Server-side modification of messages during a mobile terminal message exchange

• US 9,600,807 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2012
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Chavan, Viraj Sudhir
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US13/490,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,749 Days
• Field of Search: 715/708, 715/744, 715751-753, 715/764, 715/788, 715864-866
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for server-side modification of messages during a mobile terminal message exchange. Upon receiving a dialog message (e.g., an email message) from a first user device, the method determines the format (e.g., IMAP) of the dialog message in order to insert similarly-formatted additional content. Then, the method modifies the dialog message by inserting selected additional content into the dialog message. The method receives a request from a second user (at a mobile terminal) and the method transmits the outbound dialog message with the inserted additional content to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal. The second user'"'"'s mobile terminal supports native applications for reviewing the additional content, and some modified dialog messages include personalized content, including personalization based on the dialog message from the first user device. The second user reviews the personalized content on the mobile terminal without having to explicitly launch a browser.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a dialog message from a first user device, the dialog message comprising a plurality of portions of content;

storing, by the processor, the dialog message from the first user device;

receiving, by the processor, a request from a second user'"'"'s mobile terminal for the dialog message;

determining, by the processor, an additional content format at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device, the determining of the additional content format comprising determining based on analysis of a markup language description for the dialog message;

modifying, by the processor, the dialog message by server-side modification of a portion of the dialog message to generate an outbound dialog message with additional content inserted using the additional content format, the additional content based on terms present in the dialog message and comprising an advertisement, the modifying of the dialog message further comprising changing the size of the portion of the dialog message based on a size of the inserted additional content; and

transmitting, by the processor, the outbound dialog message with the inserted additional content to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the additional content comprises at least one of, a video clip, a financial quote, a news clip, a photo, or a social media alert.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein storing the dialog message comprises storing the dialog message in at least one of, an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) format, or a Short Message Service (SMS) format.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising launching a mobile terminal browser.

5. A computer system comprising:

a computer processor to execute a set of program code instructions; and

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon the program code instructions, in which the program code instructions comprises program code to perform;

receiving a dialog message from a first user device, the dialog message comprising a plurality of portions of content;

storing the dialog message from the first user device;

receiving a request from a second user'"'"'s mobile terminal for the dialog message;

determining an additional content format at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device, the determining of the additional content format comprising determining based on analysis of a markup language description for the dialog message;

modifying the dialog message by server-side modification of a portion of the dialog message to generate an outbound dialog message with additional content inserted using the additional content format, the additional content based on terms present in the dialog message and comprising an advertisement, the modifying of the dialog message further comprising changing the size of the portion of the dialog message based on a size of the inserted additional content; and

transmitting the outbound dialog message with the inserted additional content to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

6. The computer system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the additional content comprises at least one of, a video clip, a financial quote, a news clip, a photo, or a social media alert.

7. The computer system as set forth in claim 5, wherein storing the dialog message comprises storing the dialog message in at least one of, an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) format, or a Short Message Service (SMS) format.

8. The computer system as set forth in claim 5, further comprising launching a mobile terminal browser.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a method comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a dialog message from a first user device, the dialog message comprising a plurality of portions of content;

storing, by the processor, the dialog message from the first user device;

receiving, by the processor, a request from a second user'"'"'s mobile terminal for the dialog message;

determining, by the processor, an additional content format at least partly based on the dialog message from the first user device, the determining of the additional content format comprising determining based on analysis of a markup language description for the dialog message;

modifying, by the processor, the dialog message by server-side modification of a portion of the dialog message to generate an outbound dialog message with additional content inserted using the additional content format, the additional content based on terms present in the dialog message and comprising an advertisement, the modifying of the dialog message further comprising changing the size of the portion of the dialog message based on a size of the inserted additional content; and

transmitting, by the processor, the outbound dialog message with the inserted additional content to the second user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

10. The medium as set forth in claim 9, wherein the additional content comprises at least one of, a video clip, a financial quote, a news clip, a photo, or a social media alert.

11. The medium as set forth in claim 9, wherein storing the dialog message comprises storing the dialog message in at least one of, an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) format, or a Short Message Service (SMS) format.

12. The medium as set forth in claim 9, further comprising launching a mobile terminal browser.