Patent ID: 7424303
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A transaction interface system comprising: an input arranged to receive user messages sent via a mobile telecommunications network from user mobile devices; a message parser arranged to parse said user messages received at said input in accordance with a predetermined lightweight message syntax, to determine the information content of each message; a transaction controller arranged to perform one or more user transactions in response to the information contained within said user messages as determined by said message parser, wherein one or more of the user messages contain data specifying information to be forwarded to a user mobile device, and a second input arranged to receive information content from an information source, the transaction controller being further arranged to compare the received information content at said second input with the user specified information, and to forward received information content to the user mobile device via the mobile telecommunications network in the event that it corresponds to the user specified information.