Messaging system and method

• US 9,049,574 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2014
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T Play Holdings LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: TriPlay Incorporated
• Inventors: Rosen, Gil, Ziv, Yaacov
• Primary Examiner(s): MIRZA, ADNAN M
• Application Number:
  US14/483,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20140379830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 264 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 : with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 : Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a messaging system, an initial message sent by an originating communication device to a destination communication device, the initial message being characterized, at least, by message format, an initial message layout, and data indicative of at least one receiver associated with the initial message, wherein the initial message includes an audio file;

before delivery to the destination communication device associated with the at least one receiver, generating, by the messaging system, a notification of the initial message that includes the audio file, the notification being an adapted version of the initial message,

wherein generating the notification comprises;

a) providing, by the messaging system, at least an image icon based on an avatar of a sender of the initial message, and

b) determining, by the messaging system, an adapted layout for the notification, the adapted layout comprising the image icon based on the avatar of the sender of the initial message and a clickable icon that represents the audio file and that is clickable to request the messaging system to transmit an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device;

facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the notification to the destination communication device;

receiving, by the messaging system, a request to transmit an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device resulting from selection of the clickable icon that represents the audio file in the notification; and

based on the request to transmit an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device, facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is further characterized by adapted format, the method further comprising providing the adapted format by trans-coding the initial message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial message is characterized by the initial message layout based on a template, and wherein the adapted message layout is provided in accordance with information related to the template.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in at least one characteristic, the at least one characteristic being at least one of:

i) a number of media objects,

ii) at least one graphical image of at least one media object,

iii) a size of at least one placeholder related to at least one media object, and

iv) a location of at least one media object within respective message layout.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one characteristic is a number of media objects.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one characteristic is at least one graphical image of at least one media object.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one characteristic is a size of THE a clickable icon.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one characteristic is a location of the image icon within respective message layout.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adapting, by the messaging system, the audio file for rendering on the destination communication device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the image icon further comprised a media thumbnail.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the image icon is the avatar of the sender of the initial message.

12. A messaging system, comprising:

an access block operatively coupled to a media block,

wherein;

the access block is configured to receive an initial message sent by an originating communication device to a destination communication device, the initial message being characterized, at least, by message format, an initial message layout, and data indicative of at least one receiver associated with the initial message, wherein the initial message includes an audio file;

the media block is configured to;

i) before delivery to the destination communication device associated with the at least one receiver, generate a notification of the initial message that includes the audio file, the notification being an adapted version of the initial message,

ii) provide at least an image icon based on an avatar of a sender of the initial message, and

iii) determine an adapted layout for the notification, the adapted layout comprising the image icon based on the avatar of the sender of the initial message and a clickable icon that represents the audio file and that is clickable to request the messaging system to transmit an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device; and

the access block is configured to;

i) facilitate delivery of the notification to the destination communication device,

ii) receive a request to transmit an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device resulting from selection of the clickable icon that represents the audio file in the notification; and

iii) based on the request to transmit an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device, facilitate delivery of an adapted version of the audio file to the destination communication device.

13. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the notification is further characterized by adapted format;

and wherein the media block wherein the media block is further configured to provide the adapted format by trans-coding the initial message.

14. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the initial message is characterized by the initial message layout based on a template, and wherein the media block is further configured to provide the adapted message layout in accordance with information related to the template.

15. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in at least one characteristic, the at least one characteristic being at least one of:

i) a number of media objects,

ii) at least one graphical image of at least one media object,

iii) a size of at least one placeholder related to at least one media object, and

iv) a location of at least one media object within respective message layout.

16. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the at least one characteristic is a size of the clickable icon.

17. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the at least one characteristic is a location of the image icon within respective message layout.

18. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the media block is further configured to adapt the audio file for rendering on the destination communication device.

19. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the image icon further comprised a media thumbnail.

20. The messaging system of claim 12, wherein the image icon is the avatar of the sender of the initial message.