Selection of bearer mode according to message characteristics

• US 7,765,264 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2004
• Issued: 07/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: White, Christopher A., Brudnicki, David E., Cunningham, Ivy F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Phuoc
• Application Number:
  US10/941,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20060031342A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,142 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/203, 379/93.24, 379/100.08
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A data processing device, such as a wireless telephone, includes logic to identify a first recipient address type for a first recipient of a message, and to identify a second recipient address type different than the first recipient address type for a second recipient of the message. A first message bearer mode is selected for the first recipient according to the first recipient address type, and a second message bearer mode different from the first message bearer mode is selected for the second recipient according to the second recipient address type.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

creating a message on a user'"'"'s device and addressing the message to a recipient using a recipient address type;

identifying the recipient address type for a first recipient having a first recipient device and a second recipient having a second recipient device, the identification including examining the semantic composition of the first and second recipient addresses and determining a position and a frequency of occurrence of a plurality of symbols within the first and second recipient addresses;

selecting a bearer mode for the message according to the recipient address type of the first or second recipient device based in part upon the identification of the first and second recipient addresses,

wherein the creating and addressing are accomplished by the user on the user'"'"'s device and the identifying and selecting are accomplished by the user'"'"'s device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein setting the bearer mode for the message further comprises:

selecting the bearer mode for the message according to a size of the message.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein setting the bearer mode for the message further comprises:

selecting the bearer mode for the message according to a type of content of the message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein setting the bearer mode for the message further comprises:

selecting the bearer mode for the message according to a bearer mode applied to communicate the message to a recipient from which the message was received.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

altering at least one of a reply to address or a from address according to the bearer mode for the message.

6. A method comprising:

creating a message on a user'"'"'s device and addressing the message to a recipient using a recipient address type;

identifying the recipient address type for a first recipient having a first recipient device and a second recipient having a second recipient device, the identification including examining the semantic composition of the first and second recipient addresses and determining a position and a frequency of occurrence of a plurality of symbols within the first and second recipient addresses, the recipient address type being one of an email address and a phone number;

selecting a bearer mode of the message as the simple mail transfer protocol when the recipient address type is an email address; and

selecting the bearer mode of the message as one of the short message service, enhanced message service, or multimedia message service when the recipient address is a phone number,

wherein the selection of bearer mode is based in part upon the identification of the first and second addresses, and

wherein the creating and addressing are accomplished by the user on the user'"'"'s device and the identifying and selecting are accomplished by the user'"'"'s device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein selecting the bearer mode of the message as one of the short message service, enhanced message service, or multimedia message service further comprises:

Selecting the bearer mode of the message as one of the enhanced message service or multimedia message service when the message comprises non-textual information, and selecting the bearer mode of the message as the short message service when the message consists of a short amount of textual information.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

Selecting the bearer mode of the message according to a bearer mode applied to communicate the message to a recipient from which the message was received.

9. A data processing device comprising logic to:

identify a first recipient address type for a first recipient of a message;

identify a second recipient address type different than the first recipient address type for a second recipient of the message;

select a first message bearer mode for the first recipient according to the first recipient address type; and

select a second message bearer mode different from the first message bearer mode for the second recipient according to the second recipient address type,

wherein a user creates a message on the data processing device and addresses the message to the first recipient and second recipient using the first recipient address type and second recipient address type, and

wherein the identification includes examining the semantic composition of the first and second recipient addresses and determining a position and a frequency of occurrence of a plurality of symbols within the first and second recipient addresses.

10. The data processing device of claim 9 further comprising logic to:

identify the recipient address type as one of an email address or a phone number.

11. The data processing device of claim 10 further comprising logic to:

select the bearer mode for the message to the simple mail transfer protocol when the recipient address type is an email address.

12. The data processing device of claim 10 further comprising logic to:

select the bearer mode for the message to one of short message service, enhanced message service, or multimedia message service when the recipient address type is a phone number.

13. A method comprising:

a user creating a message on a client communication device;

the user addressing the message to a recipient address;

the client communication device identifying the recipient address type according to a semantic composition of the recipient address, the identifying further including determining a position and a frequency of occurrence of a plurality of symbols within the recipient address; and

the client communication device selecting a bearer mode for a message to the recipient according to the recipient address type.