Methods for accessing published contents from a mobile device

• US 8,250,168 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2005
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Robison, Jeremiah, Schillings, Benoit, Heitzeberg, Joseph E., La Fleur, James P.
• Primary Examiner(s): SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI
• Application Number:
  US11/215,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20060003754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,549 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/206, 455/466
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

Methods for accessing published content from a mobile device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an example of a process includes receiving a first message received from a mobile device over a network for accessing a destination, where the first message includes an identification associated with a destination and a predetermined indicator. In response to the first message, returning a second message to the mobile device, the second message including a link linking with a network-based resource associated with the destination. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a server system having memory and one or more processors;

receiving a first call from a first telephony device over a network for accessing a destination, the first call including a telephone number associated with the destination, wherein the telephone number is a telephone number that can be used to make ordinary voice calls to the destination;

determining that a predetermined indicator has not been received in association with the first call, and, based on the determination, providing a voice call connection between the first telephony device and a party associated with said destination;

receiving a second call from a second telephony device over a network for accessing said destination, the second call including said telephone number associated with said destination; and

determining that the predetermined indicator has been received in association with the second call, and, based on the determination, returning a message to the second telephony device, the message including a link to enable linking with a network-based resource associated with the destination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second telephony device is a first mobile device and the destination is a second mobile device, and wherein the telephone number associated with the destination is the telephone number of the second mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the first and second mobile devices is a mobile phone, and wherein the predetermined indicator includes an input received from a user of the first mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the input received from the user includes a character in response to a key press of a predetermined key of the first mobile device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined indicator is appended to the telephone number of the second mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first message is received via a call functionality of the first mobile device over the wireless network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network-based resource includes a Web page hosted by a Web server, and wherein the link includes a URL corresponding to the Web page.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising in response to the second call, determining the link of the network-based resource based on the telephone number and the predetermined indicator of the second call.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising maintaining in a database a relationship between the telephone number of the destination and the link, wherein the link is determined based on a query within the database using the telephone number of the destination.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the database comprises a lookup table to look up a relationship between a link of a network-based resource and a telephone number for each client having published content as a part of the respective network-based resource.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an update on the link from the destination over the network; and

provisioning the relationship between the telephone number of the destination and the updated link.

12. A method performed by a network access device interfacing a wireless network and a wired network, the method comprising:

receiving a first call from a first telephony device over the wireless network, the first call including a telephone number assigned to an end user of a destination of the first call, wherein the telephone number is a telephone number that can be used to make ordinary voice calls to the destination;

determining that a predetermined indicator has not been received in association with said first call, and, based on said determination, providing a voice call connection to said destination;

receiving a second call from a second telephony device over the wireless network, the second call including said telephone number assigned to the end user of said destination;

determining that the predetermined indicator has been received in association with said second call, and, based on the determination, identifying a universal resource locator (URL) of a Web page hosted by a Web server coupled to the wired network having content published by a party associated with the destination based on the telephone number and the predetermined indicator received in association with the second call; and

returning a message having the identified URL associated with the destination to the second telephony device over the wireless network to enable the second telephony device to access the content published by the party associated with the destination via the Web page associated with the URL.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined indicator comprises a character in response to a key press associated with a predetermined key of the second telephony device, wherein the predetermined indicator is appended following the telephone number of the destination, and wherein the call is received via a call functionality of the second telephony device over the wireless network.

14. A processing system, comprising:

a message router configured to;

receive a first call from a first telephony device over a network, the first call being initiated by a telephone number of a destination of the first call, wherein the telephone number is a telephone number that can be used to make ordinary voice calls to the destination,

determine that a predetermined indicator has not been received in association with the first call, and, based on said determination, provide a voice call connection to a party associated with said destination;

receive a second call from a second telephony device over the network, the second call being initiated by said telephone number of said destination;

determine that the predetermined indicator has been received in association with the second call, and, based on the determination, access a database storing a link to a network-based resource associated with the destination, and

transmit the link to the second telephony device to allow the second telephony device client to access the network-based resource.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second telephony device is a first mobile phone and the destination is a second mobile phone, and wherein the telephone number of the destination is the telephone number of the second mobile phone.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the predetermined indicator comprises an input received from a user of the first mobile phone.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the input received from the user comprises a character in response to a key press of a predetermined key of the first mobile phone, and wherein the message is received via a call functionality of the first mobile phone.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the network-based resource of the destination comprises a Web page hosted by a Web server.