Intermediated data entry in a shared message board through a mobile computing device

• US 9,485,637 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2015
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Borger, Sergio, Cardonha, Carlos H., Koch, Fernando L.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US14/620,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20160242013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.4, 455/411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A mobile device is employed to be a gateway device to transmit messages between end-users and a shared message board running on a remote sever. The gateway device runs a gateway application to implement the gateway function.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending a first message in a first format from a user device to a gateway device having a phone number, the gateway mobile device running a gateway application;

converting the first format to a second format, the second format being a suitable format to generate a converted message from the first message; and

submitting the converted message to a shared message board (SMB),

wherein;

converting the first message to the converted message is performed by the gateway application; and

the converted message is intermediated as a data entry by an SMB application on the SMB.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the gateway device includes a smartphone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device includes a smartphone or an entry-level mobile device that is able to send and receive messages.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the message and the converted message are transmitted through a public telecommunication and/or a shared IT infrastructure including 3G, 4G, LAN, WAN, or WIFI.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transmission is performed:

(i) using a HTTP protocol and/or a HTTPS protocol, and (ii) using an authenticated connection or non-authenticated connection.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a transcribed voice message, a voice message, a video, and/or an image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the gateway application provides an interface to manage the data entry in the SMB, the interface sending a command related to elements in the SMB through a communication interface of the SMB application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the command is one of edit, delete, and configure.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the SMB application generating a list of notifications to be transmitted to the gateway device; and

the gateway device transmitting the list of notifications to a plurality of users.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the notification includes a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a transcribed voice message, a voice message, a video, and/or an image.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the list of notifications are transmitted through a public telecommunication and/or a shared IT infrastructure including 3G, 4G, LAN, WAN, or WIFI.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmission is performed:

(i) using a HTTP protocol and/or a HTTPS protocol, and (ii) using an authenticated connection or non-authenticated connection.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:

first program instructions programmed to sending a first message in a first format from a user device to a gateway device having a phone number, the gateway mobile device running a gateway application;

second program instructions programmed to converting the first format to a second format, the second format being a suitable format to generate a converted message from the first message; and

third program instructions programmed to submitting the converted message to a shared message board (SMB);

wherein;

converting the first message to the converted message is performed by the gateway application; and

the converted message is intermediated as a data entry by an SMB application on the SMB.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the first message includes a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a transcribed voice message, a voice message, a video, and/or an image.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the gateway application provides an interface to manage the data entry in the SMB, the interface sending a command related to elements in the SMB through a communication interface of the SMB application.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

fourth program instructions programmed to generate, by the SMB application, a list of notifications to be transmitted to the gateway device; and

fifth program instructions programmed to transmit, by the gateway device, the list of notifications to a plurality of users.

17. A computer system comprising:

a processor(s) set; and

a computer readable storage medium;

wherein;

the processor set is structured, located, connected, and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and

the program instructions include;

first program instructions programmed to sending a first message in a first format from a user device to a gateway device having a phone number, the gateway mobile device running a gateway application;

second program instructions programmed to converting the first format to a second format, the second format being a suitable format to generate a converted message from the first message; and

third program instructions programmed to submitting the converted message to a shared message board (SMB)

wherein;

converting the first message to the converted message is performed by the gateway application; and

the converted message is intermediated as a data entry by an SMB application on the SMB.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the first message includes a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a transcribed voice message, a voice message, a video, and/or an image.

19. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the gateway application provides an interface to manage the data entry in the SMB, the interface sending a command related to elements in the SMB through a communication interface of the SMB application.

20. The computer system of claim 17, further comprising:

fourth program instructions programmed to generate, by the SMB application, a list of notifications to be transmitted to the gateway device; and

fifth program instructions programmed to transmit, by the gateway device, the list of notifications to a plurality of users.