Method for sending messages to a mobile telephone

• US 20080005299A1
• Filed: 06/28/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Jat Systems 2006 Ltd.
• Original Assignee: T-Jat Systems 2006 Ltd.
• Inventors: Drori, Gideon, Golobrodsky, Oleg, Peterburg, Moshe, Peterburg, Yitzhak
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 is described for providing a user of a telephone device with a capability to receive an indication that a message has been sent to that user via an Internet-based application, irrespective whether the user is currently actively connected to that application or not. The method comprises the steps of receiving a message addressed to said user at a second server associated with the Internet-based application, forwarding the message towards a first server at which a virtual client entity was previously created to allow conducting a communication session that was held between the user and the Internet-based application, determining whether the user is currently connected to the Internet-based application, storing the message if the user is not currently connected to that Internet application and providing the user with an indication that at least one message addressed to him/her has been stored.

Claims

1. A method to allow providing a user of a mobile telephone device with an indication that a message was sent to him/her via an Internet-based application, irrespective of whether said user is currently actively connected to said Internet-based application, which method comprises the steps of:

(i) at a second server associated with said Internet-based application, receiving a message addressed to said user;

(ii) forwarding said message towards a first server at which a virtual client entity had been created to enable establishing a communication session previously held between said user of the mobile telephone device and said Internet-based application;

(iii) determining whether said user is currently actively connected to the Internet-based application;

(iv) storing the message if said user is not currently actively connected to said Internet-based application; and

(v) providing said user with an indication that at least one message addressed to him/her has been stored.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising carrying out the following steps when a user that had never been registered to said Internet-based application, wishes to register thereto:

transmitting a message towards said first server by said mobile telephone device, denoting the user'"'"'s request to be connected to said Internet-based application;

establishing a communication path extending between said mobile telephone device and said second server via said first server;

at said first server, creating a virtual client entity adapted to communicate with said mobile telephone device and with said Internet-based application;

associating a user ID and a password with said user in order to allow him/her to use said Internet-based application in the future; and

storing an identification of said user at a database associated with said first server.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of authenticating the user by a service provider associated with said first server.

4. A method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of providing said user with a menu from which the user selects a requested application prior to carrying out the step of establishing said communication path.

5. A method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of providing said mobile telephone device with a plurality of WML/JSP/HTML pages transmitted from said first server.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing said mobile telephone device with an emulation to allow the user to communicate with said Internet-based application, when a communication session takes place.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of establishing an Internet connection between said mobile telephone device and said first server prior to transmitting said indication.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of providing the user with said indication is carried out following receipt of a request generated at said mobile telephone device, to connect its user with any Internet-based application via said first server.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of providing the user with said indication is carried out following the establishment of a communication session between said mobile telephone device and said Internet-based application.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of providing the user with said indication is carried out by sending said indication to the mobile telephone device following storage of the message at said first server, irrespective of whether a request to connect said user with said Internet-based application has already been initiated.

11. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a process for creating a virtual client entity adapted to communicate with a mobile telephone device and with an Internet-based application associated with a remote server, storing an identification of a user of said mobile telephone device for communicating with said Internet-based application, storing messages forwarded towards a server associated with said computer program product from the remote server, and sending an indication towards said mobile telephone device, indicating that there is/are stored messages addressed to the user of said mobile telephone device.

12. A computer program product according to claim 11, wherein messages addressed to said user are forwarded towards said server associated with said computer program product following a positive response made by said server to an interrogation initiated by said Internet-based application to determine whether said user'"'"'s identification is stored at said server associated with said computer program product.

13. A computer program product according to claim 11, further adapted to carry out an authentication procedure of the user.

14. A computer program product according to claim 11, wherein said virtual client entity is constructed to match at least one protocol used by the Internet-based application and at least one protocol by which the mobile telephone device is adapted to communicate.

15. A computer program product according to claim 11, wherein said at least one protocol used by said Internet-based application is different from said at least one protocol by which the mobile telephone device is adapted to communicate.

16. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a process for receiving one or more messages transmitted to a user of a mobile telephone device via an Internet-based application associated with a remote server while said mobile telephone user is not actively connected to said Internet-based application, enabling storage of said message received and providing said user with an indication that said message has been stored.