Systems, methods, and media for providing wireless electronic messaging

• US 20060154599A1
• Filed: 01/10/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ravi, Kumar, Silveyra, Manuel, Altaf, Faheem, Rybczynski, Eric Siegfried
• Application Number:
  US11/032,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20060154599A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.60
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side

Abstract

Systems, methods and media for providing a wireless message to a recipient on a wireless device are provided. More particularly, hardware and/or software for providing a wireless message to a recipient on a wireless device when at least a portion of a broadcast message matches at least a portion of profile information associated with the recipient are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving a broadcast message having recipient information and comparing the recipient information to profile information to determine if there is a match. In response to a match of at least a portion of the recipient information to at least a portion of the profile information, embodiments may also include communicating at least a portion of the broadcast message to a recipient. Further embodiments may also include determining if the profile information satisfies conditions of the broadcast message when the broadcast message includes a condition for broadcast message recipients.

Claims

1. A method for providing wireless electronic messaging to a wireless device on a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving by the wireless device a broadcast message, having recipient information, from a wireless messaging computer;

comparing by the wireless device the recipient information to profile information; and

in response to a match of at least a portion of the recipient information to at least a portion of the profile information, communicating by the wireless device to a recipient at least a portion of the broadcast message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving input on the wireless device in response to the displayed broadcast message; and

transmitting by the wireless device an indication of the input to the wireless messaging computer.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the broadcast message further comprises one or more conditions for recipients of the broadcast message; and

determining by the wireless device if the profile information satisfies the conditions of the broadcast message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising locating by the wireless device the profile information stored within the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile information and recipient information each comprise at least one of a recipient name, a flight number, an organization, or an identifying number associated with the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the match occurs if at least one element in the profile information matches at least one element in the recipient information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the match occurs if at least two elements in the profile information match at least two elements in the recipient information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating by the wireless device at least a portion of the broadcast message comprises displaying by the wireless device at least a portion of the broadcast message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating by the wireless device at least a portion of the broadcast message comprises playing by the wireless device at least a portion of the broadcast message.

10. A method for providing wireless electronic messaging to at least one wireless device on a wireless network having a plurality of wireless devices capable of communicating on the network, the method comprising:

receiving by a wireless messaging computer a request to contact one or more of the wireless devices, the request comprising recipient information associated with the one or more wireless devices and message content;

generating by the wireless messaging computer a broadcast message incorporating at least a portion of the recipient information and the message content; and

broadcasting by the wireless messaging computer the broadcast message over the wireless network such that a plurality of the wireless devices in the wireless network receive the broadcast message, but only the wireless devices identified in the request communicate the message content to a recipient.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving by the wireless messaging computer a response to the broadcast message from a wireless device identified in the request via the wireless network.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising specifying a condition by the wireless messaging computer for intended recipients of the broadcast message in the broadcast message.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the recipient information comprises at least one of a recipient name, a flight number, an organization, or an identifying number associated with the wireless device.

14. A wireless device, comprising:

a listener module, the listener module being adapted to receive a broadcast message;

a profile cache, the profile cache being adapted to store a recipient profile;

a profile comparison module, the profile comparison module being adapted to determine if there is a match between the recipient profile and the broadcast message; and

a user communication module, the user communication module being adapted to communicate the broadcast message to a recipient in the event that at least a portion of the recipient profile matches at least a portion of the broadcast message.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a user interface.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the wireless device comprises at least one of a wireless phone, a wireless pager, or a wireless personal digital assistant.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the listener module is further adapted to transmit a response to the broadcast message.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the recipient profile comprises at least one of a recipient name, a flight number, an organization, or an identifying number associated with the wireless device.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the profile comparison module determines that a match is made if at least two portions of the recipient profile match at least two portions of the broadcast message.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the user communication module comprises one or more of a display, a speaker, or a printer.