System and method for communication record logging

• US 8,000,683 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2006
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Vuong, Galang, Tysowski, Piotr K., Hardy, Michael T., Bocking, Andrew, Linkert, Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): CAI, WAYNE HUU
• Application Number:
  US11/551,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20070111704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,762 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/403, 455/422.1, 455405-410, 4554141-417, 37911401-11409, 379/114.1, 37911411-11419, 37911421-11428, 379/115.01, 379/121.03, 379/126
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated or received at a portable electronic device of a first party. The communications include at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone calls. The method includes receiving a data record for each of the communications, extracting information from the data record, and storing the information in a log file.

Claims

1. A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated and received at an electronic device of a first party, said electronic device in communication with a server, the communications including at least one of short message service (SMS) messages and personal identification number (PIN) messages, the method comprising:

receiving, at said server, said communications, said communications at least one of;

sent by said electronic device, forwarded to said server, and then routed to a destination electronic device; and

sent from a second electronic device, forwarded to said server and then routed to said electronic device;

extracting, at said server, information from said communications; and

either

creating, at said server, a new log file if an appropriate log file does not exist;

adding said information extracted from said communications to said new log file; and

storing said new log file in a memory associated with said server;

or

retrieving, at said server, a previously created log file from said memory;

adding said information extracted from said data record to said previously created log file to create an updated log file; and

storing said updated log file in said memory; and

receiving, at said server, a call record of a telephone call, from said electronic device;

extracting, at said server, information from said call record; and

storing said information from said call record in said updated log file, such that said server combines said information from said communications and said information from said call record in said updated log file.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein extracting information from said communications comprises extracting a time of a respective one of said communications and extracting identification information relating to a second party involved in said respective one of said communications.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein extracting information from said communications comprises extracting a time of the message, a body of the message, and information relating to a second party involved in said message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein extracting information from said call record comprises extracting an identification of a second party involved in said telephone call, a time of said call and an elapsed time of said call.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein separate log files are created and maintained for each communication type for which log information is stored.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein separate log files are created and maintained for each date of communications for which log information is stored.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein separate log files are created and maintained for each date of communications for which log information is stored.

8. A system for maintaining a log of communications initiated and received at an electronic device of a first party, the communications including at least one of short message service (SMS) messages and personal identification number (PIN) messages, the system comprising:

a memory device for storage of information in a log file; and

a server in communication with said electronic device, said server comprising;

a receiver for receiving said communications, said communication at least one of;

sent by said electronic device, forwarded to said server (32), and then routed to a destination electronic device; and

sent from a second electronic device, forwarded to said server and then routed to said electronic device;

a processor for extracting information from said communications, and

either

creating a new log file if an appropriate log file does not exist;

adding said information extracted from said communications to said new log file; and

storing said new log file on said memory device, or

retrieving a previously created log file from said memory device;

adding said information extracted from said data record to said log file to create an updated log file; and

storing said updated log file on said memory device; and

wherein said server is further configured for;

receiving a call record of a telephone call, from said electronic device;

extracting information from said call record; and

storing said information from said call record in said updated log file in said memory device, such that said server combines said information from said communications and said information from said call record in said updated log file.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein said processor extracts a time of a respective one of said communications and extracts identification information relating to a second party involved in said respective one of said communications.

10. The system according to claim 8 wherein said processor extracts a time of the message, a body of the message, and information relating to a second party involved in said message from said communications.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein said processor extracts an identification of a second party involved in said telephone call, a time of said call and an elapsed time of said call from said call record.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein separate log files are created and maintained on said memory device for each communication type for which log information is stored.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein separate log files are created and maintained on said memory device for each date of said communications for which log information is stored.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein separate log files are created and maintained on said memory device for each date of said communications for which log information is stored.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for:

receiving, at a server, a communication initiated or received at an electronic device of a first party, the communication comprising one of a short message service (SMS) message, and a personal identification number (PIN) message, said communication at least one of;

sent by said electronic device, forwarded to said server, and then routed to a destination electronic device; and

sent from a second electronic device, forwarded to said server and then routed to said electronic device;

extracting, at said server information from said communication; and

either

creating, at said server, a new log file if an appropriate log file does not exist;

adding said information extracted from said communication to said new log file; and

storing, at said server, said new log file in a memory associated with said server or

retrieving, at said server, a previously created log file from said memory;

adding said information extracted from said data record to said previously created log file to create an updated log file; and

storing said updated log file in said memory; and

receiving a call record of a telephone call, from said electronic device;

extracting information from said call record; and

storing said information from said call record in said updated log file in said memory device, such that said server combines said information from said communications and said information from said call record in said updated log file.