Method and system for transmission and display of rich-media alerts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9107052-B2
Application number	US-201313945699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2013
Priority date	Feb 2, 2007
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

There is provided a method and system of generating a rich-media message using a short message service (SMS) message. In one aspect, the method comprises encoding data and rich-media content information to generate an encoded rich-media message, and formatting the encoded rich-media message into a rich-media SMS message. In one aspect, the method includes transmitting the rich-media SMS over a network. In another aspect, the method includes receiving the rich-media SMS by a mobile device, decoding the SMS, and displaying the message. The method may include obtaining rich-media content from a server. In one embodiment, a system for communicating a rich-media message to a mobile device comprises an alerts generator configured to encode a rich-media message and format the message into a rich-media SMS, a content server configured to provide rich-media content to a mobile device configured to decode and display the rich-media SMS.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing a rich-media message to a mobile device using a short message service (SMS) message, said method comprising:
receiving data and rich-media content information;
encoding data and rich-media content information to generate an encoded rich-media message;
formatting said encoded rich-media message into said rich-media SMS message including a tracking character corresponding to a status of said rich-media message; and
transmitting said…

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Weinrib Jeremy A

Classifications

• H04W4/14 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W88/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W88/181

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/90

  Electricity · mapped topic