Method and system for sending an indication of response to an online post from a text message

• US 9,544,263 B1
• Filed: 01/17/2014
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Advanced Research LLC
• Original Assignee: Advanced Research LLC
• Inventors: Lee, Bryant Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROY, SANJOY K
• Application Number:
  US14/158,752
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 715/752
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A computer system may send and/or receive text messages. The text messages may contain an indication of a networked post. The computer system may display one or more interface elements for transmitting an indication of response to a networked post in a text message. Computer representations of an indication of response may be displayed with a networked post.

Claims

1. A method for displaying dynamic content from a networked post in a text message, the method performed by a computer system, the method comprising:

receiving a text message, the text message displaying dynamic content from a networked post, wherein the networked post is accessible on a network at a network location;

wherein the networked post includes a photo or video, and the photo or video is displayed in the text message;

displaying the text message to a user;

initiating a call to a first server-side script to retrieve the number of likes that the networked post has received, a client-side handler function being associated with the first server-side script;

after completion of the first server-side script, executing the client-side handler function to process a return value of the first server-side script and cause the display of the number of likes that the networked post has received;

displaying a like button for liking the networked post;

in response to activation of the like button, transmitting an indication of the user liking the networked post to a server to cause a representation of the user'"'"'s act of liking the networked post to be displayed with the networked post;

wherein the act of transmitting the indication of the user liking the networked post to the server comprises initiating a call to a second server-side script to cause the indication of the user liking the networked post to be stored in a database accessible to the server;

displaying one or more comments from one or more other users about the networked post in a comment section associated with the text message;

displaying a comment field for accepting a comment from the user;

in response to the user submitting a comment via the comment field, initiating a call to a third server-side script to cause text of the user-submitted comment to be stored in the database accessible to the server;

in response to submission of a new comment by the user or another user, dynamically updating the display of comments associated with the text message to include the new comment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message is a TCP/IP text message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is a mobile phone connected to a base transceiver station (BTS) and a base controller station (BSC) and the text message is received through the BTS and BSC.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is a mobile phone connected to a base transceiver station (BTS) and a base controller station (BSC), the text message is received through the BTS and BSC, and the act of transmitting the indication of the user liking the networked post to the server includes transmitting data through the BTS and BSC.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the networked post is a post on a social network.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying on or near the text message an indication of a number of users who have liked the networked post.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message includes a video and the video is playable from within the display of the text message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an indication of the sender of the text message.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

parsing the text message to detect one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs);

parsing the one or more URLs to determine whether any of the one or more URLs are indicative of one or more networked posts for which one or more like buttons should be displayed.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a like button for each of two or more different networked posts, wherein the two or more different networked posts are of different types and are from different web domains.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for displaying dynamic content from a networked post in a text message, the instructions for execution by a computer system, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

instructions for receiving a text message, the text message containing dynamic content from a networked post, wherein the networked post is accessible on a network at a network location;

wherein the networked post includes a photo or video, and the photo or video is displayed in the text message;

instructions for displaying the text message to a user;

instructions for initiating a call to a first server-side script to retrieve the number of likes that the networked post has received;

instructions for, after completion of the first server-side script, executing a client-side handler function associated with the first server-side script to process a return value of the first server-side script and cause the display of the number of likes that the networked post has received;

instructions for displaying a like button for liking the networked post;

instructions for, in response to activation of the like button, transmitting an indication of the user liking the networked post to a server to cause a representation of the user'"'"'s act of liking the networked post to be displayed with the networked post;

wherein the instructions for transmitting the indication of the user liking the networked post to the server comprise instructions for initiating a call to a second server-side script to cause the indication of the user liking the networked post to be stored in a database accessible to the server;

instructions for displaying one or more comments from one or more other users about the networked post in a comment section associated with the text message;

instructions for displaying a comment field for accepting a comment from the user;

instructions for, in response to the user submitting a comment via the comment field, initiating a call to a third server-side script to cause text of the user-submitted comment to be stored in the database accessible to the server;

instructions for, in response to submission of a new comment by the user or another user, dynamically updating the display of comments associated with the text message to include the new comment.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the text message is a TCP/IP text message.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the computer system for executing the instructions on the computer-readable medium is a mobile phone connected to a base transceiver station (BTS) and a base controller station (BSC), and the instructions for receiving the text message include instructions that receive the text message through the BTS and BSC.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the computer system for executing the instructions on the computer-readable medium is a mobile phone connected to a base transceiver station (BTS) and a base controller station (BSC), the instructions for receiving the text message include instructions that receive the text message through the BTS and BSC, and the instructions for transmitting the indication of the user liking the networked post to the server include instructions that transmit data through the BTS and BSC.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the networked post is a post on a social network.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for displaying on or near the text message an indication of a number of users who have liked the networked post.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the text message includes a video and the video is playable from within the display of the text message.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for displaying an indication of the sender of the text message.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

instructions for parsing the text message to detect one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs);

instructions for parsing the one or more URLs to determine whether any of the one or more URLs are indicative of one or more networked posts for which one or more like buttons should be displayed.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

instructions for displaying a like button for each of two or more different networked posts, wherein the two or more different networked posts are of different types and are from different web domains.