Messaging system apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof

• US 10,263,923 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2018
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tigerconnect Inc.
• Original Assignee: Tigerconnect Inc.
• Inventors: Brooks, Andrew, Brooks, Brad, Bhatia, Sumeet, Evans, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US16/023,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20180331982A1
• Time in Patent Office: 291 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method for managing a messaging system for receiving at a messaging server a message addressed, storing the message, transmitting a notification of the presence of the message at the messaging server, receiving a request to retrieve the message, validating the first mobile messaging client device, transmitting the message and a message attribute from the messaging server to the first mobile messaging client device, and receiving at the messaging server from the first mobile messaging client device a message management notification generated by the first mobile messaging client device in connection with managing the message in accordance with the message attribute at the first mobile messaging client device.

Claims

1. A method for managing a messaging system comprising the steps of:

a) receiving at a messaging server a message addressed to a first authorized user from a second mobile messaging client device executing a messaging application and associated with a second authorized user;

b) storing the message in a database;

c) transmitting from the messaging server to a first mobile messaging client device executing the messaging application and associated with a first authorized user, a notification of the presence of the message at the messaging server;

d) receiving at the messaging server from the first mobile messaging client device a request to retrieve the message, the request including client authentication data;

e) validating the first mobile messaging client device at the messaging server based on the client authentication data;

f) transmitting the message and a message attribute from the messaging server to the first mobile messaging client device, where the message and the message attribute are stored in non-volatile memory in the first mobile messaging client device at least until the message is managed by the first mobile messaging device in accordance with the message attribute; and

g) receiving at the messaging server from the first mobile messaging client device a message management notification generated by the first mobile messaging client device in connection with managing the message in accordance with the message attribute at the first mobile messaging client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message notification is sent from the first mobile messaging client device after the first mobile messaging client device manages the message and indicates the first mobile messaging client device managed the message in accordance with the message attribute.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the message attribute comprises a predetermined message viewing time after which at least a portion of the message cannot be displayed at the first mobile messaging device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined message viewing time is based on a time the second mobile messaging client sends the message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined message viewing time is based on a time the first mobile messaging client first displays the message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to f), receiving the message attribute from the second authorized user at the second mobile messaging client device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the messaging server deletes the message from the database.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message attribute comprises a predetermined message deletion time, and the predetermined message deletion time is based on a time the second mobile messaging client device sends the message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the message management notification is sent from the first mobile messaging client device before the first mobile messaging client device manages the message.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the message attribute comprises a number of times the message may be accessed at the first mobile messaging client device.