Method and system for requesting & sharing informaton between mobile devices and phone systems

Abstract

A method and system to allow the exchange of information between a person's mobile device and a business, institution, organization, agency, etc. to send, as per request, information that is required or is relevant to the parties, without having to interrupt the call. The businesses, institutions, organizations, agencies, etc. can be for instance, a 911 dispatcher office, a merchant that operates through the phone or a service provider, though such examples are not considered limiting.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for exchanging information between a mobile electronic system or device running an information exchange system customer application (“App”) and an electronic system or device running an information exchange request application (“Request App”), said method comprising the steps of:
 a. electronically receiving a request for information exchange from the Request App by the App running on the mobile electronic system or device; 
 b. electronically determining by the App whether the information exchange request received from the Request App was sent by a known and configured contact; 
 c. when a known and configured contact is determined by the App in step b. or the contact is otherwise approved, electronically querying an information exchange system customer application database “App Database” for the requested information by the App, the information exchange system customer application database contained within the mobile electronic system or device and in communication with the App; and 
 d. electronically transmitting the requested information found by the App from the App Database to the Requestor App by the App. 
 
     
     
         2 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 1  wherein configuration information stored in the App Database for a known contact includes a preferred and configured electronic method for automatically sending the requested information by the App to the Request App. 
     
     
         3 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 1  wherein configuration information stored in the App Database for a known contact includes requiring the App to receive explicit authorization by a user of the mobile electronic system or device before the App electronically transmits the requested information to the Request App. 
     
     
         4 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 1  wherein when a contact is not known and configured in the App further comprising the step of prompting the user of the mobile electronic system or device to provide explicit authorization to the App before the App is permitted to electronically transmit the requested information to the Request App. 
     
     
         5 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 1  further comprising the step of prompting a user of the App to select from one or more available information request responses stored in the App Database before electronically transmitting the requested information to the Request App by the App. 
     
     
         6 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 1  wherein the information exchange request is sent via DTMF tones or SMS/Text Messaging. 
     
     
         7 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 1  further comprising the step of using a current location or sensor data of the mobile electronic system or device by the App for the App to determine which information to transmit or send in response to the request for information exchange received from the Request App. 
     
     
         8 . A method for exchanging information between a mobile electronic system or device running an information exchange system customer application (“App”) and an electronic system or device running an information exchange request application (“Request App”), said method comprising the steps of:
 a. electronically receiving a request for information exchange from the Request App by the App running on the mobile electronic system or device; 
 b. electronically determining by the App whether the information exchange request received from the Request App was sent by a known and configured contact; 
 c. when a known and configured contact is determined by the App in step b. or the contact is otherwise approved, electronically querying the mobile electronic system or device's sensors, radios or internal data storage for the requested information; 
 d. electronically transmitting the requested information found by the App in step c. to the Requestor App by the App; 
 
     
     
         9 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  wherein configuration information stored in the App Database for a known contact includes a preferred and configured electronic method for automatically sending the requested information by the App to the Request App. 
     
     
         10 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  wherein configuration information stored in the App Database for a known contact includes requiring the App to receive explicit authorization by a user of the mobile electronic system or device before the App electronically transmits the requested information to the Request App. 
     
     
         11 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  wherein when a contact is not known and configured in the App further comprising the step of prompting the user of the mobile electronic system or device to provide explicit authorization to the App before the App is permitted to electronically transmit the requested information to the Request App. 
     
     
         12 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  further comprising the step of prompting a user of the App to select from one or more available information request responses stored in the App Database before electronically transmitting the requested information to the Request App by the App. 
     
     
         13 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  wherein the information exchange request is sent via DTMF tones or SMS/Text Messaging. 
     
     
         14 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  further comprising the step of using a current location or sensor data of the mobile electronic system or device by the App for the App to determine which information to transmit or send in response to the request for information exchange received from the Request App. 
     
     
         15 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 8  wherein the information exchange request is for location data including one or more of the following types of information: GPS coordinates, WiFi Location, Bluetooth/BLE Location, Object Recognition-based Location and Altitude of the mobile electronic system or device running the App. 
     
     
         16 . A method for exchanging information between a mobile electronic system or device running an information exchange system customer application (“App”) and an electronic system or device running an information exchange request application (“Request App”), said system comprising the steps of:
 a. electronically determining by the App whether an outbound call is placed from the mobile electronic system or device; 
 b. electronically querying the mobile electronic system or device's sensors, radios or internal data storage for any configured information for a contact who was a recipient of the outbound call; 
 c. electronically transmitting information and an identifier for the mobile electronic system or device identifier by the App to an Information Exchange Sync System “Sync System”; 
 d. electronically querying the Sync System by the Request App for the information transmitted by the App in step c. based on an identifier received by the Request App for the mobile electronic system or device who made the outbound call; and 
 e. electronically transmitting the requested information associated with the identifier by the Sync System to the Request App. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 16  wherein configuration information stored in an App Database of the mobile electronic system or device for a known contact includes a preferred and configured electronic method for automatically sending the information by the App to the Sync System. 
     
     
         18 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 16  wherein the App is configured to require receipt of explicit authorization from a user of the mobile electronic system or device before the App electronically transmits the information to the Sync System. 
     
     
         19 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 16  wherein the App, Sync System and Request App all utilize the phone number assigned to the user's device as the identifier for matching and transmitting information originating from the App and ultimately received by the Request App. 
     
     
         20 . The method for exchanging information of  claim 16  further comprising the step of using a current location or sensor data of the mobile electronic system or device by the App for the App to determine which information to transmit or send to the Sync System.