Communication system for performing the method according to claims 1-17, which comprises: facilities ( 1 ) to establish a communication connection between the end devices ( 2-5 ) the people using the communication system; a network element ( 6 ) with facilities ( 23 ) for collecting, storing and processing information and participant profiles of participating persons; Facilities for recording or determining the location of the participants; and facilities for dialog-oriented communication and information transmission between the network element and the participating persons.