Wearable SMS Metadata Action via Partner Server Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of wearable electronic devices face limitations in taking actions on incoming SMS messages due to proprietary systems, which restrict their ability to interact with SMS messages on these devices.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device application cooperates with a partner mobile application and server module to use metadata from SMS messages, enabling actions such as replying, deleting, or forwarding SMS messages by analyzing notification data, performing reverse look-ups, and communicating with SMS providers through a proprietary system, allowing users to select actions without opening the SMS application on the mobile device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users interact with SMS messages through proprietary systems on wearable devices, then system compatibility is improved, but user functionality is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a partner server as an intermediary between the wearable device and the proprietary SMS system. The wearable device application communicates with the partner server, which then interacts with the SMS provider through the proprietary system's API. This mediator approach allows the wearable device to bypass direct restrictions while maintaining system compatibility, enabling full SMS functionality through indirect communication channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into distinct functional components: the wearable device application for user interaction, the partner application on the mobile device for coordination, and the partner server for handling SMS provider communications. This segmentation allows each component to operate within its permitted boundaries while collectively achieving full SMS functionality on the wearable device without violating proprietary system constraints.
2Ease of operation
If users open the SMS application on the mobile device to take actions, then full functionality is achieved, but user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary setup actions during initial configuration, where the wearable device application establishes communication channels with the partner server and configures SMS action handlers. This preliminary configuration enables subsequent SMS actions to be executed directly from the wearable device without requiring users to open the mobile SMS application, achieving convenience while managing complexity through upfront setup.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the wearable device application receives confirmation and status information from the partner server about SMS actions. This feedback loop allows the system to monitor and manage the complexity of cross-device communications internally, while users experience simple, direct interaction with SMS functions from their wearable device.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatuses, systems, and processes are discussed for using metadata to take action on an SMS message on a proprietary system. In some embodiments, a wearable electronic device has a wearable device application that can present an SMS notification from an SMS application of a mobile computing device. The wearable device application can provide SMS notification data to a partner application of the mobile computing device. The partner application can perform a reverse look-up in a contacts application of the mobile computing device and construct a first contacts list with potential SMS-message senders. The wearable device application can present one or more SMS-message actions to a user of the wearable electronic device for a user selection thereof. The partner application can communicate with a partner server, which, in turn, can communicate with an SMS provider to effect the user selection of the one or more SMS-message actions.