SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR FACILITATING INTEGRATED MESSAGING, CONTACTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A SELECTED ENTITY

• US 20110087970A1
• Filed: 12/21/2009
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schoenholz, Matthew James, Williams, Craig Alan, Swink, Cristy, Snydal, Jonathan Solis, Sikes, Jason, Fineman, Benjamin, Merkoski, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,424,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• 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 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 : for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Systems, apparatus and methods are provided. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is provided. The computer-implemented method can include executing, using at least one processor, computer-readable instructions for performing various acts. The acts can include executing at least two applications, wherein at least one of the two applications is for providing social media information. The acts can also include receiving a signal in response to a detected input gesture indicative of a selection of an entity. The selection of the entity can be performed via another one of the two applications. The acts can also include integrating the two applications such that social media information is generated about the entity. The integration can be in response to receiving the signal, and the social media information can include information from one or more social networking websites. The acts can also include displaying the social media information about the entity.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

executing, using at least one processor, computer-readable instructions for performing the following acts;

executing at least two applications, wherein at least one of the at least two applications is adapted to provide social media information;

receiving a signal in response to a detected input gesture indicative of a selection of an entity, the selection to be performed via another one of the at least two applications;

integrating the at least two applications such that social media information is generated about the entity, wherein the integrating is in response to the receiving the signal, and wherein the social media information comprises information from one or more social networking websites; and

displaying the social media information about the entity.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the social media information about the entity differs in content from the information indicative of the entity.

3. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

an application integration component configured to;

receive a signal in response to a detected input gesture indicative of a selection of an entity, the selection to be performed via at least one application in which the entity can be selected;

in response to receiving the signal, integrate the at least one application in which the entity can be selected with at least one application from which social media information can be provided, such that social media information about the entity is generated, wherein the social media information comprises information from one or more social networking websites;

a user interface configured to display the social media information generated about the entity; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed, cause the processor to perform one or more functions of the user interface.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one application in which the entity can be selected is a messaging application or a contacts application.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the information from the one or more social networking websites comprises at least one of the following:

information from a blog, information from a news feed or information from a post at a social networking website.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the information from the one or more social networking websites comprises first social media information about the entity from a first one of the one or more social networking websites, and second social media information about the entity from a second one of the one or more social networking websites, and the social media information about the entity displayed on the user interface comprises an aggregate of the first social media information about the entity and the second social media information about the entity.

7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the social media information about the entity differs in content from the information indicative of the entity.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least one application in which the entity can be selected is the messaging application, and wherein the entity is a group of legal or natural persons.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the information from the one or more social networking websites comprises first social media information about one or more individuals of the entity from a first one of the one or more social networking websites, and second social media information about one or more individuals of the entity from a second one of the one or more social networking websites, and the social media information about the entity displayed on the user interface comprises an aggregate of the first social media information about the one or more individuals of the entity and the second social media information about the one or more individuals for the entity.

10. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the user interface is a touch-sensitive user interface.

11. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of display regions including a leftmost display region, a rightmost display region and a middle display region between the leftmost display region and the rightmost display region;

wherein the user interface is further configured to display the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region and the middle display region as non-overlapping regions; and

wherein the user interface is further configured to;

display the social media information about the entity in a first one of the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region or the middle display region; and

display the information indicative of the entity in a second one of the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region or the middle display region, wherein the first one of the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region or the middle display region in which the social media information is displayed is different from the second one of the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region or the middle display region in which the information indicative of the entity is displayed.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the user interface is further configured to selectively display the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region and the middle display region in response to a selected input gesture.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the selected input gesture is a swipe left gesture or a swipe right gesture.

14. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the apparatus is a mobile wireless communication device.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed on a processor, cause the processor to:

display, in a user interface, social media information about an entity,

wherein social media information is provided via at least one of two applications, and

wherein the displaying, in the user interface, of the social media information about the entity is in response to an application integration component;

receiving a signal indicative of a selection of the entity from another one of the two applications; and

integrating the two applications such that the social media information about the entity is generated, in response to the receiving the signal indicative of the selection of the entity, wherein the social media information comprises information from one or more social networking websites.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the social media information about the entity differs in content from information indicative of the entity selected from the other one of the two applications.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed on the processor, cause the processor to:

provide, via the user interface, a plurality of display regions including a leftmost display region, a rightmost display region and a middle display region between the leftmost display region and the rightmost display region; and

display, via the user interface;

the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region and the middle display region as non-overlapping regions;

the social media information about the entity on a first one of the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region or the middle display region; and

the information indicative of the entity on a second one of the leftmost display region, the rightmost display region or the middle display region.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed on the processor, cause the processor to:

associate a first region of the user interface with an unlocked state of the user interface;

receive a signal indicative of an input gesture in the first region of the user interface; and

unlock the user interface in response to receiving the signal indicative of the input gesture in the first region of the user interface.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed on the processor, cause the processor to:

associate a second region of the user interface with a locked state of the user interface;

prior to receiving the signal indicative of the input gesture in the first region of the user interface, receive a signal indicative of an input gesture in the second region of the user interface, wherein the input gesture in the second region of the user interface and the input gesture in the first region of the user interface are received in response to a swipe gesture from the second region of the user interface to the first region of the user interface.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed on the processor, cause the processor to:

associate a second region of the user interface with a locked state of the user interface;

display a lock icon in the second region of the user interface;

display an arch in the first region of the user interface, and wherein the input gesture in the second region of the user interface and the input gesture in the first region of the user interface are received in response to a swipe gesture dragging the lock icon in the second region of the user interface to the arch in the first region of the user interface.