Automatic messaging client launcher for a communication device

• US 8,984,118 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2003
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mavenir Ltd. (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Comverse Limited (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sar-Shalom, Yaron
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KENNY S
• Application Number:
  US10/608,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20040267884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,278 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-206, 709223-229, 379/88.13
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

An automatic messaging client launcher for a communication device automatically launches the communication device'"'"'s messaging client, when the device is calling a currently unavailable destination communication device. The automatic messaging client launcher consists of an availability detector and a messaging initiator. The availability detector determines if the communication device being called is available. If the destination device is unavailable, the messaging initiator launches the messaging client.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a caller telephone having a messaging client and an availability detector located on said caller telephone,

wherein said availability detector detects availability of a destination telephone when a call is placed from said caller telephone by a user to said destination telephone,

wherein when said availability detector indicates that said destination telephone is unavailable, said messaging client of said caller telephone directly receives a trigger signal so that said messaging client;

(a) in response to said availability detector detecting unavailability of said destination telephone, automatically opens an input screen of a message on said caller telephone having a telephone number of said destination telephone; and

(b) upon generating said message that is selected from the group consisting of a short message, enhanced message, and multimedia message, said user of said caller telephone then enters a command to send said message via said caller telephone to said destination telephone in accordance with said telephone number.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said caller telephone comprises one of a group of communications devices comprising a telephony device, a mobile communication device, a cellular telephone, an internet protocol (IP) telephone, a smart telephone, and a satellite telephone.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a messaging initiator, wherein said messaging initiator is operable to provide said addressing information to said messaging client.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said messaging client is operable to provide said telephone number in a destination field of said message.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said message has content that comprises one of a group comprising text, audio, video, still image, multimedia and voice.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said message has a content that comprises default message content.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said availability detector is operable to detect unavailability of said destination telephone upon an event selected from a group consisting of when said destination telephone does not connect after a predetermined number of rings, when a busy signal is received from said destination telephone, and when a connection is made to a voicemail box of said destination telephone.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said caller telephone has a memory, and wherein said telephone number of said destination telephone is obtained from said memory.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said message on said caller telephone is generated by opening said input screen displayed to the user for the user to input message content, and wherein said message content is sent in said message.

10. A system comprising:

an originating communication device; and

a communication system comprising an availability detector and a message sender,

wherein said availability detector detects unavailability of a destination device when a call is placed from said originating communication device to a telephone number of said destination device; and

wherein, in response to said availability detector detecting unavailability of said destination device, said message sender associated with said availability detector automatically sends to said originating communication device a first message that appears to have been sent by said destination device comprising said telephone number of said destination device, and wherein said first message is structured so that when said first message is replied to, said reply is addressed to said telephone number of said destination device.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein said originating communication device is one of a group of communications devices selected from the group consisting of a telephony device, a mobile communication device, a cellular telephone, an internet protocol (IP) telephone, smart telephone, and a satellite telephone.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein said message sender is operable to provide said telephone number of said destination device in a reply field of said first message.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein said second message is one of a type selected from the group consisting of voice message, short message, enhanced message, and multimedia message.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein said second message has a content selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, still image, multimedia, and voice.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein said second message comprises default message content.

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein the system is activated and deactivated by a user of said originating communication device.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein when said availability detector detects that said destination device is unavailable, a messaging client is launched to send said first message to said originating communication device that appears to be sent from said unavailable destination device.

18. A method executed by a caller telephone, comprising:

detecting availability of a destination telephone by said caller telephone when a call is placed from said caller telephone to said destination telephone; and

in response to said destination telephone being detected as unavailable during said detecting, automatically opening an input screen on said caller telephone having a telephone number of said destination telephone to generate a message selected from the group consisting of a short message, enhanced message, and multimedia message.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein said caller telephone is selected from a group consisting of a telephony device, a mobile communication device, a cellular telephone, an internet protocol (IP) telephone, smart telephone, and a satellite telephone.

20. The method according to claim 18, further comprising said user selecting the message content from one selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, still image, multimedia, and voice.

21. The method according to claim 18, further comprises generating a default message.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein said generating said message on said caller telephone comprises opening on said telephone said input screen for user input of message content.

23. The method according to claim 18, wherein said destination telephone unavailability is detected upon an event selected from the group consisting of when said destination telephone does not connect after a predetermined number of rings, when a busy signal is received from said destination telephone, and when a connection is made to a voicemail box of said destination telephone.

24. A method for automatically sending a message to an originating communication device calling a destination device, comprising:

calling a telephone number of the destination device by the originating communication device;

detecting availability of said destination device by a communication system; and

in response to said destination device being detected as unavailable during said detecting, then said communication system automatically sending to said originating communication device a first message that appears to have been sent by said destination device comprising said telephone number of said destination device, wherein said first message is structured so that when said first message is replied to, said reply is addressed to said telephone number of said destination device.

25. The method for automatically sending a message according to claim 24, wherein said originating communication device is selected from the group consisting of a telephony device, a mobile communication device, a cellular telephone, an internet protocol (IP) telephone, smart telephone and a satellite telephone.

26. The method for automatically sending a message according to claim 24, wherein said second message comprises a default message.

27. The method for automatically sending a message according to claim 24, wherein said second message is of a type selected from the group consisting of voice message, short message, enhanced message, and multimedia message.