Method and apparatus for an e-commerce message using sms
First Claim
1. A method for generating an SMS business message for processing by a software application comprising the steps of:
- a data collection interface accepting outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application;
a message encoding engine encoding said outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application using an encoding template to generate the SMS business message as a categorized SMS message formatted for processing by a data processing system; and
a dispatcher runtime processor processing said SMS business message for transmission over a network to a recipient.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for generating an SMS business message for processing by a software application comprising the steps of: a data collection interface accepting outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application; a message encoding engine encoding said outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application using an encoding template to generate the SMS business message as a categorized SMS message formatted for processing by a data processing system; and a dispatcher runtime processor processing said SMS business message for transmission over a network to a recipient.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for generating an SMS business message for processing by a software application comprising the steps of:
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a data collection interface accepting outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application;
a message encoding engine encoding said outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application using an encoding template to generate the SMS business message as a categorized SMS message formatted for processing by a data processing system; and
a dispatcher runtime processor processing said SMS business message for transmission over a network to a recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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21. Means for generating an SMS business message for processing by a software application comprising:
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means for a data collection interface accepting outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application;
means for a message encoding engine encoding said outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application using an encoding template to generate the SMS business message as a categorized SMS message formatted for processing by a data processing system; and
means for a dispatcher runtime processor processing said SMS business message for transmission over a network to a recipient.
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23. A method for processing an incoming e-commerce SMS response message received by a server from a recipient responding to an outgoing e-commerce SMS message, comprising:
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receiving said SMS response message;
decoding an encryption string within said SMS response message with an appropriate key to verify that said response message is directed to said server;
extracting identification from said SMS response message for processing information in said response;
identifying and obtaining a corresponding inbound template for said response message from said server;
parsing said response message with said inbound template to extract data and instructions contained in said response message, if any, for processing said data and instructions.
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24. An SMS commerce message format for use in sending a commerce message over a network to a recipient comprising:
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a message text entry field for alerting a recipient about a commerce event;
an encryption string entry field;
a response indicator label;
a recipient data entry field associated with said response indicator label;
a recipient authentication indicator label; and
,a recipient authentication data entry field associated with said recipient authentication indicator label. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. An SMS universal encoding template for encoding outbound SMS business messages for a data processing system for transmission over a network;
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categorization meta data defining a categorization of outbound SMS messages;
said categorization representing a specific businesses intended usage; and
said categorization meta data providing definitions of messages and instructions that are parsable by said data processing system for generating SMS business messages.
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