METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPARTY PARTICIPATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR A TEXT MESSAGE SESSION
First Claim
1. A method, performed by a server, for managing a text messaging session between a caller device and a plurality of responding devices, the method comprising:
- establishing the text messaging session, which establishes a media path for exchanging text messages between the caller device and a single device having a device identifier known to the caller device, wherein the session is established in response to a call from the caller device;
joining multiple responding devices to the text messaging session;
receiving text messages from the multiple responding devices;
sending, over the media path to the caller device, a set of text messages based on the text messages received from the multiple responding devices.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provides for multiparty participation and management in text messaging sessions. The method includes a server establishing a text messaging session, which establishes a media path for exchanging text messages between a caller device and a single device having a device identifier known to the caller device, wherein the session is established in response to a call from the caller device. The server further joins multiple responding devices to the text messaging session, receives text messages from the multiple responding devices, and sends, over the media path to the caller device, a set of text messages based on the text messages received from the multiple responding devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, performed by a server, for managing a text messaging session between a caller device and a plurality of responding devices, the method comprising:
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establishing the text messaging session, which establishes a media path for exchanging text messages between the caller device and a single device having a device identifier known to the caller device, wherein the session is established in response to a call from the caller device; joining multiple responding devices to the text messaging session; receiving text messages from the multiple responding devices; sending, over the media path to the caller device, a set of text messages based on the text messages received from the multiple responding devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for coordinating text messages from a plurality of operator devices to determine a text message to send to an emergency caller device, the apparatus comprising:
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a processing device adapted to establish an emergency text messaging session, which establishes a media path between the apparatus and the emergency caller device, and adapted to establish a call leg to the session for each of a first operator device and a second operator device; and an interface adapted to receive a first text message from the first operator device and a second text message from the second operator device; wherein the processing device is further adapted to apply a set of rules to the first and the second text messages to determine at least one text message to send to the emergency caller device; and wherein the interface is further adapted to send the at least one text message to the emergency caller device, wherein each text message sent to the emergency caller device is associated with a same identifier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A non-transient computer-readable storage element having computer-readable code stored thereon for programming a computer to perform a method for managing a text messaging session between a caller device and multiple responding devices, the method comprising:
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establishing the text messaging session, which establishes a media path for sending text messages between the caller device and a single destination device, wherein the session is established in response to a call from the caller device; joining the multiple responding devices to the text messaging session; receiving text messages from the multiple responding devices; applying a set of rules to the text messages received from the multiple responding devices to determine a set of text messages to send to the caller device; and sending the set of text messages over the media path to the caller device, wherein each text message in the set of text messages is associated with the same identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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