INTELLIGENT MESSAGING SERVICE

• US 20090098859A1
• Filed: 10/11/2007
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Raval, Tushar, Fondjo, Bertrand K., Kamdar, Kashyap
• Granted Patent: US 8,078,203 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A method, information processing system, and wireless communication system, that provide wireless messaging services to wireless devices. A wireless messaging request is received from a user of at least one wireless device (104). The wireless messaging request is associated with at least one recipient device. The wireless messaging request is analyzed in response to receiving the request. The wireless messaging request is determined to include at least one of recipient filtering criteria (206) and delivery criteria (208) in response to the analyzing. A wireless message associated with the wireless messaging request is transmitted to the at least one wireless device based on the at least one of recipient filtering criteria (206) and delivery criteria (208).

Claims

1. A method, with an information processing system, for providing wireless messaging services to wireless devices, the method comprising:

receiving a wireless messaging request from a user, wherein the wireless messaging request is associated with at least one recipient device;

analyzing, in response to the receiving, the wireless messaging request;

determining, in response to the analyzing, that the wireless messaging request includes at least one of recipient filtering criteria and delivery criteria; and

transmitting a wireless message associated with the wireless messaging request to the at least one recipient device based on the at least one of recipient filtering criteria and delivery criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a set of recipient devices from the at least one recipient device based on the recipient filtering criteria; and

transmitting the wireless message to the set of recipient devices that has been selected.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identifying at least one recipient device associated with a presence status matching a presence status defined by the recipient filtering criteria.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identifying at least one recipient device at a location matching location defined by the recipient filtering criteria.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the wireless message to the set of recipient devices that has been selected based on the delivery criteria.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting further comprises:

transmitting the wireless message to each recipient device in the set of recipient devices when a presence status associated with each recipient device matches a presence status defined by the delivery criteria.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting further comprises:

transmitting the wireless message to each recipient device in the set of recipient devices when a location of each recipient device substantially matches a location defined by the delivery criteria.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to cancel a wireless messaging request from a wireless device;

determining that the wireless message associated with the wireless messaging request is still pending delivery; and

canceling, in response to the determining, the wireless messaging request.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein if the wireless message has already been sent to the at least one recipient device,

sending a notification to the at least one recipient device that a cancellation request associated with the wireless message has been received.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a list comprising at least one of;

recipient devices that the wireless message has been sent to; and

recipient devices that have substantially satisfied at least the recipient filtering criteria.

11. An information processing system for providing wireless messaging services to wireless devices, the information processing system comprising:

a memory;

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;

a wireless message manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the wireless message manager is adapted to;

receive a wireless messaging request from a user, wherein the wireless messaging request is associated with at least one recipient device;

analyze, in response to the receiving, the wireless messaging request;

determine, in response to the analyzing, that the wireless messaging request includes at least one of recipient filtering criteria and delivery criteria; and

transmit a wireless message associated with the wireless messaging request to the at least one recipient device based on the at least one of recipient filtering criteria and delivery criteria.

12. The information processing system of claim 11, wherein the wireless message manager is further adapted to:

select a set of recipient devices from the at least one recipient device based on the recipient filtering criteria; and

transmit the wireless message to the set of recipient devices that has been selected.

13. The information processing system of claim 12, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identifying at least one recipient device associated with a presence status matching a presence status defined by the recipient filtering criteria.

14. The information processing system of claim 12, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identifying at least one recipient device at a location matching location defined by the recipient filtering criteria; and

transmitting the wireless message to the set of recipient devices that has been selected based on the delivery criteria.

15. The information processing system of claim 13, wherein the transmitting further comprises:

transmitting the wireless message to each recipient device in the set of recipient devices when a presence status associated with each recipient device matches a presence status defined by the delivery criteria.

16. The information processing system of claim 13, wherein the transmitting further comprises:

transmitting the wireless message to each recipient device in the set of recipient devices when a location of each recipient device substantially matches a location defined by the delivery criteria.

17. A wireless communication system for providing wireless messaging services to wireless devices, the information processing system comprising:

a plurality of base stations;

a plurality of wireless devices, wherein each wireless device in the plurality of wireless devices is communicatively coupled to a base station in the plurality of base stations; and

at least one information processing system communicatively coupled to at least one base station in the plurality of base stations, the information processing system comprising;

memory;

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory; and

a wireless message manager, communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the wireless message manager is adapted to;

receive a wireless messaging request from at least one wireless device, wherein the wireless messaging request is associated with at least one recipient device;

analyze, in response to the receiving, the wireless messaging request;

determine, in response to the analyzing, that the wireless messaging request includes at least one of recipient filtering criteria and delivery criteria; and

transmit a wireless message associated with the wireless messaging request to the at least one recipient device based on the at least one of recipient filtering criteria and delivery criteria.

18. The wireless communication system of claim 17, wherein the wireless message manager is further adapted to:

select a set of recipient devices from the at least one recipient device based on the recipient filtering criteria; and

transmit the wireless message to the set of recipient devices that has been selected.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identifying at least one recipient device associated with a presence status matching a presence status defined by the recipient filtering criteria;

identifying at least one recipient device at a location matching location defined by the recipient filtering criteria; and

transmitting the wireless message to the set of recipient devices that has been selected based on the delivery criteria.

20. The wireless communication system of claim 19, wherein the transmitting further comprises at least one of:

transmitting the wireless message to each recipient device in the set of recipient devices when a presence status associated with each recipient device matches a presence status defined by the delivery criteria; and

transmitting the wireless message to each recipient device in the set of recipient devices when a location of each recipient device substantially matches a location defined by the delivery criteria.