SESSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH STATELESS MESSAGING SERVICES

• US 20080256191A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MarketTools Research Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Markettools, Inc. (Macromill, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hendrickson, Kirk L., Zawadka, Kristopher, Priddle, Steve G., Murphy, Anthony J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,001,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

The present system uses dynamic assignment of key codes to select options of response content in request messages prior to transmission from an application server to a communication device. Dynamic assignment of key codes to selection options can occur according to a list of key codes having a predefined order also known as a predefined key code series. A key code series could be ordered according to ergonomic considerations or other considerations such as according to an alphabetic or numeric ordering. Communication occurs between one or more server applications running on an application server and a particular communication device, such as a cell phone. Dynamic key code assignment addresses problems raised when one communication device is concurrently carrying on more than one session with one or more server applications since the communication device identifier, such as a phone number, will be the same for all sessions.

Claims

1. A method for communication with a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of content request messages, each content request message including a plurality of response content options;

transmitting a selected one of the content request messages to the wireless communication device; and

assigning a different key code to each of the response content options of the selected content request message prior to transmission of the selected content request message to the communication device based upon key code assignments for the response content options of at least one content request message transmitted to the communication device prior to assigning of key codes to the response content options of the selected content request message.

2. The method of claim 1 further including:

providing a plurality of applications, each application having a different portion of the plurality of the content request messages; and

providing instructional control of at least one communication session, each of the communication sessions of each of the applications having exchanges of content request messages of the application and response messages transmitted by the wireless communication device in response to transmitted content request messages of the communication session.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the assigning includes the at least one content request message being of a first communication session and the selected content request message also being of the first communication session.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the assigning includes:

assigning one of the key codes to one of the content response options of one of the at least one content request messages; and

assigning the key code to one of the content response options of the selected content request message after the one of the at least one content request messages elicits a response message from the wireless communication device.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein assigning includes assigning key codes for the selected content request message to include the at least one content request message being of a first communication session and the selected content request message being of a second communication session, the first communication session being different than the second communication session.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the assigning includes assigning one of the key codes to one of the content response options of one of the at least one content request messages;

and

assigning the key code to one of the content response options of the selected content request message after the one of the at least one content request messages elicits a response message from the wireless communication device.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the assigning includes the at least one content request message being of a first application and the selected content request message also being of the first application.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein the assigning includes the at least one content request message being of a first application and the selected content request message being of a second application, the first application being different than the second application.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes for the selected content request message after the at least one content request message has elicited a reply by the wireless communication device.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes for the selected content request message before the at least one content request message has elicited a reply by the wireless communication device.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes that are characters.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes that are alphanumeric characters.

14. The method of claim 1 including:

storing key code assignments for the selected content request message;

identifying a characteristic of a response message containing one of the key codes assigned to the response content options of the selected content request message, the identifying the characteristic of the response message based upon the key code received in the response message and the key code assignments contained in the data storage, the response message elicited by the transmitting of the selected content request message to the wireless communication device and the stored key code assignments.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a communication session of the response message.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a response content of the response message.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a server application of the response message.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as an identity of the response message.

19. A computer program storage medium readable by a computing system and configured to encode a computer program for executing a computer process for communicating with a wireless communication device, the computer process comprising:

providing a plurality of content request messages, each content request message including a plurality of response content options;

transmitting a selected one of the content request messages to the wireless communication device; and

assigning a different key code to each of the response content options of the selected content request message prior to transmission of the selected content request message to the communication device based upon key code assignments for the response content options of at least one content request message transmitted to the communication device prior to assigning of key codes to the response content options of the selected content request message.

7. The method of claim 23 wherein the assigning includes assigning one of the key codes to one of the content response options of one of the at least one content request messages;

and

assigning the key code to one of the content response options of the selected content request message after the first communication session has concluded.

20. The computer process of claim 19 further including:

providing a plurality of applications, each application having a different portion of the plurality of the content request messages; and

providing instructional control of at least one communication session, each of the communication sessions of each of the applications having exchanges of content request messages of the application and response messages transmitted by the wireless communication device in response to transmitted content request messages of the communication session.

21. The computer process of claim 20 wherein the assigning includes the at least one content request message being of a first communication session and the selected content request message also being of the first communication session.

22. The computer process of claim 21 wherein the assigning includes:

assigning one of the key codes to one of the content response options of one of the at least one content request messages; and

assigning the key code to one of the content response options of the selected content request message after the one of the at least one content request messages elicits a response message from the wireless communication device.

23. The computer process of claim 20 wherein assigning includes assigning key codes for the selected content request message to include the at least one content request message being of a first communication session and the selected content request message being of a second communication session, the first communication session being different than the second communication session.

24. The computer process of claim 23 wherein the assigning includes assigning one of the key codes to one of the content response options of one of the at least one content request messages;

and

assigning the key code to one of the content response options of the selected content request message after the one of the at least one content request messages elicits a response message from the wireless communication device.

25. The computer process of claim 23 wherein the assigning includes assigning one of the key codes to one of the content response options of one of the at least one content request messages;

and

assigning the key code to one of the content response options of the selected content request message after the first communication session has concluded.

26. The computer process of claim 23 wherein the assigning includes the at least one content request message being of a first application and the selected content request message also being of the first application.

27. The computer process of claim 23 wherein the assigning includes the at least one content request message being of a first application and the selected content request message being of a second application, the first application being different than the second application.

28. The computer process of claim 19 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes for the selected content request message after the at least one content request message has elicited a reply by the wireless communication device.

29. The computer process of claim 19 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes for the selected content request message before the at least one content request message has elicited a reply by the wireless communication device.

30. The computer process of claim 19 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes that are characters.

31. The computer process of claim 30 wherein the assigning includes assigning key codes that are alphanumeric characters.

32. The computer process of claim 19 including:

storing key code assignments for the selected content request message;

identifying a characteristic of a response message containing one of the key codes assigned to the response content options of the selected content request message, the identifying the characteristic of the response message based upon the key code received in the response message and the key code assignments contained in the data storage, the response message elicited by the transmitting of the selected content request message to the wireless communication device and the stored key code assignments.

33. The computer process of claim 32 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a communication session of the response message.

34. The computer process of claim 32 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a response content of the response message.

35. The computer process of claim 32 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a server application of the response message.

36. The computer process of claim 32 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as an identity of the response message.

37. A method comprising:

selecting a content request message having response content options;

assigning a different key code to each of the response content options;

recording the assigning as key code assignments;

transmitting the content request message to a wireless communication device;

receiving one of the assigned key codes from the wireless communication device in a response message to the transmitted content request message; and

identifying a characteristic of the response message based upon the received key code and the recorded key code assignments.

38. The method of claim 37 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a communication session of the response message.

39. The method of claim 37 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a response content of the response message.

40. The method of claim 37 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as a server application of the content request message.

41. The method of claim 37 wherein the identifying includes identifying the characteristic of the response message as an identity of the response message.