System using transport protocol objects located at agent location to ...

USO0RE41848E

(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent

(10) Patent Number: US RE41,848 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: Oct. 19, 2010

Daniell et al.

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SYSTEM USING TRANSPORT PROTOCOL OBJECTS LOCATED AT AGENT LOCATION TO GENERATE SESSION ID AND TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT INSTANT MESSAGING PROTOCOLS

6,463,078 B1 6,535,486 B1

10/2002 Engstrom et a1. ......... .. 370/466 3/2003 Naudus et a1. ...... .. 370/235 6,549,937 B1 * 4/2003 Auerbach et a1. . 709/206 6,629,163 B1

9/2003

Balassanian .... ..

710/33

6,738,822 B2

5/2004 Fukasawa et a1. .

709/231

2002/0087704 A1 7/2002 2002/0118809 A1 8/2002 2002/0163934 A1 * 11/2002

Inventors: William Todd Daniell, Marietta, GA

(US); Lee G. Friedman, Alpharetta, GA

Chesnais et a1. .......... .. 709/228 Eisenberg ............ .. 379/20201 Moore et a1. ..... .. 379/465

2003/0054810 A1

3/2003 Chen et a1.

2004/0015723 A1 *

1/2004

455/422

Pham et a1. ............... .. 713/201

(US); Larry Graham Kent, Jr., OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Loganville, GA (US); Joel A. Davis, Marietta, GA (US); Brian Keith Daigle, Marietta, GA (US)

Peter SaintiAndre, “Jabber FAQ” May 13, 2001, jabberorg, pp. 1*36.*

(73) Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US)

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Appl. No .:

Filed:

Peter SaintiAndre, “XML Messaging With Jabber” Oct. 6, 2000, O’Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 1*3.* Instant Messaging/Presence Protocol Requirements Day et al.; Feb. 2000. A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging Day et al., Feb.

12/286,136 Sep. 24, 2008

2000. Related US. Patent Documents

Extensible Markup Language @(ML) 1.0 (Second Edition)

Reissue of:

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Patent No.:

6,976,092

Issued:

Dec. 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

10/274,40s

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2002

W3C XML Core Working Group (WG); Oct. 6, 2000. Common Presence and Instant Messaging: Message Format Atkins et al., Feb. 20, 2002. Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM) Presence Information Data Format Sugano et al.; May 2002. Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM) Crocker

US. Applications: (60)

Provisional application No. 60/419,613, ?led on Oct. 17, 2002, and provisional application No. 60/411,336, ?led on

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Int. Cl. G06F 15/16

et al.; Aug. 14,2002.

(Continued)

Sep. 17,2002.

Primary ExamineriLe Luu (74) Attorney, Agent, or

(2006.01)

FirmiThomas,

Kayden,

Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

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US. Cl. ....................... .. 709/246; 709/227; 709/202

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Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 709/246,

709/227, 202, 206, 228; 713/201; 379/202.01;

A system and method are presented in Which a plurality of transport protocol objects (TPOs) are instantiated at an IM user agent. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of TPOs is adapted to provide a translation between a ?rst IM proto col and a different IM protocol.

370/465

See application ?le for complete search history.

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ABSTRACT

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,497,373 A

3/1996

Hulen et a1.

20 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Daniell, et al., patent application entitled “ServeriBased Message Protocol Translation,” ?led Oct. 18, 2002, (s.n. 10/274,478), 52 pages (combined spec. and ?gures). Daniell, et al., patent application entitled “Message Client With Multiple Message System Consolidation,” ?led Oct. 18, 2002 (s.n. 10/274,405), 51 pages (combined spec. and

?gures). http : //WWW.malVino .com/ep/startup .htm, entitled: Startup Programs, printed Mar. 2, 2004, pp. 7.

http://doWnload.com.com./300(¥2150410148311.html? tag=1st*(%1, entitled: C/Net DoWnload.com; Trillian 0.74 popular, printed Mar. 2, 2004, pp. 2. JD. Ramsdell, The MITRE Corporation, entitled: Simple Instant Messaging and Presence 1.3 Protocol, dated Jun. 2001, p. 19. http://WWW.ceruleanstudios.com/, entitled: TrillianiCom municate With Flexibility and Style, printed Mar. 2, 2004, p. 15.

PCT International Search Reportilnt’l Appl. No.: PCT.US03/29225, mailed Jun. 21, 2004, p. 6. PCT International Search Reportilnt’l Appl. No.: PCT/ US03/29066, mailed May 11, 2004, p. 7. PCT International Search Reportilnt’l Appl. No. PCT/ US03/29226, mailed May 5, 2004, p. 6. Instant Messaging/Presence Protocol Requirements Day et al.; Feb. 2000. A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging Day et al., Feb. 2000.

Extensible Markup Language @(ML) 1.0 (Second Edition) W3C XML Core Working Group (WG); Oct. 6, 2000. Common Presence and Instant Messaging: Message Format Atkins et al.; Feb. 20, 2002. Common Presence and instant Messaging (CPIM) Presence Information Data Format Sugano et al.; May 2002. Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM) Crocker

et al.; Aug. 14,2002. * cited by examiner

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