System and method for transmitting and receiving media messages

• US 9,240,966 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2014
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• 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): Tran, Quoc A
• Application Number:
  US14/273,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20140380145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 715/202, 715/234, 715/760, 715/229, 715/862, 715/741, 715/203, 715/208, 715/226, 715/249
• 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 a communication platform that includes receiving a media message request; obtaining a set of web content resources associated with the media message request; rendering the set of web content resources; converting the rendered set of web content resources into a media resource; and transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request.

Claims

1. A method for a communication platform comprising:

at the communication platform, receiving a media message request;

at the communication platform, obtaining a set of web content resources associated with the media message request;

at the communication platform, rendering the set of web content resources by simulating browser rendering of the web content resources to generate a data representation of browser views from the set of web content resources;

at the communication platform, converting the rendered set of web content resources into a media resource by creating at least one of audio, at least one image, and video from the generated data representation; and

at the communication platform, transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request,

wherein receiving a media message 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,

wherein the set of web content resources is rendered by using a headless browser that lacks a browser graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the inbound API request instructs the transmission of a message to the destination with at least one referenced media item.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the application directive instructs the transmission of a message to the destination with at least one referenced media item.

4. The method of claim 1, 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 is the origin endpoint of the inbound communication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a set of web content resources associated with the media message request comprises receiving a hypertext markup language data object in the media message request and retrieving referenced web resources of the hypertext markup language data object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media message request includes an associated content universal resource identifier (URI);

and wherein obtaining a set of web content resources comprises executing content retrieval of the content URI.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein converting the rendered set of web content resource into a media resource comprises creating an image from a simulated browser rendering of the web content.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein converting the rendered set of web content resource into a media resource comprises creating a video from a simulated browser rendering of the web content over a duration of time.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein a parameter specified in the retrieved web content resources specifies a media format;

and wherein converting the rendered set of web content resource into a media resource comprises selectively rendering to a media format from a set of output media resource formats that includes an image, video, and an original media format.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein executing content retrieval from the content URI comprises transmitting metadata associated with the media message request.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising facilitating web content resource caching and session state management when executing content retrieval from the content URI.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein session state management scopes state according to endpoint-to-endpoint pairs and an expiration time.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the metadata includes device information of the destination endpoint;

wherein rendering the set of web content resources comprises rendering the set of web content resources according to the device information.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein the media message request includes at least a second destination;

and wherein the first set of web content is obtained, rendered, and transmitted to the first endpoint; and

further comprising;

obtaining a second set of web content resources associated with the second destination;

rendering the second set of web content resources;

converting the second rendered set of web content resources into a second media resource; and

transmitting the second media resource to the second destination.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request comprises transmitting a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request comprises transmitting the message through internet protocol messaging protocol.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the data representation of browser views is a data representation of images representing browser views of the set of web content resources.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of web content resources is rendered by simulating browser actions and rendering capabilities of a browser to generate the data representation of browser views of the set of web content resources.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the rendered set of web content resources into a media resource comprises at least one of:

creating an image from the data representation; and

creating a video from the data representation over a duration of time.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the data representation is a data representation of images representing browser views, and converting the generated data representation into a media resource comprises screen capture of the data representation of browser views of the set of web content resources.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the generated data representation into a media resource comprises at least one of image capture, video capture, and audio capture of the data representation of browser views of the set of web content resources.