Cross device messaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10375163-B2
Application number	US-201615011176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2016
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing cross device messaging and enhanced synchronization of messages. In some configurations, an endpoint computing device can receive input of a mobile operator message. The endpoint computing device can process the message, and send a signal with the message to a relay computing device for delivery to a recipient computing device. In some configurations, the signal with the message may be sent to the relay device via a reference user profile in a distributed service platform (e.g., the Cloud). The endpoint computing device can send the signal with the message to a single relay computing device, or to multiple relay computing devices, for delivery. In some configurations, the endpoint computing device can send the signal with the message to a first relay device, which can then send the signal with the message to a second relay device for delivery to a recipient device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor;
a computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions responsive to execution to configure a device to perform operations comprising:
storing a user profile, the user profile comprising a presence document indicating active devices associated with the user profile and capabilities of the active devices;
providing the presence document to a first device that is referenced in the presence document, wherein the presence document identifies a second device as a potential relay device;
receiving, from the first device, a signal comprising a message designating the second device as a relay device and a third device;
sending, to the second device, the signal comprising the message;
causing the message to be sent to the third device; and
receiving, from the second device, a synchronization signal comprising a delivered message, the delivered message comprising the message and metadata associated with a delivery of the message to the third device.

2. The system as claim 1 recites, the operations further comprising:
receiving, from the second device, an acknowledgment signal, wherein the acknowledgment signal comprises an indication of receipt of the message; and
sending, to the first device, the acknowledgment signal.

3. The system as claim 1 recites, the operations further comprising:
determining a passage of a predetermined period from the sending the signal comprising the message without receiving an acknowledgment signal, wherein the acknowledgement signal comprises an indication of receipt of the signal; and
determining, based at least in part on not receiving the acknowledgment signal, a failure of the second device to send the message to the third device.

4. The system as claim 1 recites, the operations further comprising:
receiving, from the first device, multimedia content;
storing the multimedia content in a data store; and
sending, to the first device, a Uniform Resource Locator associated with the multimedia content in the data store.

5. The system as claim 1 recites, wherein the message comprises a Uniform Resource Locator corresponding to multimedia content and the operations further comprise:
determining a size of the multimedia content to send to the third device; and
sending the multimedia content of the size to the second device.

6. The system as claim 5 recites, wherein the size is determined based at least in part on a multimedia capability of the third device.

7. The system as claim 1 recites, wherein the second device is one of a plurality of relay devices referenced in the presence document and the third device is one of a plurality of recipient devices, and the operations further comprise:
sending, to the plurality of relay devices, the signal comprising the message; and
causing the plurality of relay devices to send the message to the plurality of recipient devices via a mobile operator network.

8. The system as claim 1 recites, wherein the message includes at least one of:
a short message service message;
a multimedia message service message; or
a rich communication services message.

9. A method comprising:
storing a user profile, the user profile comprising a presence document indicating active devices associated with the user profile and capabilities of the active devices;
providing the presence document to a first device that is associated with the user profile, wherein the presence document identifies a second device as a potential relay device;
receiving, from the first device, a signal comprising a message designating the second device as a relay device to send the message and a third device to receive the message;
sending, to the second device, the signal comprising the message;
causing the message to be sent to the third device; and
receiving, from the second device, a synchronization signal comprising a delivered message, the delivered message comprising the message and metadata associated with delivery of the message to the third device.

10. The method as claim 9 recites, further comprising:
receiving, from the second device, an acknowledgment signal, wherein the acknowledgment signal comprises an indication of receipt of the message; and
sending, to the first device, the acknowledgment signal.

11. The method as claim 9 recites, further comprising:
determining that the message comprises multimedia content; and
identifying a size of the multimedia content, the size of the multimedia content being based at least in part on a capability of the third device,
wherein the sending the signal comprising the message further comprises sending the multimedia content of the size.

12. The method as claim 9 recites, further comprising:
receiving, from the first device, multimedia content to include in the message;
storing the multimedia content in a data store; and
sending, to the first device, a Uniform Resource Locator associated with the multimedia content in the data store.

13. The method as claim 9 recites, further comprising:
determining that the second device associated with the user profile is associated with a first country and the third device is associated with a second country,
wherein the causing the second device to deliver the message comprises:
identifying a fourth device, wherein the fourth device is associated with the user profile, and is configured to send messages via a mobile operator network in the second country;
sending, to the fourth device, the signal comprising the message; and
causing the fourth device to send the message to the third device via the mobile operator network.

14. The method as claim 9 recites, wherein the message is sent to the second device via a network connection, and the message is delivered to the third device via a mobile operator connection.

15. The method as claim 9 recites, further comprising:
receiving, from the second device, a second synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal comprising updated data with respect to a delivery of the message; and
sending the updated data to at least one active device associated with the user profile.

16. A device comprising:
a processor;
a computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions responsive to execution to configure the device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at the device based on a determination that the device is a compatible device capable of sending messages via an operator network, a signal comprising a message to be delivered to a recipient device via the operator network, wherein the message originated at an endpoint device that is distinct from the device;
sending an acknowledgment signal to a user profile, wherein the acknowledgement signal comprises an indication of delivery of the message;
sending the message to the recipient device via the operator network; and
causing a synchronization of active devices associated with the user profile by sending a synchronization signal comprising a delivered message to the user profile, wherein the delivered message includes data associated with delivery of the message.

17. The device as claim 16 recites, the operations further comprising:
determining that the message comprises multimedia content;
determining a size of the multimedia content to download;
downloading the multimedia content of the size; and
sending the message with the multimedia content to the recipient device.

18. The device as

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Li Gang
• Jin Larry
• Honeycutt Erin
• Rubinstein Mark
• Palau Jesus Barcons

Classifications

• H04L51/043

  using or handling presence information · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04L67/1095 Primary

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title