MEDIA INSTANT MESSAGING FOR MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20120072508A1
• Filed: 08/04/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synchronica PLC (Myriad Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Synchronica PLC (Myriad Group AG)
• Inventors: Grigoriev, Nikolai, Thorkelsson, Haraldur, Regnier, Jean
• Granted Patent: US 9,014,349 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• 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: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

In an instant messaging system, message latency is reduced by initiating traffic channel set-up at a receiving device concurrently while a sending device is generating the instant message. When a user begins generating an instant message, the sending device transmits a service request to a payload and connection server to indicate that an instant message is pending. Upon receipt of the service request, the payload and connection server notifies the receiving device so that the receiving device can initiate traffic channel set-up concurrently while the instant message is being recorded. When the traffic channel is established, the receiving device polls the server. If the instant message is not yet received by the payload and connection server when the polling request is received, the payload and connection server waits a predetermined period of time to receive the pending instant message and forwards the instant message when it is received.

Claims

1. A method of comprising:

receiving a first instant message service request message from a sending device when an instant message is pending;

causing, at least in part, initiating traffic channel set-up by a receiving device responsive to said first instant message service request message;

receiving a polling request from the receiving device;

receiving the pending message from said sending device; and

causing, at least in part, forwarding the pending message to the receiving device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining to send a second polling request to an instant message server;

receiving a polling response to said second polling request from said instant message server; and

causing, at least in part, forwarding said polling response from said instant message server to said receiving device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein causing, at least in part, forwarding the pending message to the receiving device comprises including the pending message being forwarded to the receiving device within an instant messaging and presence service transaction using binary extensible markup language.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein causing, at least in part, initiating traffic channel set-up by a receiving device responsive to said instant message request message comprises sending a second instant message service request to an instant message server to initiate communication with said receiving device.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said first instant message service request comprises a hypertext transfer protocol GET message, and wherein said second instant message service request comprises a hypertext transfer protocol POST message.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the received polling request comprises a reduced size polling request, and further comprising causing, at least in part, maintaining the traffic channel with the receiving device responsive to the reduced size polling request.

7. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

receive a first instant message service request from a sending device;

cause, at least in part, to initiate traffic channel set-up by a receiving device responsive to said instant message service request message;

receive a polling request from the receiving device;

receive the pending message from said sending device; and

cause, at least in part, to forward the pending message to the receiving device via the communication interface.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine to send a second polling request to a remote instant message server;

receive a polling response to said second polling request from said remote instant message server; and

cause, at least in part, to forward said polling response from said remote instant message server to said receiving device.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the apparatus is further caused to cause, at least in part, to include the pending message being forwarded to the receiving device within an instant messaging and presence service transaction using extensible markup language.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the apparatus causes, at least in part, to initiate the traffic channel set-up by a receiving device by sending a third instant message service request to a remote instant message server to initiate communication with said receiving device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said first instant message service request message comprises a hypertext transfer protocol GET message, and wherein said second instant message service request comprises a hypertext transfer protocol POST message.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the received polling request comprises a reduced size polling request, and wherein the apparatus is further caused to cause, at least in part, to maintain the traffic channel with the receiving device responsive to receiving the reduced size polling request.

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