Method and system for providing live real-time communication via text between mobile user devices

• US 10,257,130 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scomm Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Scomm Incorporated
• Inventors: Curry, Jason R., Lane, David C., McAllister, David J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wasel, Mohamed A
• Application Number:
  US15/401,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20170222958A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method and system for providing real-time communication via text between multiple mobile devices is provided. A conversation request is received from a first mobile device. The conversation request is based upon a selection of a second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device. The conversation request is sent from the application server to a push server, receiving a conversation session ID from the second mobile device. The conversation session ID is sent from the application server to the push server if the conversation request is accepted by the second mobile device. A first datagram message is received from the first mobile device. The first datagram message is sent from the application server to the second mobile device. A second datagram message is received from the second mobile device, and the second datagram message is sent from the application server to the first mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for providing real-time communication via text between multiple mobile devices, the method comprising:

receiving, at an application server, a communication request from a first mobile device, wherein the communication request is based upon a selection of a second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device;

sending the communication request from the application server to the second mobile device;

if the communication request is accepted by the second mobile device, sending a first at least one datagram message to be received by the second mobile device, from the first mobile device to the application server, wherein the first at least one datagram message comprises a first at least one transmitted text;

receiving, at the first mobile device, a second at least one datagram message sent by the second mobile device from the application server, wherein the second at least one datagram message comprises a second at least one transmitted text;

displaying the first at least one transmitted text sent from the first mobile device on the second mobile device in a real-time, character-by-character manner as being typed by the first mobile; and

displaying the second at least one transmitted text sent from the second mobile device on the first mobile device in a real-time, character-by-character manner as being typed by the second mobile.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising simultaneously displaying the at least one second transmitted text in a first section of the second mobile device while displaying the at least one first transmitted text sent from the first mobile device in a second section of the second mobile device.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising simultaneously displaying the at least one first transmitted text in a first section of the first mobile device while displaying the at least one second transmitted text sent from the second mobile device in a second section of the first mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device;

sending a conversation request with the second mobile device from the first mobile device to an application server; and

receiving, at the first mobile device, a conversation session ID from the application server, if the conversation request is accepted by the second mobile device.

5. A computer system for providing real-time communication via text between multiple mobile devices, comprising:

one or more processors and memory to store one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

receiving, at an application server, a communication request from a first mobile device, wherein the communication request is based upon a selection of a second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device;

sending the communication request from the application server to the second mobile device;

if the communication request is accepted by the second mobile device, sending a first at least one datagram message to be received by the second mobile device, from the first mobile device to the application server, wherein the first at least one datagram message comprises a first at least one transmitted text;

receiving, at the first mobile device, a second at least one datagram message sent by the second mobile device from the application server, wherein the second at least one datagram message comprises a second at least one transmitted text;

displaying the first at least one transmitted text sent from the first mobile device on the second mobile device in a real-time, character-by-character manner as being typed by the first mobile; and

displaying the second at least one transmitted text sent from the second mobile device on the first mobile device in a real-time, character-by-character manner as being typed by the second mobile.

6. The computer system according to claim 5, further comprising simultaneously displaying the at least one second transmitted text in a first section of the second mobile device while displaying the at least one first transmitted text sent from the first mobile device in a second section of the second mobile device.

7. The computer system according to claim 5, further comprising simultaneously displaying the at least one first transmitted text in a first section of the first mobile device while displaying the at least one second transmitted text sent from the second mobile device in a second section of the first mobile device.

8. The computer system according to claim 5, further comprising:

selecting the second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device;

sending a conversation request with the second mobile device from the first mobile device to an application server; and

receiving, at the first mobile device, a conversation session ID from the application server, if the conversation request is accepted by the second mobile device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs for providing real-time communication via text between multiple mobile devices, the one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a computer system, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving, at an application server, a communication request from a first mobile device, wherein the communication request is based upon a selection of a second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device;

sending the communication request from the application server to the second mobile device;

if the communication request is accepted by the second mobile device, sending a first at least one datagram message to be received by a second mobile device, from the first mobile device to the application server, wherein the first at least one datagram message comprises a first at least one transmitted text;

receiving, at the first mobile device, a second at least one datagram message sent by the second mobile device from the application server, wherein the second at least one datagram message comprises a second at least one transmitted text;

displaying the first at least one transmitted text sent from the first mobile device on the second mobile device in a real-time, character-by-character manner as being typed by the first mobile; and

displaying the second at least one transmitted text sent from the second mobile device on the first mobile device in a real-time, character-by-character manner as being typed by the second mobile.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising simultaneously displaying the at least one second transmitted text in a first section of the second mobile device while displaying the at least one first transmitted text sent from the first mobile device in a second section of the second mobile device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising simultaneously displaying the at least one first transmitted text in a first section of the first mobile device while displaying the at least one second transmitted text sent from the second mobile device in a second section of the first mobile device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising:

selecting the second mobile device from a contact list that is stored on the first mobile device;

sending a conversation request with the second mobile device from the first mobile device to an application server; and

receiving, at the first mobile device, a conversation session ID from the application server, if the conversation request is accepted by the second mobile device.