Method and apparatus for communicating messages

• US 10,484,493 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Minh Chau
• Application Number:
  US14/943,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,463 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving user input including a first message and identification information associated with a recipient that is intended to receive the first message, generating a second message by adjusting a first message according to a first attention span determined from activity information of a recipient, and transmitting the second message to a receiving device to enable the receiving device to generate a third message by adjusting the second message according to a second attention span determined by the receiving device for the recipient. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A sending device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving user input including a first message and identification information associated with a recipient user that is intended to receive the first message, wherein the first message comprises a text message;

obtaining activity information and presence information associated with the recipient user;

determining a first attention span of the recipient user according to the activity information;

detecting network traffic for a communication network communicatively coupled to the sending device;

generating a second message by adjusting the first message according to the first attention span and the network traffic, wherein the second message comprises a video message;

selecting a receiving device from among a group of devices according to the presence information; and

transmitting the second message to a server hosting a social network website, wherein the second message is accessed, via the social network website, by the receiving device to enable the receiving device to generate a third message by adjusting the second message according to a second attention span and significance of content in one of the first message and the second message determined by the receiving device for the recipient user, wherein the adjusting of the second message to generate the third message comprises removing content from the second message and adding content from the first message, wherein the third message is presentable by the receiving device, wherein the third message comprises an audio message.

2. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the generating of the second message is performed without receiving additional user input and by adjusting the first message according to words utilized in a previous message received from the receiving device, and wherein the selecting of the receiving device is based on the activity information.

3. The sending device of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a format for the second message according to the activity information resulting in a selected format, wherein the transmitting of the second message to the receiving device is in the selected format.

4. The sending device of claim 3, wherein the format is selected from audio, video and text.

5. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing access data to the receiving device that enables the receiving device to access the first message.

6. The sending device of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to the access data, receiving a request from the receiving device to access the first message; and

transmitting the first message to the receiving device responsive to the request.

7. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the activity information includes obtaining calendar information for an electronic calendar associated with the recipient user.

8. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the activity information includes detecting an active communication session in which one of the group of devices is participating.

9. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the generating of the third message by the receiving device is performed without receiving recipient user input.

10. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the generating of the second message includes adjusting the first message according to words utilized in a previous message transmitted by the sending device to the receiving device.

11. The sending device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating metadata representing changes made to the first message in the generating of the second message; and

transmitting the metadata to the receiving device, wherein the generating of the third message by the receiving device is based on the metadata.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, by a network server comprising a processor from a sending device, a first message and identification information associated with a recipient user that is intended to receive the first message, wherein the first message comprises a text message;

obtaining, by the network server, network status information indicating network conditions for communications directed towards a receiving device of the recipient user;

obtaining, by the network server, activity information associated with the recipient user;

determining, by the network server, a first attention span of the recipient user according to the activity information;

detecting network traffic for a communication network between the network server and the receiving device;

generating, by the network server, a second message by adjusting the first message according to the first attention span and the network traffic, wherein the second message comprises a video message;

selecting, by the network server, a format for the second message according to the network conditions resulting in a selected format; and

transmitting, by the network server, the second message to a server hosting a social network website, wherein the second message is accessed, via the social network website, by the receiving device to enable the receiving device to generate a third message by adjusting the second message according to a second attention span and significance of content in one of the first message and the second message determined by the receiving device for the recipient user, wherein the adjusting of the second message to generate the third message comprises removing content from the second message and adding content from the first message, wherein the third message is presentable by the receiving device, wherein the third message comprises an audio message, and wherein the transmitting of the second message to the receiving device is in the selected format.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising:

generating, by the network server, metadata representing changes made to the first message in the generating of the second message; and

transmitting, by the network server, the metadata to the receiving device, wherein the generating of the third message by the receiving device is based on the metadata.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

providing, by the network server to the receiving device, access data indicating available access to the first message;

responsive to the access data, receiving, by the network server, a request from the receiving device to access the first message; and

transmitting, by the network server, the first message to the receiving device responsive to the request.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the generating of the second message includes adjusting the first message according to words utilized in a previous message transmitted by the sending device to the receiving device.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining of the activity information includes obtaining calendar information for an electronic calendar associated with the recipient user and monitoring for an active communication session associated with equipment of the recipient user.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor of a receiving device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving a second message that is generated from user input, activity information, and a first attention span, wherein the user input is received at a sending device and includes a first message, wherein the activity information is associated with a recipient user of the receiving device, wherein the first attention span is determined for the recipient user according to the activity information, wherein network traffic for a communication network between the sending device and the receiving device is detected, and wherein the first message is adjusted into the second message according to the first attention span and the network traffic, wherein the first message comprises a text message and the second message comprises a video message, wherein the sending device transmits the second message to a server hosting a social network website, and wherein the second message is accessed, via the social network website, by the receiving device;

receiving metadata representing changes made to the first message in the generating of the second message;

determining a second attention span for the recipient user;

generating a third message by adjusting the second message according to the second attention span, the metadata, and significance of content in one of the first message and the second message, wherein the adjusting of the second message to generate the third message comprises removing content from the second message and adding content from the first message, wherein the third message comprises an audio message; and

presenting the third message.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining calendar information for an electronic calendar associated with the recipient user; and

monitoring for an active communication session associated with equipment of the recipient user,

wherein the determining of the second attention span is based on the calendar information and the monitoring.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the generating of the third message includes adjusting the second message according to words utilized in a previous message transmitted by the receiving device to the sending device.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a format for the third message.