US 8,806,378 B2Granted

Mobile client application for managing display of messages to users

AssigneeHumana Innovations Enterprises, Inc.

InventorsRobert Schwarzberg, Timothy J. Dion

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Abstract

A mobile phone messaging system and method for managing display of messages to mobile phone users. A mobile client application operates at user's mobile phone. Mobile content providers manage the display of messages and related interactions throughout a specific period of time (e.g., daily, weekly, bi-weekly). Phone wakeup time data and message identifying data are transmitted from a mobile content provider server to a mobile phone. The wakeup time data and message identifying data are stored in the phone. The wakeup times are also added to a registry at the phone that facilitates launching of applications at the times indicated in the registry. At the specified wakeup times, the mobile client application determines the message identifying data associated with the wakeup time, connects to the mobile content provider server, and provides the message identifying data. The provider responds with a specific message and the mobile client application displays the message.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A computerized system for managing display of messages on mobile device comprising:

a server that:
(a) determines a plurality of phone wakeup times for displaying messages during a specified period of time;
(b) associates message identifying data with each of said plurality of phone wakeup times;
(c) transmits said phone wakeup times and message identifying data to a mobile device;
(d) at said phone wakeup times for said specified period of time, receives from a mobile client application at said mobile device said message identifying data associated with said phone wakeup times;
(e) determines specific message content using said message identifying data received from said mobile client application;
and
a mobile device that:
(a) receives said phone wakeup times and message identifying data from said server;
(b) adds said phone wakeup times to a registry at said mobile device;
(c) stores said phone wakeup times and said message identifying data in a record storage area of said mobile phone;
(d) in response to a phone wakeup event in said registry, launches a mobile client application that:
(1) uses a wakeup time associated with said wakeup event to locate associated message identifying data in said record storage area;
and
(2) transmits to said server said message identifying data for said phone wakeup event;
(e) receives from said server specific message content determined by said server using said message identifying data;
and
(f) displays at said mobile device said specific message content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/570,694Filed 30 Sep 2009 · continuation in part
Priority: 8 May 2008
Published: US 2010/0083280 A11 Apr 2010
Granted: 12 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification30 codes

G06F 3/048
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: interaction techniques based on graphical…
G06F 9/542
Interprogram communication: event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
G06Q 10/109
Office automation; Time management: time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
G16H 50/20
ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or…: for…

Family

Application12/117,190Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 May 2008
Application12/264,624Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 4 Nov 2008
US 2010/0083280 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Apr 2010
US 8,463,618 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 8,250,477 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2009/0076842 A1Published application
US 8,806,378 B2This patent

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