Managing communications with global applications through message handlers

• US 8,478,899 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2007
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gan, Jiuhe, Zhu, Tong, Ho, Kenneth Tsz, Jiang, Zhaowei Charlie
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Imad
• Application Number:
  US11/874,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20090106770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,085 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/206, 709/224, 709/227, 709/228, 709/243, 709/203, 709/238, 370/310, 370/352, 370/475, 370/389, 455/445, 455/466, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards managing communications with global applications through message handlers. The message is received by a first message handler that is local to the client device. The first message handler determines if the message is to be forwarded to a global application, and if so, forwards the message to a second message handler, which is configured to be local to the global application. The second message handler forwards the message and receives a response from the global application. The second message handler may then generate a session identifier that is useable to manage its session data for the message/response. The session identifier is sent to the first message handler in lieu of sending the session data, such that the two message handlers manage separately their own session data for the session. The session identifier is useable to relate the separately managed session data sets.

Claims

1. A system for use in managing a communication with a mobile device over a network, comprising:

A first network device that includes a first message handler that performs actions the first network device being local to a client device, including;

receiving a message from the client device;

examining at least a message body of the message to determine if the message is associated with a global application, and based on the determination routing the message towards the global application; and

a second network device that includes a second message handler that is remote from the first message handler and is configured manage messages between the global application, the global application not executing on the first or second network device, and performs actions, including;

receiving the message;

forwarding the message to the global application;

receiving a response from the global application;

generating a session identifier for the response;

maintaining session data for the message and the response, wherein the session data is managed distinct to the second message handler; and

forwarding the response with the session identifier to the first message handler, wherein the first message handler is further configured to employ the session identifier to communicate another message and the session identifier to the second message handler, and to maintain session data local to the first message handler for the message and response and that is distinct from the session data of the second message handler.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein based on the determination that the message is associated with a global application further comprises:

determining an application for the message based, in part, on a keyword search of at least the body of the message.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein routing the message towards the global application further comprises:

determining where the global application is located internationally;

determining that the second message handler is associated with the global application;

generating a routing key based on a source identifier for the first message handler and a destination identifier for the second message handler; and

using the routing key to route the message with the application identifier to the second message handler.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first message handler performs actions, further comprising:

employing a short code or short, code extension to store the session identifier, session data associated with the response that is distinct from the session data of the second message handler, wherein the session data comprises at least one of at least a portion of the response, an identifier associated with the mobile device, the application identifier, and an indicator whether the application is global or local to the first message handler.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein forwarding the response with the session identifier to the first message handler further comprises:

determining, by the second message handler, if the client device is local to the first message handler based on a client device identifier provided with the message.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first message handler is configured to perform actions, further comprising:

when the response is received;

allocating at least a short code or short code extension to the response; and

forwarding the response to the client device with the allocated short code or short code extension, wherein the short code or short code extension is used to manage the session data maintained by the first message handler.

7. A server device for use in managing a communication with a mobile device over a network, comprising:

a memory for use in storing data and machine instructions;

a processor in communication with the memory and is configured to receive data and machine instructions that enable the processor to perform actions, including;

receiving a message from a client device that is directed towards an application;

determining a second server device that is configured to manage messages between the application as a global application based in part on examining a message body of the received message, the global application not executing on the server device or the second server device;

routing the message to the second server device;

receiving a response from the second server device from the global application and further receiving a session identifier that is associated with the response and is generated by the second server device;

providing the response to the client device;

managing session data for the message and the response using the session identifier, such that each server device separately manages their own session data for the message and response, and wherein the server device employs the session identifier to manage a second message from the client device towards the application by sending with the second message with the session identifier to the second server device.

8. The server device of claim 7, wherein the processor is enabled to perform actions, further comprising:

determining a short code or extension for the response based in part on a carrier associated with the client device; and

providing the response to the client device with the short code or extension such that the short code or extension is usable to locate the session data separately managed by the server device.

9. The server device of claim 7, wherein the session identifier is used to associate session data managed by the server device and the second server device, and wherein the session identifier is sent over the network in lieu of sending session data.

10. The server device of claim 7, wherein determining a second server device further comprises:

determining an application identifier for the application based on examining the message and determining that the application is a global application;

determining that the second server device manages messages with the global application;

using a routing key to route the message with the application identifier, wherein the second server device employs the application identifier to identify the global application to which the message is forwarded.

11. The server device of claim 7, wherein receiving the response and the session identifier further comprises receiving the session identifier in lieu of receiving session data from the second server device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein based on the determination that the message is associated with a global application further comprises, determining that the message is associated with a global application based, in part, on examining of a message body of the message, and determining that the message body includes at least one keyword used to identify the global application.

12. A method operating on one or more network devices for use in managing a communication to a mobile device over a network, comprising:

receiving, at a local message handler executing within a network device that is local to a client device, a message from the client device;

examining at least a message body of the message to determine if the message is associated with a global application, and based on the determination that the message is associated with a global application, routing the message to a remote message handler executing on a second network device that is remote to the client device, and provides messages to and from the global application that executes on a third network device;

forwarding, by the remote message handler, the message to the global application, the global application not executing on the network device or second network device associated with either message handler;

receiving a response from the global application, by the remote message handler;

generating, by the remote message handler, a session identifier for the response;

providing the response with the session identifier to the local message handler, wherein the local message handler and the remote message handler independently maintains distinct session data associated with the message and response in lieu of sending session data over the network, and wherein the session identifier is used by the local message handler to forward another message including the session identifier to the remote message handler, and wherein the remote message handler employs the received session identifier, in part, to identify related session data maintained by the remote message handler for the message and response.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, by the local message handler, at least one of a short code or an extension for the response;

providing, by the local message handler, the response to the client device with the short code or extension;

and employing, by the local message handler, the short code or extension during the other message from the client device to identify the related session data maintained by the local message handler.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein routing, by the local message handler, the message further comprises determining a routing key that comprises a source identifier associated with the local message handler, and a destination identifier associated with the remote message handler.

16. An apparatus for use in managing a communication to a mobile device over a network, comprising:

a memory for use in storing data and machine instructions;

a processor in communication with the memory and is configured to receive data and machine instructions that enable the processor to perform actions, including;

receiving a message from another apparatus, wherein the message includes an application identifier associated with an application that is configured to be a global application, the global application not executing on the apparatus or the other apparatus;

using the application identifier to forward the message to the global application;

receiving a response from the global application;

generating a session identifier for session data that comprises at least the message and the response;

storing the session data with the session identifier; and

sending the response with the session identifier to the other apparatus, wherein the session identifier is sent in lieu of sending the session data, such that each apparatus maintains session data separate and distinct from each other apparatus, and wherein the session identifier is used by the apparatus to relate the session data maintained by the apparatus and the session identifier is sent to the apparatus with a subsequent message from the other apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein sending the response to the other apparatus further comprises:

determining the other apparatus to which the response is sent, based in part on a client device identifier associated with the message.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the application identifier is determined to be associated with a global application based in part on examining a body of the message for a keyword, and examining a data store to identify that the application associated with the keyword is a global application.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein receiving the message further comprises receiving a client device identifier associated with a sender of the message to the other apparatus.