METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20160142889A1
• Filed: 04/22/2015
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DIVE Communications Inc.
• Original Assignee: DIVE Communications Inc.
• Inventors: O'CONNOR, CHELSEA, WHITE, JULIAN
• Application Number:
  US14/896,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20160142889A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 Establishing or using transaction specific rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/42 Confirmation, e.g. check or permission by the legal debtor of payment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/086 using security domains
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

The evolution in telecommunications whilst providing email, MMS, SMS, texting etc. still means that telephony is the only telecommunications format providing immediacy in respect of a recipient responding to a message from a sender. Within these other formats the recipient may view the message and elect when to respond thereby allowing them time to compose, consider, etc. rather than garnering their immediate reaction. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to add a level of immediacy to these other forms of telecommunications messaging.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at an electronic device associated with a recipient a message from a sender, the message including a time limit to be associated with a response;

automatically acquiring with the electronic device a response comprising response data upon the electronic device upon presentation of the message for a period of time up to the time limit; and

transmitting from the electronic device the response to the sender.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

recording of the response begins automatically upon completion of at least one of the message and a predetermined portion of the message.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the message is one of a plurality of messages provided by the sender, each with an associated time limit;

and

the response includes automatically acquired audiovisual data for each of the messages based upon the associated time limit for each message.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

the automatically acquired audiovisual data for each of the messages comprises automatically beginning recording of the response upon completion of each message of the plurality of messages and automatically terminating the recording of the response after the associated time limit for the message of the plurality of messages has elapsed.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the response data acquired is at least one of audiovisual data, image data, and text data.

6. A method comprising:

receiving at an electronic device comprising a microprocessor associated with a sender a plurality of messages generated by the sender, each message of the plurality of messages having an associated time limit established by the sender;

receiving upon the electronic device data relating to a plurality of contacts selected by the user;

transmitting to a plurality of contacts a message, the message comprising the plurality of messages;

receiving from a predetermined subset of the plurality of contacts responses, each response from a contact within the predetermined subset of the plurality of contacts generated upon an electronic device associated with the contact upon presentation of the plurality of messages and comprising response data automatically acquired with the electronic device for each message of the plurality of messages for its associated time limit; and

presenting the responses from the predetermined subset of the plurality of contacts responses to the sender.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein

recording of each response begins automatically upon completion of at least one of the message and a predetermined portion of the message to a contact of the predetermined subset of the plurality of contacts.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising

transmitting with the message a predetermined time limit set by the sender by which responses should be provided;

and

the predetermined subset of the plurality of contacts are those contacts within the plurality of contacts who respond within the predetermined time limit.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein

each message of the plurality of messages comprises at least one of a text based message, an audio message, a video message, and an image associated with a text message or audio message.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein

the response data acquired is at least one of audiovisual data, image data, and text data.

11. A method comprising:

receiving at an electronic device comprising a microprocessor associated with a recipient a plurality of messages generated by the sender, each message of the plurality of messages having an associated time limit established by the sender;

generating a plurality of responses, each response being stored upon the electronic device and comprising audiovisual data acquired automatically by the electronic device after the presentation of each message of the plurality of messages to the recipient with a maximum length of acquired response data associated with a specific message of the plurality of messages being the associated time limit for that message; and

transmitting the plurality of responses from the predetermined subset of the plurality of contacts responses to at least one of a remote server and the sender.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein

recording of each response of the plurality of responses begins automatically upon completion of at least one of the message and a predetermined portion of the message.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising

receiving with the plurality of messages a predetermined time limit set by the sender by which responses should be provided.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein

each message of the plurality of messages comprises at least one of a text based message, an audio message, a video message, and an image associated with a text message or audio message.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the response data acquired is at least one of audiovisual data, image data, and text data.

16. A method of validating a financial transaction comprising:

receiving at an electronic device associated with a user making a purchase a prompt from a third party performing the financial transaction as part of the purchase, the prompt including a time limit associated with a response to be provided by the user;

automatically acquiring with the electronic device a response comprising response data upon the electronic device upon presentation of the prompt to the user, the response provided by the user for a period of time up to the time limit; and

transmitting from the electronic device the response to a recipient.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein

recording of each response begins automatically upon presentation of the prompt.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein

the response is audiovisual;

and

the response data is at least one of an audiovisual data file and geolocation data.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein

at least one of:

the response is stored in association with point of sale data relating to the purchase; and

the response is processed by the recipient to determine whether the user authorises the financial transaction.