IP Library Patent Application 12819147
Patent Application
App. No. 12/819,147

TEXT MESSAGE INCLUDING A CONTEXTUAL ATTRIBUTE OF A MOBILE DEVICE

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12/819,147
Abstract

Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture of a text message including a contextual attribute of a mobile device. A context-enriched text message is prepared by a process that includes the step of providing a text-message component generated with a mobile device. A context data including information about a contextual attribute of the mobile device is provided. The text-message component and the context data are associated. The context data may be relevant to a meaning of the text-message component.

Claims (38)

1 . A method using the results of providing a text message generated by a mobile device;

identifying a message component of the text message; determining a contextual attribute of the mobile device; and, deriving a context data from the contextual attribute;

comprising:

generating a context-enriched message comprising the message component and the context data.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating the context-enriched message to an element of a cellular network.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual attribute of the mobile device comprises a geolocation of the mobile device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the text message is composed by a human user.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the text message comprises a multimedia message service (MMS) message.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the text message comprises a short message service (SMS) message.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises a smart phone.

8 . A context-enriched text message prepared by a process comprising:

providing a text-message component generated with a mobile device;

providing a context data, wherein the context data comprises information about a contextual attribute of the mobile device;

associating the text-message component and the context data;

including the text-message component and the context data in a context-enriched text message.

9 . The context-enriched text message prepared by the process of claim 8 , wherein the context data is relevant to a meaning of the text-message component.

10 . The context-enriched text message prepared by the process of claim 9 further comprising:

providing an instruction to a graphical user interface of a receiving mobile device to present the context data as a hyperlink embedded within the context-enriched text message.

11 . The context-enriched text message prepared by the process of claim 9 , wherein the hyperlink references a webpage with additional information about the context data.

12 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing a short message from a first mobile device;

processing the short message through at least one server, said processing further comprising:

parsing the short message;

generating the short message's context data;

associating the context data with the short message; and,

encoding the short message and the context data into a format transmittable through a communication network.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the communication network comprises a cellular network.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the communication network comprises an IP network.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the server comprises at least a cultural database comprising a database of prior short messages.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the database of prior short messages comprises a token and a first word structure pattern.

17 . The method of claim 16 further comprising:

comparing an indeterminate token in the short message against the token contained in the cultural database to find a best match.

18 . The method of claim 17 further comprising:

comparing a second word structure pattern of the short message against the first word structure pattern contained in the cultural database to find the best match.

19 . The method of claim 18 further comprising:

using the best match for the indeterminate token and second word structure pattern of the short message to establish a translation linkage between the short message and context data.

20 . The method of claim 12 , wherein a machine is caused to perform the method of claim 12 when a set of instructions in a form of a machine-readable medium is executed by the machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2012
From: KARMARKAR, AMIT V, MR
To: BUCKYBALL MOBILE INC.
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