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`c12) United States Patent
`Rosen et al.
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8,332,475 B2
`Dec. 11, 2012
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`(54) MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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`(75)
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`Inventors: Gil Rosen, Tel Mond (IL); Yaacov Ziv,
`RamatYishai (IL)
`(73) Assignee: Triplay Communications Ltd., Ramat
`Hasharon (IL)
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`( *) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 1143 days.
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`(21) Appl. No.:
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`12/064,489
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`(22) PCTFiled:
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`Aug.22,2006
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`(86) PCTNo.:
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`PCT/IL2006/000976
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`§ 371 (c)(l),
`(2), ( 4) Date:
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`Feb.22,2008
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`(87) PCT Pub. No.: W02007/023494
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`PCT Pub. Date: Mar. 1, 2007
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2009/0325609 Al
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`Dec. 31, 2009
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`(60)
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`(51)
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`(52)
`(58)
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`(56)
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`Provisional application No. 60/709,830, filed on Aug.
`22, 2005, provisional application No. 60/749,625,
`filed on Dec. 13, 2005, provisional application No.
`60/749,626, filed on Dec. 13, 2005.
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`Int. Cl.
`G06F 15116
`(2006.01)
`U.S. Cl. ......................... 709/206; 709/200; 709/204
`Field of Classification Search . ... ... ... ... .. ... 709/200,
`709/204, 206
`See application file for complete search history.
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`References Cited
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`Vimatix Bulk Messaging System (copyright 2005) web site http://
`www.vimatix.com/bms/html.
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`Primary Examiner- Adnan Mirza
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Browdy and Neimark,
`PLLC
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
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`A method of message communication via a messaging sys(cid:173)
`tem between one or more originating communication devices
`assigned to a sender and one or more destination communi(cid:173)
`cation devices assigned to a receiver, a messaging system, a
`service center and a client thereof. The method comprising:
`before delivery to the receiver, obtaining by a messaging
`system a message having initial characteristics comprising
`message format and message layout; adapting at least one of
`said initial characteristics of the message in accordance with
`at least one criterion selected from a group comprising: ---cri(cid:173)
`terion related to message communication capabilities of the
`destination communication device with regard to message
`communication capabilities of the originating communica(cid:173)
`tion device; -criterion related to message displaying capa(cid:173)
`bilities of the destination communication device with regard
`to message communication capabilities of the originating
`communication device; --criterion related to communication
`media between originating and destination device; and facili(cid:173)
`tating delivery of the adapted message to the receiver.
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`MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`This invention relates to a field of electronic messaging
`and, in particular, to cross-platform messaging.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The versatility of contemporary electronic messaging ser(cid:173)
`vices is growing and giving rise to new message formats and
`new devices with messaging capabilities. Emerging message
`formats (e.g. MMS (Multimedia Message Service), SyncML,
`PoC (Push-to-Talk over Cellular), etc.) are complementing
`the traditional messaging services (e.g., e-mail, Short Mes(cid:173)
`sage Service, instant messaging, etc.). Accordingly, many
`types of communication devices start to implement messag(cid:173)
`ing capabilities whereas supporting different and not always
`compatible message and communication formats.
`The problem of cross-platform messaging was recognized
`in the Prior Art and various systems were developed to pro(cid:173)
`vide a solution, for example:
`U.S. Pat. No. 6,782,412 (Brophy eta!.) entitled "Systems
`and methods for providing unified multimedia communica(cid:173)
`tion services" discloses a platform employing a client/server 25
`architecture to provide an extensible set of real time and
`messaging communication services to a plurality of users.
`The platform allows the clients to configure and activate the
`services as each user wishes, thereby providing individual
`control over the communication services. The platform 30
`includes a server that allows a user to select how to participate
`in a communications event. This can include control over the
`end points and media over which the communications event
`occurs. The systems described herein additionally provide a
`framework for developing integrated voice and data services
`that can be deployed on the platform for extending the ser(cid:173)
`vices available to the plurality of clients.
`U.S. Pat. No. 6,912,564 (Appelman eta!.) entitled "System
`for instant messaging the sender and recipients of an e-mail
`message" discloses techniques for transferring electronic
`data between users of a communications system including a
`host system structured and arranged to receive and deliver
`messages of various types between users of the communica(cid:173)
`tions system. The host system includes an instant messaging
`network; a mail gateway; and a configuring network in com(cid:173)
`munication with both the instant messaging network and the
`mail gateway. The instant messaging network enables instant
`messaging communication between users of the communica(cid:173)
`tions system and has the capability to monitor whether a
`certain user is capable of receiving an instant message at a
`particular moment. The mail gateway receives and delivers
`e-mail messages to users of the communications system. The
`configuring network is dedicated to automatically configur(cid:173)
`ing instant messaging communication between an intended
`recipient of an e-mail message and the sender of the e-mail
`message.
`US Patent Application No. 2003/158,902 (Volach) entitled
`"Multimedia instant communication system and method"
`discloses a rich content delivery system including a rich con(cid:173)
`tent unit to send multi-media communications generally
`instantly, a presence unit to communicate with the messaging
`unit, and a network access layer to communicate with the rich
`content unit. Also described is a rich content delivery system
`for wireless devices including a rich content unit to send
`multi-media communications to wireless devices, a presence
`unit to communicate with the rich content unit, and a network
`access layer to communicate with said rich content unit.
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`US Patent Application No. 2003/191,816 (Landress)
`entitled "System and method for creating and delivering cus(cid:173)
`tomized multimedia communications" discloses a system
`and business methodology for providing interactive and cus(cid:173)
`tomizable digital full-motion, animated and static multimedia
`content, to be used for communicating unique personalized
`entertainment, information, and messages and advertising to
`be delivered via the internet, electronic mail, or any other
`methods of delivering interpersonal communications and
`10 messages. The communications and messages are initiated
`and received by senders and recipients visiting a host site of
`the system through the internet. Content within the custom(cid:173)
`ized communication includes content personally relevant to a
`15 user which is integrally associated with sponsorship or adver(cid:173)
`tising information. Creation of a customized communication
`begins by selection of a content item by a user, which content
`may be personalized by graphical editing techniques. Person(cid:173)
`alized or non-personalized content may be executed in paral-
`20 lei or in series with other content items in a multi-linear
`playback sequence compiled according to a predetermined
`script to produce a finished customized multimedia commu(cid:173)
`nication. The host site also provides other features and prod-
`ucts desirable to users, such as screensavers, reminder ser(cid:173)
`vices, etc.
`US Patent Application No. 2004/177,117 (Huang) entitled
`"Method of sharing multimedia" discloses a multimedia shar(cid:173)
`ing method for email message recipient, involving integrating
`multimedia file into template to construct email message that
`is transmitted to recipient, and opening file when message is
`received.
`US Patent Application No. 2004/177,119 (Mason et a!.)
`entitled "System and method for presence enabled e-mail
`delivery" discloses a telecommunications system including a
`35 network, a destination multimedia server, and a destination
`presence server coupled to the network. A plurality of multi(cid:173)
`media clients is also coupled to the network. The multimedia
`clients include a presence option and are adapted to be able to
`select whether the option is to be activated. In operation, when
`40 a client sends an e-mail to another client, the destination
`multimedia server receives the e-mail and determines if the
`recipient supports presence. If so, the destination multimedia
`server sends a query to the destination presence server to
`check the recipient's presence. If the recipient is present, the
`45 message can be delivered. If not, the message can be held on
`the server until the recipient is present.
`US Patent Application No. 2004/267,884 (Sar-Shalom)
`entitled "Automatic messaging client launcher for a commu(cid:173)
`nication device" discloses an automatic messaging client
`50 launcher for a communication device which automatically
`launches the communication device's messaging client,
`when the device is calling a currently unavailable destination
`communication device. The automatic messaging client
`launcher consists of an availability detector and a messaging
`55 initiator. The availability detector determines if the commu(cid:173)
`nication device being called is available. If the destination
`device is unavailable, the messaging initiator launches the
`messaging client.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/15,443 (Levine et a!.)
`60 entitled "Personal message delivery system" discloses a sys(cid:173)
`tem comprising a plurality of interfaces configured to inter(cid:173)
`face with plurality of subscribers communication devices
`using a plurality of formats. A group service module is pro(cid:173)
`vided configured to maintain communication among groups
`65 of the subscribers. A platform conversion module is also
`provided and is coupled to the plurality of interfaces and the
`group services modules configured to connect each of the
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`plurality of the subscribers within a group, regardless of the
`communication protocols used by the subscribers.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/33,852 (Tenhunen)
`entitled "System, apparatus, and method for providing pres(cid:173)
`ence boosted message service reports" discloses a system,
`apparatus, and method for automatically providing presence
`information using existing messaging services. Backward
`messaging such as read reports and delivery reports automati(cid:173)
`cally include presence information from presence server
`according to user preferences contained within profile data- 10
`base. The presence information may be disseminated through
`any messaging service, such as the Multimedia Messaging
`Service (MMS) and is also supported by Session Initiated
`Protocol (SIP) signalling.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/120,309 (Jang) entitled 15
`"Method of and apparatus for displaying messages on a
`mobile terminal" discloses a method and apparatus simulta(cid:173)
`neously displaying the main text and/or more attached filed of
`a message received in a mobile terminal. This simultaneous
`display allows a user to confirm the main text and attached 20
`files in the message. The main text and attached files may be
`shown in respective areas of the display.
`US Patent application No. 2005/136,953 (Jo eta!.) entitled
`"User interface for creating multimedia message of mobile
`communication terminal and method thereof' discloses a 25
`user interface for creating a multimedia message of a mobile
`communication terminal in which menu fields for creating a
`multimedia message are displayed in one screen, and when
`inputting content for each menu field is completed, it is auto(cid:173)
`matically switched to a multimedia message-creating screen
`in which a selecting bar is positioned at the next field. In
`addition, while a user is using a multimedia function, a cur(cid:173)
`rent image can be switched to the multimedia message-cre(cid:173)
`ating screen according to a user's need. Thus, the number of
`user's key manipulations can be reduced in creating the mul(cid:173)
`timedia message, thereby enhancing a user's convenience.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/144,236 (Ying) entitled
`"IdentifYing a device to a network" discloses a method com(cid:173)
`prising: a) receiving one of a Short Message Service,
`Enhanced Message Service, Multimedia Message Service,
`and SyncML message; b) extracting a device identifier from
`the message; and c) applying the device identifier to deter(cid:173)
`mine a device status. The device comprises information about
`the device's capabilities to receive, process, and display infor(cid:173)
`mation and location information about the location of the
`mobile device. For example, device information may com(cid:173)
`prise information about the device's graphic display capabili(cid:173)
`ties, communication bandwidth, and processor speed while
`the location information may be useful when delivering ser(cid:173)
`vices to the device. Location information may be 'literal', e.g.
`a geographic address or location, or 'logical', e.g. "In a Meet(cid:173)
`ing", "In Transit", and so on. The wireless network comprises
`subscriber information, device status, permissions and media
`delivery preferences. The media delivery preferences include
`information about the mam1er in which information should be
`communicated to the subscriber. Examples include frame
`rate, color schemes, visual quality, and visual layout.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/144,247 (Christensen et
`a!.), entitled "Method and system for voice on demand private
`message chat", discloses a system and method for establish(cid:173)
`ing a private message chat between electronic devices. The
`method includes steps of providing an indication as to the
`availability of a user for receiving a private message chat;
`receiving an audio input message from at least one first client;
`and transmitting the audio input message to at least one sec- 65
`ond client over a communications network, wherein the at
`least one second client can receive, temporarily store and play
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`back the audio input message. The first client may receive a
`reply audio input message from the at least one second client
`or, receive a reply text input message from the at least one
`second client, and subsequently may further communicate
`back to the second client device via one of audio or text
`messaging, according to that user's discretion. The transmit(cid:173)
`ting of any audio input message may be accomplished via
`VoiP or SIP.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/159,135 (Kim) entitled
`"System and method for making a multimedia message ser(cid:173)
`vice compatible with non-supported terminals" discloses a
`system and method for making a multimedia message service
`compatible with a non-supported multimedia message termi(cid:173)
`nal. The system comprises a first system for converting a
`format of a multimedia message and transmitting a uniform
`resource locator and an access code of the converted multi-
`media message in response to a receiving terminal being
`detected as the non-supported multimedia message terminal.
`The system further comprises a second system for receiving
`the converted multimedia message, and transmitting the uni(cid:173)
`form resource locator and the access code to the non-sup-
`ported multimedia terminal. The non-supported multimedia
`terminal receives the converted multimedia message.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/235,038 (Donatella eta!.)
`entitled "Method of and apparatus for server-side manage(cid:173)
`ment of buddy lists" discloses a method of contact lists man(cid:173)
`agement in a presence enabled application supported by a
`communication system and having a client side on a user
`equipment and a server side within a presence enabled net-
`30 work accessible by the users through said communication
`system, the application being of a type in which uses of the
`application form time-variable virtual communities of users
`that temporarily interact for the purposes of the application.
`The method includes: users' registration with the server-side
`35 of the application, to provide candidates for the virtual com(cid:173)
`munities; creation, from the candidates, of a list of the mem(cid:173)
`bers of each virtual community in a buddy list management
`unit in the presence enabled network; notification of the
`buddy list by the list management unit to client units in the
`40 user equipment of members of the community; and display(cid:173)
`ing the notified list on the user equipment of each member
`receiving it.
`US Patent Application No. 2005/243,978 (Son et a!.)
`entitled "System and method of interworking messages
`45 between mobile communication terminals" discloses a sys(cid:173)
`tem for inter-working messages of a mobile communications
`terminal employing a method of receiving by a first messag(cid:173)
`ing service server a multimedia message sent by a first user
`client of a first messaging service, processing the multimedia
`so message at the first messaging service server and at a second
`messaging service server, and providing by the second mes(cid:173)
`saging service server the processed multimedia message to a
`second user client of a second messaging service. The mes(cid:173)
`sage includes a parameter that indicates the originating mes-
`55 saging service type or the recipient messaging service type as
`a field or an indicator in the header portion or body portion of
`the message.
`US Patent Application No. 2006/53,227 (Ye eta!.) entitled
`"Multi-media messaging" discloses methods, systems, and
`60 machine-readable mediums for creating multimedia messag(cid:173)
`ing service (MMS) messages. In one embodiment, the
`method comprises receiving a message in a first format,
`adapting the message to a MMS message, and sending the
`MMS message to a user device.
`US Patent Application No. 2006/146,997 (Qian et a!.)
`entitles "Communications system and method for providing
`customized messages based on presence and preference
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`information" discloses communication systems which when
`a caller requests a communication session, e.g., voice, text or
`multimedia, with a callee, but due to the unavailability of the
`callee, the communication session is unable to be established,
`a message is generated and transmitted to the caller based
`only on the callee's presence information. Current systems
`have the disadvantage that they do not allow a callee to
`provide different presence information to different callers.
`This disadvantage is overcome by the application in that a
`communication manager which transmits a response to a 10
`caller has access to preference information which includes
`policies for different priority levels of callers. Thereby the
`response can be customized to said caller. In particular, the
`preference information of the called subscriber determines 15
`the type and amount of the called subscriber's presence infor(cid:173)
`mation that is disclosed to the caller in the customized mes-
`sage.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention,
`there is provided a system for message communication via a
`communication media between one or more originating com(cid:173)
`munication devices assigned to a sender and one or more 25
`destination communication devices assigned to a receiver, the
`system comprising an access block configured to receive,
`directly or indirectly, from at least one originating communi(cid:173)
`cation device a message having initial characteristics com(cid:173)
`prising message format and message layout, and to transmit 30
`the message to at least one destination communication
`device; a media block operatively coupled to said access
`block and configured to adapt, before transmitting, at least
`one of said initial characteristics of the message in accor(cid:173)
`dance with at least one criterion selected from a group com- 35
`prising:
`i) criterion related to message communication capabilities
`of the destination communication device with regard to
`message communication capabilities of the originating
`communication device;
`ii) criterion related to message displaying capabilities of
`the destination communication device with regard to
`message communication capabilities of the originating
`communication device;
`iii) criterion related to the communication media.
`The system may be further configured to support at least
`two destination communication devices assigned to the
`receiver and further comprise a database operatively coupled
`to the media block and configured to store historical informa(cid:173)
`tion and/or derivatives thereof related to the message com- 50
`munication by the sender and/or the receiver, and a destina(cid:173)
`tion block operatively coupled to said media block and said
`database and configured to process at least part of said his(cid:173)
`torical information with the help of one or more algorithms,
`and to estimate, in accordance with certain criterion, pre- 55
`ferred destination communication device among the destina(cid:173)
`tion communication devices assigned to the receiver.
`The certain criterion may be related, for example, to pre(cid:173)
`dicted availability of certain destination device among the
`destination communication devices assigned to the receiver; 60
`to predicted reply time from certain destination device among
`the destination communication devices assigned to the
`receiver; one or more combinations thereof, etc. The certain
`algorithm may be, for example, predictive, learning, adaptive
`algorithms, combined, etc.
`In accordance with further aspects of the present invention,
`the processing further includes processing data related to
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`receiver's preferences, sender's preferences; indications of
`actual availability of the destination communication devices
`assigned to the receiver, etc.
`In accordance with further aspects of the present invention,
`the system may be further configured to receive a template(cid:173)
`based message, said template characterized by at least unique
`identifier and an initial layout, wherein the system further
`configured to recognize the unique identifier of the template,
`and the media block is further configured to adapt, before
`transmitting, the initial layout of the message in accordance
`with the recognized unique identifier and displaying capabili-
`ties of the destination communication device.
`In accordance with other aspects of the present invention,
`there is provided a block configured to obtain a template(cid:173)
`based message to be communicated between one or more
`originating communication devices assigned to a sender and
`one or more destination communication devices assigned to a
`receiver, said template characterized by at least unique iden(cid:173)
`tifier and an initial layout, wherein said block is further con-
`20 figured to obtain information related to said unique tem(cid:173)
`plate's identifier, and to adapt the initial layout of the message
`in accordance with said unique identifier and displaying capa(cid:173)
`bilities of the destination communication device.
`In accordance with other aspects of the present invention,
`there is provided a block configured to obtain a message to be
`communicated between one or more originating communica(cid:173)
`tion devices assigned to a sender and one or more destination
`communication devices assigned to a receiver, wherein said
`block is further configured to obtain historical information
`and/or derivatives thereof related to the message communi(cid:173)
`cation by the sender and/or