METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING, ROUTING, AND RECEIVING INFORMATION USING CONCISE MESSAGES

• US 20080291899A1
• Filed: 05/21/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aawaaz Inc.
• Original Assignee: Scientific Media, Inc.
• Inventors: Gromoll, Stefan, Lanzetta, Kenneth M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,457,043 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3255 using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/30 Types of network names
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45

Abstract

A system and method are provided for communication between a communication device and a content provider associated with an internet domain name and a server. The system includes a network with a user interface, an internet connection, and an interface to the content provider'"'"'s internet domain. A communication device user enters a concise message request which includes a channel, a designator and, optionally, a request instruction. The combination of the channel and the designator specify a location on the internet at which routing instructions reside for responding to the concise message request and generating a concise message response for output to the communication device. Concise message documents can be generated for effecting financial transactions such as purchases and payments via SMS. CMRL can also be used to route person-to-person messaging through a content provider'"'"'s internet domain at which the users may be registered.

Claims

1. A method for communication between a communication device and a content provider associated with an internet domain name, the method comprising:

providing a network comprising a user interface for receiving concise message requests from and transmitting concise message content to the communication device, and an interface to the internet domain;

assigning at least one channel for accessing the network through the user interface;

storing a set of routing instructions corresponding to the content provider on a server, the set of routing instructions comprising at least one query response;

receiving a request generated by the communication device, wherein the request comprises a combination of the at least one channel and a designator, the combination comprising a completed internet domain name of the content provider for mapping the request to the set of routing instructions, and, optionally, a request instruction;

routing the request as directed by the set of routing instructions to generate a response to the request; and

transmitting concise message content to the communication device comprising the response to the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device comprises a mobile phone having a short message service function and the at least one channel comprises a short code corresponding to a top-level internet domain.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the top-level internet domain is selected from the group consisting of com, gov, edu. org, biz, net, info and pro.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the designator comprises the complete internet domain name of the content provider.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request instruction comprises one or more instructions selected from the group consisting of path, argument, directive, and directive argument.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a directive and a directive argument comprise an action to be executed by a request handler within the network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request does not include a request instruction and the response to the request comprises a message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request instruction comprises a text string specifying a commerce transaction and the network further comprises a billing module for transferring funds in response to the query instruction.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the query instruction comprises a text string specifying a commerce transaction and the set of routing instructions includes a listing of items available for purchase.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the set of routing instructions further includes a listing of options corresponding to items available for purchase.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of routing instructions comprises a concise message document comprising at least one match tag defining a pattern to compare against the query instruction.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein comparing includes identifying pattern equivalents comprising one or more of misspelled words, partial and phonetic matches, abbreviations, missing punctuation, and acronyms.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the designator further comprises account information for a user defined by the content provider and associated with the internet domain name.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device includes programming for generating a custom concise message request that automatically specifies one or more parts of the concise message request.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the request instruction comprises an argument and the set of routing instructions forwards the argument to one or more other users

16. The method of claim 15, wherein each of the one or more other users registers a unique contact identifier with the content provider, wherein, when the concise message request includes a match to a registered unique contact identifier, the argument is forwarded to the registered user.

17. A system for communication between a communication device and a content provider associated with an internet domain name and a server, the system comprising:

a network comprising a user interface for receiving concise message requests from and transmitting concise message responses to the communication device, an internet connection, and an interface to the content provider'"'"'s server;

wherein a communication device user enters a concise message request into the communication device comprising a channel, a designator and, optionally, a request instruction, wherein a combination of the channel and the designator specify a location on the internet of an engine comprising routing instructions to the network for responding to the concise message request and generating a concise message response for output to the communication device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the communication device comprises a mobile phone having a short message service function and the at least one channel comprises a short code corresponding to a top-level internet domain.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the top-level internet domain is selected from the group consisting of com, gov, edu. org, biz, net, info and pro.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the designator comprises the complete internet domain name of the content provider.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the request instruction comprises one or more instructions selected from the group consisting of path, argument, directive, and directive argument.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein a directive and a directive argument comprise an action to be executed by a request handler within the network.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the request does not include a request instruction and the response to the request comprises a message.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the request instruction comprises a text string specifying a commerce transaction and the network further comprises a billing module for transferring funds in response to the query instruction.

25. The system of claim 17, wherein the query instruction comprises a text string specifying a commerce transaction and the set of routing instructions includes a listing of items available for purchase.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the set of routing instructions further includes a listing of options corresponding to items available for purchase.

27. The system of claim 17, wherein the set of routing instructions comprises a concise message document comprising at least one match tag defining a pattern to compare against the query instruction.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein comparing includes identifying pattern equivalents comprising one or more of misspelled words, partial and phonetic matches, abbreviations, missing punctuation, and acronyms.

29. The system of claim 17, wherein the designator further comprises account information for a user defined by the content provider and associated with the internet domain name.

30. The system of claim 17, wherein the communication device includes programming for generating a custom concise message request that automatically specifies one or more parts of the concise message request.

31. The system of claim 17, wherein the request instruction comprises an argument and the set of routing instructions forwards the argument to one or more other users

32. The system of claim 31, wherein each of the one or more other users registers a unique contact identifier with the content provider, wherein, when the concise message request includes a match to a registered unique contact identifier, the argument is forwarded to the registered user.

33. A system for communication between a mobile communication device having a short message function and a content provider associated with an internet domain name and a server, the system comprising:

a network comprising a user interface for receiving short messages from and transmitting short messages to the communication device, an internet connection, and an interface to the content provider'"'"'s server;

wherein a communication device user enters a concise message request into the communication device comprising a channel, a designator and, optionally, a query instruction, wherein a combination of the channel and the designator specify a location on the internet of a document comprising routing instructions to the network for responding to the concise message request and generating an output to the communication device.