Messaging System Apparatuses Circuits and Methods of Operation Thereof

• US 20110202598A1
• Filed: 03/14/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tigerconnect Inc.
• Original Assignee: TigerText
• Inventors: Brooks, Brad, Evans, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 9,489,661 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• 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 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• 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 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Disclosed are a messaging system, apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof. A messaging client device is adapted to receive an impermanent message and to manage the received message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the message. An impermanent messaging server is adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said messaging client device.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A messaging system comprising:

a messaging client device adapted to output an impermanent message content included in a web browser renderable code and to manage the web browser renderable code in accordance with an impermanent message management policy associated with the impermanent message; and

an impermanent messaging server adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with impermanent message management policies prior to sending it a link to the web browser renderable code including the impermanent message content.

29. The system according to claim 18 wherein said impermanent messaging server further comprises a policy update module adapted to change one or more of the attributes defining the impermanent message'"'"'s management policy.

30. The system according to claim 18 wherein said impermanent messaging server further comprises a policy update module adapted to append one or more additional attributes to those defining the impermanent message'"'"'s management policy.

19. A messaging system comprising:

a first messaging client device adapted to receive an impermanent message and to manage the received message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the message; and

a second messaging client device adapted to validate said first messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said first messaging client device.

20. The system according to claim 19 wherein said first and second messaging client devices are adapted to fallback to communication through an impermanent messaging server adapted to validate said messaging client devices as complying with message management policies, when direct communication is unavailable.

21. A messaging method comprising:

validating a messaging client device as complying with impermanent message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of the message to the messaging client device.

22. The method according to claim 21 wherein validating is based on the messaging client device providing a digital certificate.

23. The method according to claim 21 wherein validating is based on the messaging client device providing credentials.

24. The method according to claim 21 wherein validating is based on the messaging client device utilizing a self-authentication technique.

25-28. -28. (canceled)