Communication Method for a Smart Phone with a Message Deletion Module

• US 20170257477A1
• Filed: 03/03/2016
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC (Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.))
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Ching Chiang, Yi-Chuan Cheng
• Inventors: CHENG, Yi-Chuan, CHIANG, Kuo-Ching
• Application Number:
  US15/060,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20170257477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A portable device can transmit information through one of a mobile phone network and an Internet, wherein the portable device includes a text-based communication module to allow a user may synchronously transmit or receive data through a local area network, wherein the data is text, audio, video or the combination thereof. The text-based communication module of the portable device includes a message deletion module used to facilitate withdrawing a transmitted message, a target re-direct module for re-directing a message target, and a message transmission setting module for setting a transmission time interval of a message transmitted to a target terminal.

Claims

1. A method for a smart phone having a wireless local area network (LAN) module to communicate through one of a mobile phone network and an Internet, the method comprising:

providing a text based communication module to said smart phone with said wireless local area network (LAN) module to access said internet and establish communication with a target terminal via said Internet using said wireless LAN module, wherein said text based communication module includes a message deletion module;

wirelessly coupling said text based communication module to said Internet, via said wireless LAN module, to enable a user to communicate with said target terminal, via said Internet using said wireless LAN module;

wirelessly transmitting a message from said smart phone to said target terminal, via said Internet by said text based communication module; and

withdrawing said message while said target terminal user does not read said message when a user of said smart phone activates said message deletion module.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless LAN module is in compliant with a Wi-Fi standard.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless LAN module is in compliant with a 802.11 standard.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless LAN module includes Bluetooth standard compatible module.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said text based communication module is embedded into said smart phone or downloaded from a remote server into said smart phone.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart phone is further configured to enable said user to make a telephone call through said Internet when said wireless LAN module detects signals emitted from an access point (AP) of a local area network (LAN).

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing an access point coupled between said LAN and said smart phone.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing an exchanging service mechanism for bridging said internet network and a mobile phone communication service network to facilitate the communication there between.

9. A target re-directing method for a smart phone through one of a mobile phone network and an Internet, the method comprising:

providing a text-based communication module to said smart phone with a wireless local area network (LAN) module to access said internet and establish communication with target terminals via said Internet using said wireless LAN module, wherein said text-based communication module includes a target re-direct module;

wirelessly coupling said text-based communication module to said Internet, via said wireless LAN module, to enable a user to communicate with said target terminals, via said Internet using said wireless LAN module;

wirelessly transmitting a message to a first target terminal of said target terminals from said smart phone, via said Internet using said wireless LAN module and said text-based communication module; and

re-directing said message from said first target terminal to a second target terminal of said target terminals while said first target terminal user does not read said message when a user of said smart phone activates said target re-direct module.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said wireless LAN module is in compliant with a Wi-Fi standard.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said wireless LAN module is in compliant with a 802.11 standard.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said wireless LAN module includes Bluetooth standard compatible module.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said text-based communication module is embedded into said smart phone or downloaded from a remote server into said smart phone.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said displaying a list of read and unread message target terminals of said smart phone conversation group is activated by touching said message displayed on a screen of said smart phone.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said smart phone is further configured to enable said user to make a telephone call through said Internet.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising providing an access point coupled between said LAN and said smart phone.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising providing an exchanging service mechanism for bridging said internet network and a mobile phone communication service network to facilitate the communication there between.

18. A transmission setting method for a smart phone through one of a mobile phone network and an Internet, the method comprising:

providing a text-based communication module to said smart phone with a wireless local area network (LAN) module to access said internet and establish communication with a target terminal via said Internet using said wireless LAN module, wherein said text-based communication module includes a message transmission setting module;

wirelessly coupling said text-based communication module to said Internet, via said wireless LAN module, to enable a user to communicate with said target terminal, via said Internet using said wireless LAN module;

setting a transmission time interval of a message to said target terminal by said message transmission setting module of said smart phone; and

wirelessly transmitting said message to a message transmitting center, via said Internet using said wireless LAN module and said text-based communication module.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, further comprising sending said message from said message transmitting center to said target terminal when said set transmission time interval is expired.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein said text-based communication module is embedded into said smart phone or downloaded from a remote server into said smart phone.