Interface for message authorizing

• US 7,546,116 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2008
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith Micro Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Core Mobility (Smith Micro Software Incorporated)
• Inventors: Othmer, Konstantin
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US12/046,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20080153526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121- 2, 455/413, 455/466, 455418-420, 4554141- 4, 455/550.1, 455/557, 4555561- 2, 455563-567, 4555691- 2, 455 901- 3, 455/575.1, 455/575.9, 455/66.1, 455/116, 455/67.11, 455/67.7, 4551151- 4, 455/127.4, 455/91, 455/93, 455 68- 69, 455/552.1, 455344-345, 379 38- 42, 379/51, 379/68, 379 78- 82, 379 8801- 8804, 379 8808- 8809, 379 8812- 14, 379 8822- 28, 379/93.09, 379/93.11, 37910015- 16, 340 751- 62, 704/201, 704/246, 704275-277, 704/231, 704/251
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• 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 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A unified messaging interface and associated methods that enables mobile communication device users to initiate the creation of a message for a recipient without being required to explicitly specify the type of message that is to be created. The mobile communication device supports multiple message types, such as voice, text, and picture messages. The user begins providing message content to the communication device by, for example, speaking, entering text, or clicking a shutter of a camera. The unified messaging interface detects the nature of the content and creates a corresponding type of message. The user can indicate a desire to create and send a message by performing “one-click” action. The one-click action is an operation performed on the device that can be instantiated as a single button-press on the keypad; selection of a single soft key by depressing a button on the keypad or touching the screen of the device; or issuance of a single voice command.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a wireless communication device configured to present a messaging user interface and to, when the messaging user interface is presented, automatically commence receiving audio content;

the wireless communication device being configured to, in response to receiving other-than-audio content while the audio content is being received, discard the audio content and create an other-than-audio message that includes the other-than-audio content;

the wireless communication device being configured to, in response to receiving user input while the audio content is being received, create an audio message that includes the received audio content if the user input indicates that an audio message should be sent.

2. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the other-than-audio message is a text message.

3. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the other-than-audio content is text content.

4. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the other-than-audio message is a picture message.

5. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the other-than-audio content is picture content.

6. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device includes a keypad including a key;

and wherein the wireless communication device is configured to present the messaging user interface in response to the key being pressed.

7. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.

8. The wireless communication system as in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the cellular telephone is configured to present the messaging user interface in response to a selection of a recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

9. A wireless communication system comprising:

a wireless communication device configured to, after receiving message content, automatically identify a type of message from a plurality of alternative message types based on a message content type of the received message content, automatically create a message of the identified message type, and automatically add the received message content to the created message.

10. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the identified message type is a text message.

11. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the message content type of the received message content is text content.

12. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the identified message type is a picture message.

13. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the message content type of the received message content is picture content.

14. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the identified message type is an audio message.

15. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the message content type of the received message content is audio content.

16. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the wireless communication device includes a keypad including a key;

and wherein the wireless communication device is configured to commence the receiving of the message content in response to the key being pressed.

17. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.

18. The wireless communication system as in claim 9, wherein the wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the cellular telephone is configured to commence the receiving of the message content in response to a selection of a recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

19. A wireless communication system comprising:

a handheld wireless communication device configured to present a messaging user interface and to, when the messaging user interface is presented, automatically commence receiving audio content;

the handheld wireless communication device being configured to, in response to receiving other-than-audio content while the audio content is being received, discard the audio content and create an other-than-audio message that includes the other-than-audio content;

the handheld wireless communication device being configured to, in response to receiving user input while the audio content is being received, create an audio message that includes the received audio content if the user input indicates that an audio message should be created.

20. The wireless communication system as in claim 19, wherein the other-than-audio message is a text message;

and wherein the other-than-audio content is text content.

21. The wireless communication system as in claim 20, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.

22. The wireless communication system as in claim 20, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the cellular telephone is configured to present the messaging user interface in response to a selection of a recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

23. The wireless communication system as in claim 19, wherein the other-than-audio message is a picture message;

and wherein the other-than-audio content is picture content.

24. The wireless communication system as in claim 23, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.

25. The wireless communication system as in claim 23, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the cellular telephone is configured to present the messaging user interface in response to a selection of a recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

26. The wireless communication system as in claim 19, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.

27. The wireless communication system as in claim 19, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the cellular telephone is configured to present the messaging user interface in response to a selection of a recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

28. A wireless communication system comprising:

a handheld wireless communication device configured to present a messaging user interface in response to user input that indicates a message to a recipient should be created, but does not indicate which message type of a plurality of alternative message types the message should be;

the messaging user interface being configured to receive message content, to set the message type of the message based on a message content type of the received message content, and to add the received message content to the message.

29. The wireless communication system as in claim 28, wherein the message type set by the messaging user interface is a text message.

30. The wireless communication system as in claim 29, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the user input comprises a selection of the recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

31. The wireless communication system as in claim 28, wherein the message type set by the messaging user interface is a picture message.

32. The wireless communication system as in claim 31, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the user input comprises a selection of the recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

33. The wireless communication system as in claim 28, wherein the message type set by the messaging user interface is an audio message.

34. The wireless communication system as in claim 33, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the user input comprises a selection of the recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.

35. The wireless communication system as in claim 28, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.

36. The wireless communication system as in claim 28, wherein the handheld wireless communication device is a cellular telephone;

and

wherein the user input comprises a selection of the recipient from a contact list displayed by the cellular telephone.