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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Smith Micro Software, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Audrey Muller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raja Hithayathuallah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vinay Chandra, Cupertino, CA (US);
Smith Micro Software, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a system and method for exchanging messages between a native application and a web browser using a server. The server configured to receive a message from a communication application of a first client device for delivery to the second client device, determine if the second client device includes the communication application, create a link to a webpage for rendering the message on the webpage when the second client device does not have the communication application, transmit the link to the second client device, render the message on the webpage to the second client device in response to receiving a request, receive a reply message from the second client device, and transmit the reply message to the first client device for rendering by the communication application. The message from the first client device may include a multimedia message, such as an animated avatar with a lip-sync audio.