Universal mobile device messaging

• US 9,961,042 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2016
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Neely, Samuel J., Atwood, John Allen, Bhela, Harvinder S., Nalliah, Selvaraj, Limont, David P., Chen, Katy, Aftab, Omar, Balducci, Juan Vicente Esteve
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Suhail
• Application Number:
  US15/369,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20170085521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• 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 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A unified messaging system allows the receipt and sending of different messages across devices is established by creating relationships that leverage the capabilities of different devices. A message server establishes a relationship with a mobile device. Through the relationship, the message server can use the mobile device to send different types of messages that the server computer cannot transmit. A relationship between a client and a server extends this capability to the client. Through these relationships, a client can retrieve mobile device messages as well as generate them. The generated mobile device messages are transmitted to the message server. The message server determines that the received messages are mobile device messages that the server cannot deliver and sends the mobile device messages to the user'"'"'s mobile device. The mobile device receives the mobile device messages from the message server and transmits the mobile device message to recipient mobile devices.

Claims

1. A method of allowing a client to send mobile device messages by leveraging a personal mobile device of a user, the method comprising:

establishing a relationship between a server and the personal mobile device, wherein the relationship is established in response to receiving, at the server, a message from the personal mobile device;

after establishing the relationship, receiving, at the server, a first message from a client device other than the personal mobile device; and

when the first message is determined to be a mobile device message, sending the first message to the personal mobile device for transmitting to a recipient mobile device associated with a second user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing, the mobile device message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile device message is one of a SMS message, an EMS message, and an MMS message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the processing of the mobile device message further comprises:

determining whether the mobile device message is larger than predefined set of characters;

truncating the mobile device message into two or more truncated mobile device messages when the mobile device message is larger than the predefined set of characters; and

sending the two or more truncated mobile device messages to the personal mobile device for transmitting to the recipient mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating, by the server, a non-delivery receipt when the server is unable to deliver the mobile device message to the personal mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the server, a non-delivery receipt when the personal mobile device is unable to deliver the mobile device message to the recipient mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the server, a second message from the personal mobile device;

determining the type of the second message; and

delivering the second mobile device message to the client.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second mobile device message comprises two or more separate mobile device messages.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, by the server, that the two or more separate mobile device messages are portions of a single mobile device message; and

concatenating the two or more separate mobile device messages into the single mobile device message.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing, by the server, the first mobile device message, wherein the processing comprises transforming the first mobile device message into a proper format for the personal mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising compressing, the first mobile device message.

12. A storage device encoding computer executable instructions for performing a method of transmitting mobile device messages between a client device and a recipient mobile device by leveraging a personal mobile device of a user, the method comprising:

establishing a relationship between a server and the personal mobile device, wherein establishing the relationship comprises sending a message from the personal mobile device to the server;

after establishing the relationship, receiving, at the personal mobile device, a first message from the server, wherein the first message originates from the client device other than the personal mobile device;

determining the type of the first message; and

when the first message is determined to be a mobile device message, transmitting, by the personal mobile device, the mobile device message to the recipient mobile device, wherein the recipient mobile device is associated with a second user.

13. The storage device of claim 12, wherein when the first message is a mobile device command message, the personal mobile device executes the mobile device command.

14. The storage device of claim 12, further comprising instructions for processing the mobile device message.

15. The storage device of claim 14, wherein processing the mobile device message comprises transforming the mobile device message into a format compatible for transit over a mobile device carrier network supporting the personal mobile device.

16. The storage device of claim 12, further comprising instructions for:

receiving a second message from a sender mobile device;

determining the type of the second message; and

when the second message is a second mobile device message, sending the second mobile device message to a client via the server.

17. The storage device of claim 12, further comprising instructions for sending the health data of the personal mobile device to a server for later transmitting to the client.

18. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising;

establishing a relationship between a server and a personal mobile device of a user, wherein the relationship is established by receiving a message from the personal mobile device at the server;

after establishing the relationship, receiving, a first message from a client device other than the personal mobile device at the server; and

when the first message is determined to be a mobile device message, sending the first message to the personal mobile device for transmitting to a recipient mobile device associated with a second user.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first message is one of a SMS message, an EMS message, and an MMS message.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the first message is larger than a predefined set of characters;

truncating the first message into two or more truncated messages when the first message is larger than the predefined set of characters; and

sending the two or more truncated messages to the personal mobile device for transmitting to the recipient mobile device.