Method and system for exchanging messages among established contacts
AssigneeSillicon Valley Patent Agency
InventorJoe ZHENG
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Abstract
Techniques for exchanging messages among established contacts are disclosed. Through a server or system, a registered user can post messages from his/her cellular phones or personal data assistants as a mobile blog. Depending on preference set by the user, the messages may be posted privately or publically. When the messages are private, the user can use the messages to create his/her journal. When the messages are public, the user allows his established contacts to comment on the messages originated by the user to create a message exchanging environment among the contacts, where the contacts are already established with the user.
Claims9
A method for exchanging messages among established contacts using cellular phones, the method comprising:
- receiving in a server a message from a cellular phone associated with a user, the message transported to the server using an identifier of the server, wherein the identifier is not an email address;
- determining whether the user desires to post the message publicly or privately;
- when the user desires to post the message publicly,
- publishing the message to a group of contacts, wherein the user has already established an electronic link with each of the contacts;
- allowing each of the users to comment on the message;
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- forwarding any comments from the each of the users to the user so that the user knows how many comments have been received on the message originally posted by the user;
- when the user desires to post the message privately,
- creating a private journal including the message, wherein the private journal is only visible by the user and annotated further by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.