System and method for electronic messaging with group sending, receiving, and replying capabilites

• US 20110165895A1
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Communications Enhancement Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Communications Enhancement Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Ryan, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,335,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system for electronic messaging, comprising a first device adapted to send and receive electronic messages using a short message service protocol of a wireless communications network and a plurality of second devices adapted to send and receive electronic messages using a short message service protocol of a wireless communications network, wherein the first device assembles an electronic message to send to a plurality of second devices at least in part by inserting a destination address into a user data header information element of the electronic message for each of said plurality of said second devices to which the electronic message is to be sent, is disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for electronic messaging, comprising:

a first device adapted to send and receive electronic messages using a short message service protocol of a wireless communications network; and

a plurality of second devices adapted to send and receive electronic messages using a short message service protocol of a wireless communications network;

wherein the first device assembles an electronic message to send to a plurality of second devices at least in part by inserting a destination address into a user data header information element of the electronic message for each of said plurality of said second devices to which the electronic message is to be sent.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second devices is adapted to reply to the first device and at least one other second device using at least one destination address retrieved from an information element in a user data header of the electronic message.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is a server adapted to receive an electronic message from a user over a data network and to then submit the electronic message using a short message protocol of a wireless communications network.

4. An electronic messaging method, comprising the steps of:

(a) assembling an electronic message using a short message service protocol of a wireless communications network;

(b) inserting destination addresses of a plurality of recipients to which the electronic message is to be sent into information elements of a user data header of the electronic message; and

(c) sending the electronic message to the plurality of recipients using at least one wireless communications network.