Method and system for sending and creating expressive messages

• US 20070254684A1
• Filed: 02/21/2007
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Original Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Inventors: Jiang, John
• Application Number:
  US11/708,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20070254684A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• 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 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method and system for creating and sending expressive messages is provided. The method includes receiving (202) a text message, where the text message is sent from a first communication device (102) to a second communication device (104). Further, the method includes transforming (204) the text message into an expressive message and directing (206) the expressive message to the second communication device.

Claims

1. A method for creating and sending one or more expressive messages, an expressive message being a message containing multimedia content, where the multimedia content includes one or more of audio content, video content and audio-video content, the method comprising:

a) receiving a text message, the text message being a message containing text content, wherein the text message is sent by a first communication device to a second communication device;

b) transforming the text message into an expressive message; and

c) directing the expressive message to the second communication device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein transforming the text message comprises changing the text content of the text message into speech.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein transforming the text message further comprises adding audio content to the text message, where the audio content includes one or more of music background, celebrity voice and sound effects.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein transforming the text message further comprises adding video content to the text message, where the video content includes one or more of video background, audio-visual background, pictures and video clips.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein transforming the text message comprises at least one of transforming the text message automatically and transforming the text message based on the instructions from the first communication device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein transforming the text message comprises sending a first notification to the first communication device when the text message gets transformed.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein directing the expressive message comprises contacting the second communication device, where the second communication device can be contacted by least one of:

a) sending an alert to the second communication device, where the alert provides information to the second communication device about the expressive message; and

b) calling directly the second communication device;

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein directing the expressive further comprises receiving a request from the second communication device to access the expressive.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein directing the expressive further comprises playing the expressive message to the second communication device on receiving the request.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein playing the expressive message comprises playing the expressive message with the multimedia content compatible with wireless telephone technology used by the second communication device, where the wireless telephone technology is one of 2G technology, 2.5G technology, 3G technology and 4G technology.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein directing the expressive message comprises sending a second notification to the first communication device when the expressive message gets directed to the second communication device.

12. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising sending the text message to the second communication device, where the text message is sent in original format.

13. A system for creating and sending one or more expressive messages, an expressive message being a message containing multimedia content, the system comprising:

a) a reception module for receiving a text message, the text message being a message containing text content, wherein the text message is sent by a first communication device to a second communication device;

b) a transformation module for transforming the text message into an expressive message, where the expressive message is at least one of an audio expressive message and a video expressive message; and

c) a direction module for directing the expressive message to the second communication device.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the transformation module comprises a conversion module for changing the text content of the text message into speech.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the transformation module further comprises an audio mixer module for adding audio content to the text message, where the audio content includes one or more of music background, celebrity voice and sound effects.

16. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the transformation module further comprises a video mixer module for adding video content to the text message, where the video content includes one or more of video background, video background with music, pictures and video clips.

17. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the transformation module comprises at least one of means for transforming the text message automatically and means for transforming the text message based on the instructions from the first communication device.

18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the transformation module comprises a first notification module for sending a first notification to the first communication device when the text message gets transformed.

19. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the direction module comprises a contact module for contacting the second communication device.

20. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the contact module comprises at least one of:

a) an alert module for sending an alert to the second communication device, where the alert provides information to the second communication device about the expressive message; and

b) a caller module for calling directly the second communication device

21. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the direction module further comprises a request reception module for receiving a request from the second communication device to access the expressive message.

22. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein the direction module further comprises a player module for playing the expressive message to the second communication device on receiving the request.

23. The system as recited in claim 22, wherein the player module comprises a technology detection module for playing the expressive message with the multimedia content compatible with wireless telephone technology used by the second communication device, where the wireless telephone technology is one of 2G technology, 2.5G technology, 3G technology and 4G technology.

24. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the direction module comprises a second notification module for sending notification to the first communication device when the expressive message gets directed to the second communication device.

25. The system as recited in claim 13 further comprising a text module for sending the text message to the second communication device, where the text message is sent in original format.