Method and system for enhanced messaging using movement information

• US 10,327,115 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Original Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Inventors: Lau, Chung, Thomas, C. Douglass
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US15/934,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20180213372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

Techniques for acquiring, sending, receiving or using status information from a remote location over a network are disclosed. The status information is transmitted over the network between or among electronic devices. The status information can be provided by one or more sensors associated with the electronic device that is transmitting the status information. The status information can be transmitted with messages so as to enhance the messages. The electronic devices include at least computing devices, such as personal computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, and mobile telephones.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code tangibly stored thereon for facilitating communication among users of mobile electronic devices, said computer readable medium comprising:

computer program code for receiving an electronic message from a sending mobile electronic device via at least one wireless network, the received electronic message being wirelessly transmitted from the sending mobile electronic device;

computer program code for acquiring status information pertaining to one or more of a plurality of other mobile electronic devices;

computer program code for determining a type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of other mobile electronic devices based on at least the status information respectively pertaining to the one or more of the plurality of other mobile electronic devices;

computer program code for facilitating presentation, at the sending mobile electronic device, of an indication of the type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices;

computer program code for determining that another electronic message has been received, the another electronic message being for the sending mobile electronic device; and

computer program code for facilitating presentation, at the sending mobile electronic device, of at least a portion of the another electronic message when the computer program code for determining determines that the another electronic message has been received for the sending mobile electronic device.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices correlates to one or more users of the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices, and wherein the type of movement being determined is selected from the group of:

automobile, bicycle, walk, or stationary.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices correlates to one or more users of the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices, and wherein the type of movement being determined is selected from the group of:

automobile, walk, or stationary.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1,

wherein the status information includes at least speed information pertaining to the corresponding one of the other mobile electronic devices, and

wherein the computer program code for determining a type of movement determines the type of movement associated with the corresponding one of the other mobile electronic devices based on at least the speed information pertaining to the corresponding one of the other mobile electronic devices.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 4, wherein the status information includes at least location information regarding a location of the corresponding one of the other mobile electronic devices.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein a predetermined symbol is associated with the type of movement.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 6, wherein said computer readable medium comprises:

computer program code for facilitating display of the predetermined symbol at the sending mobile electronic device, wherein the predetermined symbol when displayed provides a visual indication of the type of movement.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code tangibly stored thereon for facilitating communication among users of mobile electronic devices, said computer readable medium comprising:

computer program code for receiving an electronic message for a recipient mobile electronic device, the electronic message being from another mobile electronic device via at least one wireless network, the received electronic message being wirelessly transmitted to the recipient mobile electronic device;

computer program code for acquiring status information pertaining to one or more of a plurality of other mobile electronic devices;

computer program code for determining a type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of other mobile electronic devices based on at least the status information pertaining to the plurality of other mobile electronic devices;

computer program code for facilitating presentation, at the recipient mobile electronic device, of an indication of the type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices; and

computer program code for determining that another electronic message originated from the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices is received for the recipient mobile electronic device;

computer program code for facilitating presentation, at the recipient mobile electronic device, of at least a portion of the another electronic message when the computer program code for determining determines that the another electronic message has been received.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein said computer readable medium comprises:

computer program code for facilitating presentation, at the recipient mobile electronic device, of the at least a portion of the another electronic message and at least one visual representation of at least the indication of the type of movement.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 9,

wherein the received electronic message includes at least message content,

wherein the message content comprises graphical content, and

wherein the visual representation of at least the indication of the type of movement is presented in a graphical manner.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the status information is associated with a location of the one or more of the plurality of other mobile electronic devices.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the recipient mobile electronic device is a mobile communication device.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the recipient mobile electronic device is a mobile telephone.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the type of movement being determined is selected from the group of:

automobile, bicycle, walk, or stationary.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the type of movement being determined is selected from the group of:

automobile, walk, or stationary.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8,

wherein the status information includes at least speed information, and

wherein the computer program code for determining a type of movement determines the type of movement based on at least the speed information.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the status information includes at least location information regarding a location of the one or more of a plurality of other mobile electronic devices.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein said computer readable medium comprises:

computer program code for facilitating display of a predetermined symbol that corresponds to the type of movement associated therewith.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the computer program code for facilitating display of the predetermined symbol facilitates display of the predetermined symbol at the recipient mobile electronic device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the received electronic message includes at least message content, and wherein the message content comprises image data.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the received electronic message includes at least message content, and wherein the message content comprises graphical content.

22. A mobile messaging system facilitating communication among users of mobile electronic devices, said mobile messaging system comprising:

means for receiving an electronic message for a recipient mobile electronic device, the electronic message being from another mobile electronic device via at least one wireless network, the received electronic message being wirelessly transmitted to the recipient mobile electronic device;

means for acquiring status information pertaining to one or more of a plurality of other mobile electronic devices;

means for determining a type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of other mobile electronic devices based on at least the status information pertaining to the plurality of other mobile electronic devices;

means for facilitating presentation, at the recipient mobile electronic device, of an indication of the type of movement associated with the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices; and

means for determining that another electronic message originated from the one or more of the plurality of the other mobile electronic devices is received for the recipient mobile electronic device; and

means for facilitating presentation, at the recipient mobile electronic device, of at least a portion of the another electronic message when the computer program code for determining determines that the another electronic message has been received.