SUPPORTING MULTIPLE MESSAGING SERVICES ON MOBILE DEVICES IN A SINGLE USER EXPERIENCE

• US 20140181934A1
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Mayblum, Amir, Lee, Chunkwok, Gutierrez, Kim M., Bain, Alice Yuan
• Granted Patent: US 8,910,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A system is described that contains a device including a memory with a management application installed thereon. The management application contains a manager that generates a plurality of user accounts and associates at least one communication service as a messaging account with each user account, and an interface module that generates a user interface that presents the plurality of user accounts and that modifies the user interface based on the identification of the selected user account to present a selected account display.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a device including a memory with a management application installed thereon, wherein the management application comprises;

a manager mechanism of a manager module that, based on messaging account credentials, generates a plurality of user accounts and associates at least one communication service as a messaging account with each user account;

an interface module that generates a user interface that presents the plurality of user accounts and that modifies the user interface based on a selected user account to present a selected account display including the selected user account, messaging accounts associated with the selected user account, and the service information relative to the messaging accounts of the selected user account,

wherein the manager mechanism identifies the at least one communication service based on the messaging account credentials, and

wherein the manager mechanism polls service information from each associated communication service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the manager module includes an authentication mechanism that verifies the messaging account credentials when the manager module associates any communication service with any user account by performing an authentication sequence with the associated communication service.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the manager module includes a privacy mechanism that manages user account privacy settings that separately govern each user account of the plurality of user accounts, and

wherein user account privacy settings include

a locked mode that permits after successful entry of authorization credentials the presentation of the selected account display, and

an unlocked mode that permits without entering authorization credentials the presentation of the selected account display.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the manager module includes a notification mechanism that manages notifications presented by the user interface based on the service information polled by the manager mechanism, and

wherein the notification mechanism executes an exclusion mode for user accounts governed by the locked mode.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the manager module includes a notification mechanism that manages notifications presented by the user interface based on the service information polled by the manager mechanism, and

wherein the notification mechanism manages the notifications according to

an inclusion mode that includes the service information in the notifications,

an exclusion mode that excludes the service information from the notifications, and

a disable mode where the notifications are disabled.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface module includes a composer mechanism that permits entry of a message, selection of any communication service, and selection of a destination messaging account.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the manager module includes a selection mechanism that identifies, based on input received through the user interface, the selected user account from the plurality of user accounts.

8. A method, comprising:

generating, by an electronic device, a plurality of user accounts based on messaging account credentials;

identifying at least one communication service based on the messaging account credentials;

associating at least one communication service as a messaging account with each user account; and

generating a user interface that presents the plurality of user accounts;

polling service information from each associated communication service; and

modifying the user interface based on an identification of a selected user account to present a selected account display including the selected user account, messaging accounts associated with the selected user account, and the service information relative to the messaging accounts of the selected user account.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

verifying the messaging account credentials while associating any communication service with each any user account by performing an authentication sequence with the associated communication service.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

managing user account privacy settings that separately govern each user account of the set of user accounts, and

wherein user account privacy settings include

a locked mode that permits after successful entry of authorization credentials the presentation of the selected account display, and

an unlocked mode that permits without entering authorization credentials the presentation of the selected account display.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

managing notifications, that are presented by the user interface, based on the service information, and

wherein managing notifications includes executing an exclusion mode for user accounts governed by the locked mode.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

managing notifications, that are presented by the user interface, based on the service information, and

wherein managing notifications includes executing

an inclusion mode that includes the service information in the notifications,

an exclusion mode that excludes the service information from the notifications, and

a disable mode where the notifications are disabled.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

providing a composer interface within the user interface that permits entry of a message, selection of a communication service, and a destination messaging account.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying, based on input received through the user interface, the selected user account from the plurality of user accounts;

15. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, comprising:

generating, by an electronic device, a plurality of user accounts based on messaging account credentials;

identifying at least one communication service based on the messaging account credentials;

associating at least one communication service as a messaging account with each user account; and

generating a user interface that presents the plurality of user accounts;

polling service information from each associated communication service; and

modifying the user interface based on the identification of a selected user account to present a selected account display including the selected user account, messaging accounts associated with the selected user account, and the service information relative to the messaging accounts of the selected user account.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise:

verifying the messaging account credentials while associating any communication service with each any user account by performing an authentication sequence with the associated communication service.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise:

managing user account privacy settings that separately govern each user account of the set of user accounts, and

wherein user account privacy settings include

a locked mode that permits after successful entry of authorization credentials the presentation of the selected account display, and

an unlocked mode that permits without entering authorization credentials the presentation of the selected account display.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further comprise:

managing notifications, that are presented by the user interface, based on the service information, and

wherein managing notifications includes executing an exclusion mode for user accounts governed by the locked mode.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise:

managing notifications, that are presented by the user interface, based on the service information, and

wherein managing notifications includes executing

an inclusion mode that includes the service information in the notifications,

an exclusion mode that excludes the service information from the notifications, and

a disable mode where the notifications are disabled.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise:

providing a composer interface within the user interface that permits entry of a message, selection of a communication service, and a destination messaging account.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprises:

identifying, based on input received through the user interface, the selected user account from the plurality of user accounts.

22. A system, comprising:

a device including a memory with a management application installed thereon, wherein the management application comprises;

a manager module that includes

a manager mechanism that based on messaging account credentials generates a user account and associates at least one communication service as a messaging account with the user account, and that polls service information from each associated communication service,

an authentication mechanism that verifies the messaging account credentials when the manager module associates any communication service with the user account by performing an authentication sequence with the associated communication service,

a selection mechanism that identifies a selected messaging account from messaging accounts associated with the user account based on input received through a user interface, and

a notification mechanism that manages notifications presented by the user interface based on the service information polled by the manager mechanism; and

an interface module that generates the user interface that presents a user account display including the user account, messaging accounts associated with the user account, and the service information relative to the messaging accounts of the user account, and that modifies the user account display based on the selected messaging account to present a selected account display.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein a privacy mechanism of the manager module manages user account privacy settings that governs the user account and associated messaging accounts, and

wherein user account privacy settings include

a locked mode that permits after successful entry of authorization credentials the presentation of the user account display, and

an unlocked mode that permits without entering authorization credentials the presentation of the user account display.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the notification mechanism manages the notifications according to

an inclusion mode that includes the service information in the notifications,

an exclusion mode that excludes the service information from the notifications, and

a disable mode where the notifications are disabled.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the interface module includes a composer mechanism that permits entry of a message, selection of any communication service, and selection of a destination messaging account.