Bidirectional group text messaging system and method
First Claim
1. A bidirectional group text messaging system comprising:
- a. a group owner that initiates a group by obtaining a provisioned telephone number for each member of the group, the group owner establishes a list of group members using identifying information for each group member;
b. text messages from any group member are sent to the member'"'"'s provisioned telephone number and from that provisioned telephone number sent to each group member;
wherein the group members'"'"' identifying information is not available to any other group member except the group owner.
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Abstract
A bidirectional group text messaging system is disclosed having a group owner that initiates a group by obtaining a provisioned telephone number, the group owner establishes a list of group members using identifying information for each group member, text messages from any group member are sent to the provisioned telephone number and from that provisioned telephone number sent to each group member, wherein the group members'"'"' identifying information is not available to any other group member except the group owner. The group owner may add and delete members at any time. Further, a text message sourced from a group member may be prevented from being sent to the sourcing member. In addition, a billing member can create logic sets to calculate a value prior to the message being transmitted to each group member.
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16 Claims
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1. A bidirectional group text messaging system comprising:
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a. a group owner that initiates a group by obtaining a provisioned telephone number for each member of the group, the group owner establishes a list of group members using identifying information for each group member; b. text messages from any group member are sent to the member'"'"'s provisioned telephone number and from that provisioned telephone number sent to each group member; wherein the group members'"'"' identifying information is not available to any other group member except the group owner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A bidirectional group text messaging system comprising:
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a. three or more group members, each having a device that can send or receive text messages; b. one provisioned phone number for each member; and c. a list of group members using identifying information for each group member; d. whereby text messages from any group member are sent to the member'"'"'s provisioned telephone number and from that provisioned telephone number sent to each group member such that the group members'"'"' identifying information is not available to any other group member except the group owner. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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