ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING TAGS

• US 20130005366A1
• Filed: 09/10/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bailey, Mark, Christensen, James E., Ellis, Jason B., Farrell, Robert G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,959,165 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates

Abstract

A method includes receiving a message from a user device, determining whether the message includes a tag, identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag, calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction, determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value, and associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a message from a user device;

determining whether the message includes a tag;

identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag;

calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction;

determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value; and

associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

identifying a second interaction the user device performed with a second application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag;

calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the second identified interaction;

determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the second identified interaction is within a threshold value; and

associating the tag with the second application associated with the second interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the second identified interaction is within the threshold value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

identifying a second interaction the user device performed with a second application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag;

calculating a difference between a location the message was sent from and a location associated with the second identified interaction;

determining whether the distance between the location the message was sent from and the location associated with the second identified interaction is within a threshold value; and

associating the tag with the second application associated with the second interaction responsive to determining that the distance between the location the message was sent from and the location associated with the second identified interaction is within the threshold value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag includes a textual word entry.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

receiving a message from at least one user device;

determining whether the message includes a request for data associated with the tag;

identifying the application associated with the tag responsive to determining that the message includes a request for data associated with the tag; and

sending service data associated with the application to the user device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further includes:

receiving a message from at least one user device;

determining whether the message includes a request for data associated with the tag;

identifying the applications associated with the tag responsive to determining that the message includes a request for data associated with the tag; and

sending service data associated with the applications to the user device.

7. A method comprising:

receiving a message from a user device;

determining whether the message includes a tag;

identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag;

calculating a distance between a location the message was sent from and a location associated with the at least one identified interaction;

determining whether the distance between the location the message was sent from and the location associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value; and

associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the distance between the location the message was sent from and the location associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further includes:

identifying a second interaction the user device performed with a second application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag;

calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the second identified interaction;

determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the second identified interaction is within a threshold value; and

associating the tag with the second application associated with the second interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the second identified interaction is within the threshold value.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further includes:

identifying a second interaction the user device performed with a second application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag;

calculating a difference between a location the message was sent from and a location associated with the second identified interaction;

determining whether the distance between the location the message was sent from and the location associated with the second identified interaction is within a threshold value; and

associating the tag with the second application associated with the second interaction responsive to determining that the distance between the location the message was sent from and the location associated with the second identified interaction is within the threshold value.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the tag includes a textual word entry.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further includes:

receiving a message from at least one user device;

determining whether the message includes a request for data associated with the tag;

identifying the application associated with the tag responsive to determining that the message includes a request for data associated with the tag; and

sending service data associated with the application to the user device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further includes:

receiving a message from at least one user device;

determining whether the message includes a request for data associated with the tag;

identifying the applications associated with the tag responsive to determining that the message includes a request for data associated with the tag; and

sending service data associated with the applications to the user device.