METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING INTERNET APPLICATIONS USING MESSAGES

• US 20080072299A1
• Filed: 09/20/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sabse Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sabse Technologies Inc.
• Inventors: REIHER, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,006,283 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C

Abstract

There is described a system and a method for triggering an Internet application from an Internet-enabled computing device having access to information specific to a user, namely user-specific information. The Internet-enabled computing device being for coupling to a network, and the method comprising: receiving a message from the user via the network, the message having associated thereto user identification; comparing the user identification with the user-specific information; validating the user identification using the comparison; and upon positive validation, triggering the Internet application from the Internet-enabled computing device using the received message.

Claims

1. A method for triggering an Internet application from an Internet-enabled computing device having access to information specific to a user, namely user-specific information, the Internet-enabled computing device for coupling to a network, the method comprising:

receiving a message from the user via the network, the message having associated thereto user identification;

comparing the user identification with the user-specific information;

validating the user identification using the comparison; and

upon positive validation, triggering the Internet application from the Internet-enabled computing device using the received message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the message sent from a user contacting means and communicating one of the message and a portion of the message to the Internet-enabled computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a validation application being installed on the Internet-enabled computing device and further wherein the validation application is used in the comparing the validating.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising, prior to the receiving of the message, storing in a database, user registration information comprising at least one of:

user authentication credentials and an identification of the user contacting means associated to the user, the database being accessible to the Internet-enabled computing device, the user-specific information thereby comprising the user registration information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising, prior to the comparing, retrieving calling line identification (CLID) information associated to the user contacting means from which the message is received;

and wherein the comparing comprises comparing the CLID information with the user-specific information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the registering further comprises registering an association between the user and one or more specific telephone numbers associated to a user telephone means that the user expects to use.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein when the CLID information cannot be validated, the method further comprises prompting the user to input authentication credentials, comparing the user-inpuffed authentication credentials to the registered user authentication credentials, and validating the user-inpuffed authentication credentials using the comparison.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the triggering further comprises determining an Internet account information of the user;

and sending the Internet account information back to the user messaging means.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the triggering further comprises:

extracting identification information of a buddy from the message, the identification information of the buddy being associated to coordinates of a buddy contacting means; and

initiating a communication between the buddy contacting means and the Internet-enabled computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the triggering further comprises:

determining a network status of the buddy; and

notifying the user of the network status of the buddy by contacting the user contacting means.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the initiating of the communication comprises placing a call between a user telephone means and a buddy telephone means, the user telephone means being associated to at least one of the user registration information and the user identification information, and the buddy telephone means corresponding to the coordinates of the buddy contacting means.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the placing of the call comprises the Internet-enabled computing device performing at least one of:

calling back the user telephone means and setting up a three-way conference call with the user telephone means and the buddy telephone means.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering comprises triggering the opening of an Internet session with a target web site.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving of the message from the user via the network comprises receiving one of:

a message via a short message service (SMS) of the network, a message via a multimedia message service (MMS) of the network, an email and a chat message.

15. A system for triggering an Internet application using a message sent by a user over a network, the message having associated thereto user identification, the system comprising:

an input for receiving the message sent by the user via the network;

a database for storing information specific to the user, namely user-specific information; and

an Internet-enabled computing device for comparing the user identification associated with the message with the user-specific information, for validating the user identification using the comparison, and, upon positive validation, for triggering the Internet application from the Internet-enabled computing device using the message.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the input comprises a message server for receiving the message from a user contacting means and for communicating one of the message and a portion of the message to the Internet-enabled computing device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the Internet-enabled computing device comprises a validation application installed thereon, for comparing the user identification with the user-specific information and for validating the user identification using the comparison.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the input further comprises an input for receiving, prior to receiving the message, user registration information to be stored in the database, the user registration information comprising at least one of:

user authentication credentials and an identification of the user contacting means associated to the user, the user-specific information of the database thereby comprising the user registration information.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the Internet-enabled computing device further comprises a calling line identification (CLID) application for retrieving calling line identification (CLID) information associated to the user contacting means from which the message is received prior to the comparing, and for comparing the CLID information with the user-specific information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the input further comprises an input for receiving the user registration information to be stored in the database, the user registration information further comprising a user-registered association between the user and one or more specific telephone numbers associated to a user telephone means that the user expects to use.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the Internet-enabled computing device comprises a client application, the client application for:

extracting Buddy identification information from the message; and

initiating a communication between a buddy contacting means and the Internet-enabled computing device, the Buddy identification information being associated to coordinates of the Buddy contacting means.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the Internet-enabled computing device further comprises a client application for determining a status of the buddy and for notifying the user of the status by contacting the user contacting means.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the Internet-enabled computing device further comprises an application telephone means for placing a call between a user telephone means and a buddy telephone means, the user telephone means being associated to at least one of the user registration information and the user identification information, and the buddy telephone means corresponding to the coordinates of the buddy contacting means.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the application telephone means comprises an Internet telephony application for calling back the user telephone means and setting up a three-way conference call with the user telephone means and the buddy telephone means.

25. A system for triggering an Internet application, the system comprising:

a server coupled to a network;

a database accessible by the server for storing information specific to a user, namely user-specific information; and

an application coupled to the server, the application configured for;

receiving a message from the user via the network, the message having associated thereto user identification;

comparing the user identification with the user-specific information;

validating the user identification using the comparison; and

upon positive validation, triggering the Internet application from the server using the received message.