Communications Network System and Methods For Using Same

• US 20090013087A1
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Zlango Ltd.
• Inventors: Ilkanaev, Yossef, Lorch, Yoav, Fenster, Yaacov, Weinstein, Andrew, Spiegel, Ehud
• Granted Patent: US 8,019,818 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/232
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A communications network system, comprising: a first user device, wherein the first user device uses a first communications protocol; a second user device, wherein the second user device uses a second communications protocol, different from the first communications protocol; and, a server, in operative communication with the first user device and the second user device, and wherein the server comprises a processor for translating the first communications protocol into the second communications protocol.

Claims

1. A communications network system, comprising:

a first user device, wherein said first user device uses a first communications protocol for transmission of data with a first header attached;

a second user device, wherein said second user device uses a second communications protocol for transmission of data, different from said first communications protocol; and

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a server, in operative communication with said first user device and said second user device, and wherein the server comprises a processor that uses the first header and at least some of the data content compatible with the first communications protocol to create a second header compatible with the second communications protocol.

2. A communications network system according to claim 1, wherein said first communications protocol is selected from a group comprised of Bluetooth, Infrared, HTTP, TCP/IP, SMS, MMS, IMS, SIP, SIP-SIMPLE, WAP, WiFi, WiMax, Tispan, GSM, CDMA, iDEN, WCDMA, 3G, 3.5G or 4G.

3. A communications network system according to claim 1, wherein said second communications protocol is selected from a group comprised of Bluetooth, HTTP, TCP/IP, SMS, MMS, IMS, SIP, SIP-SIMPLE, WAP, WiFi, WiMax, Tispan, GSM, CDMA, iDEN, WCDMA, 3G, 3.5G or 4G.

6. A communications network system according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of communications protocols from which said first communications protocol and said second communications protocol are selected.

7. A communications network system according to claim 6, wherein said server translates any one of the plurality of communications protocols into any of the other plurality of communications protocols.

4. A communications network system, comprising:

a first user device, wherein said first user device uses a first communications protocol for transmission of data, the data capable of activating a software application installed on a user device;

a second user device, wherein said second user device uses a second communications protocol for receipt of the data; and

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a server, in operative communication with said first user device and said second user device, and wherein the server comprises a processor that translates the first communications protocol into the second communications protocol by changing at least a data header according to a first communications protocol into a data header according to a second communications protocol.

5. A communications network system according to claim 4, wherein data is encompassed in an SMS message.

8. A method of translating data, comprising:

sending data from a first user device to a second user device, wherein said first user device uses a first communication protocol different from a second communication protocol of said second user device;

determining said second communication protocol of said second user device; and

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translating said data from said first communication protocol to said determined second communication protocol of said second user device by exchanging a header in the first communication protocol and at least a portion of the data with a header in the second communication protocol.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said first communication protocol is selected from a group comprising Bluetooth, Infrared, HTTP, TCP/IP, SMS, MMS, IMS, SIP, SIP-SIMPLE, WAP, WiFi WiMax, Tispan, GSM, CDMA, iDEN, WCDMA, 3G, 3.5G or 4G.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein said second communication protocol is selected from a group comprising Bluetooth, Infrared, HTTP, TCP/IP, SMS, MMS, IMS, SIP, SIP-SIMPLE, WAP, WiFi, WiMax, Tispan, GSM, CDMA, iDEN, WCDMA, 3G, 3.5G or 4G.

11-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method for providing message delivery verification to a recipient, comprising:

assigning an identification number to each message to the recipient received by a server;

placing at the server each identification number for each message in a server message history of the recipient;

transmitting a message to the recipient along with the server message history; and

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comparing the server message history to a recipient message history stored locally by the recipient.

22. A method according to claim 21, further comprising designating as missing messages, messages which are present in the server message history but which are not present in the recipient message history.

23. A method according to claim 22, further comprising resending missing messages from server to recipient.

24. A method according to claim 23, further comprising updating the recipient message history to include the identification numbers of the missing messages resent to the recipient.

25. A method according to claim 21, wherein a message is an electronic mail message.

26. A method according to claim 21, wherein a message is an instant message.

27. A method according to claim 21, wherein a message is an SMS message.

28-35. -35. (canceled)

36. A method of transferring data over HTTP using an originating SMS message, comprising:

receiving an SMS message with an embedded URL at a user communication device;

analyzing the SMS message for a field identifying the embedded URL;

automatically opening an HTTP connection, using at least the user communication device, to a server hosting content associated with the URL; and

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downloading the content over the HTTP connection to the user communication device for at least one of display or storage.

37. A method according to claim 36, wherein the content is at least one of an icon, text, audio or graphics.

38-44. -44. (canceled)