Integrated instant message system with gateway functions and method for implementing the same

• US 20060031343A1
• Filed: 11/22/2004
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: XCome Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Xcome Technology Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Chern, Tarn Liang
• Application Number:
  US10/992,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20060031343A1
• 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 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms management of multicast group membership H04L12/185; reconfiguring of node membership in a computing system to eliminate errors G06F11/1425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

The present invention discloses an integrated instant message system including gateway functions and a method for implementing the same. In the integrated instant message system, a user is used as a session initiator. The session initiator builds a session for passing instant messages through a network medium. In the session, the session initiator is used as a gateway in order to invite other clients in networks to join in the session. Because the session initiator provides other instant message functions, it accepts connections from the users of other instant message systems in order to integrate the clients of different instant message systems in the session.

Claims

1. An integrated instant message system with gateway functions, said system comprising:

a session module for building and terminating a session in a network medium and for showing instant messages passed in said session;

a connection management module for managing connections in said session;

a built-in instant message system module for communicating with built-in instant message system clients in said session;

an external instant message system module for communicating with external instant message system clients in said session; and

an external instant message system management module for managing said external instant message system module.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said network medium comprises Internet, high tier mobile phone system networks, and low tier mobile phone system networks.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said instant messages comprises files, text, voice, images, images and videos.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said connections in said session comprises peer-to-peer connections.

5. A method for implementing an integrated instant message system with gateway functions, said method comprising the steps of:

building a session;

passing a request to a session participant;

receiving an acknowledgement from said session participant;

selecting an instant message system communication protocol;

building a connection with said session participant;

receiving and passing instant messages; and

terminating said session.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the step of receiving said acknowledgement from said session participant further comprises the step of passing a request to a mobile phone of a client of said session participant if there is no acknowledgement from said session participant.

7. The method according to claim 5 wherein the step of building said connection with said session participant further comprises the step of passing a message to other session participants in the session if the attempt to build a connection fails.

8. The method according to claim 5 wherein the step of receiving and passing said instant messages further comprises the step of passing a message to other session participants in said session if the attempt to send said instant messages to a session participant fails.

9. The method according to claim 5 wherein the step of building a connection with said session participant comprises building peer-to-peer connections with said session participants.