Instant messaging system and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device, in a network-based system, the apparatus including:
- a short message service center (SMSC) to receive a short message from the wireless communication device through a wireless network;
a mobile network interface (MNI) to retrieve the instant message from the short message, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents;
a mobile instant messenger inter-working server (MIMIS) to extract the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier, and the data contents from the instant message, wherein the MIMIS is to associate a source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier, and to transmit the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier;
a database to store binding records of the source instant messenger identifier and the wireless communication identifier; and
an instant messenger server to receive the instant message from the MIMIS and transmitting the instant message to a non-wireless device, if the destination device is a non-wireless device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless communication device, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; extracting the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier and the data contents from the instant message; retrieving a source instant messenger identifier corresponding to the source wireless communication identifier; binding the source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier; and transmitting the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a communication network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
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6 Claims
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1. An apparatus for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device, in a network-based system, the apparatus including:
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a short message service center (SMSC) to receive a short message from the wireless communication device through a wireless network; a mobile network interface (MNI) to retrieve the instant message from the short message, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; a mobile instant messenger inter-working server (MIMIS) to extract the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier, and the data contents from the instant message, wherein the MIMIS is to associate a source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier, and to transmit the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier; a database to store binding records of the source instant messenger identifier and the wireless communication identifier; and an instant messenger server to receive the instant message from the MIMIS and transmitting the instant message to a non-wireless device, if the destination device is a non-wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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