SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RECORD LOGGING

• US 20070111704A1
• Filed: 10/19/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: LINKERT, Barry, TYSOWSKI, Piotr, VUONG, Galang, BOCKING, Andrew, HARDY, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,000,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/405
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated or received at a portable electronic device of a first party. The communications include at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone calls. The method includes receiving a data record for each of the communications, extracting information from the data record, and storing the information in a log file.

Claims

1. A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated and received at a portable electronic device of a first party, the communications including at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone calls, the method comprising:

receiving a data record for each one of said communications;

extracting information from said data record; and

either

creating a new log file if an appropriate log file does not exist;

;

adding said information extracted from said data record to said new log file; and

storing said new log file in a memory;

or

retrieving a previously created log file from said memory;

adding said information extracted from said data record to said previously created log file to create an updated log file; and

storing said updated log file in said memory

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said receiving a data record comprises receiving one of an SMS message and a PIN message.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said receiving a data record comprises receiving call record information.

4. The method according to any one of claim 1, wherein extracting information from said data record comprises extracting a time of a respective one of said communications and extracting identification information relating to a second party involved in said respective one of said communications.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein extracting information from said data record comprises extracting a time of the message, a body of the message, and information relating to a second party involved in said message.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein extracting information from said data record comprises extracting an identification of a second party involved in a telephone call, a time of said call and an elapsed time of said call.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein separate log files are created and maintained for each communication type for which log information is stored.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein separate log files are created and maintained for each date of communications for which log information is stored.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein separate log files are created and maintained for each date of communications for which log information is stored.

10. A system for maintaining a log of communications initiated and received at an electronic device of a first party, the communications including at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone calls, the system comprising:

a receiver for receiving a data record for each one of said communications;

a processor for extracting information from said data record; and

a memory device for storage of said information,

wherein, in response to receipt of said data record, said processor

either

creates a new log file if an appropriate log file does not exist, adds said information extracted from said data record to said new log file, and stores said new log file on said memory device,

or

retrieves a previously created log file from said memory device, adds said information extracted from said data record to said log file to create an updated log file, and stores said updated log file on said memory device.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein said data record comprises at least one of an SMS message and a PIN message.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein said data record comprises call record information.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein said processor extracts a time of a respective one of said communications and extracts identification information relating to a second party involved in said respective one of said communications from said data record.

14. The system according to claim 11 wherein said processor extracts a time of the message, a body of the message, and information relating to a second party involved in said message from said data record.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein said processor extracts an identification of a second party involved in a telephone call, a time of said call and an elapsed time of said call from said data record

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein separate log files are created and maintained on said memory device for each communication type for which log information is stored.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein separate log files are created and maintained on said memory device for each date of said communications for which log information is stored.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein separate log files are created and maintained on said memory device for each date of said communications for which log information is stored.

19. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for:

receiving a data record of a communication initiated or received at a portable electronic device of a first party, the communication comprising one of a short message service (SMS) message, a personal identification number (PIN) message and a cellular telephone call;

extracting information from said data record; and

storing said information in a log file.