Mobile Device Messaging Application

• US 20100251137A1
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rick Qureshi
• Original Assignee: Rick Qureshi
• Inventors: Qureshi, Rick
• Granted Patent: US 8,572,493 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A social networking mobile software application for particular mobile device which allow end users on their mobile devices to view profiles of themselves that contain images and/or videos while simultaneously hearing and audio description of their ad via wireless connection to the internet and/or cellular provider data network using streaming or intact multimedia file.

Claims

1. A social networking mobile software application for particular mobile devices, using wireless connections to the internet and cellular provider data network, the social networking mobile software application comprising:

A. means to allow end users to view profiles of themselves on the particular mobile devices that contain visual contents while simultaneously hearing an audio description of their ad using streaming and intact multimedia file;

B. means to allow end users to compose, send, receive and view messages to and from an online social network on the particular mobile devices;

C. means to allow end users to record, send, receive and playback voice and video messages on the particular mobile devices to other users after the initiating user selects the other user'"'"'s profile utilizing the particular mobile devices'"'"' microphone and speaker via a WiFi/cellular data path;

D. means to allow end users on particular mobile devices to have a live conversation which each other, utilizing VoIP with a wireless internet connection or the cellular data path with VoIP after the initiating user selects on the other user'"'"'s profile;

E. means to allow multiple end users to have a live conversation or pass voice messages on the particular mobile devices to other users using compatible mobile devices and social networking mobile software application, thereby multiple users forming a chat room by joining to the same social network;

F. means to allow end users to receive ads or profiles in the form of images, text while simultaneously listening to audio transferred to their wireless device via a wireless connection to the internet or via the cellular provider'"'"'s data network over the internet from a server or set of servers; and

G. means to allow end users of multiple wireless devices to send and receive voice messages to each other by selecting their ad or profile utilizing a wireless connection over the internet, or via the cellular provider'"'"'s data network.

2. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, in which the messages, voice messages, video messages, profiles, ads are associated to and interconnected with existing online social networks.

3. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, in which the particular mobile devices are selected from the group of:

smart phones, i-Phone™

, Blackberry™

, Droid™

, i-Pad™

, notebook computer, desk top personal computer and netbook computer.

4. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, in which the voice and video messages via the WiFi/cellular path encoded in an intact multi-media file format selected from the group of:

VoIP, WAV, VOX, WMV, MOV, 3GG.

5. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, in which the cellular provider'"'"'s data network includes but is not limited to 3G networks.

6. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, in which the cellular provider'"'"'s data network includes but is not limited to 3G networks, who send and receive messages to and from wireless devices directly.

7. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1 is an eCommerce software application.

8. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to set custom colors for messages received from particular users.

9. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to allow screen displaying messages received from different accounts to be traversed by a “

swiping gesture”

on the particular mobile devices.

10. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to allow screen displaying messages received from different accounts to be traversed by arrow keys on mechanical or virtual keyboards in the particular mobile devices.

11. The social networking mobile software application of claim 2, in which the online social network are selected from the group of:

Twitter.com, Facebook.com, MySpace.com and other similar networks.

12. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to set custom colors for senders and recipient messages.

13. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to set custom colors for messages from a specific user.

14. The social networking mobile software application of claim 13, in which the custom colors controlled by mixing red, green and blue primary colors.

15. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to mix red, green and blue primary colors.

16. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of default display screen themes.

17. The social networking mobile software application of claim 16, further comprising:

means by which to allow switching of the default display screen themes by shaking the particular mobile devices.

18. The social networking mobile software application of claim 16, further comprising:

means by which to allow changing and saving changes of the default display screen themes.

19. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to allow messages saved to existing contacts management applications in the mobile devices.

20. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to allow messages emailing originating from the social network.

21. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means by which to allow integration with web browser in the mobile devices, wherefrom displaying web pages, photos and playing video and audio recording.

22. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1, further comprising:

means to display in both portrait and landscape modes.

23. The social networking mobile software application of claim 1 in which end users can record, send, receive and playback voice and video messages on the particular mobile devices to other users running the same application.

24. A method for communicating data including text, pictures, sound recordings and video recordings via social networking websites using wireless connections to the internet and cellular provider data network, the method comprising the following steps:

obtaining a mobile device having wireless connectivity to the internet through a cellular provider data network; and

operating a social networking mobile software application thereon, the application having the following features;

A. Functions which allow end users to upload and view profiles of themselves on the particular mobile devices that contain visual contents while simultaneously hearing an audio description of their ad using streaming and intact multimedia file;

B. Functions which allow end users to compose, send, receive and view messages to and from an online social network from the mobile devices;

C. Functions which allow end users to record, send, receive and playback voice and video messages on the mobile devices to other users running the same social networking software application after the initiating user selects the other user'"'"'s profile utilizing the mobile devices'"'"' microphone and speaker via a WiFi/cellular data path;

D. Functions which allow end users on the mobile devices to have a live conversation which each other, utilizing VoIP with a wireless internet connection or the cellular data path with VoIP after the initiating user selects on the other user'"'"'s profile;

E. Functions which allow multiple end users to have a live conversation or pass voice messages on the mobile devices to other users using compatible mobile devices and social networking mobile software application, thereby multiple users forming a chat room by joining to the same social network;

F. Functions which allow end users to receive ads or profiles in the form of images or text while simultaneously listening to audio transferred to their wireless mobile device via a wireless connection to the internet or via the cellular provider'"'"'s data network over the internet from a server or set of servers; and

G. Functions which allow end users of multiple wireless devices to send and receive voice messages to each other by selecting their ad or profile utilizing a wireless connection over the internet, or via the cellular provider'"'"'s data network.

25. A mobile, handheld device for communicating data including text, pictures, sound recordings and video recordings via social networking websites using wireless connections to the internet and cellular provider data network, the device comprising:

wireless connectivity to the internet through a cellular provider data network; and

a social networking mobile software application, the application including but not limited to the following features;

A. Interface which allows end users to upload and view profiles of themselves on the particular mobile devices that contain visual contents while simultaneously hearing an audio description of their ad using streaming and intact multimedia file;

B. Interface which allows end users to compose, send, receive and view messages to and from an online social network from the mobile devices;

C. Interface which allows end users to record, send, receive and playback voice and video messages on the mobile devices to other users running the same social networking software application after the initiating user selects the other user'"'"'s profile utilizing the mobile devices'"'"' microphone and speaker via a WiFi/cellular data path;

D. Interface which allows end users on the mobile devices to have a live conversation which each other, utilizing VoIP with a wireless internet connection or the cellular data path with VoIP after the initiating user selects on the other user'"'"'s profile;

E. Interface which allows multiple end users to have a live conversation or pass voice messages on the mobile devices to other users using compatible mobile devices and social networking mobile software application, thereby multiple users forming a chat room by joining to the same social network;

F. Interface which allows end users to receive ads or profiles in the form of images or text while simultaneously listening to audio transferred to their wireless mobile device via a wireless connection to the internet or via the cellular provider'"'"'s data network over the internet from a server or set of servers; and

G. Interface which allows end users of multiple wireless devices to send and receive voice messages to each other by selecting their ad or profile utilizing a wireless connection over the internet, or via the cellular provider'"'"'s data network.

26. The mobile, handheld device of claim 25, wherein the social networking mobile software application further comprises the following optional features:

H. A graphical user interface display on the mobile handheld device of the homepage of the online social network;

I. A graphical user interface display on the mobile handheld device of a friend'"'"'s timeline in landscape view;

J. A graphical user interface display on the mobile handheld device of a record button for recording audio data;

K. A graphical user interface display on the mobile handheld device which allows a user to set custom color options for messages; and

L. A people picker graphical user interface display on the mobile handheld device that generates the people list from the currently selected or displayed timeline.