System and method of mimetic messaging settings selection

• US 10,103,874 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Robertson, Ian M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eskandarnia, Arvin
• Application Number:
  US15/193,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20160308672A1
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• 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 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/14 using a plurality of keys or algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/30 Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Systems and methods of selecting message settings mimetically on a messaging client. In one embodiment, when an outgoing message is composed on a messaging client, the messaging client determines whether the outgoing message is related to a received message. Where the outgoing message is related to the received message, the messaging client determines the messaging settings used in the received message, and selects the messaging settings used in the received message to control message characteristics of the outgoing message.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method, comprising:

detecting, with a processor, an outgoing message;

determining, with the processor, that the outgoing message is related to a previously received message by identifying at least a portion of message content in common or comprising a message thread between the outgoing message and the previously received message;

determining, with the processor, one or more messaging settings associated with at least one message characteristic of the previously received message; and

selecting, with the processor, a messaging setting based on the one or more messaging settings associated with the at least one message characteristic of the previously received message to control a message characteristic of the outgoing message, wherein the selecting the messaging setting comprises;

determining whether the outgoing message is a reply message to the previously received message or a forward message to the previously received message;

if the outgoing message is the reply message to the previously received message, selecting a first message setting in response to determining that the outgoing message is the reply message to the previously received message; and

if the outgoing message is the forward message to the previously received message, selecting a second message setting in response to determining that the outgoing message is the forward message to the previously received message, wherein the first message setting and the second message setting are different.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one message characteristic includes a security message characteristic.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the security message characteristic comprises at least one of a message signing characteristic or a message encryption characteristic.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the outgoing message is related to the previously received message comprises determining that the outgoing message includes a portion of the previously received message.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the outgoing message comprises an attachment that is common to a previously received attachment received with the previously received message, and wherein determining that the outgoing message includes a portion of the previously received message comprises determining that the outgoing message includes the attachment that is common to the previously received attachment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the previously received message comprises a messaging settings field specifying the messaging setting used for the previously received message, and wherein the one or more messaging settings associated with the at least one message characteristic of the previously received message are determined by accessing the messaging settings field in the previously received message.

7. A device, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to;

detect an outgoing message;

determine that the outgoing message is related to a previously received message by identifying at least a portion of message content in common or comprising a message thread between the outgoing message and the previously received message;

determine one or more messaging settings associated with at least one message characteristic of the previously received message; and

select a messaging setting based on the one or more messaging settings associated with the at least one message characteristic of the previously received message to control a message characteristic of the outgoing message, wherein the at least one hardware processor configured to select the messaging setting comprises the at least one hardware processor configured to;

determine whether the outgoing message is a reply message to the previously received message or a forward message to the previously received message;

if the outgoing message is the reply message to the previously received message, select a first message setting in response to determining that the outgoing message is the reply message to the previously received message; and

if the outgoing message is the forward message to the previously received message, select a second message setting in response to determining that the outgoing message is the forward message to the previously received message, wherein the first message setting and the second message setting are different.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one message characteristic includes a security message characteristic.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the security message characteristic comprises at least one of a message signing characteristic or a message encryption characteristic.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein determining that the outgoing message is related to the previously received message comprises determining that the outgoing message includes a portion of the previously received message.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the outgoing message comprises an attachment that is common to a previously received attachment received with the previously received message, and wherein determining that the outgoing message includes a portion of the previously received message comprises determining that the outgoing message includes the attachment that is common to the previously received attachment.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the previously received message comprises a messaging settings field specifying the messaging setting used for the previously received message, and wherein the one or more messaging settings associated with the at least one message characteristic of the previously received message are determined by accessing the messaging settings field in the previously received message.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:

detecting, with a processor, an outgoing message;

determining, with the processor, that the outgoing message is related to a previously received message by identifying at least a portion of message content in common or comprising a message thread between the outgoing message and the previously received message;

determining, with the processor, one or more messaging settings associated with at least one message characteristic of the previously received message; and

selecting, with the processor, a messaging setting based on the one or more messaging settings associated with the at least one message characteristic of the previously received message to control a message characteristic of the outgoing message, wherein the selecting the messaging setting comprises;

determining whether the outgoing message is a reply message to the previously received message or a forward message to the previously received message;

if the outgoing message is the reply message to the previously received message, selecting a first message setting in response to determining that the outgoing message is the reply message to the previously received message; and

if the outgoing message is the forward message to the previously received message, selecting a second message setting in response to determining that the outgoing message is the forward message to the previously received message, wherein the first message setting and the second message setting are different.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one message characteristic includes a security message characteristic.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the security message characteristic comprises at least one of a message signing characteristic or a message encryption characteristic.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein determining that the outgoing message is related to the previously received message comprises determining that the outgoing message includes a portion of the previously received message.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the outgoing message comprises an attachment that is common to a previously received attachment received with the previously received message, and wherein determining that the outgoing message includes a portion of the previously received message comprises determining that the outgoing message includes the attachment that is common to the previously received attachment.