SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ONLINE SMS GAMES
First Claim
1. A method for providing online short message service (SMS) games to a SMS equipped device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first text message from the SMS equipped device;
sending a second text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device;
receiving a third text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games;
sending a fourth text message to the SMS equipped device to initiate playing of the selected SMS game; and
sending an instructional text message to the SMS equipped device that provides instructions for playing the SMS equipped device.
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Abstract
In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, a system and method is presented for providing online SMS games to any SMS equipped device without having to install any additional applications on the SMS equipped device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a text message from a SMS equipped device. The method sends a text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device. The method receives a text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games. The method sends a text message to the SMS equipped device to initiate playing of the selected SMS game.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing online short message service (SMS) games to a SMS equipped device, the method comprising:
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receiving a first text message from the SMS equipped device; sending a second text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device; receiving a third text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games; sending a fourth text message to the SMS equipped device to initiate playing of the selected SMS game; and sending an instructional text message to the SMS equipped device that provides instructions for playing the SMS equipped device.
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2. A method for providing online short message service (SMS) games to a SMS equipped device, the method comprising:
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receiving a first text message from the SMS equipped device; determining a SMS service provider associated with the SMS equipped device; determining whether the SMS service provider has a pay agreement with a provider of the online SMS games; responsive to the SMS service provider not having the pay agreement with the provider of the online SMS games, sending a second text message to the SMS equipped device to indicate to a user of the SMS equipped device that the online SMS games are currently not available to consumers of the SMS service provider; responsive to the SMS service provider having the pay agreement with the provider of the online SMS games, sending a third text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device; receiving a fourth text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games; and sending a fifth text message to the SMS equipped device to initiate playing of the selected SMS game; and providing reward points to the user based on a number of text messages sent and received from the SMS equipped device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An online short message service (SMS) gaming service apparatus comprising:
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memory coupled to a processing unit, the memory includes computer usable program code; and the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to; receive a first text message to play an online SMS game from a SMS equipped device; determine a SMS service provider associated with the SMS equipped device; determine whether the SMS service provider has a pay agreement with a provider of the online SMS games; send a second text message to the SMS equipped device to indicate to a user of the SMS equipped device that the online SMS games are currently not available to consumers of SMS service provider in response to the SMS service provider not having the pay agreement with the provider of the online SMS games; send a third text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device in response to the SMS service provider having the pay agreement with the provider of the online SMS games; receive a fourth text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games; send a fifth text message to the SMS equipped device to initiate playing of the selected SMS game; and send a sixth text message to the SMS equipped device, wherein the sixth text message includes an image of a current state of the selected SMS game, the image being comprised of keyboard characters used to generate a picture that resembles the current state of the selected SMS game.
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