SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATION NETWORK METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying, on a transmitting mobile device, multimedia data, formatted in accordance with a primary format, to be sent to a receiving mobile device that cannot process the multimedia data formatted in the primary format;
uploading the multimedia data, formatted in accordance with the primary format, to a multimedia communication server;
receiving at the transmitting mobile device from the multimedia communication server a multimedia identifier associated with the multimedia data uploaded to the multimedia communication server; and
transmitting the multimedia identifier, over a synthetic communications network, from the transmitting mobile device to the receiving mobile device, wherein the receiving mobile device is identified on the synthetic communications network by a confirmed phone number, the multimedia identifier to be used by the receiving mobile device to request the download to the receiving mobile device of the multimedia data in a transcoded secondary format that the receiving device can process.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for registering a phone device on a synthetic communication network are described. One implementation receives a request to connect the phone device to a synthetic communication network that transmits messages over a data network using one or more phone numbers from a voice network. A phone number and a country code associated with the phone device to be used for communications over the synthetic network are obtained. The phone number is normalized to a standard format distinguishing the resulting normalized phone number from international phone numbers using the synthetic network. Before the phone device is registered, an association between the normalized phone number and the phone device is verified by sending a verification message addressed to the phone device that loops back to the phone device. If the phone device confirms the verification as authentic, an authorization allows the phone device to communicate over the synthetic network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying, on a transmitting mobile device, multimedia data, formatted in accordance with a primary format, to be sent to a receiving mobile device that cannot process the multimedia data formatted in the primary format; uploading the multimedia data, formatted in accordance with the primary format, to a multimedia communication server; receiving at the transmitting mobile device from the multimedia communication server a multimedia identifier associated with the multimedia data uploaded to the multimedia communication server; and transmitting the multimedia identifier, over a synthetic communications network, from the transmitting mobile device to the receiving mobile device, wherein the receiving mobile device is identified on the synthetic communications network by a confirmed phone number, the multimedia identifier to be used by the receiving mobile device to request the download to the receiving mobile device of the multimedia data in a transcoded secondary format that the receiving device can process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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receiving at a multimedia communication server from a transmitting mobile device on a synthetic communications network multimedia data formatted in accordance with a primary format; storing in association with the multimedia communications server the multimedia data in the primary format to be made available by the multimedia communication server for access by at least one receiving mobile device on the synthetic communications network in at least one of a plurality of secondary formats; transmitting from the multimedia communication server to the transmitting mobile device a multimedia identifier associated with the multimedia data stored in the primary format, the transmitted multimedia identifier to be used by the at least one receiving mobile device to reference the multimedia data stored in association with the multimedia communication server; transcoding the multimedia data formatted in the primary format into at least one selected secondary format compatible with the at least one receiving mobile device; and transmitting the transcoded multimedia data in the at least one selected secondary format to the at least one receiving mobile device, wherein the at least one receiving mobile device is identified on the synthetic communications network by a confirmed phone number for the receiving mobile device on the synthetic network. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A transmitting mobile device, comprising:
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a processor that executes instructions; and a memory having instructions when executed on the processor that cause the transmitting mobile device to identify multimedia data, formatted in accordance with a primary format, for transmission to a receiving mobile device that cannot process the multimedia data formatted in the primary format, upload the multimedia data, formatted in accordance with the primary format, to a multimedia communication server, receive a multimedia identifier associated with the multimedia data uploaded to the multimedia communication server, and transmit the multimedia identifier, over a synthetic communications network, from the transmitting mobile device to the receiving mobile device, wherein the receiving mobile device is identified on the synthetic communications network by the transmitting mobile device using a confirmed phone number for the receiving mobile device, the multimedia identifier to be used by the receiving mobile device to request the download to the receiving mobile device of the multimedia data transcoded into a secondary format that the receiving device can process. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A multimedia communications server, comprising:
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a processor that executes instructions; and a memory having instructions when executed on the processor that enables the multimedia communications server to receive from a transmitting mobile device on a synthetic communications network multimedia data formatted in accordance with a primary format, store the multimedia data in the primary format for access by at least one receiving mobile device on the synthetic communications network in at least one of a plurality of secondary formats, responsive to receiving the multimedia data, transmit to the transmitting mobile device a multimedia identifier associated with the multimedia data, the transmitted multimedia identifier for use by the at least one receiving mobile device to reference the stored multimedia data, transcode the multimedia data formatted in the primary format into at least one selected secondary format compatible with the at least one receiving mobile device, and transmit the transcoded multimedia data in the at least one selected secondary format to the at least one receiving mobile device, wherein the at least one receiving mobile device is identified by the multimedia communications server on the synthetic communications network by a confirmed phone number for the receiving mobile device on the synthetic network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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