Messaging session enhancement with user data

• US 9,736,663 B1
• Filed: 05/01/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Haleem, Ambreen, Reeves, Raymond Emilio, Wick, Ryan Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu, Meless
• Application Number:
  US14/702,640
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/068 using time-dependent keys, e.g. periodically changing keys cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for controlling usage of secret information H04L9/088
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• 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 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Computer media, systems, and computer-implemented methods for enhancing SMS messaging sessions with user data are provided. A data sharing agreement between a service provider and a receiving entity, such as broadcaster or a consumer goods manufacturer, is established. A user with a wireless device sends an SMS message to the receiving entity. Data associated with the user is retrieved by the service provider in accordance with the data sharing agreement and is transmitted to the receiving entity along with the SMS message.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for enhancing short message service (SMS) messaging sessions by supplementing the SMS messaging sessions with user data, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an SMS message sent to a device associated with a receiving entity from a wireless device associated with a user;

retrieving data associated with the user according to an established data sharing agreement;

obtaining user consent for a subset of the retrieved data, wherein the consent authorizes sharing of the subset of the retrieved data with the receiving entity;

storing the retrieved data; and

transmitting the SMS message to the device associated with the receiving entity, wherein the device associated with the receiving entity is a device other than the wireless device associated with the user, wherein the transmitting comprises;

creating a security token;

transmitting the security token and the SMS message to the receiving entity; and

upon receiving the security token back from the receiving entity within a specified time period after transmitting the security token and the SMS message to the receiving entity, transmitting the retrieved data to the receiving entity, and deleting the retrieved data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved data comprises a location of the wireless device associated with the user when the SMS message was sent.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved data comprises demographic information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved data comprises financial information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising deleting the retrieved data after transmitting the retrieved data and the SMS message to the receiving entity.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user data sharing authorization.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein retrieving data further comprises:

identifying data categories specified in the data sharing agreement established with the receiving entity;

identifying the user'"'"'s data sharing authorization; and

retrieving user data authorized by the user'"'"'s data sharing authorization that corresponds to the data categories specified by the data sharing agreement.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein upon not receiving the security token back from the receiving entity within the specified time period, deleting the retrieved data.

9. A wireless system for enhancing short message service (SMS) messaging sessions by supplementing the SMS messaging sessions with user data, the system comprising:

an SMS center (SMSC) component that receives one or more SMS messages sent from a wireless device associated with a user to a device associated with a receiving entity, initializes data retrieval, and transmits the one or more SMS messages to the device associated with the receiving entity, wherein the device associated with the receiving entity is a device other than the wireless device associated with the user;

an SMS exchange (SMSX) component that retrieves data associated with the user according to an established data sharing agreement and obtains consent for the retrieved data; and

a data keeper component that stores the data retrieved by the SMSX component that was consented by the user for transmission to the receiving entity,

wherein the transmission comprises,

creating a security token,

transmitting the security token and the SMS message to the receiving entity,

upon receiving the security token back from the receiving entity within a specified time period after transmitting the security token and the SMS message to the receiving entity, transmitting the retrieved data to the receiving entity.

10. The wireless system of claim 9, further comprising a user authorization database containing authorization to access particular types of data for one or more users, wherein the user authorization database is accessed by the SMSX, and the data retrieved by the SMSX is limited to the data authorized by the user authorization database.

11. The wireless system of claim 9, wherein the SMSC accesses the data sharing agreement to determine which categories of data will be retrieved by the SMSX.

12. The wireless system of claim 9, wherein the retrieved data comprises a location of the wireless device associated with the user when the SMS message was sent.

13. The wireless system of claim 9, wherein the data keeper component creates the security token upon storing the retrieved data and transmits the security token to the SMSC component.

14. The wireless system of claim 13, wherein the SMSC component transmits the security token along with the one or more SMS messages to the receiving entity.

15. The wireless system of claim 14, wherein upon receiving the security token retransmitted by the receiving entity, the data keeper transmits the retrieved data to the receiving entity.

16. One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method to enhance short message service (SMS) messaging sessions by supplementing the SMS messaging sessions with user data, the method comprising:

receiving an SMS message sent to a device associated with a receiving entity from a wireless device associated with a user;

retrieving the user'"'"'s data corresponding to data categories specified in a data sharing agreement that are authorized by the user; and

transmitting the SMS message to the device associated with the receiving entity, wherein the device associated with the receiving entity is a device other than the wireless device associated with the user, wherein the transmitting comprises;

creating a security token;

transmitting the security token and the SMS message to the receiving entity;

upon receiving the security token back from the receiving entity within a specified time period after transmitting the security token and the SMS message to the receiving entity, transmitting the retrieved data to the receiving entity, and deleting the retrieved data.

17. The media of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

upon not receiving the security token back from the receiving entity within the specified time period, deleting the retrieved data.

18. The media of claim 16, wherein the retrieved data comprises a location of the wireless device associated with the user when the SMS message was sent, demographic information, or financial information.