Method for exchanging requests between the computer application of a mobile terminal and an instantaneous messaging server

• US 8,386,559 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2008
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synchronoss Technologies France
• Original Assignee: Miyowa
• Inventors: Colon, Franois
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONADO, FRANK E
• Application Number:
  US12/024,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20090068989A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting

Abstract

This invention relates to a method for exchanging requests between the computer application of a mobile terminal (A) and an instantaneous messaging server (1), wherein:

• • the computer application sends requests (2) to server (1) relative to the detection of an event (3),
  • requests (2) are sent according to a request frequency set to a first value,

whereby:

• • when requests (2) are sent, if the event (3) is not detected by server (1), said server controls the computer application so that the latter sends the requests (2) according to a request frequency set to a second value that is lower than the first value,
  • as soon as server (1) detects the event (3), said server controls the computer application so that the latter sends the requests (2) according to a request frequency set to the first value.

Claims

1. A method for exchanging requests between a computer application of a first mobile terminal and an instant messaging (IM) server, the method comprising:

detecting an event by the IM server, wherein the event that is detected includes a message being written by a computer application of a second mobile terminal, and wherein the second mobile terminal is included in a buddy list of the first mobile terminal;

transmitting, from the IM server to the computer application of the first mobile terminal, a first value or a second value, wherein the IM server determines the first value based on a modification parameter that is generated by a table of correspondence matching types of events with modification parameters;

by the computer application of the first mobile terminal, sending requests to the IM server;

when the requests are sent by the computer application of the first mobile terminal, if the event is not detected by the IM server, controlling the computer application of the first mobile terminal using the IM server so that the computer application of the first mobile terminal sends the requests according to a request frequency set to the second value, wherein the second value is lower than the first value, and wherein the first value and the second value are defined by the IM server; and

in response to the IM server detecting the event, controlling the computer application of the first mobile terminal using the IM server so that the computer application of the first mobile terminal sends the requests according to a request frequency set to the first value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the server controls the computer application of the first mobile terminal so that the computer application of the first mobile terminal continues to send the requests according to a request frequency set to the first value, if a new event is detected between a request sent according to a frequency set to the second value and the following request sent according to a frequency set to the first value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends no new command and lets the computer application of the first mobile terminal send the requests according to a request frequency set to the first value, if a new event is detected between a request sent according to a frequency set according to the second value and the following request sent at a frequency set according to the first value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the server controls the computer application of the first mobile terminal so that the computer application of the first mobile terminal continues to send the requests according to a request frequency set to the second value, if no new event is detected between a request sent according to a frequency set to the first value and the following request sent according to a frequency set to the first value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends no new command and lets the computer application of the first mobile terminal send the requests according to a request frequency set to the second value, if no new event is detected between a request sent according to a frequency set to the first value and the following request sent according to a frequency set to the first value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the server controls the computer application of the first mobile terminal so that the computer application of the first mobile terminal continues to send the requests according to a request frequency set to the first value, if a new event is detected between two successive requests sent according to the first value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends no new command and lets the computer application of the first mobile terminal send the requests according to a request frequency set to the first value, if a new event is detected between two successive requests sent according to the first value.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the server controls the computer application of the first mobile terminal so that the computer application of the first mobile terminal continues to send the requests according to a request frequency set to the second value, if no event is detected between two successive requests sent according to the second value.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends no new command and lets the computer application of the first mobile terminal send the requests according to a request frequency set to the second value, if no new event is detected between two successive requests sent according to the second value.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the server controls the computer application of the first mobile terminal by transmitting the modification parameter of the request frequency to the computer application of the first mobile terminal,

the modification parameter is selected from the table of correspondence, and

the request frequency is set to the first value or to the second value according to the modification parameter received by the computer application of the first mobile terminal.

11. A system for implementing the method of claim 1, including the first mobile terminal and the server, and wherein:

the computer application of the first mobile terminal comprises;

controlling periodic emission of requests according to a certain request frequency,

receiving a modification parameter of the request frequency sent by the server, and

modifying the request frequency according to the modification parameter received, and

the server comprises;

means for detecting an event,

means for generating the modification parameter of the request frequency, and

means for transmitting the modification parameter of the request frequency to the computer application of the first mobile terminal.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for generating the modification parameter of the request frequency includes the table of correspondence.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for transmitting the modification parameter of the request frequency to the computer application of the first mobile terminal includes a first portion of code which, when executed, is able to transmit the modification parameter.

14. A method of operating an instant messaging (IM) server, the method comprising:

receiving, at the IM server, requests from a first mobile terminal at a specified frequency;

monitoring for events, wherein the events include a message being written by a user of a second mobile terminal, and wherein the second mobile terminal is included in a buddy list of the first mobile terminal;

in response to detecting one of the events, (i) selecting a modification parameter from a correspondence table based on a type of the one of the events and (ii) sending a first command including the modification parameter to the first mobile terminal, the first command instructing the first mobile terminal to send the requests with the specified frequency set to a first value modified by the modification parameter; and

in response to not detecting the events, sending a second command to the first mobile terminal, the second command instructing the first mobile terminal to send the requests with the specified frequency set to the first value.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second command instructs the first mobile terminal to send the requests with the specified frequency set to one of (i) the first value multiplied by the modification parameter and (ii) the first value divided by the modification parameter.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising, in response to detecting one of the events, waiting to send the second command until a subsequent one of the requests is received at the IM server.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising setting the first value according to an average time that a user takes to write a message.