MESSAGE ADDRESSING TECHNIQUES FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20090117942A1
• Filed: 11/02/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Katcher, Robert M., McClendon, Philip S., Chen, Lang, Donald, Richard J., Boningue, Benoit
• Granted Patent: US 8,275,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to improved message addressing techniques. In one embodiment, a computing device may comprise a messaging client arranged to receive an input sequence of alphabetic or alphanumeric characters as a destination of an outbound message. The messaging client may recognize that the input sequence represents a mnemonic short code and may automatically generate a common short code comprising a sequence of numeric digits associated with the mnemonic short code. The messaging client may display both the input sequence comprising the mnemonic short code and the common short code and enable the outbound message to be sent using the common short code as the destination. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a computing device comprising a messaging client to receive an input sequence of alphabetic or alphanumeric characters as a destination of an outbound message, the messaging client to recognize that the input sequence represents a mnemonic short code and automatically generate a common short code comprising a sequence of numeric digits associated with the mnemonic short code.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the messaging client to display the input sequence comprising the mnemonic short code and the common short code.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the messaging client to enable the outbound message to be sent using the common short code as the destination.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, the computing device including an alphanumeric keyboard comprising a QWERTY key layout.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the messaging client to recognize the input sequence as a mnemonic short code based on length of the input sequence.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein length of the input sequence comprises between four and six characters.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, the messaging client to associate numeric digits with the alphabetic characters of the input sequence

8. The apparatus of claim 7, the messaging client to map each of the alphabetic characters to the numeric digits according to a standard 12-key telephone keypad layout.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, the messaging client to parse the input sequence into alphabetic and numeric characters.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, the mnemonic short code comprising a word or pattern of letters that maps to numbers of a standard 12-key telephone keypad.

11. A method comprising:

receiving an input sequence of alphabetic or alphanumeric characters as a destination of an outbound message;

recognizing that the input sequence represents a mnemonic short code; and

automatically generating a common short code comprising a sequence of numeric digits associated with the mnemonic short code.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising displaying the input sequence comprising the mnemonic short code and the common short code.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising sending the outbound message using the common short code as the destination.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising receiving an input sequence entered using an alphanumeric keyboard comprising a QWERTY key layout.

15. The method claim 11, wherein the input sequence is recognized as a mnemonic short code based on length of the input sequence.

16. The method of claim 11, comprising associating numeric digits with the alphabetic characters of the input sequence

17. The method of claim 16, comprising mapping each of the alphabetic characters to the numeric digits according to a standard 12-key telephone keypad layout.

18. The method of claim 11, comprising parsing the input sequence into alphabetic and numeric characters.

19. The method of claim 11, the mnemonic short code comprising a word or pattern of letters that maps to numbers of a standard 12-key telephone keypad.

20. A computer-readable storage medium comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable a computing system to:

receive an input sequence of alphabetic or alphanumeric characters as a destination of an outbound message;

recognize that the input sequence represents a mnemonic short code; and

automatically generate a common short code comprising a sequence of numeric digits associated with the mnemonic short code.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable the computing system to display the input sequence comprising the mnemonic short code and the common short code.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable the computing system to send the outbound message using the common short code as the destination.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable the computing system to recognized the input sequence as a mnemonic short code based on length of the input sequence.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable the computing system to associate numeric digits with the alphabetic characters of the input sequence.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable the computing system to map each of the alphabetic characters to the numeric digits according to a standard 12-key telephone keypad layout.