ELECTRONIC MESSAGING TECHNOLOGY

• US 20110141974A1
• Filed: 12/14/2010
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AlwaysOn Inc.
• Original Assignee: AlwaysOn Inc.
• Inventors: Lieberman, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 8,953,571 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• 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: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Techniques are described for capturing text (e.g., SMS) messages and multimedia (e.g. MMS) messages along with messages and data sent with other communication modalities. The captured information may be used for performing social networking-related, data processing and auditing operations in real-time.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a mobile device application that operates on a mobile device of a user, that is configured to obtain a message sent or received by the mobile device over a mobile device communication protocol, and that is configured to forward the obtained message over a network connection that does not use the mobile device communication protocol, the network connection being different than a traditional wireless signaling or delivery channel over which the message was sent or received; and

a server system that is remote for the mobile device, that is configured to receive, from the mobile device application over the network connection, the obtained message, that is configured to log, in electronic storage, the obtained message, and that is configured to make the logged message available to the user over the network connection using the mobile device or another device.

2. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain a message sent by the mobile device over the mobile device communication protocol and is configured to forward the sent message over the network connection that does not use the mobile device communication protocol; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, from the mobile device application over the network connection, the sent message, is configured to log, in electronic storage, the sent message, and is configured to make the sent message available to the user over the network connection using the mobile device or another device.

3. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain a message received by the mobile device over the mobile device communication protocol and is configured to forward the received message over the network connection that does not use the mobile device communication protocol; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, from the mobile device application over the network connection, the received message, is configured to log, in electronic storage, the received message, and is configured to make the received message available to the user over the network connection using the mobile device or another device.

4. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain a Short Message Service (SMS) message sent by the mobile device over an SMS transport protocol and is configured to forward the SMS message via Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) over Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP); and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, from the mobile device application via HTTP over TCP/IP, the SMS message, is configured to log, in electronic storage, the SMS message, and is configured to make the SMS message available to the user via HTTP over TCP/IP.

5. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain an SMS message received by the mobile device over an SMS transport protocol and is configured to forward the SMS message via HTTP over TCP/IP; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, from the mobile device application via HTTP over TCP/IP, the SMS message, is configured to log, in electronic storage, the SMS message, and is configured to make the SMS message available to the user via HTTP over TCP/IP.

6. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message sent by the mobile device over an MMS protocol and is configured to forward the MMS message via HTTP over TCP/IP; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, from the mobile device application via HTTP over TCP/IP, the MMS message, is configured to log, in electronic storage, the MMS message, and is configured to make the MMS message available to the user via HTTP over TCP/IP.

7. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain an MMS message received by the mobile device over an MMS protocol and is configured to forward the MMS message via HTTP over TCP/IP; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, from the mobile device application via HTTP over TCP/IP, the MMS message, is configured to log, in electronic storage, the MMS message, and is configured to make the MMS message available to the user via HTTP over TCP/IP.

8. The system of claim 1:

wherein the mobile device application is configured to obtain an MMS message sent or received by the mobile device over an MMS protocol and send, over the network connection to the server system, a first message that indicates an un-encoded MMS message of a particular size is available;

wherein the server system is configured to receive, over the network connection from the mobile device application, the first message, assign a message identifier to the un-encoded MMS message, and send, over the network connection to the mobile device application, an acknowledgement message that acknowledges receipt of the first message and includes the message identifier;

wherein the mobile device application is configured to assign the message identifier to a queue, track offset status for the un-encoded MMS message in association with the message identifier, and send, over the network connection to the server system, chunks of the un-encoded MMS message each in association with the message identifier and a byte offset, the byte offset indicating which portion of the un-encoded MMS message is included in the associated chunk; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, over the network connection from the mobile device application, the chunks of the un-encoded MMS message, determine when all of the chunks of the un-encoded MMS message have been received, reassemble the un-encoded MMS message based on byte offset information associated with the chunks, encode the reassembled un-encoded MMS message, and store, in electronic storage, the encoded MMS message.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device application is configured to access, from the mobile device, contact and contextual data relevant to the obtained message and forward, over the network connection to the server system, the accessed contact and contextual data with the obtained message.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the server system is configured to trigger operations related to deriving social network connections for the user based on receiving the obtained message and is configured to, in response to triggering the operations related to deriving social network connections, derive, in real-time and without user intervention, one or more social network connections for the user based on the obtained message and other messages that have been forwarded to the server system and that are associated with the user.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the server system is configured to interrogate the mobile device application for additional information relevant to social network connections for the user, receive the additional information from the mobile device application, and use the additional information in deriving social network connections for the user.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the server system is configured to notify the user of at least one new social network connection, event, or relationship derived, in real-time and without user intervention, based on the obtained message and other messages that have been forwarded to the server system and that are associated with the user.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the server system is configured to develop or evaluate and modify a contact list for the user by iteratively gathering contact data for contacts with which the user exchanges communications and aggregating the contact data into a contact list for the user based on actual interactions of the user and the contacts.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the server system is configured to receive, in addition to the obtained message and over communication modalities that are different than a communication modality over which the obtained message was exchanged between the user and another user, messages exchanged between the user and the other user and thread, into a single conversation thread, the obtained message with the messages exchanged between the user and the other user over the communication modalities that are different than the communication modality over which the obtained message was exchanged.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the server system is configured to audit the obtained message and other messages communicated by the user for compliance with one or more rules of a government or regulatory organization that govern communications engaged in by the user with the mobile device, parental control and monitoring or other activity and content approval.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the server system is configured to construct a social network based on aggregated data received from mobile devices by performing contact data analysis on contact data aggregated by the server system, performing message content and context analysis on message and context data aggregated by the server system, performing metadata and other user or device content analysis on metadata and other user or device content aggregated by the server system, and performing relationship and network building based on the contact data analysis, the message content and context analysis, and the metadata and other user or device content analysis.

17. The system of claim 1,

wherein the mobile device application is configured to send, over the network connection to the server system, a first message that indicates un-encoded data of a particular size is available;

wherein the server system is configured to receive, over the network connection from the mobile device application, the first message, assign a data identifier to the un-encoded data, and send, over the network connection to the mobile device application, an acknowledgement message that acknowledges receipt of the first message and includes the data identifier;

wherein the mobile device application is configured to assign the data identifier to a queue, track offset status for the un-encoded data in association with the data identifier, and send, over the network connection to the server system, chunks of the un-encoded data each in association with the data identifier and a byte offset, the byte offset indicating which portion of the un-encoded data is included in the associated chunk; and

wherein the server system is configured to receive, over the network connection from the mobile device application, the chunks of the un-encoded data, determine when all of the chunks of the un-encoded data have been received, reassemble the un-encoded data based on byte offset information associated with the chunks, encode the reassembled un-encoded data, and store, in electronic storage, the encoded data.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the server system is configured to perform semantic advertisement service based on the obtained message and other mobile messaging content.

19. A mobile device application that operates on a mobile device of a user based on instructions stored, in a computer-readable storage medium of the mobile device, the mobile device application being configured to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a message sent or received by the mobile device over a mobile device communication protocol; and

forwarding the obtained message over a network connection that does not use the mobile device communication protocol, the network connection being different than a traditional wireless signaling or delivery channel over which the message was sent or received and the forwarded message being received by a server system that is remote for the mobile device, that is configured to receive, from the mobile device application over the network connection, the obtained message, that is configured to log, in electronic storage, the obtained message, and that is configured to make the logged message available to the user over the network connection using the mobile device or another device.

20. A server system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, over a network connection from a mobile device application that operates on a mobile device of a user, a message obtained by the mobile device application, the obtained message having been sent or received by the mobile device over a mobile device communication protocol and having been forwarded by the mobile device application over a network connection that does not use the mobile device communication protocol, the network connection being different than a traditional wireless signaling or delivery channel over which the message was sent or received;

logging, in electronic storage, the received message, and

making the logged message available to the user over the network connection using the mobile device or another device.