Automatic wireless device message management responsive to end user preferences

• US 20060246878A1
• Filed: 04/29/2005
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Khoury, Sami
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53358 Message preview
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Automatically retrieving messages by a wireless telephone based on user preferences. A method of the invention receives a notification, on a wireless device, indicating that a computing device has a message for a user. One or more rules associated with the user are evaluated based on the received notification. The method also automatically requests the message from the computing device as a function of the evaluated rules and received from the computing device. The method further stores the received message in a memory area of the wireless telephone for rendering to the user. Alternatively, one or more rules associated with the user are dynamically generated by monitoring the user interaction with the wireless telephone.

Claims

1. A computerized method for automatic retrieval of messages by a wireless telephone based on user preferences, said computerized method comprising:

receiving, on a wireless telephone, a notification indicating that a computing device has a message for a user;

evaluating, based on the received notification, one or more rules associated with the user, said rules specifying one or more user preferences;

automatically requesting the message from the computing device as a function of the evaluated rules;

receiving the requested message from the computing device according to the specified user preferences; and

storing the received message in a memory area of the wireless telephone for rendering to the user.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein evaluating the one or more rules comprises:

accessing predetermined rules stored in a memory area; and

evaluating the accessed, predetermined rules.

3. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring user interaction with the wireless telephone; and

generating the one or more rules based on the monitored user interaction.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

placing the wireless telephone into an automatic retrieval mode to perform the evaluating, requesting, receiving, and storing; and

removing the wireless telephone from the automatic retrieval mode after performing the evaluating, requesting, receiving, and storing.

5. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising generating the one or more rules as a function of a billing plan associated with the wireless telephone.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the message comprises one or more of the following:

a voice mail, a text message, and a graphical message.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein automatically requesting the message comprises automatically requesting a portion of the message.

8. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein one or more computer-readable media have computer-executable instructions for performing the computerized method of claim 1.

9. A system comprising:

a client wireless interface for communicating with a server, said client wireless interface being associated with a client wireless device;

a memory area for storing retrieval conditions;

a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for;

monitoring interaction between a user and the client wireless device;

receiving a message waiting notification from the server via the client wireless interface;

dynamically generating the retrieval conditions stored in the memory area as a function of the monitored interaction;

evaluating, based on the received message waiting notification, the generated retrieval conditions;

automatically requesting a message from the server as a function of the evaluated retrieval conditions; and

receiving the requested message from the server; and

storing the received message in the memory area for rendering to the user; and

a user interface for rendering the received message to the user in response to a request from the user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the message comprises one or more of the following:

a voice mail message, a text message, an electronic mail message, a video clip, and an image.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for generating the retrieval conditions relating to the text message.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for monitoring interaction between the user and the client wireless device.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for dynamically generating the retrieval conditions.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for evaluating the retrieval conditions.

15. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for automatic retrieval of messages by a wireless telephone based on user preferences, said components comprising:

an indicator component for receiving, on a wireless telephone, a notification indicating that a computing device has a message for a user;

a rule component for analyzing, based on the notification received by the indicator component, one or more preferences defined by the user;

a retrieval component for automatically requesting the message from the computing device as a function of the analyzed preferences and receiving the requested message from the computing device; and

a memory component for storing the received message in a memory area of the wireless telephone for rendering to the user.

16. The computer-readable media of claim 15, further comprising:

a history component for monitoring and storing user interaction with the wireless telephone; and

a preference component for defining the preferences as a function of the interaction monitored and stored by the history component.

17. The computer-readable media of claim 15, further comprising a preference component for defining the preferences as a function of input received from the user.

18. The computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the retrieval component automatically requests an initial portion of the message.

19. The computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the retrieval component automatically requests another portion of the message in response to receiving a request from the user.

20. The computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the retrieval component automatically inhibits requesting the message from the computing device as a function of the analyzed preferences and does not receive the requested message from the computing device.