SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE MESSAGE COMPOSITION OF SECURITY MESSAGES

• US 20140120961A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lookout Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Lookout Incorporated
• Inventors: BUCK, Brian James
• Application Number:
  US13/729,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20140120961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for secure composition of security messages. A text message template may be displayed on a display of a mobile communications device. The text message template may include a first text field associated with a semantic category representing a plurality of items identified based on their meaning. At least one button associated with the semantic category may be presented on the display of the mobile communications device. An input may be received at the at least one button from a user of the mobile communications device. At least some of the plurality of items belonging to the semantic category associated with the first text field may be presented on the display of the mobile communications device. A selection of an item of the plurality of items may be received. The selected item may be presented in the first text field of the text message template.

Claims

1. A method of generating a text message on a mobile communications device, the method comprising:

on a mobile communications device, presenting a text message template on a display of the mobile communications device, the text message template including a first text field associated with a semantic category representing a plurality of items identified based, at least in part, on their meaning;

presenting, on the display of the mobile communications device, at least one button associated with the semantic category;

receiving, at the at least one button, an input from a user of the mobile communications device;

presenting, on the display of the mobile communications device, at least some of the plurality of items belonging to the semantic category associated with the first text field, the presenting being responsive to receiving the input;

receiving a selection of an item of the plurality of items; and

presenting, at the display of the mobile communications device, the selected item in the first text field of the text message template.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising collecting, on the mobile communications device, context information describing a plurality of activities associated with usage of the mobile communications device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the context information is a type of information selected from the group consisting of:

a geographical location associated with the user, applications used by the user, time and date information, and a speed associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising selecting the text message template based on the context information.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising identifying the at least some of the plurality of items based on the context information.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of items is presented in an order determined based on the context information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the semantic category is selected from the group consisting of:

status, location, date, time, and security.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message template is generated by one or more components of the mobile communications device based on a plurality of text messages previously sent by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message template further includes a second text field that is automatically populated by one or more components of the mobile communications device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second text field is automatically populated based on the received selection of the item.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message template is a template for a short message service (SMS) message.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message template relates to a security event on the mobile communications device.

13. A method of generating a text message on a mobile communications device, the method comprising:

on the mobile communications device, retrieving context information from a plurality of applications running on the mobile communications device, the context information describing a plurality of activities associated with usage of the mobile communications device;

processing the context information by grouping the context information into a plurality of semantic categories each representing a plurality of items identified based, at least in part, on their meaning; and

generating a text message based on the context information and a text message template, the text message template including a plurality of text fields, each text field of the plurality of text fields being associated with a semantic category of the plurality of semantic categories.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the context information is grouped into the plurality of semantic categories based on an ontological semantic analysis of the information retrieved from the plurality of applications running on the mobile communications device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the semantic category is selected from the group consisting of:

status, location, date, time, and security.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the context information is a type of information selected from the group consisting of:

a geographical location associated with the user, applications used by the user, time and date information, and a speed associated with the User.

17. A method of generating a text message on a mobile communications device, the method comprising:

on the mobile communications device, retrieving context information from a plurality of applications running on the mobile communications device, the context information describing a plurality of activities associated with usage of the mobile communications device;

processing the context information to group the context information according to a plurality of semantic categories each representing a plurality of items identified based, at least in part, on their meaning; and

providing context information associated with a semantic category of the plurality of semantic categories to a text message template generator, the text message template generator being an application running on the mobile communications device and being configured to generate a text message based on the context information and a text message template, the text message template including a plurality of text fields, each text field of the plurality of text fields being associated with a semantic category of the plurality of semantic categories.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the context information is grouped into the plurality of semantic categories based on an ontological semantic analysis of the information retrieved from the plurality of applications running on the mobile communications device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the processing is performed by a context management service that is an application registered with an operating system of the mobile communications device as a semantic content provider, and wherein the context information is provided in response to a request issued by the text message template generator.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the context information is a type of information selected from the group consisting of:

a geographical location associated with the user, applications used by the user, time and date information, and a speed associated with the user.