INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND PROCESS

• US 20100197326A1
• Filed: 10/19/2007
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fruitful Technologies Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Fruitful Technologies Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ngo, Duc Anh
• Granted Patent: US 9,002,386 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/052 software update
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/041 Key generation or derivation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method of delivering an instruction (206) to a mobile user device (106) connected to a network (110) is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of receiving an interactive workflow (202), translating the interactive workflow into the instruction (206) in a form executable by the mobile user device (106), and sending a message (208) including the instruction (206) ) to the mobile user device (106).

Claims

1. A method of delivering an instruction to a mobile user device connected to a network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving an interactive workflow;

translating the interactive workflow into the instruction in a form executable by the mobile user device; and

sending a message including the instruction to the mobile user device.

2. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of receiving the interactive workflow includes the step of receiving the interactive workflow coded in a high level programming or scripting language.

3. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of receiving the interactive workflow includes the step of receiving the interactive workflow from an external or third party.

4. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of sending the message includes the step of sending a set of instructions for execution by an application installed on the mobile user device.

5. A method as defined by claim 4 wherein the step of sending the set of instructions includes the step of sending the set of instructions for the device to interact with a user of the mobile user device.

6. A method as defined by claim 5 wherein the step of sending the message includes the step of sending a unique message identifier.

7. A method as defined by claim 6 further comprising the step of the mobile user device receiving the set of instructions and the unique message identifier.

8. A method as defined by claim 7 wherein the step of the mobile user device receiving the set of instructions and the unique message identifier includes the step of receiving the set of instructions for translation to mobile user device system codes by a workflow execution engine component of the application.

9. A method as defined by claim 7 further comprising the step of receiving a response to the instruction from the mobile user device.

10. A method as defined by claim 9 wherein the step of receiving a response includes the step of receiving a response identifier from the device.

11. A method as defined by claim 10 wherein the method comprises the step of comparing the unique message identifier and the response identifier to confirm the authenticity of the received message.

12. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of translating the instruction includes tailoring the instruction to a device operating system.

13. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the mobile user device is one of a plurality of mobile user devices and the method also comprises the step of receiving a specification of the mobile user device from a database comprising respective specifications for the plurality of user devices.

14. A method as defined by claim 13 wherein the step of translating the interactive workflow includes tailoring the instruction to the specification.

15. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of sending the message includes one or more preliminary steps of compressing, encoding and encrypting the instruction.

16. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of sending the message includes the step of sending the message via a Short Message Service (SMS) of a cellular network.

17. A method as defined by claim 16 wherein the step of sending the message via SMS includes the step of splitting the message into a plurality of messages to comply with one or more standards of the SMS.

18. A method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of sending the message includes one or more of the steps of sending the message via a Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) of a cellular network, sending the message as an IP/TCP data packet over a GPRS or 3G network, and sending the message as a data packet over a Bluetooth connection.

19. A method as defined by claim 1 also including the step of checking if the mobile user device is willing to receive the instruction derived from the interactive workflow.

20. A method as defined by claim 19 wherein the step of checking involves sending a request to the user of the mobile user device to accept the instruction derived from the interactive workflow.

21. A method as defined by claim 3 wherein the step of receiving the interactive workflow includes the preliminary step of receiving a request for an Application Programming Interface (API) from the external or third party.

22. A method as defined by claim 21 wherein the step of receiving the interactive workflow includes the preliminary step of opening an Application Programming Interface.

23. A method as defined by claim 1 also comprising the step of issuing a command to the device to update or delete a sequence of instructions saved to a permanent data store on the mobile user device.

24. Computer software comprising executable directions for delivering an instruction to a mobile user device connected to a network, the directions comprising the steps of:

receiving an interactive workflow;

translating the interactive workflow into the instruction in a form executable by the mobile user device; and

sending a message including the instruction to the mobile user device.

25. A method of delivering an instruction to an application installed on a user device connected to a network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving an interactive workflow;

translating the interactive workflow into the instruction in a form executable by the application; and

sending a message including the instruction to the application at the user device.