Method and systems for secure message transmission

• US 9,485,643 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Onsolve, LLC
• Original Assignee: SWN Communications Incorporated (Onsolve, LLC)
• Inventors: Schmitz, Anthony, Tsepetis, Alexandros
• Primary Examiner(s): Zong, Ruolei
• Application Number:
  US14/305,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20150100653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1873 Versioning file systems, temporal file systems, e.g. file system supporting different historic versions of files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Methods and systems for secure message transmission from a computing device of a sender to at least one recipient, the method comprising iteratively selecting a group until the sender indicates conclusion of the group to provide a selected group, selecting at least one recipient from each selected group to provide at least one selected recipient, composing a message to provide a composed message, selecting at least one device for each selected recipient to provide at least one selected device, wherein the composed message is to be dispatched to the at least one selected device, and indicating an alert notification on each of the at least one selected devices of the recipient, wherein the alert notification indicates dispatch of the composed message to the selected device.

Claims

1. A method for secure message transmission from a computing device of a sender to at least one recipient, the computing device comprising a logic circuit configured to execute instructions causing the sender to perform the following operations:

iteratively selecting a group until the sender indicates conclusion of the group selection to provide a selected group by executing a group selection instructions at the computing device;

selecting at least one recipient from each selected group to provide at least one selected recipient by executing a recipient selection instructions at the computing device;

composing a message by inputting into the computing device of the sender the sender contact information, a message subject and message text to provide a composed message by executing a message input instructions at the computing device;

selecting at least one device for each of the at least one selected recipients to provide at least one selected device, wherein the composed message is to be dispatched to the at least one selected device by executing a recipient device selection instructions at the computing device; and

indicating an alert notification on each the at least one selected devices of the recipient, wherein the alert notification indicates dispatch of the composed message to each of the at least one selected devices by executing an alert notification display instructions at the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of selecting at least one of:

all of the at least one devices of the recipient, voice devices of the recipient, or text devices of the recipient for dispatching the composed message.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of selecting a specify devices option to select at least one of:

express voice device of the recipient, express messenger device of the recipient, or the office email device of the recipient for dispatching the composed message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the sender defining the message transmission attributes by selecting message delivery features.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of selecting at least one of:

a get word back feature, message template feature, instant message service feature, voice recording feature, configure intro feature, direct feature, conference bridge feature, PIN code feature, cascade feature, message board options feature, alert links feature, or schedule alert feature for defining the message transmission attributes.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of selecting a get word back feature to establish a two way communication link between the sender and the at least one selected recipient.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

defining, by the sender in a computing device, at least one query and at least two responses to provide at least one defined query and at least two defined responses;

presenting the at least one defined query and the at least two defined responses to the recipient, the recipient answering the at least one defined query by selecting at least one of the at least two defined responses to provide selected responses; and

communicating the selected responses to the computing device of the sender.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

selecting a vanish option step for delivering the composed message to at least one selected device, wherein the vanish option causes secured dispatch of the composed message.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of:

causing the composed message to vanish upon the recipient viewing the composed message.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising scheduling a periodic message re-delivery after selecting the direct feature to attempt repeated delivery of an undelivered message.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the composed message is a rich text supported HTML message.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a delivery receipt on a computing device of a sender, wherein the delivery receipt indicates delivery, or non-delivery, of the composed message to each of the at least one selected devices.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing an audience visibility indicator on a computing device of a sender, wherein said audience visibility indicator indicates, for each composed message to be dispatched to the at least one selected device, that the selected device is immediately reachable or is unavailable.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of encrypting the composed message end-to-end.

15. A secure message transmission system for dispatching messages from a computing device of a sender, the system comprising a memory and a logic circuit coupled to the memory configured to execute instructions causing the sender to perform the following operations:

iteratively select a group until the sender indicates conclusion of the group selection to provide a selected group by executing a group selection instructions at the computing device;

accept a selection of at least one recipient from each selected group to provide at least one selected recipient by executing a recipient selection instructions at the computing device;

accept a message input by the sender into the computing device and including at least the sender contact information, a message subject and message text to provide a composed message by executing a message input instructions at the computing device;

accept a selection by the sender into the computing device of at least one device for each selected recipient to provide at least one selected device, and dispatching the composed message to each of the at least one selected devices by executing a recipient device selection instructions at the computing device; and

indicate an alert notification on each of the at least one selected devices, wherein the alert notification indicates dispatch of the composed message to each of the at least one selected devices by executing an alert notification display instructions at the computing device.

16. The system of claim 15, further configured to accept a selection, for dispatching the composed message, by the sender into a computing device, of at least one of:

all devices of the recipient, voice devices of the recipient, or text devices of the recipient.

17. The system of claim 15, further configured to accept a specify devices option, by the sender into a computing device, to select at least one of:

express voice device of the recipient, express messenger device of the recipient, or office email device of the recipient for dispatching the composed message.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the composed message has defined message transmission attributes.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the composed message has selected message delivery features.

20. The system of claim 18, further configured to accept a selection, by a sender into a computing device, of at least one of:

a get word back feature, message template feature, instant message service feature, voice recording feature, configure intro feature, direct feature, conference bridge feature, PIN code feature, cascade feature, message board options feature, alert links feature, or schedule alert feature to define the message transmission attributes.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the get word back feature is selected to establishes a two way communication link between the sender and the recipient.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the system is configured to accept an input, by a sender into a computing device, to define at least one query and at least two responses to provide at least one defined query and at least two defined responses, to present the at least one defined query and the at least two defined responses to at least one selected device, the selected recipient inputs to answer the defined query by selecting at least one of the at least two defined responses in the selected device to provide a response selection, and the selected device communicates the response selection to the computing device of the sender.

23. The system of claim 19, further configured to accept a selection of the direct feature and a vanish option, by the sender into a computing device, to securely deliver the composed message to at least one selected device, wherein the composed message is securely dispatched.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the composed message is deleted from the selected device after the selected recipient views the composed message.

25. The system of claim 19, further configured to select the direct feature and to schedule a periodic message re-delivery to attempt repeated delivery of an undelivered message.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the composed message is a rich text supported HTML message.

27. The system of claim 15, further comprising a delivery receipt provided on a computing device of a sender, wherein the delivery receipt indicates delivery, or non-delivery, of the composed message to each of the at least one selected devices.

28. The system of claim 15, further comprising an audience visibility indicator on a computing device of a sender, wherein said audience visibility indicator indicates, for each composed message to be dispatched to the at least one selected device, that the selected device is immediately reachable or is unavailable.

29. The system of claim 15, wherein the composed message is encrypted end-to-end.