Messaging system and method

• US 9,660,945 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2015
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T Play Holdings LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: TriPlay Incorporated
• Inventors: Rosen, Gil, Ziv, Yaacov
• Primary Examiner(s): MIRZA, ADNAN M
• Application Number:
  US14/879,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20160036746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 709204, 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 : with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 : Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a system and from an originating communication device, a message that includes a media item;

based on receipt of the message, parsing, by the system, the media item from the message received from the originating communication device;

based on parsing the media item from the message received from the originating communication device, storing, in a media storage device associated with the system, the media item included in the message received from the originating communication device;

managing, by the system, privacy and digital rights for the media item stored in the media storage device;

receiving, by the system and from a first destination communication device, a first request to access the media item, the first destination communication device being different from the originating communication device;

based on receipt of the first request to access the media item, evaluating, by the system, the first request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device;

based on evaluation of the first request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device, determining, by the system, to deny the first request due to the privacy and digital rights;

based on the determination to deny the first request due to the privacy and digital rights, denying, by the system, the first request received from the first destination communication device and preventing, by the system, the first destination communication device from accessing the media item stored in the media storage device;

receiving, by the system and from a second destination communication device, a second request to access the media item, the second destination communication device being different from the originating communication device and the first destination communication device;

based on receipt of the second request to access the media item, evaluating, by the system, the second request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device;

based on evaluation of the second request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device, determining, by the system, to allow the second request; and

based on the determination to allow the second request, facilitating, by the system, delivery of an adapted version of the media item to the second destination communication device by;

obtaining, by the system, data indicative of displaying capabilities of the second destination communication device;

adapting, by the system, the media item based on the displaying capabilities of the second destination communication device, and transmitting, by the system and to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the media item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing, by the system, privacy and digital rights for the media item stored in the media storage device comprises denying, by the system, privacy rights to the media item for another subscriber or a group of subscribers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing, by the system, privacy and digital rights for the media item stored in the media storage device comprises managing digitals rights to the media item per subscriber or per element.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing, by the system, privacy and digital rights for the media item stored in the media storage device comprises managing, by the system, privacy and digital rights for the media item on a system level, a subscriber level, or a group level.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media item is an image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media item is a video.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting, by the system and to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the media item comprises streaming, by the system and to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the video.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the originating communication device is associated with a subscriber of the system that has an assigned storage space at the system with configurable capacity.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking, by the system, a history of communication, including deliveries of media items made, for the originating communication device, the first destination communication device, and the second destination communication device.

10. The method of claim 1:

wherein the second destination communication device is a second destination cellular telephone that includes a client remotely delivered to the second destination cellular telephone; and

wherein the transmitting, by the system and to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the media item comprises transmitting, by the system, the adapted version of the media item through the client remotely delivered to the second destination cellular telephone.

11. A system comprising:

an access block;

a media block that is operatively coupled to the access block;

a control block that is operatively coupled to the access block, the control block including a privacy manager and a digital rights manager, and a media storage device, wherein the access block is configured to;

receive, from an originating communication device, a message that includes a media item, and based on receipt of the message, parse the media item from the message received from the originating communication device;

wherein the media block is configured to, based on parsing the media item from the message received from the originating communication device, store, in the media storage device, the media item included in the message received from the originating communication device;

wherein the control block is configured to manage privacy and digital rights for the media item stored in the media storage device;

wherein the access block is configured to receive, from a first destination communication device, a first request to access the media item, the first destination communication device being different from the originating communication device;

wherein the control block is configured to;

based on receipt of the first request to access the media item, evaluate the first request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device, based on evaluation of the first request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device, determine to deny the first request due to the privacy and digital rights, and based on the determination to deny the first request due to the privacy and digital rights, deny the first request received from the first destination communication device and prevent the first destination communication device from accessing the media item stored in the media storage device;

wherein the access block is configured to receive, from a second destination communication device, a second request to access the media item, the second destination communication device being different from the originating communication device and the first destination communication device;

wherein the control block is configured to;

based on receipt of the second request to access the media item, evaluate the second request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device, and based on evaluation of the second request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the media storage device, determine to allow the second request;

wherein the media block is configured to;

obtain data indicative of displaying capabilities of the second destination communication device, and adapt the media item based on the displaying capabilities of the second destination communication device; and

wherein the access block is configured to, based on the determination to allow the second request, facilitate delivery of an adapted version of the media item to the second destination communication device by transmitting, to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the media item.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control block is configured to deny privacy rights to the media item for another subscriber or a group of subscribers.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the control block is further configured to manage the digitals rights to the media item per subscriber or per element.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the control block is further configured to manage privacy and digital rights for the media item on a system level, a subscriber level, or a group level.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the media item is an image.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the media item is a video.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the access block is further configured to stream, to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the video.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the originating communication device is associated with a subscriber of the system that has an assigned storage space at the system with configurable capacity.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising a destination block configured to track a history of communication, including deliveries of media items made, for the originating communication device, the first destination communication device, and the second destination communication device.

20. The system of claim 11:

wherein the second destination communication device is a second destination cellular telephone that includes a client remotely delivered to the second destination cellular telephone; and

wherein the access block is further configured to transmit the adapted version of the media item through the client remotely delivered to the second destination cellular telephone.

21. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from an originating communication device, a message that includes a media item;

based on receipt of the message, parsing the media item from the message received from the originating communication device;

based on parsing the media item from the message received from the originating communication device, storing, in the at least one computer-readable storage medium, the media item included in the message received from the originating communication device;

managing privacy and digital rights for the media item stored in the at least one computer-readable storage medium;

receiving, from a first destination communication device, a first request to access the media item, the first destination communication device being different from the originating communication device;

based on receipt of the first request to access the media item, evaluating the first request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the at least one computer-readable storage medium;

based on evaluation of the first request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the at least one computer-readable storage medium, determining to deny the first request due to the privacy and digital rights;

based on the determination to deny the first request due to the privacy and digital rights, denying the first request received from the first destination communication device and preventing the first destination communication device from accessing the media item stored in the at least one computer-readable storage medium;

receiving, from a second destination communication device, a second request to access the media item, the second destination communication device being different from the originating communication device and the first destination communication device;

based on receipt of the second request to access the media item, evaluating the second request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the at least one computer-readable storage medium;

based on evaluation of the second request against the privacy and digital rights managed for the media item stored in the at least one computer-readable storage medium, determining to allow the second request; and

based on the determination to allow the second request, facilitating delivery of an adapted version of the media item to the second destination communication device by;

obtaining data indicative of displaying capabilities of the second destination communication device;

adapting the media item based on the displaying capabilities of the second destination communication device, and transmitting, to the second destination communication device, the adapted version of the media item.