Automatic wireless device message management responsive to end user preferences

• US 8,620,276 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2012
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Khoury, Sami
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US13/412,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20120172007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/343.1, 455/343.2, 4553434-3436, 455/574, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/466, 455406-406, 455/419, 370/229, 370/230, 370/230.1, 370/231, 370/235, 370/236.1
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53358 Message preview
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Automatically retrieving messages by a wireless telephone based on user preferences. A method of the invention receives a notification, on a wireless device, indicating that a computing device has a message for a user. One or more rules associated with the user are evaluated based on the received notification. The method also automatically requests the message from the computing device as a function of the evaluated rules and received from the computing device. The method further stores the received message in a memory area of the wireless telephone for rendering to the user. Alternatively, one or more rules associated with the user are dynamically generated by monitoring the user interaction with the wireless telephone.

Claims

1. A system for retrieving messages, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method for retrieving messages based on user preferences, the method comprising;

receiving a notification indicating that a computing device has a message for delivery to a user;

analyzing one or more preferences for receiving and processing the message, wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises a user preference that specifies a delayed automatic download after a period of time;

requesting the message from the computing device as a function of the one or more preferences, wherein the message includes an initial portion of the message with a remaining portion to be requested at a later time; and

storing the received message.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more preferences delays retrieval of the message based upon battery power.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more preferences delays retrieval of the message based upon signal strength.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein retrieval is delayed when a non-zero wireless signal strength of the wireless telephone is less than a threshold value.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises defining the preferences as a function of input received from the user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the message comprises one or more of the following:

a voice mail message, a text message, an electronic mail message, a video clip, and an image.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises monitoring interaction between the user and the client wireless device.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising generating at least one of the one or more preferences based upon the interaction between the user and the client wireless device.

9. A computer storage media encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method for retrieving messages based on user preferences, the method comprising:

receiving a notification indicating that a computing device has a message for delivery to a user, said notification not containing the message, said message including an initial portion and a remaining portion;

evaluating, based on the received notification, one or more rules, wherein at least one of the one of the one or more rules comprises a user preference that specifies a delayed automatic download after a period of time;

in response to evaluating the rules, requesting the initial portion of the message, and further comprising requesting the remaining portion of the message at a later time; and

storing the received message.

10. The computer storage media of claim 9, wherein the message comprises one or more of the following:

a voice mail message, a text message, an electronic mail message, a video clip, and an image.

11. The computer storage media of claim 9, wherein the rules specify one or more user preferences.

12. The computer storage media of claim 9, wherein the rules specify a specific time at which to request the message.

13. The computer storage media of claim 9, wherein the rules delay requesting the message based upon battery power.

14. The computer storage media of claim 9, wherein the rules delay requesting the message based upon signal strength.

15. The computer storage media of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises defining the preferences as a function of input received from the user.

16. A client wireless device comprising:

a client wireless interface for communicating with a server, said client wireless interface being associated with the client wireless device;

a memory area of the client wireless device, said memory area storing computer-executable instructions and retrieval conditions, said retrieval conditions defining preferences for retrieving a message yet to be delivered to a user via the client wireless device from the server;

a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored on the client wireless device to perform a method for retrieving messages based on user preferences, the method comprising;

receiving a notification indicating that a computing device has a message for delivery to a user, said notification not containing the message, said message including an initial portion and a remaining portion;

evaluating, based on the received notification, one or more rules stored in the memory area, wherein at least one of the one of the one or more rules comprises a user preference that specifies a delayed automatic download after a period of time;

in response to evaluating the rules, requesting the initial portion of the message, and further comprising requesting the remaining portion of the message at a later time; and

storing the received message, wherein storing the retrieved message comprises storing the remaining portion of the message along with the initial portion of the message.

17. The client wireless device of claim 16, wherein the message comprises one or more of the following:

a voice mail message, a text message, an electronic mail message, a video clip, and an image.

18. The client wireless device of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises defining the rules as a function of input received from the user.

19. The client wireless device of claim 18, further comprising generating at least one of the one or more rules based upon the interaction between the user and the client wireless device.

20. The client wireless device of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or rules specifies that messages are downloaded during circumstances when no charge is incurred against the wireless account.