Messaging and updating services over the air from application servers to applications in mobile devices

• US 20140074941A1
• Filed: 09/09/2012
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jianping He
• Original Assignee: Jianping He
• Inventors: He, Jianping
• Granted Patent: US 10,044,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, system and program product for messaging and updating services over the air from application servers to applications in mobile devices, so that applications in mobile devices can receive instant messages over the air from application servers via instant messaging servers and communication networks, with option to communicate back to application servers to fetch updates over the air via communication networks, and execute updates in mobile devices or applications.

Claims

1. A method providing messaging and updating services over the air from application servers to applications in mobile devices via instant messaging servers and communication networks, the method comprising the acts of:

setting up accounts by subscribers of said mobile devices, and application service providers of said application servers via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks;

with permissions of said subscribers, creating registrations and de-registrations for said mobile devices and said applications with said application servers via said communication networks for instant messaging services from said application servers;

if there are pending messages or updates for registered said mobile devices and said applications, then sending instant messages from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks;

receiving and processing said instant messages on registered said mobile devices and said applications;

optionally displaying said instant messages on registered said mobile devices, fetching updates from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said communication networks, and executing said updates in registered said mobile devices and/or said applications.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said instant messaging servers can be public or private instant messaging servers, with standardized protocols such as Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) and Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), or proprietary protocols such as AOL and Skype instant messaging protocols;

wherein said communication networks comprise one or more of wireless, wired and satellite networks;

wherein said account setups for said subscribers and said application service providers, can be performed via said communication networks with portals or application programming interfaces of said instant messaging servers, or third party interfaces associated with said instant messaging servers.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said subscribers are the owners and/or users of said mobile devices;

wherein said mobile devices comprise central processing units, system memories, wireless network interfaces and zero or more of wired and satellite network interfaces, system buses, power supply interfaces and/or batteries, zero or more of disk storages, input interfaces and/or input devices, and output interfaces and/or output devices;

wherein said application servers and said mobile devices have instant messaging clients that can subscribe to and communicate with each other for instant message exchange via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said registrations and de-registrations for said mobile devices and said applications via said communication networks can be initiated by either graphic user interfaces or application programming interfaces in said mobile devices, and can be performed by either direct network interfaces from said applications in said mobile devices to said application servers, or by a sequence of network interfaces with intermediate entities of said instant message clients in said mobile devices, said instant messaging servers, and said instant message clients in said application servers.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein delivery of said instant messages from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks can be performed by a sequence of network interfaces with intermediate entities of said instant message clients in said application servers, said instant messaging servers, and said instant message clients in registered said mobile devices. After said instant messages are received in registered said mobile devices, they can be relayed to said applications through application programming interfaces via said instant messaging clients in registered said mobile devices.

6. A system providing messaging and updating services over the air from application servers to applications in mobile devices via instant messaging servers and communication networks, the system comprising:

mobile devices;

instant messaging servers;

application servers;

communication networks; and

performing the acts of;

setting up accounts by subscribers of said mobile devices, and application service providers of said application servers via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks;

with permissions of said subscribers, creating registrations and de-registrations for said mobile devices and said applications with said application servers via said communication networks for instant messaging services from said application servers;

if there are pending messages or updates for registered said mobile devices and said applications, then sending instant messages from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks;

receiving and processing said instant messages on registered said mobile devices and said applications;

optionally displaying said instant messages on registered said mobile devices, fetching updates from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said communication networks, and executing said updates in registered said mobile devices and/or said applications.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said instant messaging servers can be public or private instant messaging servers, with standardized protocols such as Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) and Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), or proprietary protocols such as AOL and Skype instant messaging protocols;

wherein said communication networks comprise one or more of wireless, wired and satellite networks;

wherein said account setups for said subscribers and said application service providers, can be performed via said communication networks with portals or application programming interfaces of said instant messaging servers, or third party interfaces associated with said instant messaging servers

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said subscribers are the owners and/or users of said mobile devices;

wherein said mobile devices comprise central processing units, system memories, wireless network interfaces and zero or more of wired and satellite network interfaces, system buses, power supply interfaces and/or batteries, zero or more of disk storages, input interfaces and/or input devices, and output interfaces and/or output devices;

wherein said application servers and said mobile devices have instant messaging clients that can subscribe to and communicate with each other for instant message exchange via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said registrations and de-registrations for said mobile devices and said applications via said communication networks can be initiated by either graphic user interfaces or application programming interfaces in said mobile devices, and can be performed by either direct network interfaces from said applications in said mobile devices to said application servers, or by a sequence of network interfaces with intermediate entities of said instant message clients in said mobile devices, said instant messaging servers, and said instant message clients in said application servers.

10. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein delivery of said instant messages from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks can be performed by a sequence of network interfaces with intermediate entities of said instant message clients in said application servers, said instant messaging servers, and said instant message clients in registered said mobile devices. After said instant messages are received in registered said mobile devices, they can be relayed to said applications through application programming interfaces via said instant messaging clients in registered said mobile devices.

11. A program product comprising executable instructions embodied in readable media of applications servers, instant messaging servers and mobile devices for providing messaging and updating services over the air from application servers to applications in mobile devices via instant messaging servers and communication networks, the program product comprising the acts of:

setting up accounts by subscribers of said mobile devices, and application service providers of said application servers via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks;

with permissions of said subscribers, creating registrations and de-registrations for said mobile devices and said applications with said application servers via said communication networks for instant messaging services from said application servers;

if there are pending messages or updates for registered said mobile devices and said applications, then sending instant messages from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks;

receiving and processing said instant messages on registered said mobile devices and said applications;

optionally displaying said instant messages on registered said mobile devices, fetching updates from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said communication networks, and executing said updates in registered said mobile devices and/or said applications.

12. The program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein said instant messaging servers can be public or private instant messaging servers, with standardized protocols such as Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) and Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), or proprietary protocols such as AOL and Skype instant messaging protocols;

wherein said communication networks comprise one or more of wireless, wired and satellite networks;

wherein said account setups for said subscribers and said application service providers, can be performed via said communication networks with portals or application programming interfaces of said instant messaging servers, or third party interfaces associated with said instant messaging servers.

13. The program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein said subscribers are the owners and/or users of said mobile devices;

wherein said mobile devices comprise central processing units, system memories, wireless network interfaces and zero or more of wired and satellite network interfaces, system buses, power supply interfaces and/or batteries, zero or more of disk storages, input interfaces and/or input devices, and output interfaces and/or output devices;

wherein said application servers and said mobile devices have instant messaging clients that can subscribe to and communicate with each other for instant message exchange via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks.

14. The program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein said registrations and de-registrations for said mobile devices and said applications via said communication networks can be initiated by either graphic user interfaces or application programming interfaces in said mobile devices, and can be performed by either direct network interfaces from said applications in said mobile devices to said application servers, or by a sequence of network interfaces with intermediate entities of said instant message clients in said mobile devices, said instant messaging servers, and said instant message clients in said application servers.

15. The program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein delivery of said instant messages from said application servers to registered said mobile devices via said instant messaging servers and said communication networks can be performed by a sequence of network interfaces with intermediate entities of said instant message clients in said application servers, said instant messaging servers, and said instant message clients in registered said mobile devices. After said instant messages are received in registered said mobile devices, they can be relayed to said applications through application programming interfaces via said instant messaging clients in registered said mobile devices.