Method, system and device for enabling the public to access organizations' directories
AssigneeWenshine Technology Ltd.
InventorsXinyi Xu, Yiwen Xu
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Abstract
A real-time directory access system provides the public with information of interest of an organization, and enabling mobile personal communication devices to access the organization's information of interest and to interactively communicate with the organization. This system includes an organization's central data server, a plurality of branch data servers for storing branch information of interest and for interactively communicating with mobile devices, a plurality of in-branch access points for distributing information of interest. The system also includes a plurality of mobile personal communication devices for receiving and displaying information of interest from access points and interactively communicating with branch data servers.
Claims25
A method of transmitting directory information from organization and branch data servers of an organization to a mobile personal communication device, the method comprising steps of:
- storing information about elements of interest for the organization in the organization data server;
- storing at least some of the elements of interest and branch-specific directory information of the organization in branch data servers located in local branches of the organization, the branch data servers being connected to the organization data server of the organization via a communication network;
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- providing, in each local branch, at least one access point for receiving branch directory data from the corresponding branch data server and for transmitting the directory data of the local branch to a mobile personal communication device configured to display, on a display of the mobile personal communication device, the directory information of the local branch.
A method, performed by a mobile personal communication device, for enabling the mobile personal communication device to access directory information of an organization, the method comprising steps of:
- receiving directory data from an access point in a local branch of the organization at the mobile personal communication device, the access point receiving branch directory data from a branch data server communicatively connected to an organization data server of the organization;
- and
- displaying directory information on a display of the mobile personal communication device based on the directory data received from the access point.
A system for providing members of the public with directory information of an organization, for enabling a mobile personal communication device to access dynamic directory data of the organization and to interactively communicate with the organization, the system comprising:
- an organization data server for storing directory information of the organization;
- a plurality of branch data servers connected to the organization data server for storing branch directory data, and for interactively communicating with a mobile personal communication device;
- a plurality of access points for receiving branch directory data from the branch data server, and for transmitting the directory data;
- a plurality of mobile personal communication devices for receiving the directory information of a local branch from an access point, displaying the directory information, and interactively communicating with the branch data server.
A mobile device comprising a software component for accessing directory information stored on an organization data server or a branch data server of an organization, the device comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory for supporting software applications;
- a communication means for receiving directory data from an access point disposed in a branch of the organization;
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- a directory access software application that receives the directory data and displays directory information based on the directory data received from the access point.
A computer program product comprising code which, when loaded into memory and executed on a processor of a mobile personal communication device, is adapted to perform the steps of:
- obtaining directory data from an access point that is communicatively connected to a branch data server located in a branch of an organization, the branch data server being communicatively connected to an organization data server of the organization;
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- displaying, on a display of the device, directory information based on at least some of the directory data received from the access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.