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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
  • G06Q10/10—Office automation; Time management
  • G06Q10/107—Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
  • H04L51/04—Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
  • H04L67/14—Session management
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
  • H04L67/14—Session management
  • H04L67/141—Setup of application sessions

Definitions

• the invention relates to a communication method between a first client of an instant messaging system and at least a second client of said system, said first and second clients being respectively hosted in first and second terminals.
• the so-called client software is very heavy, both in terms of the use of the capacity of the central processing unit and the use of the memory of the user terminal.
• the use of the capacity of the central processing unit in the state of the art also known by its English name of "central processing unit” or, in abbreviated form: "CPU” can reach several percent the available capacity.
• these clients typically use thousands of bytes of the available memory of the user terminal.
• the activation of the first client by a monitoring software prevents the first client from having to run permanently on the first terminal.
• the known problems of the state of the art eed of CPU and memory capacity
• the method nevertheless makes it possible to establish a communication between the second client and the first client.
• the method is characterized in that it further comprises:
• the launch of the monitoring software is in this case automatic without the user of the first terminal has a procedure to do.
• the method is characterized in that
• said activation step is executed only in the case of confirmation by a user of said first terminal of said activation step.
• the method is characterized in that it comprises: a step of definition by a user of said first terminal of a user of said second terminal, a step of transmitting said definition to said second terminal, and
• this allows a given user to define another user with whom he wishes to contact as soon as this other user connects to the instant messaging system.
• the invention also relates to a first terminal comprising a monitoring software capable of detecting an establishment request sent from a second terminal to said first terminal and able to activate a first client hosted in said first terminal.
• the invention also relates to a second terminal comprising means for sending to a first terminal a request for establishing a connection between a first client of an instant messaging system and at least a second client of said system.
• said first and second clients being respectively hosted in said first terminal and said second terminal and means for receiving a definition by a user of said first terminal of a user of said second terminal.
• the invention also relates to an instant messaging system comprising a central server and a first terminal as described above and a second terminal as described above.
• the invention also relates to a computer program comprising instructions for implementing the method as described above when this program is executed by a processor.
• the invention also relates to a computer program product, comprising program code means, stored on a computer readable medium, for implementing the method as described above, when said program is running on a computer
• a messaging system 12 comprises a central server 13 which is linked to a first terminal 11 and at least a second terminal 17.
• An example of such terminals is a mobile telephone, a personal assistant or handheld computer (a portable digital device, also known by its acronym PDA for "Personal Digital Assistant"), a personal computer (often called PC for Personal Computer) or other comparable digital devices.
• PDA Personal Digital Assistant
• Such a terminal hosts software. Subsequently, we assume that the terminal 1 1 hosts at least one software called “monitoring” and software called “client” and that the terminal 17 hosts at least one software called "client”.
• the client software is used by respective users and allows these users to exchange instant messages with each other.
• a given user of the messaging system 12 has a user account (or "account” any short) on this system 12.
• client software For a user to exchange messages, however, it is necessary that its client software is activated.
• the software client Before activating the actual client software, also called “user login to email account", during a prerequisite step, the software client must be started. After launching the software client, the user must enter a username and password to log in to his account. This makes it possible to distinguish several alternative users on the same terminal according to their identifier. The activation step of the client software will not take place in case of an entry of an unknown identifier (and / or password).
• the software client is configured (for example by the user) so that the activation of the client software is performed automatically (without user intervention). ) immediately after the launching step of the client software.
• the identifier and the password relating to the user (and allowing him to identify himself with the messaging system) are stored in the terminal (the user does not have to enter them at each new connection).
• the invention can be applied in both cases described above.
• the monitoring software is a smaller software than the client software. In general, this software starts automatically, that is to say without any interven- a user is necessary, as soon as the terminal is switched on. This monitoring software runs continuously in the background on the terminal as it will be easily understood by the skilled person.
• the monitoring software activates the client software hosted by the first terminal 11 as soon as a request to establish a connection between the client software of the second terminal 17 and the client software of the first terminal 11 is received as will be explained in the after.
• the client software previously activated on the second terminal 17 sends a connection request with the client software of the first terminal 11.
• This request passes via the central server 13 where it is stored in a server. memory 15 in the case where the first terminal 11 is momentarily extinguished. Otherwise, it is transferred, during a transmission step 111, to the first terminal 11.
• the monitoring software of the first terminal 11 detects, during a detection step 113, the arrival of the request and activates in response the client software on the first terminal 11.
• a setting step 115 a communication is established between the software client of the first terminal 11 and that of the second terminal 17.
• the request sent during steps 19 and 111 may be a new message entitled "CONNECTION".
• This message includes, as is the case with SDP messages, several fields including a field labeled "To:” including the recipient of the message and a field called “From:” including the sender of the message. It also includes a new field called "action”.
• This field can have at least two different values. In the following, one value will be “automatic” and another value "manual”. However, it is possible to use two other values, for example two numeric values (instead of values of the text type). In this case the value 0 could for example represent “automatic” and the value 1 could for example represent "manual".
• the invention can be implemented whatever the type of the "action” field: text or digital or other. If the field labeled "action” includes the value “automatic”, the monitoring software on the first terminal 1 1 activates, in response to the receipt of the request, automatically the client software. If the field labeled “action” includes the value "manual” the monitoring software on the terminal 1 1 request, in response to the receipt of the request, to the user of the terminal 11, if he wants the client software on the terminal 11 is activated. The client software will therefore be activated only in the case of an acceptance by the user of the terminal 11 of the establishment of the connection. Such acceptance may for example take the form of a window of the "pop up" type well known to those skilled in the art which includes an invitation to the user to activate his client. If the request was stored in the memory 15 of the central server 13 because the first terminal 11 was initially off, the monitoring software will launch this window as soon as the first terminal 11 turns on and the request can be transmitted and received.
• the method includes additional steps that allow the client of the first terminal 11 to establish a connection with the client of the second terminal 17, when the latter turns on. In this way, their respective users can exchange messages using their clients.
• the user of the terminal 11 defines the user of the second terminal 17 as the person with whom he wishes to communicate as soon as the latter turns on his terminal 17.
• a representative identifier for the user of the second terminal 17 is transmitted to the second terminal 17. This definition is for example included in a message.
• this message will be stored in the memory 15 of the server 13.
• This storage mechanism for staging messages is known to the person skilled in the art.
• the message is transmitted to this terminal 17.
• a monitoring software must be present both on the second terminal 17 and on the first one. Terminal 1 1.
• the message conveying the user's definition may be called "REQUEST_CONNECTION" and includes the "To:” and "From:” fields.
• the "To:” field of the "REQUEST_CONNECTION” message includes the identifier of the user with whom the user of the first terminal 11 wishes to establish a communication. This message “REQUEST_CONNECTION” is sent to the terminal with which the user of the terminal 11 wishes to establish a communication. In the "CONNECTION” message subsequently sent from the second terminal 17 to the first terminal 11, the “action” field will contain the value “automatic” but may also include the value "manual”. The method according to the invention can also be used in a messaging system with more than two terminals.
• the "To:” field of the "CONNECTION” message and that of the "REQUEST_CONNECTION” message will contain, instead of a unique identifier, a list of identifiers as will be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

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