Dynamic formatting of messages for multiple endpoints

• US 9,729,481 B1
• Filed: 02/20/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Korn, Jeffrey Lawrence, Kluever, Kurt Alfred, Concannon, Stephen, Kennell, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cox, Natisha
• Application Number:
  US14/628,171
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 709206, 709232
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression

Abstract

In one general aspect, a tangible computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive an indicator that at least a portion of a source message has been produced using a source module, and instructions to send to the source module, in response to the indicator, an extraction module configured to assign an attribute value to content of the source message. The attribute value can represent a contextual function of the content within the source message. The instructions can include instructions to receive a content package including the content and the attribute value assigned to the content, and produce a plurality of endpoint-specific messages associated with a plurality of endpoints based on a plurality of message templates and the attribute value assigned to the content within the content package.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

generating a content package from a source message provided by a source device, wherein generating the content package includes extracting first and second content portions from the source message for assignment to first and second attribute values of the content package in a different structural arrangement than the source message based on a format of the source message;

generating a first endpoint message for a first device endpoint based on a first message template associated with the first device endpoint and the generated content package, including an arrangement of the first content portion and other content portions from the content package according to a first arrangement of attribute values defined by the first message template; and

generating a second endpoint message for a second device endpoint based on a second message template associated with the second device endpoint and the generated content package, including an arrangement of the second content portion and the other content portions from the content package according to a second arrangement of attribute values defined by the second message template that is different than the first arrangement in the first message template, wherein the generated first endpoint message omits the second content portion based on the first message template and the generated second endpoint message omits the first content portion based on the second message template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first attribute value represents a contextual function of the first content portion within the source message, the second attribute value represents a contextual function of the second content portion within the source message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first arrangement of attribute values comprises a first arrangement of the first attribute value and the second attribute value, and the second arrangement of attribute values comprises a second arrangement of the first attribute value and the second attribute value.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a plurality of endpoints including the first endpoint and the second endpoint point in response to receiving the source message, endpoints being determined based on message preference information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the content package comprises:

parsing content of the source message;

extracting the first and second content portions from the source message;

assigning the first content portion to the first attribute values; and

assigning the second content portion to the second attribute value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the first and second endpoint messages comprises:

extracting the first and second content portions from the content package.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first message template defines a first message format for the first device endpoint, the first message format having the first arrangement of attribute values, and

wherein the second message template defines a second message format for the second device endpoint, the second message format having the second arrangement of attribute values.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the first message template is not accessible;

requesting the first message template, wherein the first message template is provided in response to the request.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the request is sent to the first device endpoint, and wherein the first message template is provided from a second device at the first device endpoint.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first endpoint message or the second endpoint message is generated in response to one or more predetermined message rules, at least one of the one or more predetermined message rules comprising triggering a sending of the first or second endpoint message in response to a update of application content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second device endpoints are destination devices different than the source device.

12. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to facilitate the steps of;

generating a content package from a source message provided by a source device, wherein generating the content package includes extracting the first and second content portions from the source message for assignment to first and second attribute values of the content package in a different structural arrangement than the source message based on a format of the source message;

generating a first endpoint message for a first device endpoint based on a first message template associated with the first device endpoint and the generated content package, including an arrangement of the first content portion and other content portions from the content package according to a first arrangement of attribute values defined by the first message template; and

generating a second endpoint message for a second device endpoint based on a second message template associated with the second device endpoint and the generated content package, including an arrangement of the second content portion and the other content portions from the content package according to a second arrangement of attribute values defined by the second message template that is different than the first arrangement in the first message template, wherein the generated first endpoint message omits the second content portion based on the first message template and the generated second endpoint message omits the first content portion based on the second message template.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first attribute value represents a contextual function of the first content portion within the source message, the second attribute value represents a contextual function of the second content portion within the source message.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first arrangement of attribute values comprises a first arrangement of the first attribute value and the second attribute value, and the second arrangement of attribute values comprises a second arrangement of the first attribute value and the second attribute value.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors to facilitate the steps of:

determining a plurality of endpoints including the first endpoint and the second endpoint point in response to receiving the source message, endpoints being determined based on message preference information.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein generating the content package comprises:

parsing content of the source message;

extracting the first and second content portions from the source message;

assigning the first content portion to the first attribute values; and

assigning the second content portion to the second attribute value.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein generating the first and second endpoint messages comprises:

extracting the first and second content portions from the content package.

18. The system of claim 12,

wherein the first message template defines a first message format for the first device endpoint, the first message format having the first arrangement of attribute values, and

wherein the second message template defines a second message format for the second device endpoint, the second message format having the second arrangement of attribute values.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors to facilitate the steps of:

determining that the first message template is not accessible;

requesting the first message template, wherein the first message template is provided in response to the request.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, facilitate the steps of:

generating a content package from a source message provided by a source device, wherein generating the content package includes extracting first and second content portions from the source message for assignment to first and second attribute values of the content package in a different structural arrangement than the source message based on a format of the source message;

generating a first endpoint message for a first device endpoint based on a first message template associated with the first device endpoint and the generated content package, including an arrangement of the first content portion and other content portions from the content package according to a first arrangement of attribute values defined by the first message template; and

generating a second endpoint message for a second device endpoint based on a second message template associated with the second device endpoint and the generated content package, including an arrangement of the second content portion and the other content portions from the content package according to a second arrangement of attribute values defined by the second message template that is different than the first arrangement in the first message template, wherein the generated first endpoint message omits the second content portion based on the first message template and the generated second endpoint message omits the first content portion based on the second message template.