EMPLOYMENT OF A TEXT MESSAGE BY A USER OF A FIRST MOBILE TELEPHONE TO INVOKE A PROCESS THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION TO A USER OF A SECOND MOBILE TELEPHONE

• US 20100216492A1
• Filed: 02/16/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Comverse Limited (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Comverse Limited (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Rivkin, Alex, Steinmetz, Daphna
• Application Number:
  US12/706,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20100216492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a text message that was sent from a first user device via a communications network, (b) detecting a text string in the text message, (c) executing a process, in response to detecting the text string, wherein the executing yields a result, and (d) sending the result to a second user device via the communications network. In an exemplary embodiment, a user of a first mobile telephone uses an SMS message to invoke a process that provides, to a user of a second mobile telephone, a map that shows a location of the first mobile telephone.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having instructions stored therein in a form that is readable by said processor, wherein said instructions, when read by said processor, cause said processor to perform actions of;

receiving a text message that was sent from a first user device via a communications network;

detecting a text string in said text message;

executing a process, in response to said detecting said text string, wherein said executing yields a result; and

sending said result to a second user device via said communications network.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein said process comprises:

obtaining a location of said first user device; and

obtaining a map having said location indicated thereon, and

wherein said result comprises;

a communication that facilitates a display of said map on said second user device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said communication is selected from the group consisting of (i) a message that contains a link to a storage that has said map stored therein, and (ii) a message that includes an image of said map.

4. The system of claim 2,

wherein said text message is a first text message, said text string is a first text string, said map is a first map, and said communication is a first communication, and

wherein said instructions cause said processor to perform further actions of:

receiving a second text message that was sent from said second user device via said communications network;

detecting a second text string in said second text message;

obtaining, in response to said detecting said second text string, a location of said second user device;

obtaining a second map that shows a route from said location of said second user device to said location of said first user device; and

sending, to said second user device via said communications network, a second communication that facilitates a display of said second map on said second user device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said second communication is selected from the group consisting of (i) a message that contains a link to a storage that has said second map stored therein, and (ii) a message that includes an image of said second map.

6. A method comprising:

receiving a text message that was sent from a first user device via a communications network;

detecting a text string in said text message;

executing a process, in response to said detecting said text string, wherein said executing yields a result; and

sending said result to a second user device via said communications network.

7. The method of claim 6,

wherein said process comprises:

obtaining a location of said first user device; and

obtaining a map having said location indicated thereon, and

wherein said result comprises;

a communication that facilitates a display of said map on said second user device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said communication is selected from the group consisting of (i) a message that contains a link to a storage that has said map stored therein, and (ii) a message that includes an image of said map.

9. The method of claim 6,

wherein said text message is a first text message, said text string is a first text string, said map is a first map, and said communication is a first communication, and

wherein said method further comprises:

receiving a second text message that was sent from said second user device via said communications network;

detecting a second text string in said second text message;

obtaining, in response to said detecting said second text string, a location of said second user device;

obtaining a second map that shows a route from said location of said second user device to said location of said first user device; and

sending, to said second user device via said communications network, a second communication that facilitates a display of said second map on said second user device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said second communication is selected from the group consisting of (i) a message that contains a link to a storage that has said second map stored therein, and (ii) a message that includes an image of said second map.

11. A storage medium comprising instructions stored therein in a form that is readable by a processor, wherein said instructions, when read by said processor, cause said processor to perform actions of:

receiving a text message that was sent from a first user device via a communications network;

detecting a text string in said text message;

executing a process, in response to said detecting said text string, wherein said executing yields a result; and

sending said result to a second user device via said communications network.

12. The storage medium of claim 11,

wherein said process comprises:

obtaining a location of said first user device; and

obtaining a map having said location indicated thereon, and

wherein said result comprises;

a communication that facilitates a display of said map on said second user device.

13. The storage medium of claim 12, wherein said communication is selected from the group consisting of (i) a message that contains a link to a storage that has said map stored therein, and (ii) a message that includes an image of said map.

14. The storage medium of claim 12,

wherein said text message is a first text message, said text string is a first text string, said map is a first map, and said communication is a first communication, and

wherein said instructions cause said processor to perform further actions of:

receiving a second text message that was sent from said second user device via said communications network;

detecting a second text string in said second text message;

obtaining, in response to said detecting said second text string, a location of said second user device;

obtaining a second map that shows a route from said location of said second user device to said location of said first user device; and

sending, to said second user device via said communications network, a second communication that facilitates a display of said second map on said second user device.

15. The storage medium of claim 14, wherein said second communication is selected from the group consisting of (i) a message that contains a link to a storage that has said second map stored therein, and (ii) a message that includes an image of said second map.