Methods for publishing content

• US 7,917,505 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2007
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks Inc
• Inventors: van Gent, Robert Paul, Ariel, Ido
• Primary Examiner(s): Morrison, Jay A
• Application Number:
  US11/925,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,248 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• 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 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• 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: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 : Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A system and method for publishing information to a community of users is disclosed. Published information is inclusive of, for example, calendar data, blog data and photographs. Communities may be defined by PIM data or automatically generated by a data aggregation server in response to a user-defined rubric. Published information may be provided to a recipient or in conjunction with a notification delivered to the recipient. Published data may be subject to certain read/write limitations.

Claims

1. A method for publication of content, the method comprising:

receiving content at a data aggregation server, the content received from a content provider;

identifying members of a community;

establishing a publication link with a content recipient, wherein the content recipient is a member of the community; and

publishing the content to the content recipient via the publication link;

wherein publishing the content commences after delivery of a message to a mobile device associated with the content recipient, wherein the message configures the mobile device for content publication;

wherein the content recipient may edit the published content, and editing of the published content by the content recipient is subject to a security limitation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is delivered to a wireless access protocol gateway prior to publication to the content recipient, the wireless access protocol gateway removing data unnecessary for display of the content at a mobile device associated with the content recipient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the message that configures the mobile device for content publication is an SMS-message delivered by an SMS-gateway coupled to the data aggregation server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is received as a result of a push operation by the content provider, the content being pushed to the data aggregation server for subsequent publication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is received as a result of a pull operation by the data aggregation server, the content being pulled from the content provider in response to a polling operation by the data aggregation server, the polling operation having identified content available for publication by the content provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data aggregation server identifies members of the community through information about the content provider.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data aggregation server identifies members of the community through information about the content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data aggregation server identifies members of the community through information provided by the content provider.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the publication link is established automatically.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the publication link is established following an affirmative response by the content recipient to an invitation extended by the data aggregation server, and wherein the invitation extended to the content recipient by the data aggregation server is extended on behalf of the content provider.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the publication link is established only if the content recipient satisfies a security protocol.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the security limitation is an invitation extended by the content provider or membership in the community.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the published content is selected from the group consisting of photographs, weblog entries, and calendar information.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the publication link is a communication channel.

14. A method for on-demand publication of content, the method comprising:

receiving a request for delivery of content from a content requestor;

initiating a polling operation of content providers, the polling operation initiated in response to the request for delivery of content;

receiving content at a data aggregation server, the content received from a polled content provider following a pull operation by the data aggregation server, the pull operation in response to data received during the polling operation;

establishing a publication link with the content requestor, wherein the content requestor is a member of a community authorized to receive the content from the content provider; and

publishing the content to the content requestor via the publication link, wherein publishing the content commences after delivery of a message to a mobile device associated with the content requestor, wherein the message configures the mobile device for content publication;

wherein the content requestor may edit the published content, and editing of the published content by the content requestor is subject to a security limitation.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the security limitation is an invitation extended by the content provider or membership in the community.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the message that configures the mobile device for content publication is an SMS-message delivered by an SMS-gateway coupled to the data aggregation server.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the publication link is a communication channel.

15. A system for publication of content, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive content from a content provider;

identify members of a community;

establish a publication link with a content recipient, wherein the content recipient is a member of the community;

publish the content to the content recipient via the publication link;

wherein publishing the content commences after delivery of a message to a mobile device associated with the content recipient, wherein the message configures the mobile device for content publication;

wherein the content recipient may edit the published content, and editing of the published content by the content recipient is subject to a security limitation.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the security limitation is an invitation extended by the content provider or membership in the community.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the message that configures the mobile device for content publication is an SMS-message delivered by an SMS-gateway.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the publication link is a communication channel.