Coordination of data received from one or more sources over one or more channels into a single context

• US 10,341,273 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 2, LLC
• Original Assignee: III Holdings 2, LLC
• Inventors: Gershman, Greg, Miller, Michael J., Dardamanis, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Michael C
• Application Number:
  US14/740,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/278 Data partitioning, e.g. horizontal or vertical partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A middleware messaging system is connected between user devices and content providers possibly through one or more networks. The middleware messaging system includes a coordination manager for coordinating partial messages transmitted between the user devices and the content providers. Partial messages received by the middleware messaging system from one or more sources through one or more channels. Partial messages that are associated with each other comprise a single context and as such are coordinated and transmitted to one or more destinations through one or more channels.

Claims

1. A method for electronically coordinating data from one or more sources, the method comprising:

receiving, at a coordination manager via a network from a user device, a user'"'"'s spoken request for information, the spoken request for information comprising parts of complete data to form a complete request;

identifying, by the coordination manager, whether the received data is partial data or complete data to form the complete request;

responsive to identifying that the received data is complete data, transmitting the received data to an application server; and

responsive to identifying that the received data is partial data;

storing the received data that is identified as partial data;

detecting a data state that indicates a need for a request for data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request;

initiating, by the coordination manager, based on the detected data state, the request for data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request;

receiving by the coordination manager, the requested data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request; and

compiling, by the coordination manager, the stored partial data and the data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request to form the complete request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the complete request comprises a request for data that is to be used to service the user'"'"'s spoken request for information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the complete request comprises an electronically presentable data message corresponding to the user'"'"'s spoken request for information.

4. A method for coordinating data from one or more sources, the method comprising steps of:

receiving at a coordination manager over a network from a user device, a user'"'"'s spoken words requesting content data, the request comprising parts of complete data to form a complete request;

identifying, by the coordination manager, based on header information of the received request, whether the received request is partial data or complete data to form the complete request;

responsive to identifying that the received request is complete data, transmitting the received request to an application server;

responsive to identifying that the received request is partial data;

storing the parts of the complete data to form the complete request;

identifying, by the coordination manager, data associated with the parts of the complete data that is to be compiled therewith to form the complete request; and

compiling, by the coordination manager, the stored parts of the complete data and the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data to form the complete request which is the request for content data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the coordination manager comprises a plurality of servers.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data is received at the coordination manager before the partial data is received.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data is sent from the user device.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data is stored on a server.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

establishing that not all data needed to compile into the complete request has been received, and

initiating a request for the remaining data.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the complete request is transmitted over a network to the application server.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data is in the form of text.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data is received at the coordination manager from the user device after the parts of the complete data are received.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein the identified data associated with the parts of the complete data is received at the coordination manager from another user device.

14. The method of claim 4, further comprising, transmitting an electronically presentable response to the request for content data.

15. A system for electronically coordinating data from one or more sources, the system comprising:

a user device; and

a coordination manager configured to;

receive, over a network, from the user device, a user'"'"'s spoken request for information, the spoken request for information comprising parts of complete data to form a complete request;

identify whether the received data is partial data or complete data to form the complete request;

responsive to identifying that the received data is complete data, transmit the received data to an application server; and

responsive to identifying that the received data is partial data;

store the received parts of the complete data;

detecting a data state that indicates a need for a request for associated data;

initiate the request for associated data based on the detected data state;

receive the requested associated data; and

compile the stored parts of the complete data and the associated data to form the complete request.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the complete request comprises a request for data that is to be used in electronically servicing the user'"'"'s spoken request for information.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the complete request comprises an electronically presentable data message corresponding to the user'"'"'s spoken request for information.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, in response to execution, cause a processor to perform or control performance of operations comprising:

receiving at a coordination manager over a network from a user device, a user'"'"'s spoken words requesting content data, the request comprising parts of complete data to form a complete request;

identifying, by the coordination manager, whether the received data as being partial data or complete data to form the complete request;

responsive to identifying that the received data is complete data, transmitting the received request to an application server; and

responsive to identifying that the received data is partial data;

detecting, by the coordination manager, a data state that indicates a need for a request for data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request;

initiating, by the coordination manager, based on the detected data state, the request for data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request;

receiving, by the coordination manager, the requested data associated with the parts of complete data received in the spoken request; and

compiling, by the coordination manager, the parts of complete data and the associated data to form the complete request which is the request for content data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the complete request comprises a request for data that is to be used to service the user'"'"'s spoken request for information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the complete request comprises an electronically presentable data message corresponding to the user'"'"'s spoken request for information.