CN1652617A - Facilitating instant messaging outside of user-defined buddy group in a wireless and non-wireless environment - Google Patents

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for instant message communication in a wireless and non-wireless environment. The invented system includes an apparatus that facilitates conversation with individuals not included in the user's buddy group, non-buddies. The system includes at least one additional routing code reserved for conversing with non-buddies. The first time during a user session that the system receives a message originating from or destined for a non-buddy, before routing the message, the non-buddy's personal identifier is associated with one of the reserved routing codes. The mobile user can then reply to the message using the same automated 'reply' function available for replies to buddies. The non-buddy routing code assignment is only for the duration of a user session. When the mobile user signs off from the system, the routing code becomes available for reassignment.

Description

Promotion prompting message beyond user-defined companion group in wireless and non-wireless environment transmits

The cross reference of related application

The application is the continuity of the u.s. patent application serial number 10/114,869 of application on April 1st, 2002, is the part continuity of the u.s. patent application serial number 09/519,525 of application on March 6th, 2000.

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to communicate by letter and receive by the non-acoustic information of modular and public or private data network, relate in particular to the method and system that is used for delivering prompting message between a modular and public data network, this method and system promotes the communication beyond user-defined companion group.

Background technology

Whole world millions of customer is using and is reminding their friend when, the software that household and colleague reach the standard grade for the real time information exchange.A kind of Essential Terms that are suitable for this class real-time exchange are prompting messages.Prompting message is extremely cheap, nominally most of producer abandons the charge of this product and other license fees.It also is powerful, allows user's exchange message and do not interrupt an ongoing task in another window in a window; For example, check a file.Different local group members can set up impromptu dialogue, beat thinking and strategy termination each other.It provides quick and abominable cooperation, and almost not having thing can accept also not have too many thing can layout.

Famous prompting message system is the instantaneous postman of America online (AMERICA ONLINE  INSTANT MESSENGER) (AIM ) of an initial design feature becoming AOL  payment services.AIM is anyone can downloaded software with Internet connection, and no matter he or she is the user of AOL  (AMERICA ONLINE ).The user can preserve other AIM  users' tabulation, is equivalent to the partner at this such as after the such personal identifier of screen title (SCREEN NAME ) or ICQ number to register one, and a people in this tabulation reminds the user when reaching the standard grade.A people is when reaching the standard grade in tabulation, and its corresponding personal identifier is accompanied by an audio visual alarm and appears in the AIM  interfaces windows on the screen.By clicking on the name that occurs in AIM  interfaces windows, the user can send a prompting message and start a talk dialogue.The user can also divide their partner in groups.For example, a lawyer can be to the partner, the cooperation people, and inner counsel creates separate group.

Although look that up to now very successful prompting message is limited to the user and comes this service of access by the computer based system that hard wire is connected to Internet.This with reference to and the u.s. patent application serial number that combines its full content be 09/519,525 (on March 6th, 2000), denomination of invention is Method and systemfor messaging across cellular network and a public data network, the application people is C.Carey, and one of B.Robinson common not U.S. Patent application of knot has been described a kind of system and method for communicating by letter at wireless and non-wireless environment prompting message of being used for; Thereby expanded the advantage of the prompting message of wireless environment, for example portable telephone system.Use this system, a prompting message user can utilize a mobile device equipment to send and reception prompting message, for example a networking telephone.The information that is received can stem from such as an online computer of the such public data of Internet, or comes from other mobile device equipment.In addition, other prompting message system is known.For example, known to a prompting message system that orders line interface to send and receive information.

It is easy and efficient that information between user and its partner transmits.Sending an information only needs to select a partner the row personal identifier of mobile device users on being presented at the mobile device users interface to a partner, writes information and transmission.A kind of user is provided quick method of also easily answering from a partner's a prompting message, and this only needs the user to select " answer " function.

Information between mobile subscriber and the non-partner transmits a little more complicated, that is to say those not people in user's partner list (BUDDY LIST ), needing the user is that each carries out manual key entry from the information that phone sends among non-partner's personal identifiers.Fig. 8 provides an information flow block diagram between mobile device 36 and non-partner 183.Step 181 illustrates the processing procedure that sends information to one a non-partner.This system comprises that is used for " unlisted " function with special routing code that communicates with non-partner.The user uses " unlisted " function to form information 181A and also sends this information, this information comprise non-partner personal identifier in imformosome and also the back be a colon or a space.Short message service center 32 is firm to be transmitted into 181B to this information and is dealt into prompting message path selection system 22 once receiving.This prompting message path selection system is caught non-partner personal identifier and this information is forwarded to desired addressee.Step 182 illustrates from a non-partner 183 and sends the processing procedure of an information to mobile device 36.Shown in Figure 182 A, can only come information is answered by means of a brand-new information, need the user to carry out in non-partner personal identifier correctly that craft is keyed in and form this information with a kind of with 181 identical operations.If keyed in incorrect personal identifier, information will be refused or be lost, and needs the user to key in full detail again.

Providing and wherein having adopted wireless device and small-sized keypad is multiple environment based on wireless device, and this operation is extremely to bother and consuming time.Key in the personal identifier, and perhaps this information need the user to key in several independent characters.Comprise " forwarding " feature of using mobile device for a same tediously long selection of keying in the personal identifier.The user edits the information that is received, the feasible non-partner personal identifier who only abandons raw information, form this answer and this information is forwarded to the routing code of not listing in the table, need the mobile subscriber to remember this routing code of " not listing in the table " function and manual key in it.The client of an embedding (being based upon in the wireless device hand-held set, for example Nokia's 3390 gold phones) distributes an index to the title of conversing that all titles of listing and each exclude in the table.On the other hand, it is relevant with session and be attached to each return information that this does not list in title (special ID) in the table.

Prompting message system that other are wireless can stem from mobile request to all and use single routing number.They need the user to key in a command code when some or all of information begin to come required movement, and key in addressee's ID in each information.) name of not listing in the table of just conversing for all List Nameses and each distributes an index.It is relevant with dialogue and be attached to each reply message that this does not list in name (special ID) in the table on the other hand.

Provide a kind of and transmit and comprise that a method and system that is used for answering easily from the feature of non-partner's prompting message is that tool has great advantage by modular network and public data network information, the prompting message between the personnel that greatly promote not list in a mobile device users and user-defined tabulation transmits.

Summary of the invention

Be used in wireless and non-wireless environment carries out system that prompting message communicates by letter, on a cordless communication network, sending and receiving information by a mobile device equipment.The registered user of prompting message transfer system creates a user often and the lists of persons of its exchange prompting message, for example an AIM  partner list (AIM  BUDDY LIST ) by the prompting message personal identifier that the partner is provided.In the prompting message transfer system, each prompting message personal identifier is associated with a destination address of thinking routing code.Store this association in the memory in the prompting message system and in telephone network, preserve phone number addresses.By wireless environment an address loading procedure is sent to registered user's mobile device equipment and loads this tabulation, this tabulation comprises the personal identifier and number is associated with Route Selection in the memory of mobile device.When mobile device users wished that the someone in the his or her tabulation sent an information, the user only selected this personal identifier from display list, and composition information also sends this information.When mobile device users wishes to answer an information that derives from a sender in this list, the user only select " answer " function and by system according to this answer of information processing of preserving in the past.

Inside in above system, a kind of method and apparatus that is used to promote the prompting message beyond user-defined companion group to transmit provide a kind of permission that a sender in user's companion group not is easy to the feature of answer, i.e. " non-partner ".The additional routing code that this prompting message transfer system provides at least one reservation in order to non-buddy conversation.When system received a prompting message from non-partner for a user, before this information was routed to user's mobile device, this non-partner's personal identifier was associated with the routing code of a reservation.So the mobile subscriber can come reply message with being effective in " answer " function of answering the partner.Equally, when the user starts an information when the non-partner, this non-partner personal identifier of system acquisition also is associated its routing code with a reservation.After this, the user can answer information from non-partner by using on the wireless device automatic " answer " function.The assignment of this non-partner's routing code mostly just is the duration for a user session, or the duration before the reallocation task.When the mobile subscriber when system is nullified, this routing code becomes and is effective in reallocation.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram that is used for according to the present invention in the system that wireless and non-wireless environment prompting message is communicated by letter;

Fig. 2 is one and illustrates the flow chart that is used to the processing procedure of a prompting message list of a long-range establishment of portable phone according to the present invention;

Fig. 3-the 7th illustrates and is used to use a mobile device equipment to deliver the prompting message function by wireless and non-wireless network according to the present invention, delivery information and the flow chart that receives the processing procedure of prompting message;

Fig. 8 provide one according to the present invention the information flow block diagram between a mobile device and non-partner;

Fig. 9 provides an information flow block diagram that uses a simple and easy answer feature of non-partner according to the present invention between a mobile device and non-partner; And

Figure 10 show one according to the present invention so that the table of the routing code of the operable demonstration of user of mobile device.

Embodiment

What here describe is an integrated wireless and traditional prompting message transfer system and a method.As shown in Figure 1, system 20 comprises a prompting message path selection system 22 and a database 26, and wherein prompting message path selection system 22 comprises that a Route Selection server 24 and database 26 put question to file for each predesignated subscriber stores one.Each user puts question to file to comprise that row have the prompting message name of each title of distributing to an address (telephone number).Route Selection server 24 is kept in touch with one or more short message service center (SMSC), and this short message service center and one or more wireless mobile vehicle 34 are kept in touch.Each is wireless, and mobile vehicle 34 provides the predesignated subscriber to operate such as the hand-held networking telephone mobile device 36 that the equipment of bi-directional pager or other SMS-Baseds is such.Route Selection server 24 is also connected to one such as the such public or private data network 30 of Internet.Be connected to this prompting message server 40 and one or more legacy system 4 in addition public or private data network 30, such as personal computer.

Communication link between Route Selection server 24 and short message service center 32 still is a public or private data network, such as the special circuit of an Internet or a special use.The message structure that the protocol definition that resides on the communication link is communicated by letter between Route Selection server 24 and short message service center 32.This link is the Internet of operation TCP/IP on it preferably.Operation TCP/IP is that the another kind of Route Selection server 24 that allows is determined the validity that communicates with mobile device equipment 36.The agreement that resides in a demonstration on the TCP/IP is short message peer-to-peer network (SMPP) agreement or structure or data administrator (CDMP) agreement.These agreements provide the visibility of information state to be delivered to mobile device equipment 36.

Data send part people protocol definition at mobile device equipment 36, the structure of the data message of communication between mobile vehicle 34 and the short message service center 32.Carry out data formatting as gsm (GSM) the environment use Short Message Service (SMS) normal data sender agreement of the main number wireless standard that spreads all over Europe and be used for, deliver between wireless mobile vehicle 34 and the short message service center 32 at mobile device equipment 36.The form of the data that this SMS protocol description sends or receives by this system is called the SMS program package.The form (being the SMS program package) of the data message that sends from mobile device equipment comprises the telephone number of mobile device equipment, a destination phone numbers, short message service center address (preferably number), the effective time value and the information content.This effective time value notifying messages ceases service centre and how long attempts to deliver.The preferably single block of information of each data message (SMS program package).The those of ordinary skill of wireless communication field understands that at an easy rate the SMS program package can be divided into a plurality of packets and sends with multiple interval.

Fig. 2 illustrates a kind of method that is used to a prompting message list of a long-range establishment of portable phone.At first, a user registers with 42 pairs one website by 24 supports of Route Selection server or generation of legacy system that is connected to network 30, and this user is the user of wireless prompting message service.By finish one can run on server 24 40 or by other such as Email, the such mode of conventional mail or telephone communication is carried out the location registration process process during the on-line communication, the user becomes the user.In case the user is by preferentially finishing a registration that has password authentification or landing the website that has entered the Route Selection server, this user begins to create the prompting message list for user's mobile device equipment 36.At decision block 50, if the iphone user knows a corresponding prompting message name of desired addressee, then the user imports this prompting message title.Then at piece 52, the prompting message name of this input of storage in the look-up table in database 36 in memory cell.Storage relates to the look-up table that the predefine user puts question to fileinfo.Each the prompting message name that is stored in the look-up table all has corresponding destination address, preferably a telephone number.For example, Route Selection server 24 receives one group of n telephone number there from mobile vehicle 34 or a radio communication controlling organization.Put question to file for each user in database 26, server 24 is associated a number from n telephone number of this group with the prompting message name of an input.Therefore, path selection system 22 is controlled by limited telephone number.

At decision block 50, if the network user does not know a corresponding prompting message name of desired addressee, then the user keys in the desired corresponding information of addressee at piece 54, such as an e-mail address.So, list is created server search this input information corresponding prompting message name of website as main frame at piece 60.In decision block 60, if there is a corresponding prompting message name, then key in and preserve this corresponding prompting message name, see above-mentioned 52.In decision block 60, if a corresponding prompting message name is not found in this search, the title inlet does not take place then, and give the chance of the more prompting message names of user's input at piece 62.After piece 52, give the chance of the more prompting message names of user's input.

At decision block 62, if the user does not wish to import more prompting message name, then be used in user's mobile device equipment 36, the prompting message list of creating being carried out programming by list being created website program of server generation as main frame at piece 68.Next in piece 70,, send to user's mobile device equipment 36 by mobile vehicle 34 then by send the program of this generation according to the formative short message service center 32 of specific protocol.At piece 72, user's mobile device equipment 36 receives and carries out this program, thereby preserves this prompting message list in an address book in memory.In other words, mobile device equipment is carried out programming make it in prompting message tabulation (being address book) of mobile device equipment, comprise the prompting message list in a kind of mode of programming on the correct basis imported in arithmetical operation.

In an optional embodiment, if mobile vehicle 34 and corresponding mobile appliance arrangement 36 do not comprise hardware or the software element that is used to receive and carry out in order to the program that loads the prompting message list of being preserved, then manually in user's mobile device equipment 36, key in this prompting message name loading and be stored in telephone number corresponding in the path selection system 22.

Fig. 3-7 illustrates and uses a mobile device equipment to deliver the prompting message function by wireless and non-wireless network, delivery information and the processing procedure that receives prompting message.At first, piece 80 in Fig. 3, the user selects a prompting message function or the prompting message name result as a registration by a user interface on the mobile device equipment 36 from the address book of mobile device equipment on the basis of the prompting message name state information that derives from prompting message name Route Selection server 24 of up-to-date storage, state upgrade or with communicate by letter (the seeing following Fig. 5) of 24 last times of prompting message Route Selection server.Then, user's input information content information (function that does not relate to information is exactly a corresponding information).In addition, at first import this information content information, select a prompting message function or prompting message name then.Next at piece 82, according to predefined formatted user's selection and institute's input information and send it to mobile vehicle 34.At piece 84, mobile vehicle 34 receives formative data and according to this short message service center address information that comprises these formative data is sent to short message service center 32.At decision block 86, short message service center 32 judges whether the formative data that received comprise the address date of distributing to prompting message Route Selection server 24, i.e. address field or telephone number.If these formative data do not comprise the address date of distributing to prompting message Route Selection server 24, then these formative data the chances are phone is to the short message of phone, and handles this formative data at piece 88 according to known network and short message breath processing method; Usually think that also these formative data are the Emails that are used for the networking telephone.If this formatted data comprises the address date of distributing to prompting message Route Selection server 24, then come formative data are carried out reformatting according to the predefine agreement that is used between short message service center 32 and prompting message Route Selection server 24, carrying out information communication, and send it to prompting message Route Selection server 24 at piece 90.

As shown in Figure 4, at decision block 102, prompting message Route Selection server 24 puts question to the destination number in the data that are included in reformatting the look-up table in the file to compare with the user who is arranged in database 26, and this look-up table is corresponding to the mobile device equipment telephone number that comprises received data.If with this destination number corresponding action be a prompting message function, then prompting message Route Selection server 24 is carried out these prompting message functions, sees following Fig. 5.If with this destination number corresponding action be a prompting message name, then at piece 104, prompting message Route Selection server 24 repacks into these formative data a prompting message and sends to the addressee who is associated with the prompting message name.Before and after taking place to repack, prompting message Route Selection server 24 judges whether registered this and the corresponding addressee of prompting message name in prompting message system (being prompting message server 40) in decision block 106.If do not register this addressee, prompting message Route Selection server 24 sends an invalid information to user's mobile device equipment 36 by short message service center 32 and mobile vehicle 34 in piece 108.In the first optional embodiment, if do not register this addressee, prompting message server 40 detect this addressee undertaken by prompting message Route Selection server 24 or legacy system the registration before the storage this prompting message.In the second optional embodiment,, this prompting message is forwarded to the e-mail address of an appointment in the past if do not register this addressee.

At piece 110, if registered this addressee, prompting message Route Selection server 24 sends this prompting message to the addressee by prompting message server 40 on network 30.Below in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, describe to send the processing procedure of a prompting message in more detail to mobile device equipment addressee.

Fig. 5 illustrate to derive from mobile device equipment 36 with a process of handling from the relevant data of the prompting message function of the B of Fig. 4.At first at decision block 120, if this function is a registering functional, then prompting message Route Selection server 24 is set up an information dialogue new and prompting message server 40 for the user who is associated with the mobile device equipment 36 that sends this registering functional.At piece 122, set up a new prompting message dialogue according to the specific cryptosystem that is included in from the information content that mobile device equipment 36 sends.At piece 124,24 pairs of prompting message servers 40 of prompting message Route Selection server are checked which name of judging in the prompting message list that is stored in the database 26 and is associated with the user to be effectively or to have registered.With mobile vehicle 34 relevant whose effective judgement is sent to mobile device equipment 36 by short message service center 32 at piece 126 then.At piece 127,, mobile device equipment 36 should judge effectively that equipment 36 limits were handled this judgement and this effective information can be applied by the user in case receiving.

In decision block 128, if this prompting message function is not registration (sign on) function and the effective immediately prompting message of user is not talked with then registration that information notifies the user all set must at first take place in piece 130 in prompting message Route Selection server 24.In decision block 132, if the dialogue of prompting message withdraws from and this function is terminations (sign off) function, then prompting message Route Selection server 24 finishes corresponding prompting message and talks with in piece 134.Yet, if this function is not an abort function, in piece 136 according to this function of prompting message rule process.Following other functions are effective: deletion; Add; And inspection state.About delete function, each is included in prompting message name in the information content prompting message Route Selection server 24 deletion, and this information content is from put question to fileinfo to be stored in prompting message list in the database 26 with the user.About adding function, prompting message Route Selection server 24 adds each and is included in prompting message name in the information content, and this information content is from put question to fileinfo to be stored in prompting message list in the database 26 with the user.Just as a prompting message dialogue on legacy system 42, prompting message Route Selection server 24 is at the lasting connection state information that receives each prompting message name in the prompting message list of prompting message session.About checking status function, prompting message Route Selection server 24 sends to mobile subscriber equipment 36 to the connection state information of up-to-date reception by short message service center 32 and mobile vehicle 34.

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 illustrate by prompting message Route Selection server 24 prompting message are sent to a processing procedure of having registered the addressee of the prompting message service that comes self-moving device equipment 36.When the processing procedure of Fig. 6 occurs in and sends a prompting message from another user of mobile device equipment 36 (promptly from Fig. 4 C), or occur in when sending a prompting message from a user such as the such legacy system 42 of desktop computer or laptop computer.At first, prompting message server 40 receives a prompting message and it is sent to the registered addressee who identifies in piece 142 in prompting message in piece 140.In decision block 144, if the addressee is a common prompting message addressee, promptly be not one and have by prompting message Route Selection server 24 effectively prompting message talks, this addressee receives and thinks that this prompting message is each prompting message program in piece 146.On the other hand, in decision block 144, have by prompting message Route Selection server 24 the effectively user of prompting message talks if the addressee is one, then prompting message Route Selection server 24 receives this prompting message in piece 148.So in piece 150, prompting message Route Selection server 24 is prepared the prompting message of this reception and the prompting message of these preparations is sent to short message service center 32 according to predefined agreement, and short message service center 32 is forwarded to mobile vehicle 36 to the prompting message storage according to predefined wireless protocols in piece 152.

As shown in Figure 7, mobile vehicle 36 is ready to derive from the prompting message of short message service center 32 and these ready communications is sent to mobile device equipment 36 for communication in piece 160.In decision block 162, if mobile device equipment 36 successfully receives this ready prompting message communication, then mobile device equipment 36 is answered short message service center 32 expressions and has been received this communication in piece 164.Then, in piece 166, short message service center receives the successful answer of mobile device equipment and the prompting message that deletion is stored.

Yet in decision block 162, if mobile device equipment 36 does not successfully receive this ready prompting message communication, if and in decision block 168, also do not arrive a communication delivery threshold value, would send an information representation mobile device equipment 36 then in piece 170, for short message service center 32 and successfully do not receive this prompting message.Send the information that non-success receives by mobile vehicle 34.In piece 172 and 160, when short message service center 32 receives the information that a non-success receives, the communicating by letter corresponding prompting message and again this communication sent to mobile device 36 of short message service center 32 retrieve stored by mobile vehicle 34 with non-successfully the transmission.

Get back to decision block 162 again, if mobile device equipment 36 does not successfully receive this ready prompting message communication, if and in decision block 168, arrived a communication delivery threshold value, then mobile vehicle 34 would not be connected to mobile device equipment 36 or would not receive prompting message for information representation of prompting message Route Selection server 24 transmissions by short message service center 32 in piece 174.In piece 176, when prompting message Route Selection server received this category information, the mobile device equipment of failing to receive this communication is ended or nullified to prompting message Route Selection server.In addition, the user can carry out the change of a standing state, such as " having much to do " or " disabled ".Communication deliver threshold value preferably one predeterminedly attempt to deliver number.Attempt number in case arrive or surpassed this, mobile vehicle 34 supposition mobile subscriber equipments 36 have stopped or having exceeded range of receiving.The those of ordinary skill in voip communications field can understand at an easy rate when the networking telephone can't communicate with mobile vehicle, can be to use the several data delivering method in order to guarantee the information delivery in interim a period of time.Except those functions of former description, mobile device also provides following at least a additional function:

● unlisted

● transmit

● answer

Note, " unlisted " is in conceptive being different from " forwarding " and " answer ", in this prompting message of " unlisted " expression transmit class of subscriber and with this classification needed systemic-function that interacts, yet " forwardings " and " answer " composition is embedded into the information processing function of equipment inside itself.

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 illustrate at mobile device 36 and are not designated information flow between preferred partner's legacy system 42 users that mobile device 36 prompting messages transmit the user.Fig. 8 describes the information flow under the existing system, and Fig. 9 describes according to information flow of the present invention simultaneously.

Fig. 8 is presented at an information flow block diagram between the non-partner 183 that mobile device 36 and uses conventional information 42.Shown in 181A, appointed information body 181 is the non-partner 183 with text " NonBudB " clearly when information begins.This information 181A advances to short message service center (SMS-C) 32 from mobile device 36, therefore just analyzes this destination address 4654 after short message service center 32 receiving target addresses 4654.Short message service center 32 is differentiated these destination addresses and is belonged to and be used for address family that prompting message transmits and information 181B is forwarded to prompting message path selection system 22.Prompting message path selection system 22 comes this information of reformatting by non-partner's prompting message address of extract " NonBudB " and directly or by prompting message server 40 the information 181C of reformatting is forwarded to legacy system 42.

The processing procedure that information representation in 182 is opposite with 181, wherein the non-partner 183 of legacy system 42 comes to send an information 182A as a common prompting message to mobile device 36 by " PhoneA " information of carrying out being got the location.Prompting message path selection system 22 comes reformatting information 182B by add non-partner's prompting message address " NonBudB " prefix to imformosome, also the telephone number by additional " PhoneA " comes reformatting information 182B, for example 12345678901, and the information 182C of reformatting is forwarded to short message service center 32.Short message service center 32 stored informations are delivered with attempting.For the purpose delivery information of Fig. 8 to mobile device 36.Mobile device 36 is given the user this information band.Return to non-partner 183 for mobile device 36 sends an information, repeat 181 entire process process, be included in the legacy system 42 and re-enter the personal identifier.

Prompting message path selection system 22 comes reformatting information 182B by add non-partner's prompting message address " NonBudB " prefix to imformosome, also the telephone number by additional " PhoneA " comes reformatting information 182B, for example 12345678901, and the information 182C of reformatting is forwarded to short message service center 32.

According to the present invention, Fig. 9 shows an information flow block diagram between mobile device 36 and non-partner, wherein promotes this information flow by a simple and easy answer feature of non-partner.Step 191 illustrates from mobile device and sends the processing procedure of an information to non-partner.Shown in 181A, the user uses " unlisted " function to come combined information 191A and send this information, comprises in the imformosome of this information 191A that non-partner personal identifier and this information back are a colon and a space.Receive these information and transmit into 191B in short message service center 32 and be dealt into prompting message path selection system 22.In Fig. 9, provide at least a opposite routing code for the simple and easy answer feature of non-partner by code " 4561 " expression prompting message path selection system.According to the information that receives, prompting message Route Selection server 24 is caught from the non-buddy name of imformosome and is distributed the routing code of a simple and easy answer, as " 4561 ".Subsequently, transmitting this information becomes 191C to be dealt into its target---non-partner " NonBudB ".In an optional step 192, of assignment that prompting message Route Selection server 24 returns simple and easy answer routing code notifies mobile device 36 to help last communication.

In an optional embodiment, for simple and easy answer, the routing code of " unlisted " becomes and was associated with a non-partner before second non-buddy exchange of beginning.Can reset this association automatically by the dormant state in one period.

Shown in step 193, when non-partner 183 is information of first transmission, prompting message Route Selection server 24 distributes the routing code of a simple and easy answer immediately, therefore mobile device 36 and non-partner 183 can be easily and exchange message effectively, shown in step 194, do not need to pay than two effort that the SMS telephone subscriber is bigger.

Can easily imagine second non-partner 195 and send an information to mobile subscriber 36, create a race condition at session with first non-partner 183.The result has distributed all effective routing codes, system's repetitive cycling routing code when receiving information from second non-partner in system.Therefore, a kind of situation can take place in the routing code that uses a simple and easy answer has sent the mobile subscriber of an information, but before arriving prompting message Route Selection server, information redistributes this code, the information that the result designs with regard to having redistributed non-partner's code and being received as first non-partner.Because experience shows non-buddy conversation of mobile subscriber beginning in general about per 12 hours, so the generation race condition may be very little.However, still minimize the possibility that race condition takes place with a kind of or all dual modes wherein:

● prompting message transmits server can keep the non-buddy information unsettled affirmation of mobile subscriber in the interest that receives message context; And

● regulation stock's simple and easy answer routing code, the possibility of the essential repetitive cycling routing code that minimization system will be faced during user session.

The assignment of simple and easy answer routing code mostly just continues to continue for the duration of a user session or before reconfiguring, for example as the partner of existence during more than routing code.When the mobile subscriber nullified from system, routing code becomes to be effective in to be redistributed.Wherein the embodiment of the assignment of routing code survival cancellation also is possible.

Figure 10 provides the table of the routing code of a demonstration.As previously explained, the present invention uses this code to be used for and non-partner, and partner and system command carry out information and transmit.

In an optional embodiment, wireless prompting message system can move raw requests to all and use single Route Selection number, in the above-mentioned mode that is used to simplify further information exchange each addresser is distributed another Route Selection number then.

The present invention comprises a kind of method, a kind of device and a kind of computer program.Finish implementation of the present invention by means of the traditional computer program method for designing of using one or more known programming languages.

Although described the present invention here with reference to specific preferred embodiment, but those skilled in the art will understand easily that those can replace other application in this application that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention of illustrating, therefore, the present invention should only not be subjected to the restriction of the following claim that comprises.

Claims (33)

1. a promotion comprises following steps in the method that the customer group that defines information in addition transmits:

Preparing a plurality of routing codes is used for and user's exchange message beyond the customer group of a definition;

Exchange message between first user and second user, wherein said second user is beyond the group of described definition;

One of them described routing code is assigned to an information, and this information is pointed to described second user by described first user; And

Temporarily one of them described routing code is assigned to described second user's personal identifier, consequently described first user does not initiate a new information and just can easily answer second user.

2. method according to claim 1, the group of wherein said definition comprises by described first user-defined companion group.

3. method according to claim 2, wherein said first user comprises a mobile device equipment user, and wherein said second user is outside described companion group.

4. method according to claim 3, wherein said information comprises prompting message.

5. method according to claim 4, the step of wherein said exchange message may further comprise the steps:

Make up an information by described mobile subscriber for described second user, described information comprises described second user's personal identifier at least in described imformosome;

Send described information to one routing code, wherein on described mobile device, this routing code is distributed to " unlisted " function;

In a prompting message transfer system, receive described information;

Catch described second user's personal identifier by described prompting message transfer system;

A routing code is distributed to described second user's personal identifier; And

Send described information to described second user; And

Optionally the notice with described assignment returns to described mobile subscriber, has therefore promoted further information to transmit.

6. method according to claim 4, the step of wherein said exchange message may further comprise the steps:

Send an information to described mobile subscriber by described second user;

Receive described information at described prompting message transfer system;

Catch described second user's personal identifier by a prompting message transfer system;

The personal identifier who a routing code is distributed non-described second user; And

Send described information to described mobile subscriber.

7. method according to claim 4, wherein the step of exchange message may further comprise the steps:

In the information of described mobile device reception from described second user, wherein said second user's personal identifier before was associated with a secondary route option code; And

Answer the information of described reception by means of one on the described mobile device automatic " answer " function by described mobile subscriber.

8. method according to claim 1 wherein for the duration of a user session, continues a routing code is distributed to described second user.

9. method according to claim 1, if wherein second number of users exceeded the routing code that is effective in second user, then repetitive cycling is used to distribute to second user's routing code during a user session.

10. method according to claim 1 further may further comprise the steps:

Prevent the situation that wherein different second user and identical routing code are associated.

11. method according to claim 10, the wherein said step that prevents comprises following any one step:

Postpone to come from described second the user unsettled definite information of described mobile subscriber in the interest that receives described message context; And

Enough routing codes are provided, and making the repetitive cycling code similarly is not what be necessary.

12. computer program, described computer program comprises and includes a tangible medium that has computer-readable code on it, described computer-readable code comprises plans to carry out a kind of promotion at the code of predefined customer group with the method for external information transmission, and this method may further comprise the steps:

Preparing a plurality of routing codes is used for and user's exchange message beyond the customer group of a definition;

Exchange message between first user and second user, wherein said second user is beyond the group of described definition;

One of them described routing code is assigned to an information, and this information is pointed to described second user by described first user; And

Temporarily one of them described routing code is assigned to described second user's personal identifier, consequently described first user does not initiate a new information and just can easily answer second user.

13. computer program according to claim 12, the group of wherein said definition comprises by described first user-defined companion group.

14. computer program according to claim 13, wherein said first user comprises a mobile device equipment user, and wherein said second user is outside described companion group.

15. computer program according to claim 14, wherein said information comprises prompting message.

16. computer program according to claim 15, the step of wherein said exchange message may further comprise the steps:

Make up an information by described mobile subscriber for described second user, described information comprises described second user's personal identifier at least in described imformosome;

Send described information to one routing code, wherein on described mobile device, this routing code is distributed to " unlisted " function;

In a prompting message transfer system, receive described information;

Catch described second user's personal identifier by described prompting message transfer system;

A routing code is distributed to described second user's personal identifier; And

Send described information to described second user; And

Optionally the notice with described assignment returns to described mobile subscriber, has therefore promoted further information to transmit.

17. computer program according to claim 15, the step of wherein said exchange message may further comprise the steps:

Send an information to described mobile subscriber by described second user;

Receive described information at described prompting message transfer system;

Catch described second user's personal identifier by a prompting message transfer system;

The personal identifier who a routing code is distributed non-described second user; And

Send described information to described mobile subscriber.

18. computer program according to claim 15, wherein the step of exchange message may further comprise the steps:

In the information of described mobile device reception from described second user, wherein said second user's personal identifier before was associated with a secondary route option code; And

Answer the information of described reception by means of one on the described mobile device automatic " answer " function by described mobile subscriber.

19. computer program according to claim 12 wherein for the duration of a user session, continues a routing code is distributed to described second user.

20. computer program according to claim 12, if wherein second number of users exceeded the routing code that is effective in second user, then repetitive cycling is used to distribute to second user's routing code during a user session.

21. computer program according to claim 12 further may further comprise the steps:

Prevent the situation that wherein different second user and identical routing code are associated.

22. computer program according to claim 10, the wherein said step that prevents comprises following any one step:

Postpone to come from described second the user unsettled definite information of described mobile subscriber in the interest that receives described message context; And

Enough routing codes are provided, and making the repetitive cycling code similarly is not what be necessary.

23. one kind is used to promote to carry out the device that information transmits beyond the group of a definition, comprises:

A plurality of routing codes that are used for user's exchange message beyond the customer group of a definition;

The device that is used for exchange message between first user and second user, wherein said second user is beyond the group of described definition;

Be used for one of them described routing code is assigned to the device of an information, this information is pointed to described second user by described first user; And

Temporarily one of them described routing code is assigned to described second user's personal identifier so that described first user does not initiate the device that a new information just can easily be answered second user.

24. device according to claim 23, the group of wherein said definition comprises by described first user-defined companion group.

25. device according to claim 24, wherein said first user comprises a mobile device equipment user, and wherein said second user is outside described companion group.

26. device according to claim 25, wherein said information comprises prompting message.

27. device according to claim 26, the device of wherein said exchange message comprises:

Make up an information by described mobile subscriber for described second user, described information comprises described second user's personal identifier at least in described imformosome;

Send described information to one routing code, wherein on described mobile device, this routing code is distributed to " unlisted " function;

In a prompting message transfer system, receive described information;

Catch described second user's personal identifier by described prompting message transfer system;

A routing code is distributed to described second user's personal identifier; And

Send described information to described second user; And

Optionally the notice with described assignment returns to described mobile subscriber, has therefore promoted further information to transmit.

28. device according to claim 27, the device of wherein said exchange message comprises:

Send an information to described mobile subscriber by described second user;

Receive described information at described prompting message transfer system;

Catch described second user's personal identifier by a prompting message transfer system;

The personal identifier who a routing code is distributed non-described second user; And

Send described information to described mobile subscriber.

29. device according to claim 26, wherein the device of exchange message comprises:

In the information of described mobile device reception from described second user, wherein said second user's personal identifier before was associated with a secondary route option code; And

Answer the information of described reception by means of one on the described mobile device automatic " answer " function by described mobile subscriber.

30. device according to claim 23 wherein for the duration of a user session, continues a routing code is distributed to described second user.

31. device according to claim 23, if wherein second number of users exceeded the routing code that is effective in second user, then repetitive cycling is used to distribute to second user's routing code during a user session.

32. device according to claim 23 further comprises:

Prevent the situation that wherein different second user and identical routing code are associated.

33. device according to claim 32, the wherein said device that is used to prevent comprises:

Postpone to come from described second the user unsettled definite information of described mobile subscriber in the interest that receives described message context; And

Enough routing codes are provided, and making the repetitive cycling code similarly is not what be necessary.

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