METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING SERVER-BASED MOBILE CHAT

• US 20080244023A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: iSkoot Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guedalia, Isaac David, Guedalia, Jacob, Rovnick, Gerald, Zehavi, Doron, Ginat, Barak
• Application Number:
  US12/059,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20080244023A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/08 Upper layer protocols network arrangements or communication protocols for networked applications H04L67/00

Abstract

A method of conserving client resources associated with a mobile device may include receiving a data message for an intended subscriber of a mobile solution provider, storing the data message in a computer readable storage medium, and, in response to receiving the data message, determining whether a TCP socket can be opened with a mobile device associated with the intended subscriber. If a TCP socket can be opened, the method may include opening a TCP socket with the mobile device and sending to the mobile device one or more instructions for activating the mobile device. A request for data transfer may be received from the mobile device, and the data message may be retrieved from the computer-readable storage medium. The data message may be sent to the mobile device over the TCP socket.

Claims

1. A method of conserving client resources associated with a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a data message for an intended subscriber of a mobile solution provider;

storing the data message in a computer readable storage medium;

in response to receiving the data message, determining whether a TCP socket can be opened with a mobile device associated with the intended subscriber;

if so;

opening a TCP socket with the mobile device, and

sending to the mobile device one or more instructions for activating the mobile device;

receiving, from the mobile device, a request for data transfer;

retrieving, from the computer-readable storage medium, the data message; and

sending the data message to the mobile device over the TCP socket.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if a TCP socket cannot be opened, opening an SMS channel with the mobile device;

sending an SMS message to the mobile device;

receiving, from the mobile device, a request for data transfer;

retrieving, from the storage medium, one or more messages to be delivered to the mobile device; and

sending the data message to the mobile device over the SMS channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data message comprises on or more of the following:

a text message;

an instant message; and

a chat message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending to the mobile device one or more instructions for activating the mobile device comprises:

sending a wake up message to the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein sending to the mobile device one or more instructions for activating the mobile device comprises:

if the request for data transfer is not received from the mobile device within a predefined period of time, repeating sending of the one or more instructions; and

each time the one or more instructions are sent, recording one or more of the following;

a session identification associated with the mobile device,

a description of the one or more instructions, and

a total number of times the one or more instructions have been sent.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

repeating sending of the one or more instructions until the total number of times the one or more instructions have been sent exceeds a predefined threshold.

7. A method of conserving client resources associated with a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a data message for an intended subscriber of a mobile solution provider, wherein the intended subscriber is associated with the mobile device;

storing the data message in a computer-readable storage medium;

sending information to a push server, wherein the information comprises a session identification associated with the mobile device and an indication that a refresh is needed;

receiving, from the mobile device, a request for data transfer; and

sending the data message to the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving a data message comprises receiving one or more of the following:

a text message;

an instant message; and

a chat message.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending an acknowledgement message to the push server, wherein the acknowledgement message notifies the push server that no further communication with the mobile device is necessary.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein sending an acknowledgement message comprises sending an acknowledgement message after the data message has been sent to the mobile device.

11. A method of restoring a chat session on a mobile device, the method comprising:

initiating a chat session between a mobile device associated with a first subscriber of a mobile solution provider and a mobile device associated with a second subscriber of the mobile solution provider;

sending a first chat identification and a second chat identification to the mobile device associated with the first subscriber, wherein the first chat identification is provided by a communication service, wherein the second chat identification is provided by the mobile solution provider;

determining whether a chat message is received after a chat session between the first subscriber and the second subscriber has ended; and

if so, restoring the chat session on the mobile device associated with the first subscriber.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining whether a chat message is received after a corresponding chat session ended comprises:

determining whether the first chat identification is valid; and

determining whether the second chat identification is invalid.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein restoring the chat session comprises:

generating a new second chat identification;

sending the new second chat identification to the mobile device associated with the first subscriber;

creating a new chat session provisioned with the new second chat identification; and

sending the chat message to the mobile device associated with the first subscriber.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein restoring the chat session comprises:

determining a chat session name associated with the chat session based on a chat session index associated with the chat session;

using the chat session name to retrieve information associated with the chat session from the communication service; and

re-creating the chat session on the mobile device of the first subscriber using the retrieved information.