Uninterrupted usage and access of physically unreachable handheld device

• US 8,428,571 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2011
• Issued: 04/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus Software, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Novell Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Davda, Nikita, Rajendran, Abirami
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/273,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20120034902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 557 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/466, 455/411, 709/203
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Techniques for uninterrupted usage and access to physically unreachable handheld devices are provided. A physically unreachable handheld device includes an automated agent that is configured to authenticate a message received without manual intervention and to forward information from the handheld device to another remote and different handheld device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method that is adapted to executed by a processor on a portable device to perform the method, comprising:

receiving, at a portable device, a message from a remote portable device;

inspecting, at the portable device, the message and detecting an email address in the body of the message;

validating, at the portable device, the email address is associated with an owner registered to the portable device;

sending, from the portable device, a code to the email address;

acquiring, at the portable device, a second message having the code; and

configuring the portable handheld device to forward subsequent incoming messages or voice calls to the remote portable device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing the method on a phone that is the portable device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the message further includes receiving the message as a text message via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol over a wireless communication service provider network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the message further includes recognizing the remote portable device as a different phone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein inspecting further includes identifying the email address as a previously registered email address provided previously by the owner, and registered with the method on the portable device by the owner.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring further includes forwarding calendar information included on the portable device in response to an instruction included with the second message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring further includes forwarding one or more of the following in response to an instruction included with the second message:

pictures, videos, files, music, and audio messages.