Short Code Provisioning and Threading Techniques for Bidirectional Text Messaging

• US 20100210291A1
• Filed: 02/12/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zipwhip Incorporated.
• Original Assignee: Zipwhip Incorporated.
• Inventors: Smyers, Michael, Riemma, Anthony, Larson, John, Lauer, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,463,304 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to designate a selected thread identification value from a collection of thread identification values based upon recognition criteria. The selected thread identification value is utilized during bidirectional text messaging between a first user and a second user.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

designate a selected thread identification value from a collection of thread identification values based upon recognition criteria; and

utilize the selected thread identification value during bidirectional text messaging between a first user and a second user.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the selected thread identification value includes a thread suffix specifying a vector and channel identification.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the vector specifies sender or recipient control.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the channel identification specifies a unique communication session between the first user and the second user.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the selected thread identification value is reserved for future communications between the first user and the second user.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the recognition criteria favorably ranks codes with a small number of different values.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the recognition criteria favorably ranks codes with highly repetitive sequences of the same numeral.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the recognition criteria favorably ranks codes with a sequence of low numbers to high numbers.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions to initially receive a text message at a first device associated with the first user and subsequently forward the text message to a second device associated with the first user in accordance with specified forwarding criteria.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the specified forwarding criteria is a time delay prior to opening the text message.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to match a selected thread identification value with a forward thread identification value.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to reserve a set of matched thread identification values and forward thread identification values.