METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR RAPID AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, AND RESPONSE TO DIGITAL MESSAGES

• US 20100285775A1
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BKLK Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BKLK Ltd.
• Inventors: Klein, Ben-Zion, Belfer, Israel, Spiegel, Ehud
• Granted Patent: US 11,641,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/64 Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations centralised dictation systems H04M11/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

Apparatus for constructing a digital telephone message including a message defining unit, configured for allowing a sender to define a message for sending to a recipient, and a response defining unit, configured for allowing the sender to predefine a recipient response, and to include the predefined recipient response in the message for activation at the recipient. Apparatus for receiving a digital telephone message, the message including an activatable sender-defined response, the apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving the message, a notification unit for notifying a recipient of the arrival of the message, and a response activation unit for displaying the sender-defined response, and associating the sender-defined response with a user action for providing user input to send the response. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Claims

1. Apparatus for constructing a digital telephone message comprising:

a message defining unit, configured for enabling a sender to define a message for sending to a recipient, and

a response defining unit, configured for allowing the sender to predefine a recipient response, and to include the predefined recipient response in the message for activation at the recipient.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the activation at a recipient comprises sending the predefined recipient response to a response recipient.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the activation is performed by a single action.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 in which the response recipient comprises a third party other than the sender of the message.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the response defining unit further provides for allowing the sender to include code configured to run upon the recipient'"'"'s apparatus to support caller defined responses, and the code is configured to activate sending the predefined recipient response.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 and further comprising an authentication defining unit for allowing the sender to define a required authentication, thereby to limit display of the message to recipients who input the defined authentication.

2-9. -9. (canceled)

11-13. -13. (canceled)

15. (canceled)

17. (canceled)

19. (canceled)

21. (canceled)

22. A method for constructing a digital telephone message comprising:

constructing the message;

predefining a recipient response; and

including the predefined recipient response with the constructed message for automatic activation at a recipient.

23. A server configured to transmit a digital telephone message comprising a sender-defined response component for activation by a recipient.

24. A method for producing a digital message containing a component which enables responding to the message upon receipt, without a need for any one of selecting, opening, and reading the message.

25. A communication system for transmitting a digital message containing a component which enables responding to the message upon receipt, without a need for any one of selecting, opening, and reading the message.

26. Apparatus for receiving a digital telephone message, the message comprising an activatable sender-defined response, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving the message;

a notification unit for notifying a recipient of the arrival of the message; and

a response activation unit for displaying the sender-defined response, and associating the sender-defined response with a user action for providing user input to send the response.

27. The apparatus of claim 26 in which at least the response activation unit is part of an enhanced native SMS client software.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 in which the enhanced native SMS client software is adapted to parse a plain text message, and performs the displaying and the associating based, at least in part, on the parsing.

35. The apparatus of claim 26 in which the user action comprises a single key depression.

43. The apparatus of claim 26 in which the user action is operable to activate the apparatus to send the response before opening the message.

44. The apparatus of claim 26 and further comprising a message display unit for displaying the message, the display unit displaying the message only after the recipient inputs a form of authentication.

46. The apparatus of claim 26 in which the sending the response comprises sending the response to a third party other than the sender of the message, the third party destination having been received with the message.

29-34. -34. (canceled)

36-42. -42. (canceled)

45. (canceled)

47. A method for receiving a digital telephone message, the message comprising an activatable sender-defined response, the method comprising:

receiving the message;

notifying a recipient of the arrival of the message; and

displaying the sender-defined response, and associating the sender-defined response with a user action for providing user input to send the response.

48-51. -51. (canceled)

52. A method for tracking responses to a digital telephone message, the message comprising an activatable sender-defined response, comprising:

receiving a response to a sent message; and

displaying a recipient identifier associated with the sent message together with a response identifier associated with the sent message, the response identifier comprising an indication of whether a response to the message was received.

54. The method according to claim 52 in which the response identifier comprises an icon.

53. (canceled)

55-64. -64. (canceled)

65. A system for tracking responses to sent messages comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving a response to a sent message; and

a display for displaying a message identifier associated with the sent message together with a response identifier associated with the response, the response identifier comprising an indication of whether a response to the message was received.

66. A system for sending a message over a cellular link and tracking responses to the message, the system comprising:

a message defining unit for defining the message;

a response defining unit for predefining one or more recipient responses, and for including the one or more predefined recipient responses in the message for activation at a recipient;

a tracking unit for tracking responses to the message, and for displaying responses to the message.

67-71. -71. (canceled)

72. A communication system for transmitting an SMS message to which a flag has been added, the flag indicating that one or more pre-defined responses are comprised in an SMS message.

73. A communication system for transmitting an SMS message to which a field has been added, the field comprising one or more pre-defined responses.

74. Apparatus for receiving a first digital telephone message and for constructing a second digital telephone message, comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving the first digital telephone message;

a message defining unit, configured for allowing a user to define a message for sending to a recipient, and

a response defining unit, configured for allowing the user to predefine a response, and to include the predefined response in the message for activation at the recipient, thereby constructing a second digital telephone message.