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

• US 20060126599A1
• Filed: 07/26/2005
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: XCome Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: XCome Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tarn, Liang Chern
• Application Number:
  US11/191,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20060126599A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

The present invention discloses an integrated message system including gateway functions and a method for implementing the same. In the integrated message system, a user is used as a session initiator. The session initiator builds a session for passing voice and text 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 message functions, it accepts connections from the users of other message systems in order to integrate the clients during the session from different instant message systems, IP-based and/or PSTN systems.

Claims

1. An integrated voice/text message system with gateway functions, said system comprising:

a session module for building and terminating a session in a network medium and for showing voice/text messages passed in said session;

a connection management module in communication with an instant message system management module, an IP-based management module and a PSTN management module for managing connections in said session;

an instant message system module in communication with said instant message system management module for managing and communicating with instant message system clients in said session;

an IP-based message system module in communication with said IP-based management module for communicating with said IP-based message system clients in said session; and

a PSTN message system module in communication with said PSTN management module for communicating with said PSTN message system clients in said session.

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 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 message system with gateway functions, said method comprising the steps of:

building a session capable of supporting clients from an instant message system, an IP-based message system and a PSTN message system;

passing a request to a session participant;

receiving an acknowledgement from said session participant;

selecting a message system communication protocol selected from one of the following;

instant message system, an IP-based message system and a PSTN message system;

building a connection with said session participant;

receiving and passing messages in accordance with the selected message system communication protocol; 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 messages further comprises the step of passing a message to other session participants in said session if the attempt to send said 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.