Method and system for delivering messages

• US 20060089163A1
• Filed: 10/22/2004
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Khawand, Jean, Khawand, Alif M.
• Application Number:
  US10/971,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20060089163A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

The invention concerns a method (300) and system (100) for delivering messages. The method can include the steps of receiving (314) a message from a sender, selectively storing (316) the message from the sender and notifying (322) a user of a target portable electronic device (134) of the message when the target portable electronic device reaches a predetermined geographic location. The method can also include the step of tracking (312) the target portable electronic device with a positional tracking unit (218). The selectively storing step can include storing (318) the message in at least one of a communications network component (118, 126) or a storage unit (212) in the target portable electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for delivering messages, comprising the steps of:

receiving a message from a sender;

selectively storing the message from the sender;

when a target portable electronic device of the message reaches a predetermined geographic location, notifying a user of the target portable electronic device of the message.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of tracking the target portable electronic device with a positional tracking unit.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selectively storing step comprises storing the message in at least one of a communications network component and the target portable electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message is at least one of a voicemail, an e-mail, a text message, an instant message and a private call alert.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of notifying the user of the target portable electronic device of the message at a predetermined time when the user is in the predetermined geographic location.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is at least one of a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, a two-way radio and a messaging device.

7. A portable electronic device for delivering messages, comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving a message from a sender;

a user interface section; and

a processor coupled to the receiving unit and the user interface section, wherein the processor notifies a user of the message through the user interface section when the portable electronic device enters a predetermined geographic location.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, further comprising a positional tracking unit coupled to the processor, wherein the positional tracking unit monitors the geographical position of the portable electronic device.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, further comprising a storage unit, wherein the storage unit selectively stores the received message.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the message is selectively stored in a component of a communications network.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the message is at least one of a voicemail, an e-mail, a text message, an instant message and a private call alert.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further programmed to notify the user of the target portable electronic device of the message at a predetermined time when the user is in the predetermined geographic location.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the portable electronic device is at least one of a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, a two-way radio and a messaging device.

14. A system for delivering messages, comprising:

a communications network; and

a mobile communications unit that operates on the communications network;

wherein the mobile communications unit has a receiving unit for receiving a message from the communications network, a user interface section and a processor coupled to the receiving section and the user interface section;

wherein the processor notifies a user of the message through the user interface section when the mobile communications unit enters a predetermined geographic location.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the mobile communications unit further comprises a positional tracking unit coupled to the processor, wherein the positional tracking unit monitors the geographical position of the mobile communications unit.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the communications network comprises a storage unit and the mobile communications unit further comprises a storage unit, wherein at least one of the storage unit of the communications network and the storage unit of the mobile communications unit selectively stores the message.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the processor of the mobile communications unit is further programmed to notify the user of the mobile communications unit of the message at a predetermined time when the user is in the predetermined geographic location.