METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING INSTANT MESSAGE DISPOSITION NOTIFICATION REQUEST AND RESPONSE IN A CONVERGED-IP MESSAGING SERVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20100153505A1
• Filed: 12/10/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung-Tak, OH, Gyu-Bong, Park, Sung-Jin, Lee, Seung-Yong
• Granted Patent: US 7,991,848 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method is provided for sending an Instant Message Disposition Notification (IMDN) request to a receiving terminal by a sending terminal in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service. The sending terminal generates an instant message to be sent to the receiving terminal, inserts an IMDN request message into the generated instant message, the IMDN request message including a predetermined response limit time, and sends the instant message with the IMDN request message to the receiving terminal through a CPM server.

Claims

1. A method for sending an instant Message Disposition Notification (IMDN) request to a receiving terminal by a sending terminal in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising the steps of:

generating an instant message to be sent to the receiving terminal;

inserting an IMDN request message into the generated instant message, the IMDN request message including a predetermined response limit time; and

sending the instant message with the IMDN request message to the receiving terminal through a CPM server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to the receiving terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the receiving terminal has read the instant message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rescuing the response limit time to 0, if no IMDN response is to be received before a lapse of the response limit time; and

including an IMDN request message with the response limit time being reset to 0 in an instant message, and sending the instant message to the receiving terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to the receiving terminal.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the receiving terminal has read the instant message.

7. A method for sending an instant Message Disposition Notification (IMDN) response by a receiving terminal in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising the steps of:

receiving, through a CPM server, an IMDN request message with a predetermined response limit time being set therein, which was sent by a sending terminal;

determining whether the response limit time has elapsed; and

sending no IMDN response if the response limit time has elapsed.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to the receiving terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the receiving terminal has read the instant message.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising sending no IMDN response if an instant message including an IMDN request message with a response limit time being set to 0 is received before a lapse of the set response limit time.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to the receiving terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the receiving terminal has read the instant message.

13. A terminal apparatus for sending Instant Message Disposition Notification (IMDN) request and response in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service, comprising:

an instant message generator for generating an instant message including an IMDN request message;

a response limit time setter for setting a response limit time for the response message;

a controller for including the set response limit time and the IMDN request message in the instant message, and sending the instant message through a transceiver; and

the transceiver for sending the instant message through a CPM server.

14. The terminal apparatus of claim 13, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to a receiving terminal.

15. The terminal apparatus of claim 13, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether a receiving terminal has read the instant message.

16. The terminal apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller instructs the response limit time setter to receive no IMDN response before a lapse of the set response limit time, and

wherein the response limit time setter resets the response limit time to 0 according to the instruction of the controller and generates an IMDN request message with the response limit time being reset to 0.

17. The terminal apparatus of claim 15, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to the receiving terminal.

18. The terminal apparatus of claim 15, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the receiving terminal has read the instant message.

19. The terminal apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transceiver receives through the CPM server an IMDN request message with a predetermined response limit time being set therein, and

wherein the controller determines whether the response limit time has elapsed, and controls an IMDN response generator to generate no IMDN response if the response limit time has elapsed.

20. The terminal apparatus of claim 19, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether the instant message has been delivered to a receiving terminal.

21. The terminal apparatus of claim 19, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether a receiving terminal has read the instant message

22. The terminal apparatus of claim 19, wherein the controller controls the IMDN response generator to generate no IMDN response if an instant message including an IMDN request message with a response limit time being set to 0 is received through the transceiver before a lapse of the set response limit time.

23. The terminal apparatus of claim 22. Wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating the instant message has been delivered to a receiving terminal.

24. The terminal apparatus of claim 22, wherein the IMDN request message is included in a message indicating whether a receiving terminal has read the instant message.