Dedicated Protocol for Telephone Book Search Results
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current web-based mechanisms for telephone book searches, such as WAP or HTML protocols, are inefficient as they do not allow immediate processing or utilization of search results on mobile devices, limiting functionality like direct dialing or local storage of found phone numbers and associated information.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a dedicated protocol for phone book queries that allows mobile devices to receive and understand search results, enabling direct operations like outgoing calls or local storage, through markers in the protocol, and potentially using CLIP or IP-based protocols for enhanced data communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If web-based mechanisms (WAP/HTML) are used for telephone book searches, then the search can be performed on mobile devices, but the search results cannot be immediately processed or utilized for telephone applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dedicated protocol as an intermediary layer between the web-based search mechanism and the telephone device. This protocol acts as a mediator that translates search results into a format that the telephone device can immediately understand and process, enabling direct dialing and local storage operations without the limitations of standard WAP/HTML protocols
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the communication protocol into distinct components: a dedicated protocol layer specifically designed for telephone book operations, separate from general web browsing protocols. This segmentation allows the telephone device to handle search results through specialized protocol handlers that enable immediate processing for telephone-specific functions
2Productivity
If a dedicated protocol with markers is implemented, then search results can be immediately processed for telephone applications, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dedicated protocol is designed to be multi-functional, serving both as a communication protocol for retrieving telephone book data and as a processing instruction set for immediate utilization. The protocol markers serve multiple purposes: identifying data fields, indicating actionable items, and providing processing instructions, thereby reducing the need for separate complex processing logic
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter structure of data transmission by introducing marked-up protocol elements that encode processing instructions directly within the data stream. This parameter change allows the receiving device to interpret and act on search results automatically without requiring complex external processing systems
3Ease of operation
If CLIP or IP-based protocols are used for enhanced data communication, then user interaction with telephone book data is improved, but the loss of information increases due to potential compatibility issues
Solution Approach 1:
The dedicated protocol serves as an intermediary that ensures consistent data formatting and transmission across different communication channels (CLIP, IP-based). It acts as a standardized interface that prevents information loss by ensuring all devices interpret telephone book data in the same manner, regardless of the underlying communication protocol
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AI summary
According to the invention, telephone book data stored in a telephone book data bank (TBD) in a server (SE) may be used by a telephone (TE) for telephone applications, by storing a part of the telephone book request in the telephone (TE) and a direct telephone book search in the telephone data bank (TBD) of the server by means of a dedicated protocol (PK) initiated by the telephone (TE) by transmission of search criteria (the principle of an "Embedded System"). The telephone (TE) receives in exchange the search results and can understand the semantics of the search results based on markings (MK) in the dedicated protocol (PK), such that the data of the search result can be used directly for telephone-specific operations, for example, outgoing telephone calls, storage in a local telephone book (TBS) and determination of call number information (CLIP-Information) on incoming telephone calls.