Auto-resolve recipients cache

• US 8,499,052 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2012
• Issued: 07/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Tousignant, Patrick, Seetharaman, Shivakumar, Zafar, Salman, Atwood, John Allen, Bolles, Gregory, Esteve Balducci, Juan Vicente, Nalliah, Selvaraj, Resnick, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Jeong S
• Application Number:
  US13/400,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 707/922, 455/466
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

In embodiments, mobile devices request and utilize recipient caches. Recipient caches store information regarding previous recipients of communications. The information on recipients includes when the recipient was last contacted and the frequency with which a recipient is contacted. In embodiments, a mobile device requests a recipient cache from a server. When a user types a string of text, the mobile device then uses the recipient cache as well as the contacts and emails on the mobile device and resolves a recipient list. In other embodiments, a recipient cache on a server is updated when a mobile device sends a message with new recipient information. In another embodiment, a server resolves conflicting messages by using recipient information.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for updating a recipient cache on a server with new recipient information from a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a SMS message from the mobile device;

determining whether the SMS message is a reply to a previous SMS message;

upon determination that the SMS message is a reply, reviewing the received SMS message against the previous SMS message;

identifying that one or more new recipients in the received SMS message are different from the previous SMS message;

extracting information associated with the one or more new recipients; and

updating the recipient cache with the information associated with the one or more new recipients, wherein updating the recipient cache includes updating a time and a date when the one or more new recipients were last contacted and a frequency with which the one or more new recipients have been contacted.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient cache contains information about individual recipients of previous communications.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon determination that the SMS message is not a reply;

extracting recipient information; and

updating the recipient cache with the extracted recipient information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the recipient cache to the mobile device before the SMS message is received from the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient cache is an XML document.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient cache stores information about people that have sent or received messages to and from the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the recipient cache comprises updating the most recent time when the one or more new recipients were last contacted.

8. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor, provide a method for updating a recipient cache on a server with new recipient information from a mobile device, the method comprising;

receiving a SMS message from the mobile device;

determining whether the SMS message is a reply to a previous message;

upon determination that the SMS message is a reply, reviewing the received SMS message against the previous message;

identifying that one or more new recipients in the received SMS message are different from the previous SMS message;

extracting information associated with the one or more new recipients; and

updating the recipient cache with the information associated with the one or more new recipients, wherein updating the recipient cache includes updating a time and a date when the one or more new recipients were last contacted and a frequency with which the one or more new recipients have been contacted.

9. The computer-implemented system of claim 8, wherein the recipient cache contains information about individual recipients of previous communications.

10. The computer-implemented system of claim 8, further comprising:

upon determination that the SMS message is not a reply;

extracting recipient information; and

updating the recipient cache with the extracted recipient information.

11. The computer-implemented system of claim 8, further comprising:

sending the recipient cache to the mobile device before the SMS message is received from the mobile device.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 8, wherein the recipient cache is an XML document.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 8, wherein the recipient cache stores information about people that have sent or received messages to and from the mobile device.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 8, wherein updating the recipient cache comprises updating the most recent time when the one or more new recipients were last contacted.

15. One or more computer storage media not consisting of a propagated data signal and having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, provide a method for updating a recipient cache on a server with new recipient information from a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a SMS message from the mobile device;

determining whether the SMS message is a reply to a previous SMS message;

upon determination that the SMS message is a reply, reviewing the received SMS message against the previous SMS message;

identifying that one or more new recipients in the received SMS message are different from the previous SMS message;

extracting information associated with the one or more new recipients; and

updating the recipient cache with the information associated with the one or more new recipients, wherein updating the recipient cache includes updating a time and a date when the one or more new recipients were last contacted and a frequency with which the one or more new recipients have been contacted.

16. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the recipient cache contains information about individual recipients of previous communications.

17. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, further comprising:

upon determination that the SMS message is not a reply;

extracting recipient information; and

updating the recipient cache with the extracted recipient information.

18. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, further comprising:

sending the recipient cache to the mobile device before the SMS message is received from the mobile device.

19. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the recipient cache is an XML document.

20. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the recipient cache stores information about people that have sent or received messages to and from the mobile device.