Inserting a search box into a mobile terminal dialog messaging protocol

• US 9,052,792 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2012
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chavan, Viraj Sudhir
• Primary Examiner(s): Ulrich, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Shangao
• Application Number:
  US13/467,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• Field of Search: 715/737, 715/751, 715/752, 715/753, 715/864, 715/964
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/05 Digital input using the sampling of an analogue quantity at regular intervals of time , input from a/d converter or output to d/a converter
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0253 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0254 based on statistics
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for inserting a search box into a mobile terminal messaging dialog. Upon receiving a dialog message (e.g., an email message) from a first user device, the method determines the format (e.g., IMAP) of the dialog message in order to insert a similarly-formatted search box. Then, the method modifies the dialog message by inserting the selected search box into the dialog message. The method receives a request from a second user (at a mobile terminal) and the method transmits the outbound dialog message with the inserted search box to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal. The second user'"'"'s mobile terminal supports a web browser, and some dialog messages include pre-populated text in the search box, the pre-populated text based on the dialog message from the first user device. The second user browses using the inserted search box without having to explicitly launch a browser.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a dialog message from a first user device, the dialog message comprising a plurality of portions of content;

storing, by the processor, the dialog message from the first user device;

receiving, by the processor, a request from a second user'"'"'s mobile terminal for the dialog message;

determining, by the processor, a search box format at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device;

modifying, by the processor, the dialog message by inserting a search box into a selected portion of the dialog message to generate an outbound dialog message with the search box inserted within the dialog message using the search box format; and

transmitting, by the processor, the outbound dialog message with the inserted search box to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising populating the search box with text at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising storing the dialog message in at least one of, an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) format, or a Short Message Service (SMS) format.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising launching a mobile terminal browser.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search box comprises an advertisement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the search box format comprises analyzing a markup language.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifying of the dialog message further comprises changing the size of the selected portion of the dialog message based on a size of the inserted search box.

8. A computer system comprising:

a processor to execute a set of program code instructions; and

a memory to store the program code instructions, in which the program code instructions comprises program code to perform;

receiving, by the processor, a dialog message from a first user device, the dialog message comprising a plurality of portions of content;

storing, by the processor, the dialog message from the first user device;

receiving, by the processor, a request from a second user'"'"'s mobile terminal for the dialog message;

determining, by the processor, a search box format at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device;

modifying, by the processor, the dialog message by inserting a search box into a selected portion of the dialog message to generate an outbound dialog message with the search box inserted within the dialog message using the search box format; and

transmitting, by the processor, the outbound dialog message with the inserted search box to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

9. The computer system as set forth in claim 8, further comprising populating the search box with text at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device.

10. The computer system as set forth in claim 8, further comprising storing the dialog message in at least one of, an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) format, or a Short Message Service (SMS) format.

11. The computer system as set forth in claim 8, further comprising launching a mobile terminal browser.

12. The computer system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the search box comprises an advertisement.

13. The computer system as set forth in claim 8, wherein determining the search box format comprises analyzing a markup language.

14. The computer system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the modifying of the dialog message further comprises changing the size of the selected portion of the dialog message based on a size of the inserted search box.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a method to implement inserting a search box into a mobile terminal messaging dialog, the method comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a dialog message from a first user device, the dialog message comprising a plurality of portions of content;

storing, by the processor, the dialog message from the first user device;

receiving, by the processor, a request from a second user'"'"'s mobile terminal for the dialog message;

determining, by the processor, a search box format at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device;

modifying, by the processor, the dialog message by inserting a search box into a selected portion of the dialog message to generate an outbound dialog message with the search box inserted within the dialog message using the search box format; and

transmitting, by the processor, the outbound dialog message with the inserted search box to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15, further comprising populating the search box with text at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15, further comprising storing the dialog message in at least one of, an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) format, or a Short Message Service (SMS) format.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15, further comprising launching a mobile terminal browser.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15, wherein the search box comprises an advertisement.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15, wherein determining the search box format comprises analyzing a markup language.