Messaging System Apparatuses Circuits and Methods of Operation Thereof

• US 20120209924A1
• Filed: 02/15/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tigerconnect Inc.
• Original Assignee: TigerText
• Inventors: Evans, Jeffrey, Brooks, Brad
• Granted Patent: US 9,443,227 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• 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 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Disclosed are a messaging system, apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof. A messaging client device is adapted to receive an impermanent message and to manage the received message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the message. An impermanent messaging server is adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said messaging client device.

Claims

1. A messaging system comprising:

a messaging client device adapted to receive an impermanent message and to manage the received message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the message; and

an impermanent messaging server adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said messaging client device.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said impermanent messaging server further comprises a policy update module adapted to change one or more of the attributes defining the impermanent message'"'"'s management policy.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said impermanent messaging server further comprises a policy update module adapted to append one or more additional attributes to those defining the impermanent message'"'"'s management policy.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said impermanent messaging server is further adapted to decrypt an encrypted impermanent message upon validation of the messaging client device and prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said messaging client device.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein the impermanent message is encrypted and said messaging server is adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of one or more impermanent message decryption keys to said messaging client device.

7. The system according to claim 1 wherein said distributed network gateway server further comprises a policy update module adapted to change one or more of the attributes defining the impermanent message'"'"'s management policy.

8. The system according to claim 1 wherein said distributed network gateway server further comprises a policy update module adapted to append one or more additional attributes to those defining the impermanent message'"'"'s management policy.

9. The system according to claim 1 wherein said distributed network gateway server is further adapted to decrypt an encrypted impermanent message upon validation of the messaging client device and prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said messaging client device.

10. The system according to claim 1 wherein the impermanent message is encrypted and said distributed network gateway server is adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of one or more impermanent message decryption keys to said messaging client device.

6. A messaging system comprising:

a messaging client device adapted to receive an impermanent message and to manage the received message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the message; and

a distributed network gateway server adapted to validate said messaging client device as complying with message management policies prior to authorizing transmission of the message to said messaging client device.

11. A messaging system comprising:

an impermanent messaging server adapted to send a floating agent application to a messaging client device and to transmit an impermanent message to the messaging client device through the floating agent application, wherein the floating agent application is adapted manage the impermanent message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the message.

12. The system according to claim 11 wherein the messaging client device is further adapted to execute the floating agent application.

13. The system according to claim 11 wherein the floating agent application is adapted to establish a secure connection to said impermanent messaging server and to request the impermanent message.

14. The system according to claim 11 wherein the impermanent message is encoded in the floating agent application.

15. The system according to claim 11 wherein said impermanent messaging server is adapted to generate some or all of the floating agent application prior to sending it to the messaging client device and wherein the impermanent message is embedded into the code of the floating agent application.

16. The system according to claim 11 wherein the floating agent application is adapted to keep the impermanent message in a secure manner comprising one or more security measures from a set including:

storage in a closed memory section, encrypted storage, block forwarding based storage and/or printing of the message.

17. The system according to claim 11 wherein the floating agent application is adapted to perform a cleanup after the impermanent message expires, wherein cleanup comprises deleting stored and/or outputted message elements.

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