Patent ID: 8549034
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a user of a communication network to get information about suppliers of goods or services, said suppliers being classified in an entity database according to categories of goods or services rendered, comprising: retrieving a contacts list associated with the user; including the contacts list in a contact list database; for each contact in the user's contacts list, creating a log of communication sessions involving that contact, each communication session log comprising an identifier of the party originating the communication session and an identifier of the party to which the communication session is addressed; receiving from the user a request for suppliers providing a given category of goods or services; retrieving at least part of the contacts of the contact list associated with the user; retrieving communication session logs associated with the retrieved contacts; accessing said entity database in order to check if there are suppliers providing said given category of goods or services; checking if, among the suppliers providing said given category of goods or services, there is at least one supplier that appears in at least one of the retrieved communication session logs; and when the checking is affirmative, sending to the user a reply comprising information about said at least one supplier that appears in at least one of the retrieved communication session logs.