Group messaging integration system, method and apparatus

• US 20110307565A1
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Maxx Wireless Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Maxx Wireless Incorporated
• Inventors: Szady, Brian, Keehn, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US13/134,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20110307565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A group messaging integration system is provided. One method of communication employed by the group messaging integration system includes sending and receiving electronic communication between a plurality of users operating within a plurality of different network architectures, where a server is in communication with each of the users. Broadcasting from one of the users a message identified by a number generated by the messaging software. Receiving the message, and then processing the message using the number. Then searching a plurality of groups using the number and sending a plurality of response messages using the same number, the plurality of response messages sent to the plurality of users located within each of the different network architectures.

Claims

1. A method of sending and receiving electronic communication between a plurality of users operating within a plurality of different network architectures, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) provisioning a server with a messaging software, where the server is in communication with each of the users;

(b) causing a processor to broadcast from one of the users a message identified by a number generated by the messaging software;

(c) causing a processor to receive the message, and processing the message using the number;

(d) searching a plurality of groups using the number; and

(e) sending a plurality of response messages using the number, the plurality of response messages sent to the plurality of users located within each of the different network architectures.

2. The method of claim 1, where the number generated by the server, the number used to process the message, the number used to search the plurality of groups, and the number used to send the plurality of messages is the same number.

3. The method of claim 1, where the messaging software is selected from a group consisting of a common short code, a long code, a virtual MISDN, and a combination of two or more thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, where the processing includes separating the message into a message content and a message metadata.

5. The method of claim 1, where the processing includes a plurality of administrative controls specific to a specific user or group, or both, and where the administrative controls are selected from a group consisting of:

a geolocation function, a social network integration, a message delivery schedule, a type of message delivery, a muted messaging function, and an authentication function.

6. The method of claim 1, where the processing includes a plurality of user controls selected from a group consisting of:

a message muting function, a message delivery schedule, a geolocation function, and a social network message delivery function.

7. The method of claim 1, where the message includes a media and an attachment, and where the media is selected from a group consisting of:

a video, an image, a document, a pdf, and a combination of two or more thereof.

8. The method of claim 1, where the step of sending the plurality of response messages is provided through an application programming interface that integrates with a third party.

9. The method of claim 1, where the groups are comprised of a plurality of common interest subjects generated by the users.

10. The method of claim 1, where the different network architectures are selected from a group consisting of:

a mobile web network, a web network a short message service network, an email network, an instant messenger network, an Internet protocol-based network, and a combination of two or more thereof.

15. The method of claim 1, where the delivery method rules are selected from a group consisting of:

short message service delivery rules, binary application delivery rules, email delivery rules, mobile web delivery rules, web delivery rules, access point name notification delivery rules, and instant messenger delivery rules.

16. The method of claim 1, where the account status rules are selected from a group consisting of:

existing member rules, new member rules, and specific time-based delivery of messaging rules.

11. A method of sending electronic communication between a plurality of users operating within a network architecture, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) provisioning a server with a messaging software, wherein the server is in communication with each of the users;

(b) causing a processor to broadcast from one of the users a message that includes an address of a recipient user;

(c) causing a processor to receive the message, where the message is comprised of a message content and a message metadata;

(d) causing the processor to extract from the message the message content and the message metadata;

(e) causing the processor to queue the message content for delivery to the recipient user;

(f) reformatting the message from a received format to a format used by a communication device employed by the recipient, where the step of reformatting comprises the steps of;

(i) causing a processor to process the message content by applying a plurality of rules including access method rules, delivery method rules, account status rules and security status rules; and

(g) causing the processor to send the reformatted message to the recipient user.

12. The method of claim 11, where the access method rules are selected from a group consisting of:

a plurality of send message rules, a plurality of receive message rules, and a combination and a combination of two or more thereof.

13. The method of claim 12, where the plurality of send message rules are selected from a group consisting of:

send message to an Internet, send message to a mobile web, send message to a binary application, send message to a short message service, send an access point name notification, send a message to an email, send a message to an instant messenger, send a message to a third party integration through an application programming interface, send a message to a plurality of other Internet protocol-based delivery locations, and a combination of two or more thereof.

14. The method of claim 12, where the plurality of receive message rules are selected from a group consisting of:

short message service rules, Internet rules, mobile Internet rules, binary application rules, email rules, instant messenger rules, application programming interface rules, access point name notification rules, and a plurality of other Internet protocol-based delivery rules, and a combination of two or more thereof.

17. A computing system, comprising:

a processor;

a data storage module; and

a memory module that comprises a plurality of components that are executable by the processor, the components comprising;

a receiver component that receives a request to create a messaging group for a messaging application, wherein the request includes an indication of one or more entities that are desired to be members of the messaging group;

a group creator component that creates the messaging group based at least in part upon the received group creation request, where the messaging group continues over multiple messaging sessions, and where the receiver component receives a group message and recognizes that the group message is to be disseminated to all entities of the messaging group, and where the entities of the messaging group are located within a plurality of different network architectures; and

a message transmitter component that transmits the group message to each entity of the messaging group, and where the transmitted group message is delivered to each entity of the messaging group, where each entity is located in one of the plurality of different network architectures.

18. The computing system of claim 17, where the receiver component, group creator component, and message transmitter component are selected from a group consisting of a common short code, a long code, a virtual MISDN, and a combination of two or more thereof

19. The computing system of claim 17, where the receiver component separates the message into a message content and a message metadata.

20. The computing system of claim 17, where the different network architectures are selected from a group consisting of:

a mobile web network, a web network a short message service network, an email network, an instant messenger network, an Internet protocol-based network, and a combination of two or more thereof.