COMPUTER-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A FILE REQUEST IN RESPONSE TO A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM A USER MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20130304728A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. (iHeartMedia, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services LP (iHeartMedia, Inc.)
• Inventors: Traasdahl, Are
• Granted Patent: US 9,306,884 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

The invention provides a computer-based method of transmitting a file, including receiving a message from a user mobile device at a service computer system, determining at the server computer system whether the message includes a search identifier, extracting at least one search result from a data store at the server computer system based on a search term in the message if the server computer system determined that the message included a search identifier, and transmitting a file corresponding to the search result from the server computer system to the user mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, executable by a computer, comprising:

responding to a determination that a message received at a server computer system from a user mobile device includes a search identifier indicating, by its presence, that a search is requested, by performing a first function; and

responding to a determination that the message does not include the search identifier by performing a second function that is separate from the first function.

2. The method of claim 1, performing the second function comprises transmitting an error message to the user mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, performing the first function comprises transmitting, to the user mobile device, a download link message including a download link for downloading a file selected based on a search term included in the message.

4. The method of claim 3, performing the first function further comprises responding to receiving a download command from the user mobile device at the server computer system by transmitting the file to the user mobile device, the download command is received at least in part due to a selection of the download link at the user mobile device.

5. The method of claim 2, performing the first function comprises:

transmitting, to the user mobile device, a search result message including a page link for accessing a search results page including at least one search result selected based on a search term included in the message; and

responding to receiving a download command from the user mobile device at the server computer system by transmitting, to the user mobile device, a file corresponding to the at least one search result, the download command is received at least in part due to a selection of the at least one search result via interaction with the search results page at the user mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, performing the first function further comprises:

responding to receiving a results page request command from the user mobile device at the server computer system by transmitting the search results page to the user mobile device, the results page request command is received at least in part due to a selection of the page link at the user mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the message is received over a Short Message Service (SMS) network;

the search result message and the error message are transmitted over the SMS network;

the results page request command and the download command are received over a Wide Application Protocol (WAP) network; and

the search results page and the file are transmitted over the WAP network.

8. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory operable to store a program of instructions for causing the processor to;

respond to a determination that a message received from a user mobile device includes a search identifier indicating, by its presence, that a search is requested, by transmitting a search result message; and

respond to a determination that the message does not include the search identifier by transmitting an error message to the user mobile device.

9. The computer system of claim 8, the search result message including a download link for downloading a file selected based on a search term included in the message.

10. The computer system of claim 9, the memory operable to store a program of instructions for causing the processor to:

respond to the determination that the message includes the search identifier by extracting at least a portion of text included in the message as the search term; and

select the file from a data store holding a plurality of files and a plurality of entries corresponding to the files based upon a determination that the file corresponds to the search term.

11. The computer system of claim 10, the memory operable to store a program of instructions for causing the processor to:

respond to receiving a download command from the user mobile device by transmitting the file to the user mobile device, the download command is received at least in part due to a selection of the download link at the user mobile device.

12. The computer system of claim 11, the memory operable to store a program of instructions for causing the processor to:

transmit the search result message, the search result message including a page link for accessing a search results page including at least one search result selected based on the search term; and

respond to receiving the download command from the user mobile device by transmitting the file to the user mobile device, the download command is received at least in part due to a selection of the at least one search result via the search results page at the user mobile device.

13. The computer system of claim 12, the memory operable to store a program of instructions for causing the processor to:

respond to receiving a results page request command from the user mobile device by transmitting the search results page to the user mobile device, the results page request command is received at least in part due to a selection of the page link at the user mobile device.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying computer code, the computer code comprising a program of instructions executable by a computer system, the program of instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to respond to a determination that a message received from a user mobile device includes a search identifier indicating, by its presence, that a search is requested, by transmitting a search result message; and

at least one instruction to respond to a determination that the message does not include the search identifier by transmitting an error message to the user mobile device.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, the search result message including a download link for downloading a file selected based on a search term included in the message.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, the program of instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to respond to the determination that the message includes the search identifier by extracting at least a portion of text included in the message as the search term; and

at least one instruction to select the file from a data store holding a plurality of files and a plurality of entries corresponding to the files based upon a determination that the file corresponds to the search term.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, the program of instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to respond to receiving a download command from the user mobile device by transmitting the file to the user mobile device, the download command is received at least in part due to a selection of the download link at the user mobile device.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, the program of instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to transmit a search result message including a page link for accessing a search results page including at least one search result selected based on the search term; and

at least one instruction to respond to receiving the download command from the user mobile device by transmitting the file to the user mobile device, the download command is received at least in part due to a selection of the at least one search result via the search results page at the user mobile device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, the program of instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to respond to receiving a results page request command from the user mobile device by transmitting the search results page to the user mobile device, the results page request command is received at least in part due to a selection of the link at the user mobile device.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein:

the message is received over a Short Message Service (SMS) network;

the search result message and the error message are transmitted over the SMS network;

the results page request command and the download command are received over a Wide Application Protocol (WAP) network; and

the search results page and the file are transmitted over the WAP network.