MOBILE MESSAGING SYSTEM

• US 20080261635A1
• Filed: 04/11/2008
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ivisionmobile Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ivisionmobile Incorporated
• Inventors: Simms, Derek John, Samiri, Omer
• Application Number:
  US12/101,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20080261635A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A mobile messaging campaign is established to process bidirectional mobile campaign messages associated with each of a plurality of mobile numbers using a single short code. A mobile message associated with the mobile messaging campaign is received. The received mobile message is parsed to extract a campaign identifier and the received mobile message is processed based upon the campaign identifier.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing a mobile messaging campaign to process bidirectional mobile campaign messages associated with each of a plurality of mobile numbers using a single short code;

receiving a mobile message associated with the mobile messaging campaign;

parsing the received mobile message to extract a campaign identifier; and

processing the received mobile message based upon the campaign identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 where establishing the mobile messaging campaign further comprises selecting a mobile campaign type associated with the mobile messaging campaign, where the mobile campaign type is selected from a group consisting of a mobile alert campaign type, a trivia campaign type, a text-to-win campaign type, a text-to-vote campaign type, a text-to-chat campaign type, and an interactive campaign type.

3. The method of claim 1 where establishing the mobile messaging campaign further comprises establishing a premium service associated with the mobile messaging campaign.

4. The method of claim 1 where establishing the mobile messaging campaign further comprises sending a message to at least one of the plurality of mobile numbers using the single short code, and receiving the mobile message associated with the mobile messaging campaign further comprises receiving the mobile message in response to sending the message.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising parsing the received mobile message to extract an opt-in response, and where processing the received mobile message based upon the campaign identifier further comprises establishing a reply thread when the opt-in response is affirmative.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising sending a confirmation message to a mobile number associated with the received mobile message requesting confirmation of the opt-in response.

7. The method of claim 1 where processing the received mobile message based upon the campaign identifier further comprises processing the mobile message in association with a reply thread.

8. The method of claim 1 where processing the received mobile message based upon the campaign identifier further comprises processing a mobile payment.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising parsing the received mobile message to extract a concession order and where processing the received mobile message based upon the campaign identifier further comprises processing the concession order.

10. The method of claim 9 where processing the concession order further comprises processing seat information associated with the concession order.

11. A system comprising:

a mobile messaging campaign application adapted to;

establish a mobile messaging campaign to process bidirectional mobile campaign messages associated with each of a plurality of mobile numbers using a single short code;

receive a mobile message associated with the mobile messaging campaign;

parse the received mobile message to extract a campaign identifier; and

process the received mobile message based upon the campaign identifier; and

a processor adapted to execute the mobile messaging campaign application.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a database for storing mobile message campaign information.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to generate the mobile message campaign information based upon the established mobile messaging campaign and the processor is further adapted to store the mobile message campaign information to the database.

14. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to select a mobile campaign type associated with the mobile messaging campaign, where the mobile campaign type is selected from a group consisting of a mobile alert campaign type, a trivia campaign type, a text-to-win campaign type, a text-to-vote campaign type, a text-to-chat campaign type, and an interactive campaign type.

15. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to establish a premium service associated with the mobile messaging campaign.

16. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to send a message to at least one of the plurality of mobile numbers using the single short code and to receive the mobile message in response to sending the message.

17. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to parse the received mobile message to extract an opt-in response and to establish a reply thread when the opt-in response is affirmative.

18. The system of claim 17 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to send a confirmation message to a mobile number associated with the received mobile message requesting confirmation of the opt-in response.

19. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to process the mobile message in association with a reply thread.

20. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to process a mobile payment.

21. The system of claim 11 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to parse the received mobile message to extract a concession order and to process the concession order.

22. The system of claim 21 where the mobile messaging campaign application is further adapted to process seat information associated with the concession order.