WO2013136354A1

WO2013136354A1 - Apparatus and integral devices for the sharing of messages of electronic messaging device, and related techniques of use

Info

Publication number: WO2013136354A1
Application number: PCT/IT2013/000075
Authority: WO
Inventors: Franco Robbe
Original assignee: ROBBE, Lorenzo
Priority date: 2012-03-16
Filing date: 2013-03-15
Publication date: 2013-09-19
Also published as: ITRM20120096A1

Abstract

A telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages, between a set of users, with a wireless messaging service in which the exchange and the delivery to the receivers of messages between two users is only carried out if said messages are marked by the senders with the same TAG/mark indicative of the relative classification in the same category, which comprises: I- a plurality of integral RxTx devices (5), each owned by a user, which are capable of a) receiving and displaying the signaling of the presence of shared messages whose reading is actuatable as a recording, at the stations localized nearby; b) sending to a central control server, by means of a suitable keypad, a signal for activating and enabling the reading - if there is sharing - by the receiver of a message to be shared whose writing was previously actuated at a dedicated station; II- a central control server, with a relative processing system, interfaced by means of wireless network with the integral devices (5) owned by the users and with the network of detector sensors, arranged for storing and forwarding the incoming messages to be forwarded to the receiver, in case of sharing with the sender.

Description

"Apparatus and integral devices for the sharing of messages of electronic messaging device, and related techniques of use"

Description

The present invention regards a technique for the simultaneous exchange of electronic text messages, in particular SMS, MMS, e-mails, instant messaging, chat and social network, the relative exchange system and a series of integral display devices, employable for the implementation of the aforesaid technique.

More precisely, the present invention regards a technique which allows exchanging the messages within communications connections of synchronous and/or asynchronous nature (SMS, MMS, e-mails, instant messaging, messaging, chat and social network) between two cell phones or, more generally, between two electronic terminals, in a manner such that the exchange is simultaneous, thus allowing the respect of the privacy of the subjects involved. The invention also regards the relative display device integral with the user who employs the service.

The present invention also provides for applications in the scope of socialization activities, in order to facilitate meetings in events such as parties (e.g. birthday parties, 18^th birthday, New Year's eve balls etc.), organization of meetings for singles, in discotheques or even events such as vacation weeks in holiday villages or dedicated cruise ships. In all these events, it is assumed that the people part of the group already know each other to a certain degree.

Electronic mail (hereinbelow referred to only as 'e-mail') is an Internet service due to which each enabled user can send and receive messages by using a computer or any other electronic device (e.g. PDA, cell phone, etc.) connected to the network through the user's own mail account - ID identifier and key word - at the service provider. It represents the digital and electronic version of ordinary paper mail, allowing the sending and receiving of enclosures such as any type of digital image and document within a predetermined size limit. SMS ("Short Messaging Service") electronic messaging, due to which text messages can be exchanged between cell phones or in any case telephone devices that support such messages, is known.

MMS ("Multimedia Messaging Service") messaging, by means of which other multimedia content can be added to the messages of the SMS service, is also known.

Patent application No. RM2010A000644, on behalf of the same applicant, is based on the following observations: the messaging services currently operate in a manner such that a subject A, equipped with cell phone, decides to send a message to a subject B, also equipped with cell phone, such message for example of SMS or e-mail type. The subject B at a certain point will receive the message of the subject A and can decide whether to respond.

If the message contains an invitation to a personal relationship, for example friendship in the form of a dinner invitation, the subject A is exposed to the favorable or contrary decision of the subject B; the latter finds himself in a position of strength, since no matter what his decision, the subject A has already stated his specific interest.

It is clear that the messaging of SMS or e-mail type as provided today does not allow preventing the exposure of the subject who makes the first move in a relationship.

The abovementioned patent application then provides that the simultaneous exchange of messages (hereinafter also referred to solely as MTT, Mobile Thought Transfer) comprises the use of:

i - a first and a second electronic terminal, both equipped with electronic messaging service through data network;

ii - a central electronic unit for messaging processing and management, through which messages sent by or directed to such first and second electronic terminal pass.

In particular, if the first electronic terminal sends a first message with a first TAG indicative of a predetermined category of messages - in particular messages of friendship, love, and with erotic content are provided -, the following operating steps take place:

a. the central electronic unit receives said first message and stores it in a first memory area dedicated to such first predetermined category of messages; b. if, within a predetermined time interval delta T from the sending of the first message, the second electronic terminal sends a second message intended for the first electronic terminal, containing a second TAG indicative of a second predetermined category of messages:

bl. the central electronic unit compares said first TAG with said second TAG and if they are identical:

b2. the central electronic unit sends, in a substantially simultaneous manner, the first message to the second electronic terminal and the second message to the first electronic terminal.

Patent US 2006/0256959 regards a similar technique for exchanging messages which provides for the communication between the electronic devices of a sender and a receiver, and sending the information from the first electronic device in order to indicate the intention to communicate, in a conditional manner, with the receiver only following the declaration of interest by the same receiver to communicate with the user of the first electronic device. In a further embodiment, such patent makes reference to a conditional message that is sent from the first electronic device to the specified electronic device receiver, in a manner such that the conditional message is visible to the user of the received device only following an expression of interest by the receiver to communicate with the user in possession of the first electronic device.

Such document does not provide solutions dedicated to groups of people who already know each other, but rather wishes to establish the techniques for people who wish to get to know and meet initially unknown people. Indeed, it provides for two main configurations of the devices that facilitate the contacts and the exchange of the messages:

- in the first case, in which the presence of a third party is not provided in the exchange of the information, the transceiver employs a positional detection sensor and an input-output unit with keyboard, display, camera and acoustic transducers;

- in the second case, in which the presence of a third party is provided in the exchange of the information, the transceiver employs an input-output unit with keyboard, display, camera and acoustic transducers.

In no case is reference made to a visual, interactive, flashing signaling, at the level of LEDs, which can be used in real time (in an event such as a party or ball) in order immediately restart the thread of a conversation, prematurely interrupted by chance and/or by circumstances beyond one's control, between people who already know each other well.

Once again, it should be emphasized that such document does not provide solutions dedicated to people or groups of people who already know each other. Indeed, in the U.S. patent, in a use condition between people who are even physically close to each other, it is provided that the latter do not even know the respective telephone numbers or e-mail addresses. For such people, therefore, it is not of vital importance to have a contact which is at the same time characterized by maximum privacy and maximum interactivity. Rather, the priority is to introduce particular instruments that help people, who are initially unknown to each other, to get to know and meet each other by carrying out a preliminary examination on the compatibility and points in common before establishing contact.

The object of the present invention is instead to exclude the functions of a part that systematically comes to evaluate the compatibility conditions, as is however assumed of such known solutions, in which the requirement is that both users must have minimum points in common for a "mutual compatibility". Such criterion for establishing a level of mutual compatibility is clearly linked to a condition of meeting several requirements that are examined and established by a third party.

Such patent also has a decisive, irreversible message blocking system. No blocking- unblocking functionality is present; hence it operates on substantially static procedures that do not have any flexibility in relation to the activities of simultaneous exchange of shareable messages between people who already know each other.

Moreover, the currently widespread use of the wireless sensor networks is known. There are various design applications. For example, even in the medical field within a hospital, patients can be equipped with a wireless sensor of bracelet type that monitors their vital functions and localizes their position. In this manner, the patients can be freely moved even if they are under constant control in a delimited environment. In case of sudden illness, the sensor transmits the position to a detector part of a network distributed in the hospital setting; the condition of the patient immediately alerts the medical personnel and a doctor in the immediate vicinity - he/she also equipped with a wireless sensor such as a bracelet - who interfaces a detector nearby and can respond to the emergency immediately.

Patent US2004010608 - on behalf of Piccionelli et al. - also deals with a technique that allows determining the position of the person and communicating the position of such person to a central system for processing the information, which is then capable of configuring a localization of the various people belonging to a given organization. More in particular, it makes reference to the GPS techniques for identifying the position coordinates of the users over a vast scale and above all it does not interactively arrange the type of acquired information. In other words, it does not make the positions detected in real time known to other users of the organization, even if in a delimited environment, and in addition it is not based on techniques of sent/received message sharing.

One object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and integral devices for the sharing of electronic text messages, and the relative use techniques on the basis of wireless search and localization of people who already know each other and who wish to possibly meet each other in a delimited environment.

A fundamental object of the present invention is to provide a method for electronic messaging exchange that solves the problems and overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art, especially in relation to the interpersonal relationships between those who already know each other.

The object is also a modification of at times dispersive social relationships, for a full development thereof; for various reasons (lack of communication, shyness, lack of time), one loses the chance to get to know people more in depth, people who have been known for some time and with whom one already shares a common base. A further specific object of the present invention is a system of electronic messaging apparatuses and devices that implements the method, object of the present invention. Another object of the present invention is to outline the statuses in which the condition can be defined for the generic process associated with a message, remedying the typical current assigning of "received", "outgoing", "sent" messages etc., also in order to be able to flexibly operate with possible decision changes by the user regarding recently-sent messages.

The object is also to provide portable integral display devices which report in a direct, quick manner, in real time, the events that occur in relation to the message exchange with the most interesting friendships, by means of simple light-emitting diode (LED) signaling.

Still another object is that each of the integral display devices can be connected by means of a wireless telecommunications network, given that they are localized in the limited area of an environment delimited during the course of the event.

It is also desired that the system server and the integral display devices which interoperate in real time employ programming languages, operating systems and access and communications protocols that are among the most common and recognized as standard in the scope of mobile communications, in order to make the invention embodiment reliable and easy to manage.

A final object of the present invention is to provide techniques that employ constituent elements, materials and standard technologies in the scope of the construction of the miniaturized portable electronic devices, in order to make the integral display device with low cost and quick maintenance.

These and other objects which will be clear during the course of the description are obtained by means of a control system and techniques for achieving the exchange of the shareable messages whose fundamental characteristics are outlined in the enclosed claims.

The principle is to move all the signaling pertaining to the message sharing on a transit medium or an integral display device of RFID IC type, which can assume the configuration of a bracelet or a display device. Such device is portable and/or integral in a manner so as to free the user from the physical size of a cell phone or a laptop, and so as to be able concisely and quickly acquire the status of the message sharing with the acquaintances one is most interested in. In other words, the activity of signaling and acknowledgement take place in a small comfortable medium that can be worn on the wrist, or in the pocket, capable of allowing operating in a flexible manner, on which there is no need to open windows or operate on menus, enter passwords or identifiers of the user in order to have the sought-after information; rather, all that is required is to cast an eye in order to have the status of the "acquaintances to be monitored".

The integral display device solves all the problems of the current systems because it displays the most important friendships all at the same time and in an intuitive manner. In addition, the changes of status on the message sharing are presented in real time without having to utilize the dedicated functionalities of a cell phone or laptop, for all the "acquaintances" entered in the supervision activity.

For the sole purpose of better clarifying the embodiment of the invention, and without wishing to limit the scope and application fields thereof, the present invention will now be described with reference to a series of particular configurations, non-limiting or non-binding, shown in the enclosed drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1A and IB are respectively a side perspective view of an integral display device and the relative general functional schematic representation according to the present invention,

FIGURE 2 is a general block diagram of the network architecture which configures the sharing service messages according to the present invention,

FIGURE 3 is another general block diagram of a variation of the network architecture indicated in Fig. 1 ,

FIGURE 4 is a block diagram that shows the operating procedures relative to a first functionality typical of the service provided according to the present invention, FIGURE 5 is a block diagram that shows the operating procedures relative to a second functionality typical of the service provided according to the present invention, FIGURE 6 is a block diagram that shows the operating procedures relative to a third functionality typical of the service provided according to the present invention,

FIGURE 7 is a block diagram that shows the operating procedures relative to a fourth functionality typical of the service provided according to the present invention,

FIGURE 8 is a block diagram that shows the operating procedures relative to a fifth functionality typical of the service provided according to the present invention,

FIGURE 9 is a block diagram which shows possible status conditions assumed by a given message based on the typical functionalities of the service provided according to the present invention.

The utility of the application is evident when reference is made to a generic situation of a discotheque party: two people A and B talk to each other, but something is left unsaid, given the dispersiveness typical of such settings. In order to resume the thread of the conversation, A then sends an SMS or an e-mail to B. B also thinks that the discussion was prematurely interrupted and he/she also sends an SMS or an e-mail to A. At this point, the distinctive element in the delivery of the messages is the presence of a TAG associated with the message itself that allows enabling the simultaneous exchange only if the TAGs are identical. The server 1 acts as fourth party since it comes to consider - beyond the type of message sent, whether SMS or e-mail - in the scope of time and space dedicated to the event, the presence of the sharing TAGs in order to authorize the exchange.

Preferably, according to the invention, the category of the message is selected in a limited set of predefined message categories, a different TAG corresponding with each element of this set. In the embodiments of the invention, the messages are subdivided based on the Friendship, Love and Eros categories.

It should be indicated that the present invention does not provide for - as do other solutions according to the prior art - a manifested change in the interest level, automatically executed by a third party. Some known solutions provide for this selection in the case in which there is a shared sending of messages that are on a different interest level; in such case, both messages are moved to the minimum level between the two. In the current context of the present invention, however, with the object of operating with maximum privacy: firstly, a third party is never delegated for any kind of message handling; secondly, an alteration of the interest level is never considered since this would still mean - for the person who shows the higher level of interest - exposing oneself to a favorable or contrary decision.

As stated above, one aspect of the solution also regards the practical nature of system use: with reference to a party, where there is no time to open windows, enter passwords, read e- mails or send SMS, according to the invention all of the above is managed in real time by means of an integral display device 5 for the sharing in progress.

Actually, however, the server 1 for managing the sharing service is not allowed to access the private content of the various messages received by the single user. Instead, it actuates a control only based on the presence of the TAG without opening the e-mail or the SMS.

The storing and forwarding techniques are well known, i.e. the forwarding of the message based on the preset arrangements. Based on these, one can automatically forward a message to another number or reroute an e-mail on another POP address without necessarily having to open it.

In this case, therefore, the server 1 would receive the messages - of the telephone network operator 3 or of the electronic mail service 2 - with the typical functionalities of the concentrator/router message.

The integral display device appears in a preferred embodiment as a bracelet or watch 5', i.e. such that it can be worn on the wrist. As is clear in Figure 1A, the bracelet has a slidable cover 6 which normally covers the quadrant with the LED and which is held in closed position by a retention spring system not shown in the figure. When one wishes to see which LED have been activated, it is sufficient to perform a brief sudden side movement of the cover. This cover has a double advantage: - on the one hand, it does not allow random typing on the quadrant;

- on the other hand, it does not allow indiscreet glances to see how many and which LEDs have been recently activated.

Each elementary zone of the upper part of the integral display device 5, localized by a matrix positioning A[m,n], functional on the display area, provides for the presence of groups of LED diodes 4. Such LEDs 4 are configurable by the user in a suitable definition step, by associating each group of LED with the ID of a particular person. By means of sending a message with relative distinctive TAG, it is immediately detected which "acquaintance" has activated the sharing, e.g. in Figure 1 A the first LED 4", associated with green, notifies that it is possible to establish a friendship relationship, such message corresponding to a message that the user has already previously sent with the same TAG category. For an acquaintance that one wishes to have only on the erotic level, this would occur in an analogous manner by activating the corresponding red LED.

The panel configured as a matrix is divided into m x n sections, one for each person to be monitored and in each section a pair or triplet of LEDs is present (more generally "i" LED for a total of i x m x n total LEDs on the upper facade of the integral display device 5).

In the particular case of Fig. 1 A, the N-tuple of LED is made up of a green LED, a yellow LED and a red LED, if one wishes to operate as stated above with three TAG types.

The name and the reference of each section must be inserted at the time of initialization of the display device, for example when entering a restaurant, a party or event in general.

Hence the fundamental principle of the present invention is that of a surveillance and signaling function in which the user, in real time, receives on his own integral display device 5 a suitable signaling regarding the verification of the message sharing condition. For such purpose, the transceiver device that the user brings with him is used, e.g. the small integral display device 5 containing an electronic device therein with relative power supply 29 that continuously transceives, on frequency and with protocol 802.11, its presence to the server 1 for managing the sharing service.

Upstream of the event, in order to associate each user with his own monitoring and signaling device 5, the first operation to execute is an initialization that selects and associates the message sharing of only the devices of one's interest.

In order to carry out this operation, it is necessary to launch the application from the main menu of a dedicated program on the central management server 1, and then the integral display device is activated with a "New Device Connection" procedure.

The operation is repeated until the integral display device is no longer detected. In a preferred configuration, the screen will appear on the display of the PC 1 with the entries relative to the settings and connection of the new device.

The transmission functionality tests initially provide for a simulated situation generation for the integral display device 5 / active terminal which is verified if the application correctly generates the signal to be sent, and the latter is received by the integral display device 5 itself.

Once detected and selected, the device 5 enters into a procedure for assigning the user identification, a text box appearing on the display of the PC 1 that first request the entry of a name for the device and then a series of identifications (e-mail, cell phone numbers etc.) relative to the "acquaintances" to be monitored. In this context, the word 'tribe' is used to identify a group within a multitude of people (consider a high school party with multiple classes participating, or a discotheque where multiple dancing schools converge).

The coupling occurs by associating the identification of the user and the relative integral display device to a given tribe, so that the preceding operations are repeated, at any time, each time it is desired to associate another device to the tribe.

More in particular, a user can instead select a limited number of other users from which he/she can receive messages. In this case, the user requests associating his own RxTx ID with a series of identifications such as e-mails or cell phone numbers, in a manner such that only if he/she receives - on the server 1 for managing the sharing service - by the services of the network operator 3 or of the electronic mail provider 2, specific messages marked with distinctive TAGs, then, only in this case, will he/she be processed for the possible communication of occurred message sharing.

A generic table maintained in the database 1 ' can be made up of the following fields:

FIRST/ ID NO. CELL PHONE E-MAIL LED ACTIVE

LAST NAME YES/NO

PAOLO ROSSI 1234 348393739 AAOB.COM YES

PAOLO ROSSI 1234 343563738 BBOHD.COM NO

PAOLO ROSSI 1234 333784858 ZZO.GD.IT YES

PAOLO ROSSI 1234 3605654848 KK@DN.rT ...

FRANCO DINI 5678 374848470 FF@.XX.IT

CARLO RE 7654

Once a new device 5 is associated, if one later decides to change the assigned name, it is necessary to proceed with the setting functions in order to select and configure the list of the device to be renamed.

It should be noted that after an integral display device has been associated with a user, it is automatically included in the list of the devices to be monitored. Nevertheless, it might be necessary to momentarily exclude a device from the message sharing activity.

Here, the high flexibility of the application should be underlined, as it allows operating with integral display devices with activations/deactivations actuatable in real time, in order to implement the optimization strategies in which interactions are provided between the various subjects who have adhered to the message sharing service.

In order to exclude one or more devices from the message sharing function, one enters into the main screen of the application, activates the "Settings" function and the list of all the associated devices. Here one enters the relative status column and clears the relative bit. Or a configuration can be provided in which the user himself accesses the server with his own PWD in order to enter, delete or re-enter identifications of "acquaintances" with whom he/she wishes (or momentarily does not wish) to share messages.

It should be stated that also for such functions, for including in the message sharing one or more previously excluded devices 5, it will be sufficient to access the functions for setting the device list, which report the list of all the IDs of the associated "acquaintances". Those currently included in the message sharing are marked with the particular indicator 0/1 (yes/no) next to them, as in the table; or, by selecting the device to be included through an Include/Exclude check-box, a confirmation message appears.

Analogously, in order to delete an association that has been made, it is also sufficient for a user to proceed through the "Settings" function and select the device to be deleted.

In a different management of the message shareability, the management is assigned to the user terminal, i.e. to the tablet 14', to the laptop 14" or to the cell phone 14"'.

The fundamental criterion pertaining to the creation of the message provides for the entrance of the user in the MTT contact list, then the selection of the user to whom one wishes to send the MTT (Mobile Thought Transfer) and the selection of the category of the relative message between Friendship, Love and Eros.

After writing the text of the MTT, the entry of a selected attachment can be provided.

Once the MTT has been sent, it awaits being shared with a delta t, for example 48 hours of validity. The MTT is only shared if the intended user has in turn sent a message of the same category.

As will be observed also from the flow diagram indicated in Figure 4, the management program for the integral display device, active in the server for managing the sharing service, carries out a particular series of actions online that are described below.

Figure 4 indicates the message delivery process 10 in which it provided, in 11, that the user writes a message setting: receiver and category.

Then, in 12, the message is delivered by the server with the status of the message that is set to "pending". In step 13, it is provided that a server that actuates the management of the sharing service keeps track of the time and date when the message was sent. The server then selects, in 14, the messages in "pending" status and intended for the user, and creates an "incoming messages" list. In such a manner, the server selects in 15 the messages with "pending" status that have been sent by the user and creates the "outgoing messages" list. Thus, the sending of the message occurs while awaiting the sharing of another message with the same TAG by another user of the service. If the TAGs are different (if for example a given person A sends a love message and the other person B sends a friendship message ) the messages are not deemed shareable.

Hereinbelow, the description of the message delivery process continues, still with Figure 4. In the relative operating steps, the sender has already sent a message which in 20 is pending at the server. If there is another person who has sent a message with the same TAG then, in 21, if the category of the incoming message is detected to be the same as that of the outgoing message, the status of the messages, in 22, is set to "Shared". In practice, this occurs if the category equivalence has been deemed within the time of validity of the message. Thus, in substance, messages are shared and use is made of the possible dedicated chat, and the tasks of the server finish here. In particular, the use of a dedicated accessory chat is provided in 25, in which the sender of the message is added to the list of contacts of the chat. Otherwise, the status of the message in 23 is set to "pending" and the sender user sees the message in the Outbox in 24, with the "pending" message status.

In substance or as soon as A sends the message, it is immediately shared, because there is already a person B who is seeking A, or, on the contrary it is A who is seeking the sharing with a person B and hence the message is set to "pending" in 23 and the user sees the message pending in the Outbox in 24, within the time span of a pre-established delta t starting from the sending.

The abovementioned lifetime of the message can vary depending on the type of application. It is clear that also in a pub, restaurant etc., in sending the message, a lifetime is provided in relation to the duration of the event; in other words, for a party that lasts one evening, lifetimes of the messages are provided on the order of 3-4 hours.

For applications of WEB type, with the typical functionalities that facilitate the maintenance of friendships through the exchange of messages, times are provided on the order of one day. Generally, for most of the applications in real time a period of approximately 48 hours is established.

Indicated in the sequence 30 in Figure 5 is the functionality relative to the "process of blocking and unblocking the message". A precondition of such process is that the user has at least one message in "pending" status in his own Outbox.

In 31 the user sees the message in the Outbox, and the status of the message is "pending". If the user requests the blocking 32 of the message, the status of the message is set to "blocked" in 33.

It should be observed that the user can request the blocking because there is the message "pending" in the Outbox (i.e. previously sent) and the user sees that it is waiting to be shared. If, as stated above, he/she requests the blocking 32 of the message, the status of the message is set to "blocked" in 33, and the server keeps track in 34 of the time and date when the message was blocked. The user can then request the unblocking 35 of the message, being able to operate in blocking/unblocking conditions. This occurs for example if over the 48 hour span the user rethinks the initial content and executes the request of unblocking the message. The application evaluates if the unblocking request was executed in 36 in the allowed time interval, and if so the status of the message in 37 is once again set to "pending"; the user once again sees, in 38, the message in the Outbox with the status of the message that is "pending". The message block request function is once again available in 39. If instead in 36 the unblocking is requested outside the allowed time interval, the execution is not possible, in practice the invitation remains unactuated, passing to the set of functions 50; i.e. to the expiry evaluation process for the messages in "blocked" status.

In summary, from the operative standpoint, two separate procedures A, B are possible for the user.

A- DEFINITVE MESSAGE BLOCK

i- one enters the Outbox

ii- one displays the message to be blocked and one activates the "BLOCK" option iii- now the message is "BLOCKED"

iv- after 48 hours from the first sending the message will automatically become "EXPIRED".

B- TEMPORARY BLOCK OF THE MESSAGE AND THE RESTORING THEREOF

a- one wishes to temporarily block the delivery of the MTT?

b- one enters the Outbox

c- one displays the message to be blocked

d- one clicks on the "BLOCK" option.

Now the message will remain blocked for 48 hours starting from the time of sending. As soon as one wishes to restore the sending of a blocked message:

i- one enters the Outbox

ii- one displays the message to be unblocked

iii- on clocks on the "UNBLOCK" option.

Now the message is unblocked and it is waiting to be shared up to 48 hours from the first sending.

It has been assumed that the status of the message was initially set to "pending". Hence, it is possible that there will be the condition in which a message is unblocked that had been previously blocked, but the lifetime thereof has already expired. For example, one attempts to unblock a message when the pre-established available 48 hours have expired.

Step 50 of Figure 8 refers to the process of evaluation of the messages in blocked status. In 51 , the expiry of the blocked message is verified, since as stated above the message has an expiry in the blocking thereof, like all messages, with a delta t, e.g. 48 hours. Then, an overall evaluation is carried out of the expiry of the blocked or unblocked message. If after two hours it is blocked and then subsequently unblocked, the message will still have 46 hours of lifetime; if it is unblocked 24 hours after it will have another 24 hours of life, since it is assumed that all messages still have a lifetime of 48 hours. The blocking thus does not interrupt the lifetime period of the message waiting.

Hence, this is a further chance for the user, in blocking and unblocking, to be able to actually delete the message. Indeed such procedure also serves for deleting the message itself.

In practice, starting from the "Unblocked message verification" 51, the server sets the status of the message to "expired" in 52 since the lifetime has expired and the user sees in 53 the message in his own Outbox with "expired" status, so that the block request function is no longer available. As stated above, this is another way to delete a message, leaving it permanently in the Outbox and allowing the time to expire. If the message has instead not expired, the status of the message remains "blocked" in 54 and the user sees the message in his own Outbox in 55 with "blocked" status.

The following description still outlines the typical functionalities ascribable to the fundamental principle of the sharing. If it is assumed that the user has already sent a message intended for a specific receiver and characterized by a specific category, the message is visible in the Outbox with "pending" status. In other words, a message was sent with a given TAG to a person, but this was a first message. A second message was sent after a certain time period; for the pre-established sharing priority criteria, the latter message comes to assume the shareable property, and the first message is deleted. Indeed, A could theoretically send even ten, twenty messages to a single person B in 48 hours, and the other person B could respond with only one message. The exchange will only occur however with regard to the final message sent by A, with the only reply message from B.

There are various ways to implement the fundamental principle of the present invention. These include the case where B could download all the n messages addressed thereto (hence there would have been a sender/receiver imbalance), or creating favorable conditions for the user who would like to strengthen the content of the first message he/she sent, or make it less strong (i.e. make it less pressing/urgent) etc.

Currently, e-mails or SMS, i.e. normal messaging services, all arrive to the receiver, since once sent, the sender cannot delete the action thereof.

According to the current solution, however, there is the possibility to select a status and update it, because the criterion for managing the sharing priority establishes the visibility only on the final sent message - i.e. the most recent. In practice, a functionality characteristic has been introduced, of transit memory buffer type, constituted by the virtualization of the shared release of the message.

According to the present invention it is therefore possible to dynamically manage the SHARING PRIORITY. Indeed, if on the one hand the sent messages cannot be modified, nevertheless it is possible to block the sending thereof.

The sending of a new message, of the same category and addressed to the same person, deletes the sending of the preceding messages if they are still "awaiting sharing".

This allows:

- preventing the simultaneous exchange of multiple messages, when there is a single reply message;

- updating one's own status at any time, thus preventing the sharing of messages that do not reflect one's present thinking.

In detail, the block diagram 80 of Figure 6, starting from the assumptions of operating with the same person and with the same TAG, generally provides that the final message deletes the penultimate or in any case the preceding message.

The procedure 80 relative to the process of prioritizing the messages requires as precondition that the user A has already sent a message intended to a particular receiver B and characterized by a particular category. The message is visible in the Outbox with "pending" status. In 81, it is requested that the user write a new message with the same receiver and the same category (it is assumed that he/she has already sent one with same receiver and same category). The message is delivered in 82 by the service server and it is saved by keeping track of time and date. The status of the message is set to "pending" in 83. While the status of the preceding message is set to "deleted" in 84. In the Outbox, in 85, the user sees the new message classified as "pending", and the old message classified as "deleted". The process can be repeated in 86 until the message is delivered. The high level of interactivity for the user is evident: for example, it is assumed that by chatting with another person and as a function of how the chat proceeds, additional background messages are then sent, except for changing the order thereof, placing the latter before all the others. One could even send a blank message, without having written anything, in order to delete all the preceding messages.

The procedure for evaluating the expiry the messages in pending status is indicated in Figure 7 indicated with 90. A verification 91 is initially actuated for the expiry of the "pending" message. If the lifetime is extended, the server sets the status of the message to "expired" 92, and the user sees the message in the Outbox with expired status 93. Otherwise the status of the message remains "pending" in 94, and the user sees the message in his own Outbox with "pending" status 95.

Figure 9 shows a diagram of the statuses in which a message can be found. The pending status 100 is a condition in which the message is potentially capable of being moved into a series of other different status conditions, in particular: the blocked status 130 is a position set by the sender in which the message awaits the possible unblocking and thus the reactivation; this mechanism allows the user to flexibly adjust to the actual lifetime that he/she wishes to assign to a message.

The term "status or condition" for sharing a message normally refers to the condition of a message with regard to its capacity to be delivered in 120, since it is marked by the same distinctive TAG that characterizes the message possibly sent by the other party.

There is the "deleted" status 170 when the message, without having reached the termination of the lifetime of the message itself, is deleted by the same sender; the latter could also generate the deletion by sending a new blank message with the same TAG to the same receiver.

The "expired" status 140 is acquired by the message when, after a time interval, the pre- established lifetime of the message itself expires, even if the period has been reached with partial time intervals.

From the operative standpoint, once a message is created in 160, it is possible for the user (inside the Outbox) to Block and Unblock messages, display the MTT sent to the community and learn the status thereof through the conferment of the following status conditions to the message process: - PENDING 100 (this is conferred when the message is sent and awaiting sharing)

- SHARED 110 (this is conferred when receiver responds to the sent message)

- EXPIRED 140 (this status condition is conferred when the message exceeds the 48 hours of lifetime from the sending)

- DELETED 170 (this status condition is conferred when a new message with the same TAG is sent to a same person)

- BLOCKED (this status condition is conferred when the user arranges the blocking/unblocking of the message; in other words, the message can return to a pending status 100 by means of blocked/unblocked 130 status changes).

The message deleted in 170, or acquired the expired status 140, is in any case conferred the non-shared 150 characteristic.

The integral display device 5 is an electronic device equipped with a microprocessor 7 which in turn interoperates with an 802.11 16 interface, which connects it in wireless mode to the central service server 1 for managing the sharing. The microprocessor 7 is also connected to a power circuit 29 for driving the LED, capable of directly controlling only one device in the scope of an N-tuple present on the integral display device 5. The power circuit 29 is power supplied by a rechargeable battery, to which power is supplied before the event, in which the integral display device is used.

The microprocessor executes the functions relative to the interfacing in TCP/IP protocol towards the server 1, to the decoding of the commands, and to the LED lighting command. It should be observed that the operating standard for the functioning of the integral display devices according to the present invention is the IEEE 802.11 which defines a set of transmission protocols for the interface between the client 5 and the base station 1 (or access point) as well as between wireless clients 5', 5", 5ⁿ.

The function of the 802.11 interface allows establishing a connection with the local server 1 according to the 802.11 standard, and with connection established allows the microprocessor 7 to receive signals by the network server and to send over the network the replies to the received commands. In a step of firmware loading of the network identifications by the producer, during the initial programming of the integral display device, the level two and three addresses of the single network card are also entered (the only addresses on the 802.11 wireless network), of the integral display device.

The signals relative to the message sharing that took place are sent to the microprocessor 7 by the server 1 of the system for managing the sharing service, through the antenna 16. With the acquisition of such signals, an alert status is established (e.g. by means of red, yellow or green blinking light), and the replies to the commands are returned from the microcontroller to the same server 1 for managing the sharing service, as seen in the communication diagram indicated in Figure 2.

In other words, the integral display device 5 operates as RxTx device in real time. Indeed, with the lighting of the specific LED 4, the owner of the integral display device 5 can match the pressing of a key 4^la, 4^lb, 4^lc of a specific section of the panel at the activated LED; thus, the occurred reception and acquisition of the message on a local RxTx path is communicated to the "virtual partner". Such path is defined starting from the local server 1 for managing the sharing service, without having the network operator 3 or the provider 2 intervene.

The signaling of received message can be configured for example with the passage of the emitted light signal from blinking to continuous. It is then possible for the two people who established the transmission of the shared signals to meet again, restart the interrupted conversation etc..

Upstream of the server 1, as indicated in Figure 2, the Internet network with the relative providers 2 is present along with the various cellular network operators 3. The SMS, e-mails, MMS etc. (marked by the relative TAG) are directed to the relative default users such as, respectively, cell phones, e-mail addresses 14', 14", 14"' etc., and are simultaneously forwarded to the server 1 for managing the sharing service, which manages the possible sharing process thereof.

In turn, the server 1 for managing the sharing service must update the display of the integral display device 5, so that it prepares a command that contains the section to be updated and the LED 4 that must be lit - blinking - in that section. The server 1, as seen in Figure 2, sends the command in 802.11 protocol to the integral display device 5. The integral display device 5, upon receiving the command, verifies if it is correct, in particular if the number of the section corresponds with one of the sections 4 with which it is equipped, and if the LED that must be turned on is not already lit or blinking. If the command is accepted, it is immediately activated (the microprocessor turns on the relative LED or arranges it in blinking mode) and the integral display device can send an affirmative acknowledgement to the server 1 for managing the sharing service.

If the command does not have the required format, or if the number of the section does not correspond with any of the available sections (i x m x n), or the indicated LED is already lit, the integral display device 5 does not modify the lighting of the LED 4 and sends a negative reply to the server 1 for managing the sharing service.

Since the integral display device 5 merely actuates simple commands received by the server 1 for managing the sharing service, it is equipped with a low processing capacity. More complex are the actions which, inside the server 1 for managing the sharing service, allow managing the database of the IDs, process the messages (received e-mails, SMS, MMS, etc.) and create the commands for the integral display devices 5.

As stated above, in an initial configuration step, all the operative schemes of the monitoring system to be attained are stored in the storing system , in suitable tables, such as Table 1. For example, these are:

A- List of the integral display devices 5 present in the system and their network addresses; for each integral display device, the list of people to be monitored is established; upon request, each person is associated with an integral display device;

B- List of the acquaintances to be monitored; as stated above, the people with whom it is desired to exchange possible messages are initially entered, at the start of the event, in a database 1 ' and the relative instance comes to constitute the references for forwarding SMSs, e-mails etc., by the respective telephone network operators 3 and e-mail service providers 2. From a technical standpoint of the telecommunications networks, such forwarding types are rather common, standardized processes. In a more simplified, different solution, the use of telephone network operators is avoided, and reference is only made to local applications. For example, in a party, among people in a relationship with each other (acquaintances and/or who are part of an interest group or association), the following operating steps are provided:

i- each of the participants is registered, previously or upon entrance, by entering his own data: first name and last name - possibly also a photograph - through a computer station 1 on which the dedicated application is installed.

ii- each participant is associated with an integral display device 5.

iii- the bracelet is connected with the computer - server 1 through a radio station (Wi-Fi), the Wi-Fi station being connected to the computer itself.

As described above, this bracelet 5 is made up of a quadrant (watch type) equipped with cover.

The quadrant is made up of at least three bright LEDs of different color, one for indicating a love message, one for indicating a friendship message and one for indicating an eros message; hence if the LED is fixed, a message with that specific TAG is shared, and if the LED is flashing, multiple messages of that TAG type have been shared, and each shared message corresponds to a vibration of the bracelet.

On the side of the bracelet 5, a key allows resetting the light signal of the LED.

As is also described below, inside the room where the party takes place, a series of computer stations 122 on which the dedicated application is installed are provided.

People are registered and exchange messages (MTT) through this software.

For example, Mario Rossi sends a friendship MTT from the enabled position to Francesca

Bianchi (both are of course registered in the server). Francesca Bianchi then sends a friendship MTT to Mario Rossi.

In this instant, the software through the server 1 sends radio signals to the Wi-Fi station 121 which in turn sends the radio message to the bracelet 5, lighting the dedicated LED both for

Mario and Francesca.

In order to display the message, one goes to the station 122 and the shared (and not shared) messages are displayed.

Still with a further variant to the above described configuration, bracelets are excluded and terminals such as smartphones and tablets with Wi-Fi connection are used.

A situation example, with references to the hardware and software system used, is that of a party including people in a relationship with each other (acquaintances and/or part of an interest group or association).

Each of the participants is registered before entering by inserting his own data: first and last name (possibly also a photograph) through a computer station (1) on which the dedicated application is installed. Upon registration, each name will be associated with a password. It is understood that each participant must have the suitable application on the terminal to be enabled.

The application is accessed from one's own terminal 14 by entering the password associated with one's own name; once entered, one can select the users and send MTTs with TAGs of interest (friendship, love, eros) through the community.

At the time of a sharing an MTT, the terminal vibrates and the screen is lit, signaling the arrival of an MTT. At this point, it is possible to access the application by displaying the shared MTT (inbox), sent MMT (outbox) and the various statuses thereof: pending, shared, expired, deleted, blocked.

The two described proposals, which do not require the intervention of the telephone network operator, do not exclude a simultaneous operation; indeed, they can interact.

A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is implemented, as schematized in Figure 3, in the scope of discotheques and dance halls 120 (therefore, still within the scope of a circumscribed environment in the presence of people who already know each other; this could even be a holiday village or cruise ship) and provides for the use of the integral sharing device 5 with the functions of localization of the particular person in a manner so as to be able to detect if the same in a given moment is in the company of other people (possibly of the same sex, if at a restaurant, bar, if instead he/she is alone and thus expecting an invitation to dance). The reference is specific to certain settings in which the woman is typically invited by the man to dance one or more musical pieces together. In such situations, it sometimes happens - due to misunderstandings or shyness, or for another reason - that people who know each other are unable to communicate the invitation, even if both would like to dance together. The invention embodiment for such specific use requires, in addition to the bracelet (integral sharing device) 5, a dedicated hardware configuration with RxTx detectors distributed in the rooms.

The integral sharing device 5 is itself configured as a presence indicator, detected in a given position with reliable precision. In other words, in addition to the functions previously defined relative to the reception of the message signal and the sending of the relative shared acknowledgement in wireless conditions over a given operating frequency, the bracelet 5 has transmission functionalities (possibly over other frequencies) in order to signal the presence near the sensors 121 distributed in the room.

The coordinates for the localization are based on a network of sensors 121 in a system of local coordinates with beacon nodes, which simply are ordinary nodes that know the overall coordinates thereof beforehand, since they are registered at the time of their positioning/installation in the hall.

In the sensor network, each node 121 possesses an RxTx radio unit required for exchanging information both with the various bracelets and with the server 1 for updating the localization databank 1". These localization devices 121 are employed by the network with the technique based on the detection of the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication). In theory, the power of a radio signal proportionally decreases with the square of the distance from the source. As a result, the node 121 that receives and transmits the radio signals is capable of using the power of the signal received by the integral sharing device 5 nearby in order to calculate the distance of the transmitter contained in the integral sharing device 5 itself. In practice, however, the RSSI measurements contain noise, due to the fact that the propagation tends to be non-uniform in actual environments; therefore, the radio signals are propagated in a different manner through different means: physical obstacles like walls, metal gratings and similar objects deflect and absorb the radio waves.

Nevertheless, this technique, in the configured use, has revealed to be extremely effective since other solutions that make use of microphones, detectors of acoustic signals, angles of arrival, digital compasses etc. due to the background acoustic noise are entirely impractical in settings such as discotheques or dance halls.

Instead, a series of optimizations of the method for detecting the electromagnetic power at RF and an overscaling of the number of nodes 121 has allowed an improved use of the RSSI method, also through a suitable calibration of the RxTx radio waves of the sensor nodes 121. A typical application is in the scope of the specific Zigbees; this solution type and the relative optimization of the transceiver in the presence of noise will not be discussed in more detail herein, since the related literature is quite extensive and in-depth.

From the standpoint of the attainment of the sensor network, for the present invention, it is important that if Mario Rossi wishes to invite Francesca Bianchi he is in a position to know where she is at that time, in hall 120, awaiting an invitation, and it is also important to know if she is in the company of a man or a woman; in the first case, Mario can reserve her for a subsequent dance, while in the second case he can invite her to dance immediately.

In such setting, the mechanism for sharing the status of the pending/suspended/unblocked message has a meaningful use, since at the start of the evening a user A gives his availability as "suspended" to share possible dance invitation messages, arranging in his/her own Outbox the invitation messages for the possible virtual partner B, D and H. Analogously, B will give his own possible availability to dance, arranging in his/her own Outbox the invitation messages for the possible virtual partners A, D, F, placing such availability as "suspended" and to be reactivated, via unblocking, only if a given event occurs for the application. Indeed, for example, it could happen that a potential lady dancing partner has found her ideal partner at the start of the evening and no longer wishes to change him over the course of the evening itself.

In such setting, therefore, the typical flexibility of the present invention assumes a fundamental role; the invention assumes the possibility of setting a given message in pending status, blocked status, unblocked status etc..

Initially, the insertion and access process is entirely similar to that of the database described for the solutions outlined above.

In other words, the user entering the room is registered in a databank 1" when he is provided with and associated with a bracelet 5. A table such as the following will then be formed: First name / Last name, Bracelet Identification Code

Paolo C 0001

Maria L 0002

Paolo D 0003

Maria F 0004

Francesca B 9999

It is not necessary to provide further information, since the people know each other or at least they know the names of their counterparts. However, if it is desired to use the devices 5, and the relative search techniques, it is sufficient to insert a photograph for each user. In order to evaluate the presence of a potential partner in the hall, screens are provided on the displays of the stations 121 distributed in the hall. Such screens indicate the plan of the room with signaling indicated relative to the position of the sought-after person, once the relative name is provided at the input of the search procedure.

Thus, the display 122 shows, through a touch screen solution or by sliding with a mouse, the presence of the sought-after person and if he/she is nearby other people, detecting the sex based on a different coloring or a signal. In a particular solution, the name itself (Paolo C, Mara F., etc.) appears on the screen with a different color depending on the sex. Indeed, each user has the bracelet 5, i.e. an integral unit comprising an RxTx system that is interfaced with the local detector/sensor 121 and hence with the central system 1. This solution allows identifying the position with high precision with respect to the size of the hall. It is clear that if two women are next to each other, one or the other could be directly invited by a man. If instead the people are a man and a woman, she is not invited or she is reserved by arranging a message in the Outbox. Or, it can happen that the woman or the person is localized at the bar 124 or at the restaurant 125, i.e. that he/she is not among those seated, waiting to be invited. In such case, the user can postpone the sending of the invitation by arranging the message in pending or blocked condition.

It is important to indicate with extremely high precision the location of the sought-after person, the people he/she is with, if he/she is dancing or not, etc.

The use of a GPS detector system would not work well since, as known, it produces drift with tolerances on the order of half a meter, which in the scope of the invention could cause very serious confusion.

Also for this solution, a configuration is provided with the server 1 in the room (with resident management application program, such as PHP), thus regardless of cell phones or laptops which require network operators in order to be interfaced by means of SMS or e- mail. Reference is thus made to the stations 122 in the room with exchange of messages to be simultaneously read by means of the distribution carried out by the server 1.

The signaling is still carried out by the integral sharing bracelet device 5. The latter, in a minimal solution, can have only three LEDs that signal the presence of a given message type with specific signaling.

The particular utility of a small keypad 4^la, 4^lb, 4^lc, at each LED, should be noted. Each of these keys, which can be typed by means of a dedicated pen (not indicated in the figure), for example, is configured this time to perform the function of commanding the sending of a message that was previously written and saved in a blocked server (1), waiting to be sent, or which is part of a restricted set of messages predefined at the server. In this mode, the integral display device also performs the function of (enabling the) sending the message in an interactive manner and without any loss of time by the person having the bracelet.

The particular utility of the classification in three message types, in a setting such as a discotheque, should be observed. As an example, one would have the following:

- friendship message: Ί will reserve you for the next round'.

- love message: 'as always two bodies and one soul' or 'save all the dances for me'.

- eros message: 'let's do two merengues and then go back to your place/my place'. In the solution managed in local network, described up to now, the application is in practice resident on the local PC server 1 which also performs the function of concentrator and processor of the information deriving from the RxTx detection by means of the sensors 121. At the same time, the application traces a dynamic map of the room with the relative presences, which is sent to the single stations 122 distributed in the various settings.

As in an alternative embodiment that employs another type of integral device, it is possible that this signaling type is obtained on the cell phone or on the laptop by means of the lighting of specific indicator signals.

In addition, it is intended that the embodiment is described only with the purpose of better specifying the details of the possible invention embodiment; it should be observed that numerous alternative embodiments of the integral display device and the management system thereof may be provided. In particular, there are systems with a widespread geographic distribution (consider, for example, stations in which social networks like Facebook or Twitter are operative). In such case, it is possible to simulate the hardware integral display device 5 with a suitable program that is executed in a client station. The simulator reproduces on a video the image of the integral display device, substantially according to the sequence of LED of Figure 1.

Subsequently, there is a further preferred embodiment in which the display device is simulated on a video of a PC with the names of the "monitored acquaintances" indicated on the "software labels" configurable by the user and the lighting of the LED which is simulated with graphical effects of brightness or blinking.

It is also possible to establish a private chat in real time only between two users with shared MTTs, as indicated in Figure 4 with the procedure 25.

The two users can participate in their private chat by clicking on the preset link present in the navigation bar of the homepage. The following relative steps are provided:

1) opening a dialog window in order to find the names of the users who have shared an MTT.

2) clicking on the name with whom one initiates chat; one can freely communicate, without time limits, and have the opportunity to share all one's thoughts in real time.

In chat, it is possible to continue sending MTTs directly from the dialogue window by following the normal procedure:

i- one clicks on one of the 3 icons/links (Friendship, Love, Eros) present on the navigation bar placed on the top in the dialog window.

ii- one directly writes the text of the new MTT, if one wishes one can attach an attachment, then press the SEND key.

ii- now the MTT follows the regular pending and possible sharing procedures in the outbox and inbox without modifying the mechanism or the expiry time thereof.

Advantages and industrial uses of the invention

Therefore, a work and/or leisure condition can be assumed in which a user is engaged in a completely different activity, but when there is a variation in the statuses of the list of people with whom the user hopes there will be a message sharing, then the display box appears on the screen with the relative flashing LED. In addition, the operative condition can be readily implemented in which interactive message exchange operations, such as chat, can themselves be marked by a presence of a sharing with a parallel process.

A clear advantage of the configured solution regards the practical nature of the operations to be followed. For example, with reference to an event such as a party, where there is no time to open windows, enter passwords, read e-mails or send SMSs, all of the above is managed in real time by means of an integral display device for the sharing in progress.

It should be observed that the messages being sent are confidential messages that are subject to privacy, and it is desired to minimize the level of exposure in any case. It is interesting to observe that neither notifications nor the reception of notifications regarding messages being sent are allowed, since the choice of operating with a maximum privacy level provides that there cannot be any active messages without a designated receiver. Rather, it is provided for that the message, with the content thereof protected, can only be opened by the receiver. Other solutions according to the prior art have instead provided suspending the message, communicating to the receiver the presence of such suspended message, without communicating the sender nor the interest level thereto (the receiver could still arrive at this information by scanning his own acquaintances, once he/she is aware of the hypothetical message directed thereto). The moveable cover on the screen of the integral display device prevents the display of the statuses to non-possessors.

Claims

1. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages between a set of users, with a messaging service in which the exchange and the delivery to the receivers of messages between two users is only carried out if said messages are marked by the senders with the same TAG/mark indicative of the relative classification in the same category, characterized in that it comprises:

a- a plurality of integral RxTx devices (5), each owned by a user, each of such integral devices (5) being provided with functionalities for:

a-i) receiving and displaying, by means of dedicated LED (4), the signaling of the presence of shared messages whose reading is actuatable as a recording, at the stations (122) localized nearby;

a-ii) sending to a central control server (1), by means of a suitable keypad (9', 9", 9"'), a signal for activating and enabling the reading - if there is sharing - by the receiver of a message to be shared whose writing was previously actuated at a dedicated station (122);

a-iii) sending presence signals in order to be localized by a network of detector sensors (121) arranged in the circumscribed environment;

b- a central control server (1), with a relative processing system, interfaced by means of wireless network with the integral devices (5) owned by the users and with the network of detector sensors (121), arranged for storing and forwarding the incoming messages to be forwarded to the receiver, in case of sharing with the sender;

c- a databank ( ) for storing the data relative to the users and to the integral devices (5) each to be associated to a user,

d- a series of stations (122) scattered throughout the circumscribed environment, each comprising a display, I/O units and an Rx/Tx interface for the communications with the server (1), at each of said stations (122), each user being able to:

I- insert and arrange the messages to be sent, II- read the shared incoming messages, and

III- detect and display the current position of other users identified by means of the relative devices (5) in said circumscribed environment.

2. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to claim 1, characterized in that in the databank (1 ') for storing data pertaining to the service, comprised in the central control server (1), tables are stored relative to the operative monitoring schemes of the users, which comprise:

A- a list of the integral display devices (5) present in the system and their wireless network addresses, one of such integral display devices (5) being associated with anyone making a request, for every event, and for each integral display device there being established a list of people whose incoming messages are monitored;

B- a list of the users to be monitored, the people with whom it is desired to exchange possible messages being initially entered, at the start of an event, in the dedicated table and the relative instance coming to constitute the reference for the shared sending of the electronic text messages, by the central control server (1).

3. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to each of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central server (1), is interfaced with the Internet network with the relative providers (2) along with the various cellular network operators (3), the messages exchanged and shared by the users being constituted by SMS, e-mail and MMS - marked by the relative TAG -, directed to the relative default users such as, respectively, cell phones, e-mail addresses (14', 14", 14"') by means of and through a temporary buffer present in the server (1) for managing the sharing service, which controls the possible sharing thereof, in turn the server (1) for managing the sharing service arranging, in sharing conditions, the alarm display on the integral display device (5), through the compilation and sending of a command that contains the information on a LED (4) that must be lit.

4. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to each of the preceding claims, characterized in that smart phones and tablets with Wi-Fi connection are directly used as signaling and/or display terminals (5), given that the tables are stored in the databank ( ) comprised in the central control server (1), such tables relative to the operating schemes for monitoring the identifications of people with whom it is desired exchange possible messages, such identifications being initially entered in a dedicated databank (Γ) at the beginning of an event and the relative instance constituting the references for the forwarding of SMSs, e-mails and MMSs by the respective telephone network operator (3) and/or e-mail services provider (2).

5. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to each of the preceding claims, characterized in that each integral display device (5) is configured with a series of elementary surface zones, each elementary zone of the upper part of the integral display device (5) being localized by a matrix positioning A[m, n], functional on the display area with N-tuple sequences of LEDs (4) configurable by the user, in a suitable definition step, associating each group of LEDs with the ID of a particular person, at the time of each initialization and arrangement of the display device; the upper panel then being associated with a matrix divided into m x n sections, one for each user to be monitored, and in each section there being present "i" LEDs for a total of i x m x n total LEDs on the upper facade of the integral display device (5).

6. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to claim 5, characterized in that the bracelet conformation has a slidable cover (6) maintained in position due to the compression of an elastic element, said cover normally covering the quadrant with the LED, in order to allow, when one wishes to see which LEDs were activated, a brief sudden side movement of the cover (6) itself, which is capable of translating and returning immediately into cover position.

7. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to claim 5, characterized in that the at least one N-tuple of LEDs is composed of a green LED, a yellow LED and a red LED, operating the classification of the distinctive marks based on three TAG types, respectively one for indicating a love message, one for indicating a friendship message and one for indicating an eros message.

8. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to each of the preceding claims, characterized in that the integral display device (1) with single LED display is equipped with a microprocessor (7) which in turn interoperates with a wireless interface (16) which connects it to the central server (1) for managing the sharing, the microprocessor (7) being power supplied by a power circuit (29) for driving the LEDs, and for each sending controlling only one light diode, of an N-tuple present on each quadrant of the integral display device (5).

9. Telecommunications system for the shared sending of messages according to each of the preceding claims, characterized in that the integral display device (5) is assigned with functions of possessor localization, given that it is configured as a presence indicator detected with reliable precision through the transmission of a signal over a given operating frequency, in a manner such that its presence is detected near the sensors (121) distributed in a delimited environment, the coordinates for the localization being based on the network of sensors (121) registered at the time of their installation in the circumscribed environment to be monitored, each node (121) in said sensor network comprising an RxTx radio unit which exchanges data with the various integral display devices (5) nearby, as well as with the server (1) for updating the relative localization databank (1"), and

in that once the relative ID is provided at the input of the search procedure, the presence of a user of the service in the circumscribed environment is displayed on the display screens of the distributed stations (121), such screens being produced by means of graphics processing by the central control server (1), which sends them to the various stations, said screens bearing the same plan of the room with indicators which show the position of the person sought after in real time.

10. Technique for the simultaneous exchange of electronic text messages, which operates with a first part A and a second part B as users capable of exchanging messages, potentially shared, when A sends a message to B, and in turn B sends a message to A, with the same distinctive TAG associated with the two messages, such coincidence enabling the simultaneous exchange thereof, characterized in that the transfer and the forwarding of the two messages occurs by means of the intervention:

i- of a third party - made up of the services provided by the telephone network operator

(3) or by the electronic mail service (2) - which operates as concentrator/router of the received messages, and

iii- of a fourth party made up of a server (1) for managing the sharing service, which is limited to an exclusive control on the presence of a shared TAG, without however opening the message itself, and storing and forwarding processes are employed, deriving from the preset arrangement.

11. Technique for the simultaneous exchange of electronic text messages according to claim 10, characterized in that in order to associate and make operative one device (5) of each user for monitoring and signaling the arrival of the shared message, provided with at least one N- tuple of LED, the following process steps are executed:

a- an initialization that selects, authenticates and enables the device (5) by evaluating the transmission functionality of the device itself is executed, thus executing a dedicated process at the server (1) for assigning the identification of the user ID to the integral display device (5);

b- once the device (5) is detected and selected as in step a, a procedure is activated that allows each user with his own ID to access the control and management server (1), at that time, with his own password for entering a series of temporary local identifications and/or e-mails and/or cell phone numbers, relative to the acquaintances to be monitored, the coupling occurring through the association of the user identification and the relative integral display device (5) with a given enumeration of acquaintances, such operation being repeated at any time, each time it is desired to insert another virtual partner in the list , whose possible shared incoming messages one wishes to monitor;

c- one includes/excludes any of the devices (5) from the message sharing activity, if requested temporarily, once the user has carried out the associations of point c, the user owner at the time accessing the server with his own password in order to delete or reenter the identifications of people with whom he/she wishes to share - or temporarily not share - messages;

d- identified each time, for each incoming message, are the IDs of the sender user and the receiver user of the possible communication of occurred message sharing, based on the above definition -b of the previously selected group of users from which messages are received, and based on the association carried out by the system of its own RxTx ID with a series of identifications such as temporary local identification, e-mail or cell phone number, in a manner such that on the basis of the possible sharing of the TAGs, the exchange of the relative messages can take place.

12. Technique for the simultaneous exchange of electronic text messages according to claims 10-11, characterized in that the integral display device (5) operates as an RxTx device in real time, based on the following operating steps:

a- the signals relative to the occurred message sharing are sent in wireless mode to a microprocessor (7) present on the integral display device (5), by the server (1) of the system for managing the sharing service through a system of distributed antenna (16) and the relative communications protocols;

b- by acquisition thereof an alert is established and the replies to the commands are returned from the microcontroller to the same server (1) for managing the sharing service through the distributed antenna system (16) and the relative communications protocols,

c- with the lighting of the specific LED (4), the possessor of the integral display device (5) can match the pressing of a key (9', 9", 9"') of a specific section of the panel at the activated LED, thus communicating with the "virtual partner" the occurred reception and acquisition of the message on a local RxTx path.

13. Technique for the simultaneous exchange of electronic text messages according to claims 10 to 12, characterized in that it operates on the basis of a definition of sharing status referred to the conditions of two exchangeable messages, since they are marked with a same distinctive TAG, said conditions in which a sent message can be found providing for:

i- a basic pending status (100) as a condition in which the message is potentially capable of being moved onto a series of other different status conditions,

ii- a blocked status (130) relative to a position set by the sender, in which the message awaits the possible unblocking and then the reactivation, this mechanism allowing the user to flexibly adjust to the actual lifetime that he/she wishes to assign to a message, iii- a "deleted" status (170) relative to a condition in which the message, without reaching the termination of the lifetime of the message itself, is deleted by the relative sender;

iv- an "expired" status (140) acquired by the message when, after a given time interval, the pre-established life limit of the message itself expires, even if the period has been reached with partial time intervals.

14. Technique for the simultaneous exchange of electronic text messages according to claims 10 to 13, characterized in that the user, once a message (160) has been created, can - during the share pending status thereof, disable the sending of the message, by assigning (as owner) the blocked status condition (130) which is associated with a cyclic iterative evaluation and verification process of the expiry of the same blocked message, the message in the blocked status maintaining the originally-established lifetime, the blocking step being in any case counted without postponing the expiry of the share pending period for the message.