System For Transmitting and Receiving Data Messages During A Phone Call

• US 20140378173A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeff Jacquin
• Original Assignee: Jeff Jacquin
• Inventors: Jacquin, Jeff
• Granted Patent: US 9,456,320 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system and method for sending a message to a second mobile device of a second user from a first mobile device of the first user while making a call comprises the first mobile device having a mobile application installed and operating in communication with a server to send the message to the second mobile device while attempting the call. The second mobile device receives the call from the first mobile device with the message displayed on a display area by the mobile application. The mobile application communicates with the server and the first mobile device and the second mobile device to enable simultaneously sending the message with the call from the first mobile device and to enable simultaneously viewing the message with a received call in the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for simultaneously sending a message with a call to a mobile device comprising:

initiating the call from a first mobile device by a first user to a second mobile device of a second user;

automatically launching a mobile application installed on the first mobile device to intercept and interrupt the call to the second mobile device, the mobile application searches for identifying a contact number of the second mobile device installed with the mobile application, the mobile application identifies the contact number by searching for the contact number of the second mobile device within a local cache of the mobile device of the first user;

checking the second mobile device associated with the contact number for the mobile application, the contact number being retrieved from the local cache of the first mobile device;

prompting the first user to write the message within a display area provided by the mobile application;

sending the message to the second mobile device through a server, the server being in communication with the first mobile device and the second mobile device over a wireless communication network; and

restarting the call to the second mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

searching for identifying the contact number of the second mobile device from a list of contact numbers stored in the server;

storing the contact number identified from the list of contact numbers in the local cache of the first mobile device;

checking the second mobile device associated with the contact number for the mobile application, the contact number being identified from the list of contact numbers;

prompting the first user to write the message within the display area provided by the mobile application;

sending the message to the second mobile device through the server, the server being in communication with the first mobile device and the second mobile device over the wireless communication network; and

restarting the call to the second mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile application installed in the first mobile device searches for identifying the contact number of the second mobile device within the list of contact numbers in the server upon expiration of the local cache of the first mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile application performs a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) request containing the contact number of the second mobile device over the wireless communication network to the server.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the server responds to the first mobile device with a message stating whether the contact number belongs to the second mobile device is installed with the mobile application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile application installed in the first mobile device restart the call upon finding that the second mobile device is not installed with the mobile application, the mobile application allows a mobile operating system take over to complete the call.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile application installed in the first mobile device prompt the first user to enter the message within the display area, thereafter the mobile application performs another HTTP request to the server with the contact number and a message content provided by the mobile application.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first mobile device restarts the call after sending the message to the server.

9. A method for simultaneously receiving and viewing a message with a call in a second mobile device comprising:

receiving the call by the second mobile device from the first mobile device;

automatically launching a mobile application installed on the second mobile device from a background to check for at least one pending messages from the first mobile device of the first user;

displaying the at least one pending message from the first mobile device on a temporary display area provided by the mobile application running on the background of the second mobile device; and

allowing the second user to answer the call from the first user while simultaneously displaying the message on the temporary display area.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

checking for the at least one pending messages from the first mobile device in a server while receiving the call on the second mobile device from the first mobile device;

displaying the at least one pending message from the first mobile device on the temporary display area on the second mobile device by the mobile application running on the background; and

allowing the second user to answer the call from the first user while simultaneously displaying the message on the temporary display area.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the mobile application running on the second mobile device checks with the server by making a HTTP and/or transmission control protocol (TCP) socket request to the server upon notification of an incoming call to find any pending message.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the at least one pending message is send through a push notification sent from the server to the second mobile device.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the mobile application running on the second mobile device allows the user to answer the call even in the absence of any pending messages from the first user.

14. A system for simultaneously sending and viewing a message with a call to/from a mobile device comprising:

a first mobile device owned by a first user that attempt a call to a second mobile device owned by a second user that receives the call made from the first mobile device;

a server operating in communication with the first mobile device and the second mobile device over a wireless communication network; and

a mobile application running on the first mobile device and the second mobile device for simultaneously sending and viewing the message with the call from/to the first mobile device and the second mobile device;

whereby the mobile application communicates with the server and the first mobile device and the second mobile device to enable simultaneously sending the message with the call from the first mobile device and to enable simultaneously viewing the message with a received call in the second mobile device.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the mobile application running on the first mobile device and the second mobile device is in communication with the server over the wireless communication network for managing a simultaneous messaging and calling feature.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the server redirects the message send from the first mobile device to the second mobile device, the mobile application running on the second mobile device displays the message on a display area while receiving the call from the first mobile device.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the server stores and updates a plurality of information in real time, the plurality of information includes at least one message sent by the first user from the first mobile device, a plurality of contact numbers having the mobile application installed there within and a plurality of instances of communication between a plurality of devices having mobile application including the first mobile device and the second mobile device.