SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING MESSAGES REMAIN ON TOP OF A MOBILE BULLETIN BOARD

• US 20160226810A1
• Filed: 05/06/2015
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitake Information Corp.
• Original Assignee: Mitake Information Corp.
• Inventors: CHIU, Hung-Che
• Granted Patent: US 9,628,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A system and method of making messages remain on top of a mobile bulletin board are provided. The system includes a database, a server, a push gateway, and a mobile communication device. A cloud is composed of the database, the server, and the push gateway. The server generates a bulletin board message. The bulletin board message is delivered as a push notification to the mobile communication device of a corresponding member through the push gateway and an external push server, such that the bulletin board message is made compulsory remain-on-top displayed on the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A system of making messages remain on top of a mobile bulletin board, the system comprising:

a database for storing at least one bulletin board message and a plurality of members'"'"' information, wherein the bulletin board message comprises a message content, an attribute, and a recipient list selected from a level and the members'"'"' information;

a server for accessing the database, comprising;

a first network communication module having a network connection with a mobile communication device associated with one of the members'"'"' information;

a login verification module for verifying the mobile communication device connects with the server through a network; and

a first bulletin board module for producing a recipient push list according to the recipient list, wherein the recipient push list comprises at least one push ID corresponding to one of the members'"'"' information; and

a push gateway for producing a push notification according to the bulletin board message and sending the push notification to the mobile communication device corresponding to the recipient push list through an external push server,

wherein, after the mobile communication device downloads the bulletin board message from the server in accordance with the push notification, the mobile communication device determines whether to display a summary of the message content in a priority display block according to the attribute.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the members'"'"' information each specify an account number, an organization, and an authority grade, with the organization being one of a single-level organization and a multi-level organization.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the recipient push list requires selecting the specific members'"'"' information, the specific levels of the organization, a specific group list, or all the members'"'"' information of the organization from an organization directory.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the bulletin board message is selected from a display position, a remain-on-top flag, a background color flag, and a reading status flag.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the server further comprises an authority management module for responding to a remain-on-top instruction or a remain-on-top cancellation instruction and thereby resetting a display position of the message content.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the authority management module resets the display position of the message content according to the authority grade.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the server further comprises an authority management module for managing authority required for sending the bulletin board message to the levels according to the authority grade associated with the message content.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the mobile communication device comprises at least one processor for executing a plurality of program instructions comprising:

a first program instruction for instructing the mobile communication device to establish a network connection with the server and thereby undergo login verification;

a second program instruction for instructing the mobile communication device to receive the push notification and then download from the server the bulletin board message corresponding to the push notification serial number;

a third program instruction for instructing the mobile communication device to display the message content on a screen, wherein a view of the screen is divided into the priority display block and a non-priority display block; and

a fourth program instruction for determining whether to display the summary of the message content in the priority display block or the non-priority display block according to the attribute.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the third program instruction receives a vertically scrolling instruction for scrolling up and down the view, displays the summary of the message content in the priority display block or the non-priority display block in accordance with an arrangement sequence, and receives a selecting instruction for the summary so as to display the full contents of the bulletin board messages.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the third program instruction displays the summary of the message content in accordance with an arrangement sequence, and the arrangement sequence is selected from a bulletin board message time stamp sequence and a latest reply time stamp sequence.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the fourth program instruction receives a round-robin configuration instruction for starting and shutting down automatic round-robin display of the priority display block.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein, when more than one said bulletin board message is disposed in the priority display block, the third program instruction instructs another said bulletin board message to be disposed in the priority display block by transverse expansion and receives a horizontally scrolling instruction to thereby scroll the priority display block leftward and rightward, thereby switching between the bulletin board messages displayed in the priority display block.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the fourth program instruction records a “

read”

status and an “

unread”

status of the bulletin board message of the priority display block in a “

reading status flag”

of the attribute.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein, when the reading status flag of the bulletin board message changes from the “

unread”

status to the “

read”

status, the fourth program instruction automatically resets the display position of the attribute to the non-priority display block, whereas the third program instruction removes the summary of the message content from the priority display block and displays the summary in the non-priority display block.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the priority display block displays the message content of multiple said bulletin board messages.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the fourth program instruction checks the attribute of the bulletin board message, displays the summary of the message content in the priority display block when the attribute indicates that the display position is the priority display block, and displays the summary of the message content in the non-priority display block when the attribute indicates that the display position is the non-priority display block.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the first bulletin board module receives the bulletin board message uploaded from the members'"'"' information and writes the bulletin board message to the database.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the push notification comprises a push notification serial number, and the mobile communication device downloads from the server the bulletin board message corresponding to the push notification serial number.

19. A method of making messages remain on top of a mobile bulletin board, applicable to a cloud formed from a database, a server, and a push gateway, the method comprising the steps of:

storing at least one bulletin board message and a plurality of members'"'"' information in the database, wherein the bulletin board message comprises a message content, an attribute, and a recipient list selected from a level and the members'"'"' information;

establishing a network connection between the server and a mobile communication device associated with one of the members'"'"' information, followed by verifying login of the mobile communication device by the server;

receiving the bulletin board message uploaded by the mobile communication device and writing the bulletin board message to the database, by the server;

producing a recipient push list by the server according to the recipient list, wherein the recipient push list comprises at least one push ID corresponding to one of the members'"'"' information;

producing a push notification by the push gateway according to the bulletin board message, followed by sending the push notification to the mobile communication device corresponding to the recipient push list through a push server; and

providing by the server the bulletin board message corresponding to the push notification, so as for the bulletin board message to be downloaded by the mobile communication device corresponding to one of the members'"'"' information,

wherein, after the mobile communication device has downloaded the bulletin board message from the server in accordance with the push notification, the mobile communication device determines whether to display a summary of the message content in a priority display block according to the attribute.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the members'"'"' information each specify an organization and an authority grade, with the organization selected from a single-level organization and a multi-level organization.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the recipient push list comprises specific members'"'"' information, specific levels of the organization, a specific group list, or all the members'"'"' information of the organization which are selected from an organization directory.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the push notification comprises a push notification serial number, and the mobile communication device downloads the bulletin board message from the server in accordance with the push notification serial number.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the attribute of the bulletin board message is selected from a display position, a remain-on-top flag, a background color flag, and a reading status flag.

24. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of resetting a display position of the message content by the server in response to a remain-on-top instruction and a remain-on-top cancellation instruction.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising the step of resetting the display position of the message content by the server according to the authority grade.

26. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of managing by the server an authority for sending the message content to the level according to publication of the authority grade associated with the message content.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the mobile communication device comprises at least one processor for executing a plurality of program instructions including:

a first program instruction for establishing a network connection between the mobile communication device and the server to undergo login verification;

a second program instruction for instructing the mobile communication device to download from the server the bulletin board message corresponding to a push notification serial number after receiving the push notification;

a third program instruction for instructing the mobile communication device to display the message content on a screen, wherein a view of the screen is divided into the priority display block and a non-priority display block disposed beneath the priority display block; and

a fourth program instruction for determining whether to display the summary of the message content in the priority display block or the non-priority display block according to the attribute.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein, when more than one said bulletin board message is disposed in the priority display block, the third program instruction enables another bulletin board message to be disposed by transverse expansion and starts a horizontally scrolling operation mode to receive a horizontally scrolling instruction, thereby switching between the bulletin board messages displayed in the priority display block.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the fourth program instruction records a “

read”

status and an “

unread”

status of the bulletin board message of the priority display block in a “

reading status flag”

of the attribute.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein, when the reading status flag of the bulletin board message changes from the “

unread”

status to the “

read”

status, the display position of the attribute is reset to the non-priority display block, whereas the summary of the message content is removed from the priority display block and displayed in the non-priority display block.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the priority display block displays the message content of multiple said bulletin board messages.

32. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of receiving a remain-on-top instruction by the third program instruction, moving the message content otherwise displayed in the non-priority display block to the priority display block, and uploading the remain-on-top instruction to the server.

33. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of receiving a remain-on-top cancellation instruction by the third program instruction, moving the message content otherwise displayed in the priority display block to the non-priority display block, and uploading the remain-on-top cancellation instruction to the server.

34. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of receiving a vertically scrolling instruction for scrolling up and down the view by the third program instruction, displaying the summary of the message content in one of the priority display block and the non-priority display block in accordance with an arrangement sequence, and receiving a selecting instruction for the summary so as to display the full contents of the bulletin board messages.

35. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of checking the attribute of the bulletin board message by the fourth program instruction, displaying the summary of the message content in the priority display block when the display position of the attribute is the priority display block, and displaying the summary of the message content in the non-priority display block when the display position of the attribute is the non-priority display block.

36. A method of making messages remain on top of a mobile bulletin board, applicable to a mobile communication device for accessing a cloud, with the cloud formed from a database, a server, and a push gateway, the database storing at least one bulletin board message and a plurality of members'"'"' information, the bulletin board message comprising a message content, an attribute, and a recipient list, with the mobile communication device having a screen and executing an application to implement the method, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a push notification by the mobile communication device associated with one of the members'"'"' information, wherein the push notification comprises a push notification serial number;

establishing a network connection with the server to thereby undergo login verification;

downloading from the server the bulletin board message corresponding to the push notification serial number;

displaying the message content on the screen, wherein a view of the screen is divided into a priority display block and a non-priority display block disposed beneath the priority display block; and

determining whether to display a summary of the message content in the priority display block or the non-priority display block according to the attribute.

37. The method of claim 36, further comprising the step of checking the attribute of the bulletin board message, displaying the summary of the message content in the priority display block when a display position of the attribute is the priority display block, and displaying the summary of the message content in the non-priority display block when the display position of the attribute is the non-priority display block.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein, when more than one said bulletin board message is disposed in the priority display block, another bulletin board message is disposed by transverse expansion, and a horizontally scrolling operation mode is started, so as to receive a horizontally scrolling instruction for switching between the bulletin board messages displayed in the priority display block.

39. The method of claim 36, wherein a “

read”

status and an “

unread”

status of the bulletin board message of the priority display block are recorded in a “

reading status flag”

of the attribute.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein, when the reading status flag of the bulletin board message changes from the “

unread”

status to the “

read”

status, the display position of the attribute is reset to the non-priority display block, and the summary of the bulletin board message is removed from the priority display block and displayed in the non-priority display block.

41. The method of claim 36, wherein the priority display block displays the message content of multiple said bulletin board messages.

42. The method of claim 36, further comprising the step of receiving a remain-on-top instruction, moving the message content otherwise displayed in the non-priority display block to the priority display block, and uploading the remain-on-top instruction to the server.

43. The method of claim 36, further comprising the step of receiving a remain-on-top cancellation instruction, moving the message content otherwise displayed in the priority display block to the non-priority display block, and uploading the remain-on-top cancellation instruction to the server.