System for transforming media resource into destination device compatible messaging format

• US 9,160,696 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2014
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Inventors: Wilsher, Thomas, Malatack, Patrick, Puranik, Rajiv, Law, Cheuk To
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le H
• Application Number:
  US14/273,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20140379823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 709/231, 709/219, 709/225, 709/217, 709/218, 709/230, 709/246, 707/748, 707/758, 379/93.25, 455/456.3, 713/171
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/287 Remote access server, e.g. BRAS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Systems and methods for sending a media message from a communication platform receiving a messaging request to transmit media message to a destination endpoint, wherein the request includes a specified media content universal resource identifier (URI); retrieving a media resource from the URI, wherein the media resource is retrieved from a application layer request including a set of context data relating to the messaging request; transforming the media resource into a messaging formatted media resource; and transmitting the formatted media resource to a destination in a media message.

Claims

1. A method for programmatically sending a media message from a communication platform comprising:

receiving an inbound application programming interface (API) messaging request that instructs the transmission of a message to a destination telephony endpoint with at least one referenced media item, wherein the messaging request includes a specified media content universal resource identifier (URI);

querying destination device information of the destination telephony endpoint;

querying a cache for a device compatible media resource mapped to the URI and the destination device information

when a formatted media resource is not cached, retrieving a media file from the URI, wherein the web document is requested while sending a set of context data relating to the request;

transforming the media resource into a messaging formatted media resource, which comprises transcoding the media resource and converting the media resource into a device compatible format according to the destination device information;

when the formatted media resource is identified when querying the cache, selecting the cached media resource as the formatted media resource; and

transmitting the formatted media resource to the destination telephony endpoint in a media message through a telephony messaging protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising caching the formatted media resource;

and further comprising querying the cache for a device compatible media resource according to the URI and the destination device information and transmitting the cached media resource to the destination when a cached media resource is identified.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request comprises at least one of:

transmitting a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message; and

transmitting the message through an internet protocol messaging protocol.

4. A method for programmatically sending a media message from a communication platform comprising:

at the communication platform, receiving a messaging request to transmit at least one media message to a destination telephony endpoint, wherein the request includes a specified media content universal resource identifier (URI);

at the communication platform, retrieving a media resource from the URI, wherein the media resource is retrieved from an application layer request including a set of context data relating to the messaging request;

at the communication platform, transforming the media resource into a messaging formatted media resource by transcoding the media resource and converting the media resource into a device compatible format according to destination device information of the destination telephony endpoint; and

at the communication platform, transmitting the formatted media resource to the destination telephony endpoint in a media message through an asynchronous messaging protocol,

wherein receiving a media messaging request at the communication platform comprises at least one of;

receiving an inbound application programming interface (API) request;

processing an application directive; and

triggering access of a response resource configured to an endpoint of the communication platform in response to an inbound communication.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising caching the media resource in the device compatible format;

and further comprising querying the cache for a device compatible media resource according to the URI and the destination device information; and

transmitting the cached media resource to the destination telephony endpoint when a cached media resource is identified.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the inbound API request instructs the transmission of a message to the destination with at least one referenced media item.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the application directive instructs the transmission of a message to the destination with at least one referenced media item.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising, at the communication platform, receiving the inbound communication to the endpoint of the communication platform, wherein the endpoint of the communication platform is configured with the response resource;

and wherein the destination telephony endpoint is the origin endpoint of the inbound communication.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the media resource is an image.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the media resource is a video.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein retrieving a media resource from the URI comprises retrieving a media resource through an application layer service with session state management, wherein sessions are scoped according to endpoint-to-endpoint pairs and an expiration time.

12. The method of claim 4 wherein retrieving a media resource from the URI comprises transmitting the application layer request with authentication credentials.

13. The method of claim 4, further comprising when retrieving the media resource from the URI fails, retrieving the media resource from a secondary media URI.

14. The method of claim 4, wherein the messaging request includes at least a second destination;

and wherein the method further comprises transmitting the media resource to at least the second destination.

15. The method of claim 4, further comprising detecting a content type of the media resource as a web content document;

and when the media resource is a web content document, obtaining a set of web content resources associated with the web content document, rendering the set of web content resources, and converting the rendered set of web content resources into a formatted media resource.

16. The method of claim 4, wherein the destination telephony endpoint includes at least one of a phone number, a short code, a SIP address, and a username of an OTT service.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the inbound application programming interface (API) request is provided by a system that is different from a system of the destination telephony endpoint.

18. A method for programmatically sending a media message from a communication platform comprising:

receiving an inbound application programming interface (API) messaging request that instructs the transmission of a message to a destination telephony endpoint with at least one referenced media item, wherein the messaging request includes a specified media content universal resource identifier (URI);

querying destination device information of the destination telephony endpoint;

querying a cache for a device compatible media resource mapped to the URI and the destination device information

when a formatted media resource is not cached, retrieving a media resource from the URI, wherein the media resource is requested while sending a set of context data relating to the request;

transforming the media resource into a messaging formatted media resource, which comprises transcoding the media resource and converting the media resource into a device compatible format according to the destination device information;

when the formatted media resource is identified when querying the cache, selecting the cached media resource as the formatted media resource; and

transmitting the formatted media resource to the destination telephony endpoint in a media message through a telephony messaging protocol.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request comprises at least one of:

transmitting the message through an internet protocol messaging protocol; and

transmitting a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the inbound application programming interface (API) request is provided by a system that is different from a system of the destination telephony endpoint.