Apparatus and method of wireless instant messaging

• US 9,881,324 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Estable, Luis, Coskun, Risvan, Oliver, Robert D., Zhang, Haining
• Primary Examiner(s): Cai, Wayne
• Application Number:
  US14/506,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026093A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,212 Days
• Field of Search: 4554042, 455466, 4554141, 4554142, 455518, 455519, 705 1466, 705 1456, 705 1412
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0209 Incentive being awarded or redeemed in connection with the playing of a video game
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0258 Registration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

A wireless communication device declares one of a plurality of extended instant messaging states and transmits the declared states to a presence information server. Declared extended instant messaging states for destination devices are received, and an enhanced instant message based on declared extended instant messaging states is generated.

Claims

1. A method performed by a hardware server, comprising:

receiving an interest from an interested host;

receiving presence information regarding a wireless device, wherein the presence information identifies a current activity state of a user of the wireless device, the activity state being selected from the user currently looking, the user currently shopping and the user currently visiting; and

sending an alert to the interested host in response to detecting a match between the user'"'"'s current activity state and the interest from the interested host.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity state is declared by the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity state is declared by the wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending of an alert to the interested host is based on location of the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sending of an alert to the interested host is based on location of the wireless device relative to location of the interested host.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the interested host is associated with a merchant.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the interested host is associated with a shopping mall.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detecting a match between the interest from the interested host and the user'"'"'s current activity state of shopping, arranging for the interested host to send a message to the user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the message is configured to initiate instant shopping between the interested host and the wireless device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detecting a match between the interest from the interested host and the user'"'"'s current activity state of looking, arranging for the interested host to send a message to the user.

11. A server comprising:

a microprocessor configured to receive an interest from an interested host;

a communication subsystem configured to receive presence information regarding a wireless device, wherein the presence information identifies a current activity state of a user of the wireless device, the activity state being selected from the user currently looking, the user currently shopping and the user currently visiting,

wherein the communication subsystem is further configured to send an alert to the interested host in response to detecting a match between the user'"'"'s current activity state and the interest from the interested host.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the activity state is declared by the user.

13. The server of claim 11, wherein the activity state is declared by the wireless device.

14. The server of claim 11, wherein the sending of an alert to the interested host is based on location of the wireless device.

15. The server of claim 14, wherein the sending of an alert to the interested host is based on location of the wireless device relative to location of the interested host.

16. The server of claim 11, wherein the interested host is associated with a merchant.

17. The server of claim 11, wherein the interested host is associated with a shopping mall.

18. The server of claim 11, wherein the communication module is configured to:

in response to detecting a match between the interest from the interested host and the user'"'"'s current activity state of shopping, arranging for the interested host to send a message to the user.

19. The server of claim 18, wherein the message is configured to initiate instant shopping between the interested host and the wireless device.

20. The server of claim 11, wherein the communication module is configured to:

in response to detecting a match between the interest from the interested host and the user'"'"'s current activity state of looking, arranging for the interested host to send a message to the user.