Universal mobile device messaging

摘要

A unified messaging system allows the receipt and sending of different messages across devices is established by creating relationships that leverage the capabilities of different devices. A message server establishes a relationship with a mobile device. Through the relationship, the message server can use the mobile device to send different types of messages that the server computer cannot transmit. A relationship between a client and a server extends this capability to the client. Through these relationships, a client can retrieve mobile device messages as well as generate them. The generated mobile device messages are transmitted to the message server. The message server determines that the received messages are mobile device messages that the server cannot deliver and sends the mobile device messages to the user's mobile device. The mobile device receives the mobile device messages from the message server and transmits the mobile device message to recipient mobile devices.

主权项

1. A message server comprising:
at least one processor; and memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
establishing a relationship with a mobile device, wherein the relationship is established by receiving a message from the mobile device, wherein the message comprises information about the mobile device and an indication that the mobile device can send mobile device messages on behalf of the message server, and wherein upon establishing the relationship the message server can send mobile device messages via the mobile device;receiving, at the message server, a first message from a client; andwhen the first message is a mobile device message, sending the first message to the mobile device for transmitting to a recipient mobile device.