Network-based archiving for threaded mobile text messages

• US 9,271,126 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boerries, Marco, Soderstrom, Gustav
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US13/793,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20130196634A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/557, 455/41.2, 455/412.1, 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A network device, method, and mobile device are directed towards enabling a mobile device user to archive a text message threaded conversation with another conversation participant. text messages sent from the mobile device may be replicated by a server component, whether the text message is a reply message or an incoming message. The replicated text message may then be sent to an identified personal computing device'"'"'s network-based messaging archive. In one embodiment, the messaging archive may be an outbox archive for text messages. As described, a text message being sent to the mobile device from the other conversation participant may also be replicated and archived in a network-based inbox archive for text messages on the identified personal computing device. In one embodiment, the archived text messages may be displayed to the user on the personal computing devices as threaded conversations.

Claims

1. A network device comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising;

receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from a first computing device, a text message to be sent to a mobile device;

identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying the mobile device for text message archiving, the identifying comprising employing a mobile device identifier;

duplicating logic executed by the processor for duplicating the received text message;

transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting the duplicate text message to a messaging archive on an identified computer associated with the mobile device, wherein the duplicate text message is archived as an incoming message within the messaging archive at the identified computer;

forwarding logic executed by the processor for forwarding the received text message to the mobile device;

response text message receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving a response text message from the mobile device to be sent to the first computing device, the response text message in response to the receiving of the text message;

response text message duplicating logic executed by the processor for, when the mobile device is identified for text message archiving, duplicating the received response text message; and

response text message sending logic executed by the processor for sending the duplicate response text message to the messaging archive on the identified computer associated with the mobile device, wherein the duplicate response text message is archived as an outgoing message within the messaging archive at the identified computer, such that the incoming message and the outgoing message form an archive of a threaded conversation between the first computing device and the mobile device.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the archived incoming message is archived within an inbox archive on the identified computer.

3. The network device of claim 1, wherein the stored program logic further comprises:

request receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving a request from the mobile device to archive text messages;

identifier receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving an identifier indicating the identified computer to use for archiving of text messages; and

mobile device identifier receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving an identifier associated with the mobile device useable in determining if the mobile device is identified for text message archiving.

4. The network device of claim 1, wherein when the mobile device is identified for text message archiving, the stored program logic further comprises employing logic executed by the processor for employing a user account to determine if the mobile device is identified for text message archiving.

5. The network device of claim 1, wherein the transmitting logic further comprises:

storing and transmitting logic executed by the processor for, when the identified computer is inaccessible over the network, storing the duplicate text message at the network device; and

for transmitting, when the identified personal computer is available for receiving the duplicate text message, the duplicate text message to the identified computer.

6. The network device of claim 1, wherein the text message further comprises at least one of an Instant Messaging (IM) message, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, or an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.

7. A method comprising:

receiving from a first computing device, a text message to be sent to a mobile device;

identifying the mobile device for text message archiving, the identifying comprising employing a mobile device identifier;

duplicating the received text message;

sending the duplicate text message to a messaging archive on an identified computer other than the mobile device, wherein the duplicate text message is archived as an incoming message within the messaging archive at the identified computer, and the identified computer is identified by a user of the mobile device;

forwarding the received text message to the mobile device;

receiving a response text message from the mobile device to be sent to the first computing device;

when the mobile device is identified for text message archiving, duplicating the received response text message;

sending the duplicate response text message to the messaging archive on the identified computer such that the incoming message and the outgoing message form an archive of a threaded conversation between the first computing device and the mobile device within the messaging archive at the identified computer; and

forwarding the response text message to the first computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the text message further comprises at least one of an instant Messaging (IM) message, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, or an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein when the mobile device is identified, further comprises determining when at least one of a user account or a mobile device identifier associated with the mobile device or the received text message indicates that the text message is to be archived.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the identified computer is identified by the user further comprises:

receiving from the user of the mobile device, an identifier associated with the identified computer.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the text message further comprises at least one of a Short Message Services (SMS) message, Instant Messaging (IM) message, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, or an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein duplicating the received text message is performed by a computing device other that the mobile device or the identified computer.