Mobile messaging platform

• US 9,397,860 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (Major League Baseball)
• Inventors: Bowman, Robert A., Ritter, Adam D., Evans, Charles, Hochberg, Lincoln, Pesin, Tracy, Schoenherr, Jeremy Hunt, Spychala, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abedin, Normin
• Application Number:
  US12/314,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20100159961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,770 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/218, 709/227
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method for providing mobile messages includes generating a message based on received content. A first functional bind to an aggregator is identified. A second functional bind to the aggregator is also identified. The first functional bind and the second functional bind are distinct communication connections to the aggregator. First message recipients are associated with the first functional bind, and second message recipients are associated with the second functional bind. The message is provided in parallel to the aggregator for the first message recipients through the first functional bind and for the second message recipients through the second functional bind.

Claims

1. A method for providing mobile messages using a mobile messaging platform comprising:

generating, by one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, a message based on received content;

identifying, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, a first functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to an aggregator by detecting that a first of a plurality of binds is functional;

identifying, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, a second functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to the aggregator by detecting that a second of the plurality of binds is functional, wherein the first functional bind and the second functional bind are distinct communication connections;

dividing, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, message recipients into a plurality of groups of message recipients based at least in part on a number of the plurality of binds identified being functional;

associating, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, a first group of message recipients among the plurality of groups of message recipients with the first functional bind;

associating, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, a second group of message recipients among the plurality of groups of message recipients with the second functional bind; and

providing, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform via a network, the message in parallel to the aggregator for the first group of message recipients through the first functional bind and for the second group of message recipients through the second functional bind, and

wherein the first group of message recipients and the second group of message recipients are mobile devices,

the first group of message recipients are associated with a first carrier,

the second group of message recipients are associated with a second carrier, and

the first carrier is different from the second carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the received content from one of a plurality of content sources.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the first group of message recipients with the first functional bind by encoding a first copy of the generated message with a first range of the first group of message recipients; and

associating the second group of message recipients with the second functional bind by encoding a second copy of the generated message with a second range of the second group of message recipients.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a total number of subscribers; and

identifying the message recipients within the subscribers.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a subscription request from one of the subscribers.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising identifying, in response to receiving the subscription request, information associated with a first subscriber device and a carrier used by the first subscriber device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform, a third functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to a second aggregator by detecting that a third of the plurality of binds is functional.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein the received content comprises at least one of image content, textual content, video content, audio content, and binary content;

and

wherein the generating of the message further comprising processing the received content to generate meta data corresponding to the received content.

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors of a mobile messaging platform configured to;

generate a message based on received content;

identify a first functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to an aggregator by detecting that a first of a plurality of binds is functional;

identify a second functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to the aggregator by detecting that a second of the plurality of binds is functional, wherein the first functional bind and the second functional bind are distinct communication connections;

divide message recipients into a plurality of groups of message recipients based at least in part on a number of the plurality of binds identified being functional;

associate a first group of message recipients among the plurality of groups of message recipients with the first functional bind;

associate a second group of message recipients among the plurality of groups of message recipients with the second functional bind; and

provide the message in parallel to the aggregator for the first group of message recipients through the first functional bind and for the second group of message recipients through the second functional bind, and

wherein the first group of message recipients and the second group of message recipients are mobile devices,

the first group of message recipients are associated with a first carrier,

the second group of message recipients are associated with a second carrier, and

the first carrier is different from the second carrier.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform configured to receive the received content from one of a plurality of content sources.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform configured to:

identify a total number of subscribers; and

identify the message recipients within the subscribers.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform configured to:

associate the first group of message recipients with the first functional bind by encoding a first copy of the generated message with a first range of the first group of message recipients; and

associate the second group of message recipients with the second functional bind by encoding a second copy of the generated message with a second range of the second group of message recipients.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform configured to:

identify a third functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to a second aggregator by detecting that a third of the plurality of binds is functional.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising the one or more processors of the mobile messaging platform configured to process the received content to generate meta data corresponding to the received content, and wherein the received content comprises at least one of image content, textual content, video content, audio content, and binary content.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having machine instructions stored thereon, the instructions, upon execution by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

generating a message based on received content;

identifying a first functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to an aggregator by detecting that a first of a plurality of binds is functional;

identifying a second functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to the aggregator by detecting that a second of the plurality of binds is functional, wherein the first functional bind and the second functional bind are distinct communication connections;

dividing message recipients into a plurality of groups of message recipients based at least in part on a number of the plurality of binds identified being functional;

associating a first group of message recipients among the plurality of groups of message recipients with the first functional bind;

associating a second group of message recipients among the plurality of groups of message recipients with the second functional bind; and

providing the message in parallel to the aggregator for the first group of message recipients through the first functional bind and for the second group of message recipients through the second functional bind, and

wherein the first group of message recipients and the second group of message recipients are mobile devices,

the first group of message recipients are associated with a first carrier,

the second group of message recipients are associated with a second carrier, and

the first carrier is different from the second carrier.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving the received content from one of a plurality of content sources.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identifying a total number of subscribers; and

identifying the message recipients within the subscribers.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

associating the first group of message recipients with the first functional bind by encoding a first copy of the generated message with a first range of the first group of message recipients; and

associating the second group of message recipients with the second functional bind by encoding a second copy of the generated message with a second range of the second group of message recipients.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identify a third functional bind from the mobile messaging platform to a second aggregator by detecting that a third of the plurality of binds is functional.