Regulated texting solution for mobile devices

• US 9,442,925 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Rekula, Sravan Reddy, Pillay, Venkat
• Primary Examiner(s): Richardson, James E
• Application Number:
  US13/683,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20140143202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,392 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads

Abstract

A system for consolidating data messages includes a memory that stores data messages. Each of the data messages has a user field, an outside party field, and a timestamp field. The first data message'"'"'s user field is associated with a first user, the outside party field is associated with a first outside party, and the timestamp field is associated with a first timestamp. The third data message'"'"'s user field is associated with a first user, the outside party field is associated with a first outside party, and the timestamp field is associated with a third timestamp. A processor then groups the first data message and the third data message based at least in part upon the user field, outside party field, and timestamp field of each message. The processor then combines the first data message and the third data message into a consolidated data message.

Claims

1. A system for consolidating a plurality of data messages, comprising:

an interface operable to receive a plurality of data messages, each of the plurality of data messages comprising a user field, an outside party field, and a timestamp field, and the plurality of data messages comprising;

a first data message, the user field associated with a first user, the outside party field associated with a first outside party, and the timestamp field associated with a first timestamp;

a second data message, the user field associated with a second user, the outside party field associated with a second outside party, and the timestamp field associated with a second timestamp; and

a third data message, the user field associated with the first user, the outside party field associated with the first outside party, and the timestamp field associated with a third timestamp;

a memory operable to store the received plurality of data messages; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to;

determine a mobile device associated with at least one from the plurality of received data messages; and

generate a confirmation message for the mobile device instructing the mobile device to delete a copy of the received data message from the mobile device;

the interface further operable to;

communicate the confirmation message to the mobile device;

receive an identification of the first user, the first outside party, and a time interval;

the processor further operable to;

group the first data message with the third data message based at least in part upon the received identification of the first user, the received identification of the first outside party, the received identification of the time interval, the user field, the outside party field, and if the first timestamp and the third timestamp are within the received time interval; and

combine the first data message and the third data message into a consolidated data message, wherein the first data message, the third data message, and the consolidated message are in different messaging formats.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operable to transmit the consolidated data message to an archive server.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the archive server is operable to receive the consolidated data message and display the consolidated data message to a user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the time interval is a twenty-four-hour period.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the consolidated data message has at least one header that is searchable and sortable, the header comprising at least one of the following:

the user field;

the outside party field; and

the timestamp field.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the timestamp field associated with the first data message comprises a first date and a first time;

the timestamp field associated with the second data message comprises a second date and a second time; and

the timestamp field associated with the third data message comprises a third date and a third time.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first data message further comprises a first body field;

the third data message further comprises a third body field; and

the consolidated data message comprises;

the first timestamp;

the user field associated with the first data message;

the outside party field associated with the first data message;

the first body field;

the third timestamp;

the user field associated with the third data message;

the outside party field associated with the third data message; and

the third body field.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the consolidated data message comprises information from the first data message appended with information from the third data message.

9. A method for consolidating a plurality of data messages, comprising:

receiving a plurality of data messages, each of the plurality of data messages comprising a user field, an outside party field, and a timestamp field, and the plurality of data messages comprising;

a first data message, the user field associated with a first user, the outside party field associated with a first outside party, and the timestamp field associated with a first timestamp;

a second data message, the user field associated with a second user, the outside party field associated with a second outside party, and the timestamp field associated with a second timestamp; and

a third data message, the user field associated with the first user, the outside party field associated with the first outside party, and the timestamp field associated with a third timestamp;

determining a mobile device associated with at least one from the plurality of received data messages;

generating a confirmation message for the mobile device instructing the mobile device to delete a copy of the received data message from the mobile device;

communicating the confirmation message to the mobile device;

receiving an identification of the first user, the first outside party, and a time interval;

grouping the first data message and the third data message based at least in part upon the received identification of the first user, the received identification of the first outside party, the received identification of the time interval, the user field, the outside party field, and if the first timestamp and the third timestamp are within the received time interval; and

combining the first data message and the third data message into a consolidated data message, wherein the first data message, the third data message, and the consolidated message are in different messaging formats.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting the consolidated data message to an archive server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the archive server is operable to receive the consolidated data message and display the consolidated data message to a user.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the time interval is a twenty-four-hour period.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the consolidated data message has at least one header that is searchable and sortable, the header comprising at least one of the following:

the user field;

the outside party field; and

the timestamp field.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the timestamp field associated with the first data message comprises a first date and a first time;

the timestamp field associated with the second data message comprises a second date and a second time; and

the timestamp field associated with the third data message comprises a third date and a third time.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the first data message further comprises a first body field;

the third data message further comprises a third body field; and

the consolidated data message comprises;

the first timestamp;

the user field associated with the first data message;

the outside party field associated with the first data message;

the first body field;

the third timestamp;

the user field associated with the third data message;

the outside party field associated with the third data message; and

the third body field.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the consolidated data message comprises information from the first data message appended with information from the third data message.

17. A system for consolidating a plurality of data messages, comprising:

an application stored in a memory on a device such that when executed by a hardware processor on the device is operable to;

detect if a data message is sent or received by the device;

create a copy of the data message, the copy of the data message comprising a user field, an outside party field, and a timestamp field; and

transmit the copy of the data message; and

a server, comprising a hardware server processor and a hardware server memory, the hardware server processor operable to;

receive copies of a plurality of data messages;

store the copies of the plurality of data messages in the server memory;

determine a mobile device associated with at least one from the plurality of received data messages;

generate a confirmation message for the mobile device instructing the mobile device to delete a copy of the received data message from the mobile device;

communicate the confirmation message to the mobile device;

receive an identification of the first user, the first outside party, and a time interval;

group a plurality of messages from the copies of data messages based at least in part upon the received identification of the first user, the received identification of the first outside party, the received identification of the time interval, the user field, the outside party field, and if the first timestamp and the third timestamp are within the received time interval; and

combine the plurality of messages into a consolidated data message, wherein the first data message, the third data message, and the consolidated message are in different messaging formats.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the server processor is further operable to transmit the consolidated data message to an archive server.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the archive server is operable to receive the consolidated data message and display the consolidated data message to a user.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the consolidated data message has at least one header that is searchable and sortable, the header comprising at least one of the following:

the user field;

the outside party field; and

the timestamp field.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the consolidated data message comprises information from one of the plurality of messages appended with information from each of the remaining plurality of messages.