IP Library Granted Patent US 10,952,040
Granted Patent B2
US 10,952,040 · App. 16/562,917 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Mobile machine

Inventor: Anthony G. Macaluso (Rancho Santa Fe, CA)
Assignee: SITO Mobile R&D IP, LLC
H04W4/18G10H1/0058H04L63/10G10H2230/021G10H2240/026G10H2240/251H04L2463/101
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,952,040
App. No.
16/562,917
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for providing mobile content to a mobile communication device includes a first computing system including one or more servers to cause a graphical user interface to be displayed at a second computing system, the graphical user interface (i) enabling a user of the second computing system to edit a digital file to create the mobile content and (ii) enabling the user of the second computing system to provide a phone number associated with the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being separate and remote from the first computing system and the second computing system. The one or more servers of the first computing system receive, from the second computing system via the communications network, the mobile content and the phone number associated with the mobile communication device. The one or more servers of the first computing system use the phone number received from the second computing system to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device via a wireless communications network in a format compatible with one or more operational parameters of the mobile communication device, the one or more operational parameters including at least one of a mobile communication device type and a software platform type, wherein using the received phone number to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device is performed without the mobile communication device identifying the one or more operational parameters to the first computing system or the second computing system.

Claims (41)

1. A method for providing mobile content to a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

causing, by a first computing system including one or more servers and via a communications network, a graphical user interface to be displayed at a second computing system, the graphical user interface (i) enabling a user of the second computing system to edit a digital file to create the mobile content and (ii) enabling the user of the second computing system to provide a phone number associated with the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being separate and remote from the first computing system and the second computing system;

receiving, by the first computing system from the second computing system and via the communications network, the mobile content and the phone number associated with the mobile communication device; and

using, by the first computing system, the phone number received from the second computing system to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device via a wireless communications network in a format compatible with one or more operational parameters of the mobile communication device, the one or more operational parameters including at least one of a mobile communication device type and a software platform type, wherein the using of the received phone number to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device is performed without the mobile communication device identifying the one or more operational parameters to the first computing system or the second computing system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital file comprises one of an audio file, a video file, and an image file.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the first communication system to the mobile communication device via the wireless data network, a message including a link; and

causing the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device upon selection of the link by a user of the mobile communication device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile content is delivered to the mobile communication device with an MMS message.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a user account associated with the phone number; and

verifying a billing authorization for the identified user account.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising verifying authorization to access the digital file using a digital rights management (DRM) technology.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is provided by one of a stand alone software and an embedded software module.

8. A system for providing mobile content to a mobile communication device, the system comprising a first computing system including one or more servers to:

cause a graphical user interface to be displayed at a second computing system, the graphical user interface (i) enabling a user of the second computing system to edit a digital file to create the mobile content and (ii) enabling the user of the second computing system to provide a phone number associated with the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being separate and remote from the first computing system and the second computing system;

receive, from the second computing system via the communications network, the mobile content and the phone number associated with the mobile communication device; and

use the phone number received from the second computing system to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device via a wireless communications network in a format compatible with one or more operational parameters of the mobile communication device, the one or more operational parameters including at least one of a mobile communication device type and a software platform type, wherein the using of the received phone number to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device is performed without the mobile communication device identifying the one or more operational parameters to the first computing system or the second computing system.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the digital file comprises one of an audio file, a video file, and an image file.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first communication system further:

sends to the mobile communication device via the wireless data network, a message including a link; and

causes the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device upon selection of the link by a user of the mobile communication device.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the mobile content is delivered to the mobile communication device with an MMS message.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first communication system further:

identifies a user account associated with the phone number; and

verifies a billing authorization for the identified user account.

13. The system of claim 8 , further comprising verifying authorization to access the digital file using a digital rights management (DRM) technology.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the graphical user interface is provided by one of a stand alone software and an embedded software module.

15. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and executable by a first computing system, to perform operations comprising:

causing, by the first computing system via a communications network, a graphical user interface to be displayed at a second computing system, the graphical user interface (i) enabling a user of the second computing system to edit a digital file to create mobile content and (ii) enabling the user of the second computing system to provide a phone number associated with a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being separate and remote from the first computing system and the second computing system;

receiving, by the first computing system from the second computing system via the communications network, the mobile content and the phone number associated with the mobile communication device; and

using, by the first computing system, the phone number received from the second computing system to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device via a wireless communications network in a format compatible with one or more operational parameters of the mobile communication device, the one or more operational parameters including at least one of a mobile communication device type and a software platform type, wherein the using of the received phone number to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device is performed without the mobile communication device identifying the one or more operational parameters to the first computing system or the second computing system.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

sending, by the first communication system to the mobile communication device via the wireless data network, a message including a link; and

causing the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device upon selection of the link by a user of the mobile communication device.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the mobile content is delivered to the mobile communication device with an MMS message.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a user account associated with the phone number; and

verifying a billing authorization for the identified user account.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise verifying authorization to access the digital file using a digital rights management (DRM) technology.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the graphical user interface is provided by one of a stand alone software and an embedded software module.

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