Mobile account access through a data processing system

• US 20080287100A1
• Filed: 05/18/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL LLC (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gupta, Vishal, Satheesh, Thekku Veethil, Varnell, Anissa
• Application Number:
  US11/804,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20080287100A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus of mobile account access through a data processing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a personal computer coupled to a network, a mobile service provider module of a mobile network to provide access to a mobile account, to verify that the mobile account is authorized by a mobile service provider, and to enable usages of services associated with the mobile account; and a virtual cell module of the personal computer to communicate an identification data of the mobile account to the mobile service provider module to be verified and to provide access to the mobile account through the personal computer. The system may also include a purchasing module of the virtual cell module to request and to download multimedia data from a content provider coupled to the mobile service provider module to display on the virtual cell module.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server coupled to a network and a plurality of client devices;

a mobile service provider module of a mobile network to provide access to a mobile account, to verify that the mobile account is authorized by a mobile service provider, and to enable usage of services associated with the mobile account; and

a virtual cell module of the server to communicate an identification data of the mobile account to the mobile service provider module to be verified and to provide access to the mobile account through the server.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a gateway to bridge communications between the network and the mobile network such that the gateway processes the identification data and communicates the identification data to the mobile service provider module through the mobile network.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the virtual cell module to communicate voice data between the network and the mobile service provider module, such that the mobile service provider module to route the voice data to an intended recipient.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the virtual cell module to engage in a communication session to exchange the voice data with a user, such that the mobile service provider module to route the voice data between the virtual cell module and the user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the virtual cell module to generate an origination message data and to communicate the origination message data between the network and the mobile service provider module, such that the mobile service provider module to route the origination message data to an intended recipient.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the virtual cell module to process an incoming message data communicated by the mobile service provider module through the network, such that the mobile service provider module to route the incoming message data to the virtual cell module of the server.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the virtual cell module to engage in the communication session to exchange message data with another user, such that the mobile service provider module to route the message data between the virtual cell module and the another user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the virtual cell module to process a meta-data communicated by the mobile service provider module through the network, such that the mobile service provider module to route the meta-data to the virtual cell module of the server.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a purchasing module of the virtual cell module to request and to download multimedia data from a content provider coupled to the mobile service provider module to display on the virtual cell module.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a group of operation modules to operate with the virtual cell module to perform a plurality of the services associated with the mobile account.

11. A method comprising:

emulating a set of services of a mobile account;

accessing the mobile account of a user using an identification data associated with the mobile account through a personal computer coupled to a network; and

processing a communication data between a device of another user and the personal computer.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising linking the set of services of the mobile account with an interface of an application of the personal computer.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising communicating a data of the application through the network to the mobile service provider module to relay to a receiver.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising processing the data by the application relayed from the mobile service provider module to a virtual cell module through the network from a transferor.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising engaging in an interactive application of the mobile account, such that the mobile service provider module to communicate and to process the data of the interactive application through the network.

16. The method of claim 11 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 11.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a virtual cell module embedded in a data processing system;

a group of operation modules of the virtual cell module, such that each operation module to perform a set of services associated with a mobile account; and

a graphical user interface of the virtual cell module having a number of session windows such that each session window to exchange data with at least one user, a number of input consoles, and the group of operation modules linked to the graphical user interface, wherein a network coupled to the data processing system to securely communicate the data transacted to the mobile account through the data processing system, such that the data processing system and a mobile service provider module communicate with each other using the mobile account.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a plurality of applications of the data processing system to link and to interoperate with the group of operation modules of the virtual cell module.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a headset apparatus coupled to the data processing system to input a voice data to the graphical user interface of the virtual cell module.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a purchasing module to communicate an order of at least one of a media content and a mobile service associated with the mobile account to the mobile service provider, such that the at least one of a media content and a mobile service to be provided to the virtual cell module of a user of the mobile account and be debited from the mobile account.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a virtual cell module embedded in a personal computer; and

a personal message information manager of the virtual cell module to download from a mobile service provider at least one message disseminating from a mobile account.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising a number of folder structures of the personal message information manager to organize the at least one message based on a classification of the at least one message and to archive the at least one message in order to later refer to the at least one message of the mobile account.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a set of preferences to enable classification and organization of the at least one message into any of the number of folder structures.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the at least one message is at least one of a text message, a SMS message, a video message, an audio message, and a multimedia message.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising an auto-reply module of the personal message information manager to generate and to communicate a preset message to a sender of any one of the at least one message.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising an interface component of the personal message information manager to process an input of a user of the mobile account.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the input is at least one of a textual input, an audio input, a video input, and a multimedia input

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the interface component to analyze a content of the input of the user of the mobile account and to identify a potential error of the input.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the interface component to suggest a modification of the content of the input based on the potential error identified through an analysis of the content of the input.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the modification is at least one of a spelling change, a grammatical change, a semantic change, and a formatting change.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising an integrity component of the personal message information manager to examine the content of the input and to identify at least one of a virus, a trojan, a phishing activity, a denial of service, a worm, an adware, a malware, a spyware, and a spam.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the integrity component to quarantine and to remove the at least one of a virus, a trojan, a phishing activity, a denial of service, a worm, a adware, a malware, a spyware, and a spam from the content of the input.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the integrity component is at least one of an antivirus application, an anti-spam application, an anti-spyware application, and an anti-phishing application.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, further comprising a send module to communicate the input between a network and a mobile service provider such that the mobile service provider to route the content to an intended recipient.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, further comprising a delete module of the personal message information manager to remove any one of the at least one message.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising a purchasing module of the personal message information manager to communicate an order of media content and mobile services to the mobile service provider to be provided to a mobile device of the user of the mobile account.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, further comprising a synchronization module of the personal message information manager to update and to harmonize an information of the user associated with the mobile device of the mobile account with the personal message information manager.

38. A method comprising:

processing at least one of a content communicated to a user of a mobile account and a content generated by the user of the mobile account through an interface component of a personal message information manager of a virtual cell module of a personal computer;

analyzing the content generated by the user of the mobile account for at least one of a spelling error, a formatting error, a grammatical error, and a semantic error;

examining the content communicated to the user of the mobile account in order to identify an unwanted, embedded program that poses a security risk; and

communicating the content generated by the user of the mobile account between a network and a mobile service provider such that the mobile service provider to communicate the content to an intended recipient of the content generated by the user of the mobile account.

39. The method of claim 38, further comprising identifying at least one of a virus, a trojan, a denial of service, an adware, a malware, and a phishing program of the content communicated to the user of the mobile account.

40. The method of claim 39, further comprising sequestering the at least one of a virus, a trojan, a denial of service, a adware, a malware, and a phishing program from the content communicated to the user of the mobile account.

41. The method of claim 40, further comprising removing the at least one of a virus, a trojan, a denial of service, a adware, a malware, and a phishing program from the content communicated to the user of the mobile account.

42. The method of claim 38 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 38.

43. A method comprising:

processing a message by a personal message information manager of a personal computer sent to a user of a mobile account;

classifying the message according to a set of preferences of the user of the mobile account; and

determining an appropriate folder structure of the personal message information manager according to the set of preferences of the user.

44. The method of claim 43, further comprising automatically deleting the message from a folder structure of messages from blocked users of the personal message information manager.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising automatically deleting the message from the folder structure of SPAM messages of the personal message information manager.

46. The method of claim 45, further comprising generating a predefined reply message and communicating the predefined reply message to a sender of the message.

47. The method of claim 43 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 43.