Method and apparatus for storing real-time text messages
AssigneeTeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
InventorMarina Libman
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Abstract
A synchronization (“synch”) module may reside on a source computing platform and a destination computing platform. The synch module may be configured to operate as a source synch module or a destination synch module depending on which computing platform is a data source. As an data source or initiator, the synch module may be configured to transfer data, e.g., an archived message history, from a source computing platform to a destination computing platform. At the destination computing platform, the synch module may be further configured to convert the received archived message history to a specified data format, where the data format is predetermined by a user. The converted data, e.g., an archived message history, may then be stored in a pre-determined location by the synch module.
Claims17
A method for transferring chat history, comprising:
- establishing a messaging session between a first device having a first message format, and a second device having a second message format, said messaging session triggering a synchronization of chat history;
- sending an activate message to said second device;
- receiving an activated message response;
- and
- synchronizing, in response to said activated message, said chat history from said first device with a plurality of past messages in said first message format to said second device with a plurality of past messages in said second message format.
An apparatus for synchronizing a chat history, comprising:
- an interface adapted to communicate with a destination device;
- a memory configured to store a chat history comprising a plurality of past messages of a first data format;
- an activation module to request and receive an activated message;
- and
- a processor configured, in response to said receipt of said activated message, to convert said chat history comprising said plurality of past messages from said first data format compatible with a first real-time chat system into a second data format compatible with a second real-time chat system, and to initiate synchronization of said converted chat history from said memory in response to an establishment of a messaging session through said interface with said destination device.
A system for synchronizing a chat history, comprising:
- a communication network;
- a source device configured to transfer a chat history comprising a plurality of past messages of a first data format over said communication network;
- a destination device configured to receive said chat history;
- a source synchronization module associated with said source device;
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- a destination synchronization module associated with said destination device sends an activated message response to convert said chat history comprising said plurality of past messages from said first data format compatible with a first real-time chat system into a second data format compatible with a second real-time chat system, and to initiate synchronization of said converted chat history with said destination device in response to an establishment of a messaging session with said second real-time chat system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.