Ubiquitous user control for information communicated among end user communication devices

• US 20120250593A1
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Loment Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Loment Incorporated
• Inventors: Majeti, Venkata C., Pennabadi, Saiprasad
• Granted Patent: US 10,009,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

An exemplary method processes an electronic communication received by a first end-user communication device, where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment. A determination is made whether the received user data segment contains a first label that identifies a corresponding enhanced services application program stored in memory of the first end-user communication device. On identifying a first label, a determination is made whether the received user data segment contains a first command that identifies a corresponding action to be taken by the first enhanced services application program. On determining the existence of a first command, the first enhanced services application program causes a first action corresponding to the first command to be executed on the first end-user communication device.

Claims

1. A method for processing an electronic communication received by a first end-user communication device, the method comprising:

receiving the electronic communication by the first end-user communication device where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, all information in the user data segment being under the control of a user of a second end-user communication device that originated the electronic communication;

determining by the first end-user communication device whether the received user data segment contains a first label that corresponds to one of predetermined labels stored in memory of the first end-user communication device, where each stored label identifies a corresponding enhanced services application program stored in memory of the first end-user communication device;

upon determining that a first label is contained in the user data segment that identifies a corresponding first enhanced services application program stored in memory of the first end-user device, determining by the first end-user communication device operating under control of the first enhanced services application program whether the received user data segment contains a first command that corresponds to one of predetermined commands stored in memory of the first end-user communication device, where each stored command identifies a corresponding action to be taken by the first enhanced services application program;

upon determining by the first end-user communication device that the received user data segment contains a first command, the first enhanced services application program causing a first action corresponding to the first command to be executed on the first end-user communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the electronic communication comprises a short messaging service (SMS) text message, said user data segment carrying only characters that are under the control of the user of the second end-user communication device, the first enhanced services application program controlling the processing of the SMS user data segment.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said user data segment contains a series of bytes including a coding byte occupying a predetermined location in the series of bytes, the coding byte containing one of a predetermined set of characters, the predetermined set of characters stored in memory of the first end-user communication device where each character in said set of stored characters corresponds to a type of coding utilized to convey information in said user data segment.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said user data segment contains a series of bytes including a command byte occupying a predetermined location in the series of bytes, the command byte containing a numeric value that represents a number of bytes following the command byte that contain information associated with commands.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein a next byte following the command byte contains a command identification character, the command identification character corresponding to one of a predetermined set of command identification characters stored in memory of the first end-user communication device, each of the command identification characters in said predetermined set of command identification characters corresponding to a predetermined action to be taken by the first end-user communication device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein one or more bytes following said next byte contain further command characters that specify parameters associated with the execution of said first command.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the user data segment contains a second command separate from the first command, said command byte containing a numeric value that represents the number of bytes following the command byte that contain information associated with the first and second commands, a separation character occupying a byte following a last byte associated with the first command and preceding a first byte associated with the second command.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said user data segment also includes a user data message consisting of alphanumeric characters that follow said first command.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein all of the information contained in the user data segment except for the first label is received in an encrypted format, the first end-user communication device operating under the control of the first enhanced services application program decrypting the encrypted information in the user data segment to provide a clear text representation.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein all information in the user data segment passes through telecommunication infrastructure nodes as the digital packet travels from the second end-user communication device to the first end-user communication device, each of the telecommunication infrastructure nodes passing the information in the user data segment without any changes so that the first end-user communication device which terminates the communication receives the information in the user data segment as originated by the second end-user communication device.

10. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable tangible medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for processing an electronic communication received by a first end-user communication device, the method comprising:

receiving the electronic communication by the first end-user communication device where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, all information in the user data segment being under the control of a user of a second end-user communication device that originated the electronic communication;

determining by the first end-user communication device whether the received user data segment contains a first label that corresponds to one of predetermined labels stored in memory of the first end-user communication device, where each stored label identifies a corresponding enhanced services application program stored in memory of the first end-user communication device;

upon determining that a first label is contained in the user data segment that identifies a corresponding first enhanced services application program stored in memory of the first end-user device, determining by the first end-user communication device operating under control of the first enhanced services application program whether the received user data segment contains a first command that corresponds to one of predetermined commands stored in memory of the first end-user communication device, where each stored command identifies a corresponding action to be taken by the first enhanced services application program;

upon determining by the first end-user communication device that the received user data segment contains a first command, the first enhanced services application program causing a first action corresponding to the first command to be executed on the first end-user communication device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein said user data segment contains a series of bytes including a coding byte occupying a predetermined location in the series of bytes, the coding byte containing one of a predetermined set of characters, the predetermined set of characters stored in memory of the first end-user communication device where each character in said set of stored characters corresponds to a type of coding utilized to convey information in said user data segment.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein said user data segment contains a series of bytes including a command byte occupying a predetermined location in the series of bytes, the command byte containing a numeric value that represents a number of bytes following the command byte that contain information associated with commands.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein a next byte following the command byte contains a command identification character, the command identification character corresponding to one of a predetermined set of command identification characters stored in memory of the first end-user communication device, each of the command identification characters in said predetermined set of command identification characters corresponding to a predetermined action to be taken by the first end-user communication device.

14. An end-user wireless communication device that processes a received electronic communication, the device comprising:

a microprocessor controlled apparatus receives the electronic communication that comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, all information in the user data segment being under the control of a user of a another end-user communication device that originated the electronic communication;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus determines whether the received user data segment contains a first label that corresponds to one of predetermined labels stored in memory associated with the microprocessor controlled apparatus, where each stored label identifies a corresponding enhanced services application program stored in said memory;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus operating under control of the first enhanced services application program, upon determining that a first label is contained in the user data segment that identifies a corresponding first enhanced services application program stored in said memory, determines whether the received user data segment contains a first command that corresponds to one of predetermined commands stored in said memory, where each stored command identifies a corresponding action to be taken by the first enhanced services application program;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus operating under control of the first enhanced services application program, upon determining that the received user data segment contains a first command, executes a first action corresponding to the first command at the end-user wireless communication device.

15. The end-user wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein the electronic communication comprises a short messaging service (SMS) text message, said user data segment carrying only characters that are under the control of the user of the another end-user communication device, the microprocessor controlled apparatus operating under control of the first enhanced services application program controlling the processing of the SMS user data segment.

16. The end-user wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein said user data segment contains a series of bytes including a coding byte occupying a predetermined location in the series of bytes, the coding byte containing one of a predetermined set of characters, the predetermined set of characters stored in said memory where each character in said set of stored characters corresponds to a type of coding utilized to convey information in said user data segment.

17. The end-user wireless communication device of claim 14 wherein said user data segment contains a series of bytes including a command byte occupying a predetermined location in the series of bytes, the command byte containing a numeric value that represents a number of bytes following the command byte that contain information associated with commands.

18. The end-user wireless communication device of claim 17 wherein a next byte following the command byte contains a command identification character, the command identification character corresponding to one of a predetermined set of command identification characters stored in said memory, each of the command identification characters in said predetermined set of command identification characters corresponding to a predetermined action to be taken by the microprocessor controlled apparatus.

19. The end-user wireless communication device of claim 18 wherein one or more bytes following said next byte contain further command characters that specify parameters associated with the execution of said first command.