Multimedia instant communication system and method

• US 20030158902A1
• Filed: 10/31/2002
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Followap, Inc. (Neustar Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Followap, Inc. (Neustar Incorporated)
• Inventors: Volach, Dotan
• Application Number:
  US10/284,481
• Publication Number:
  US 20030158902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• 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: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

Described is a rich content delivery system including a rich content unit to send multi-media communications generally instantly, a presence unit to communicate with the messaging unit, and a network access layer to communicate with the rich content unit. Also described is a rich content delivery system for wireless devices including a rich content unit to send multi-media communications to wireless devices, a presence unit to communicate with the rich content unit, and a network access layer to communicate with said rich content unit.

Claims

1. A rich content instant delivery system comprising:

a rich content unit to send multi-media communications generally instantly;

a presence unit to communicate with said messaging unit; and

a network access layer to communicate with said rich content unit.

2. A rich content delivery system for wireless devices comprising:

a rich content unit to send multi-media communications to wireless devices; and

a presence unit to communicate with said rich content unit; and

a network access layer to communicate with said rich content unit.

3. A method for delivering a multi-media instant communication comprising:

initial processing of a multi-media instant communication;

routing of at least one information request generated by said initial processing;

determining service details of said communication;

discovering presence information;

extracting and transcoding envelope information of said communication;

transcoding content of said communication; and

sending a processed multi-media instant communication.