Translation of messages between media types

• US 20070239880A1
• Filed: 04/05/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qwest Communications International Incorporated (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qwest Communications International Incorporated (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cerami, Rich, Alperin, Jordan
• Granted Patent: US 7,596,369 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed to provide content of various media types to various platforms or devices. In one embodiment, providing content of a first media type to a recipient end device can comprise receiving from an initiating end device a request for a communication with the recipient end device. The first media type can be determined from the request and a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device can be determined. A service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type can be determined. The indication of the content of the first media type can be submitted to the service and an indication of the content of the second media type can be received from the service. The content of the second media type can then be provided to the recipient end device.

Claims

1. A method of providing content of a first media type to a recipient end device not normally associated with the first media type, the method comprising:

receiving from an initiating end device a request for a communication with the recipient end device, wherein the request includes an indication of the content of the first media type;

detecting the first media type from the request;

determining a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device;

determining a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type;

submitting the indication of the content of the first media type to the service;

receiving an indication of the content of the second media type from the service; and

providing the content of the second media type to the recipient end device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device is based on preferences of a user of the recipient end device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device is based on a device type of the recipient end device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the content of the first media type comprises the content of the first media type.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the content of the second media type comprises the content of the second media type.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the service to convert the content of the first media type to content of a second media type comprises:

reading from the request an indication of the first media type and an indication of the second media type; and

selecting a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type from a plurality of services based on the indication of the first media type and the second media type.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the service to convert the content of the first media type to content of a second media type comprises:

reading preference information associated with the recipient end device, the preference information indicating one or more media types compatible with the recipient end device;

determining a media type for the content of the first media type; and

selecting a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type from a plurality of services based on the first media type and the preference information associated with the recipient end device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the initiating end device includes an indication of the recipient end device based on a selection of a recipient end device from a user of the initiating end device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the initiating end device includes the content of the first media type.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the initiating end device includes an indication of the second media type.

11. A system for cross-platform communications of a variety of media types, the system comprising:

a communications bus;

a user profile database communicatively coupled with the communications bus and adapted to maintain profile information for a plurality of end devices;

a first end device communicatively coupled with the communications bus and adapted to send and receive common language messages via the communications bus, to translate common language messages received from the communications bus to a format specific to the end device based on the type, and to store user profile information in the user profile database;

a second end device adapted to send and receive common language messages via the communications bus, to translate common language messages received from the communications bus to a format specific to the end device based on the type, and to store user profile information in the user profile database; and

a client controller communicatively coupled with the communications bus and the second end device, wherein the client controller is adapted to receive from the first end device a common language message indicating a request for a communication with the second end device, wherein the common language message includes an indication of content of a first media type, to detect the first media type from the request, to determine a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device, to determine a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type, to submit the indication of the content of the first media type to the service, to receive an indication of the content of the second media type from the service, and to provide the content of the second media type to the recipient end device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the client controller determines a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device based on preferences of a user of the recipient end device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the client controller determines a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device based on a device type of the recipient end device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the indication of the content of the first media type comprises the content of the first media type.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the indication of the content of the second media type comprises the content of the second media type.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the client controller determines the service to convert the content of the first media type to content of a second media type by:

reading from the common language message an indication of the first media type and an indication of the second media type; and

selecting a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type from the plurality of services based on the indication of the first media type and the second media type.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the client controller determines the service to convert the content of the first media type to content of a second media type by:

reading profile information associated with the second end device from the user profile database, the profile information indicating one or more media types compatible with the second end device;

determining a media type for the content of the first media type; and

selecting a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type from the plurality of services based on the first media type and the profile information associated with the second end device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first end device is adapted to generate the common language message, wherein the common language message includes an indication of the second end device based on a selection of a second end device from a user of the first end device.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the common language message from the first end device includes the content of the first media type.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the first end device is adapted to generate the common language message from the first end device, wherein the common language message includes an indication of the second media type.

21. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to provide content of a first media type to a recipient end device not normally associated with the first media type by:

receiving from an initiating end device a request for a communication with the recipient end device, wherein the request includes an indication of the content of the first media type;

detecting the first media type from the request;

determining a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device;

determining a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type;

submitting the indication of the content of the first media type to the service;

receiving an indication of the content of the second media type from the service; and

providing the content of the second media type to the recipient end device.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein determining a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device is based on preferences of a user of the recipient end device.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein determining a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device is based on a device type of the recipient end device.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the indication of the content of the first media type comprises the content of the first media type.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the indication of the content of the second media type comprises the content of the second media type.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein determining the service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type comprises:

reading from the request an indication of the first media type and an indication of the second media type; and

selecting a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type from a plurality of services based on the indication of the first media type and the second media type.

27. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein determining the service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type comprises:

reading preference information associated with the recipient end device, the preference information indicating one or more media types compatible with the recipient end device;

determining a media type for the content of the first media type; and

selecting a service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type from a plurality of services based on the first media type and the preference information of the recipient end device.

28. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the request from the initiating end device includes an indication of the recipient end device based on a selection of a recipient end device from a user of the initiating end device.

29. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the request from the initiating end device includes the content of the first media type.

30. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the request from the initiating end device includes an indication of the second media type.