111 results about "Mobile instant messaging" patented technology

A system and method for exchanging messages between a mobile device and a plurality of IM services. The system includes an SMS-based MIM client that runs on a mobile device and provides a plurality of user interfaces for a plurality of respective IM services. A user of the mobile device can log in to at least one of the IM services using the MIM client, and the mobile phone user can use the MIM client to exchange text messages with users logged into the at least one chosen IM service.

A method and system are provided for enabling voice communications via a messaging application. The method comprises enabling an instant messaging (IM) presence status option to be selected; and blocking an incoming voice communication when the presence status option has been selected. A method and system are also provided comprising displaying a first instant message in an instant messaging conversation user interface comprising call status information; and displaying updated call status information in the instant messaging conversation user interface after determining whether an call attempt has been successful.

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for sending a user's availability information to an instant messaging (IM) partner. A user predefines areas of the user's display and associates these predefined areas, or “hotspots”, with user defined messages. If the user is not available to immediately respond to an incoming message, the user may move the IM dialog window to a “hotspot” in the display. Depending upon the user-defined message associated with the “hotspot”, the IM application generates an automated response indicating the user's availability to respond to the message, and sends the message to the IM partner. The user also may predefine and associate the user's IM status with a “hotspot”. Moving an IM dialog window into a “hotspot” automatically changes the user's status based on the associated “hotspot”. This change is communicated to only the particular IM dialog window partner while other IM partners are unaffected.

A presence management system for a cellular-based Push-to-Talk (PTT) service. The PTT infrastructure obtains presence-relevant network status information from elements of the cellular network and of the overlying data network such as the home location registers (HLRs) of the mobile switching centers (MSCs) and the Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA) element of the data network. Additionally, the presence management system may communicate with other networked resources such as a Short Messaging Service (SMS) center, a Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) server, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) center, a BREW download server, or others, to obtain information about the activities of subscriber mobile phones that can be used to determine their presence. The presence management system operates in accordance with a set of configurable rules to update presence status and to provide PTT subscribers with presence status updates. Presence updates can be delivered to subscribers via Short Messaging Service (SMS) messaging or via sessions over the data network. The updates can be made in conjunction with or after a PTT call session or attempted session or can be initiated by the presence management system or a subscriber mobile phone independently of call activity.

A method, system and computer program to engage and conduct instant messaging sessions on mobile devices. The system uses the GPRS protocol as the principal carrier to exchange messages in between users that are running their instant messaging application. The system further allows users who are not running their instant messaging application to be invited through SMS messages. Combining both protocols allows users to engage into an instant messaging session regardless of the status of their instant messaging application on their mobile device. A method may comprise initiating an instant messaging session; sending an instant message to a buddy; if the buddy is connected and engaged, then sending the instant message to the buddy; and if the buddy is disconnected, then sending an offline notification to the buddy. If the buddy is connected, then the instant message may be sent to the buddy using a GPRS protocol. The offline notification may be an SMS message indicating that an instant messaging session is available to the buddy. The method may also comprise, if the buddy is connected and disengaged, then sending a notification identifying the instant messaging session to the buddy.

A system for a mobile instant messaging service using a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The system includes a mobile communication terminal provided with an instant messaging function, an instant messaging server providing a mobile instant messaging service by sharing information between a plurality of mobile communication terminals having subscribed to a service, and a mobile switching center server providing call status information of the mobile communication terminal to the instant messaging server to have service subscriber's call status information reflected in presence information provided to the terminal from the instant messaging server.

The invention relates to a mobile instant messaging method based on location service and a system thereof. The system comprises two or more receivers with GPS, a mobile terminal of an embedded GIS system, a mobile network gateway and an LBS remote server; the embedded GIS system comprises a GIS engine and an electronic map database; the mobile terminal is connected to the LBS remote server by the mobile network gateway, more than two mobile terminals can be in group freely in the LBS remote server, the online or interacting mobile terminal can send location information to one online friend or all friends that are in the interaction group; after a receiving mobile terminal user receives the location information of a sending mobile terminal, the corresponding electronic map is extracted from the electronic map database by the embedded GIS engine as backdrop, and the location information is displayed on the electronic map according to the location thereof, so that the receiving mobile terminal can intuitively see the location of the counterpart, the content of the information sent by the counterpart and the occurrence position.

A technique is provided for establishing peer-to-peer session-based instant messaging between mobile devices without the need for using an instant messaging registration or log-in server to provide presence information. Session-based instant messaging communications between mobile devices are established by transmitting necessary address information through page-based messaging services that utilize the underlying digital mobile network databases and services to resolve the identification and location of the mobile devices.

A system for instant communication in real time is described wherein it is determined if a user with a given e-mail address is available for on-line messaging. The system takes in a group of e-mail addresses and automatically looks for screen names that are available for instant messaging. Once a screen name is available for online communication, an ion appears next to the screen name. Instant messaging is achieved by pressing the icon. The screen names, the icons and the e-mail addresses all appear in the same window, thereby, integrating traditional e-mail addresses with instant messaging services making real time communication an effective tool.

The invention relates to a method for realizing instant messaging of people travelling together and travel-together information sharing. The method includes: continuously acquiring the location information and time stamps of a user through a user mobile terminal; generating user trajectories according to the multiple location coordinate points and time stamps of the user at a current time period; performing trajectory time-space similarity analysis on the user trajectories to obtain travel-together trajectories meeting travel-together matching standards in the time-space dimension; performing pairwise calculation according to the travel-together trajectories to obtain the travel-together distance and travel-together time of the user and other users; storing the travel-together data containing user identification, travel-together people identification, travel-together distance and travel-together time in a server database; displaying the travel-together data on the mobile terminal according to user configuration so as to realize travel-together information sharing; automatically building a chatting channel for the people travelling together to realize the instant messaging of all the current people travelling together. The method has the advantages that the people travelling together can be automatically searched and added, the instant messaging channel can be built, and communication of the people travelling together is facilitated greatly; the travel-together information containing the travel-together distance and travel-together time is shared in instant messaging tools and social networks to serve as a dynamic expression of friend degree.

The invention relates to the fields of instant messaging, software service mode, networks and the like, and particularly relates to an application service mode of a method and a system for sharing of friends and groups in instant messaging. The method and the system for sharing of the friends and the groups in the instant messaging are characterized in that a friend database and a group database of a user are established at an instant messaging server end, a corresponding database retrieval index is established in the database, a retrieval index interactive interface is arranged in a searcher client, or on a webpage of a searched person, or in a personal space of the searched person, or on a webpage provided by an instant messaging service provider, and retrieval buttons are arranged on the retrieval index function interactive interface, and are used for providing a retrieval dialog box and retrieval display. The beneficial effects are that one party in the instant messaging can share the selected friends and groups with another party, the friend database with a special property is established so as to be convenient to establish a common topic group, and a self group can be relegated to a friend database environment of the another party by sharing so as to utilize the topic advantages of the another party to develop the self group.

The invention discloses a social messaging interactive mode based on videos and a technology realization approach. By adopting a video dynamic tracking technology, an image recognition technology, a location technology and a cloud matching technology, functions of finding friends and establishing sessions and the like based on geographic positions, image analysis and touch screen click are achieved in an identical instant messaging system. The novel instant messaging system based on the positions can be established independently through an instant messaging application method, and the instant messaging application method can also adapt to third party instant messaging tools with open interfaces, such as WeChat. By simplifying social means based on sensors, a strange social range of an existing smart mobile terminal can be expanded; due to the fact that the instant messaging application method is based on video and geographic attributes, the method can be matched with augmented reality (AR) application, an advertisement marketing space is created, and accordingly video appreciation profit services are created.

A system and method for seamlessly merging chats and email into one user interface is provided. The system and method of the present invention does not require that all users have access to the technology. Users of the technology can continue to communicate with others who may use email or their instant messaging system, although some of the minor features require that all users have the same technology. Terms used to describe the invention are “ChatMail” and “ChatThread”. ChatMail suggests the blend of chat and email while ChatThread suggests a blend of chat and an email “thread” which is a common semi-technical term that means a series of emails that share a common subject.

A server-based architecture for instant messaging conferencing is presented. Session-based instant messaging conferencing is established by transmitting necessary server network address information through page-mode based messaging services to establish connections among the various mobile devices with the server.

Disclosed herein is a method and system of providing an instant messenger on a toolbar over an internet web browser. The system allows the user to access a list of instant messenger contacts in a buddy list bar upon successful authentication. The system displays multiple instant messenger accounts of a plurality of instant messenger vendors. The system provides a facility within the user interface to choose a contact, and initiate instant messaging by inputting text messages in a text box provided within the browser toolbar itself, thereby eliminating the need for a user to shift through applications, or tabs, or windows. The system also allows for the viewing the conversation between selected contacts using a conversation box integrated within the toolbar.

Constant availability and / or presence information of a roaming Instant Messaging (IM) user is provided. The invention recognizes that IM users are not always sitting at their computer where their IM client application is installed. Detection of an unrelated short-range wireless communication device, e.g., a Bluetooth cell phone, or an RFID, carried on the body of the IM user, is accomplished by other, local or guest computers, and reported as presence changes for that particular IM user to an IM server, that logs that IM user's presence in a suitable IM user presence database. Thus, a status or presence change is automatically updated in an IM server or other relevant IM application when a roaming IM user is in a vicinity of a guest computer at a different location.

The present invention relates to apparatus and method for providing a mobile instant messaging service. The apparatus includes a buddy status managing unit for recording and managing a status information of at least one mobile messenger subscriber; a buddy list managing unit cooperating with the buddy status managing unit for managing a buddy list of the mobile messenger subscriber based on a telephone number, and providing the buddy list to the mobile messenger subscriber; and a chatting service unit for providing a chatting service between the mobile messenger subscriber and a buddy selected by the mobile messenger subscriber in the buddy list provided to the mobile messenger subscriber by the buddy list managing unit.

The invention provides an instant messaging system and an instant messaging method supporting user identity association of multiple applications. The instant messaging system comprises an instant messaging system client, an instant messaging system server and an instant messaging system database. According to the instant messaging system and the instant messaging method, through docking of Internet third-party open platforms, user identity association and authentication and authorization are established to obtain user information and application content of the user in the Internet third-party open platforms, and message intercommunication and uniform interface access of the multiple applications are implemented, the inconvenience caused by cross-system login and window switching is reduced, and the usability of instant messaging software is greatly improved.

A method, system, and computer program for a) buffering instant messages to an intended recipient while the recipient is currently not logged on to an instant messaging system, and b) delivering buffered messages to the intended recipient after the recipient connects the instant messaging system. Thus, users are enabled to initiate instant messaging sessions with other users who are not currently online. An instant messaging device buffers messages and delivers them to the recipient when the recipient comes online. To the recipient, the method of delivery appears identical to the case where the recipient was continuously connected to the system. The main difference is the time delay, i.e. the elapsed time between the time the sender sent it and the time the recipient connected. The recipient is further able to configure the instant messaging device to be selective about which senders are allowed to buffer messages to the recipient while the recipient is disconnected. Sender specific pop-up windows, including the sender's buffered messages, will appear on the recipient's screen after the recipient connects to the system. The recipient can then respond to the instant message and resume the conversation in a real-time (though delayed) manner if the sender is presently online.

Disclosed are a method and system for providing a user interface for an interactive broadcast program using a mobile instant messenger. The method for providing a user interface for an interactive broadcast program comprises the steps of: executing a chat room capable of participating in a broadcast program using a program ID, which is a buddy ID generated on a mobile instant messenger (IM), for the broadcast program; and displaying messages with regard to the broadcast program sent to or received from a user via the chat room. The step of displaying messages may provide a plurality of input buttons as a user interface (UI) for inputting messages from the user on the screen of the chat room, the input buttons enabling messages to be inputted for each participation objective in the broadcast program.

A method and system for synchronizing a mobile terminal instant messaging to a smart TV set provided in the present invention includes: establishing a binding of instant messaging synchronization between the smart TV set and the mobile terminal, and adding a mobile terminal, which also establishes the instant messaging synchronization with the TV set in the same local area network, as a share user of the smart terminal, wherein the smart TV set can receive information from the share user party or the mobile terminal party establishing the binding, and synchronously display the information, thereby increasing the function of instant messaging transmitting information between the smart TV sets, as well as increasing information interaction between the mobile terminal and the smart TV set, which meets the requirement of a large screen instant messaging tool by the user.

An integrated web browser, instant messaging system is presented. The system operates on mobile devices and other types of embedded devices. The system is an integrated instant messaging and web browsing application controlled by an embedded application on a mobile device. Today most web browsers, instant messaging, and other programs are separate or discrete applications that are executed on an either / or type of situation. The present system provides an integrated application environment that is a single application that shares data between instant messaging and web broswer sub-modules, which allows users to simultaneously message and browse. The system may also be deployed as part of an overall method for enhancing safety and producing revenue for communications networks.

The invention provides a multi-party conference scheme crossing an instant messaging (IM) system at the scene with an IM Agent and provides a set of basic management functions required by a multi-party conference system. A conference method crossing the IM system includes that: an instant messaging agent receives a conference building request sent by conference building users, builds a conference room, generates a conference account number list and adds user account numbers of the conference building users on each IM system in the conference account number list; invitation requests containing account numbers of invited users and sent by the conference building users are received; and the instant messaging agent uses the IM system user account numbers of the log-in conference building users to send invitation requests corresponding to an IM system information format to the invited users. In the method and the system, the conference building users build the conference room through the instant messaging agent and achieve conference information communication between the users on different IM systems through transmitting of the instant messaging agent.

The invention discloses a webpage instant collaborative browsing method based on a DOM (document object model) and an XMPP (extensible messaging and presence protocol). In the method, by organically combining the instant messaging and a collaborative browsing mode, the collaborative browsing information is transmitted in an instant messaging mode, a user can quickly realize instant collaborative browsing of webpage with another user while browsing the webpage, a dialogue box can be opened in any position of the webpage, and the webpage can be marked at will. In terms of collaborative browsing, the method extracts the collaboration information based on the DOM, has small information transmission quantity, is widely supported by the mainstream browsers and can adapt to different display terminals of the user to ensure the accuracy of the collaboration information; and in terms of instant messaging, the method transmits information based on an XMPP mode, wherein the XMPP is an open-source messaging protocol widely adopted by the Internet companies and can realize seamless interaction with the mainstream instant messaging networks of GTalk (Google Talk) and MSN (Microsoft service Network).

A technique is provided for establishing peer-to-peer session-based instant messaging between mobile devices without the need for using an instant messaging registration or log-in server to provide presence information. Session-based instant messaging communications between mobile devices are established by embedding necessary address information in the telephony ringing signal between mobile devices.

The invention discloses method for implementing mobile instance communication (MIC) by using handset in Socket direct connection mode in order to overcome shortcomings existed in MIC by using handset in HTTP short connection mode recently. Characters are that using Socket mode, the handset builds connection with server; when data communication is carried out, sending party sends information to server, the server pushes information to the receiving party to realize instance communication, and receive and transmit in realtime; when no data are communicated, each server and client end sends data packet in interval in order to keep interconnection, and update user's state in time.

A multi-modal voice-enabling instant message system and method permitting instant messaging to occur either a text format or an audible format with conversion occurring there between. This permits a mobile user to receive instant messaging and reply to instant messaging without having to use a text input keyboard or other visual limitation, thereby allowing the mobile user to continue to use his hands and eyes for critical requirements such as driving.