WEB REPLY PATH VIA SMS
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from a first user on a first device, a request to send a short message service (SMS) message to a second user on a second device;
sending a first SMS message to the second user on the second device via SMS-based communication in response to the request from the first user, the first SMS message comprising a uniform resource locator (URL); and
in response to the second user causing the URL to be loaded on a web browser, initiating, by a machine having a memory and at least one processor, a web-based chat session between the first user and the second user using the URL, the first user and the second user being enabled to send chat messages to each other via the web-based chat session, the web-based chat session being hosted by an online service provider at the URL.
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Abstract
Methods and systems of providing a web reply path via an SMS-based communication are disclosed. A request to send an SMS message to a second user may be received from a first user. A first SMS message may be sent to the second user via SMS-based communication in response to the request from the first user. The first SMS message may comprise a URL. In response to the second user causing the URL to be loaded on a web browser, a web-based chat session between the first user and the second user may be initiated using the URL. The first user and the second user may be enabled to send chat messages to each other via the web-based chat session, which may be hosted by an online service provider at the URL.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a first user on a first device, a request to send a short message service (SMS) message to a second user on a second device; sending a first SMS message to the second user on the second device via SMS-based communication in response to the request from the first user, the first SMS message comprising a uniform resource locator (URL); and in response to the second user causing the URL to be loaded on a web browser, initiating, by a machine having a memory and at least one processor, a web-based chat session between the first user and the second user using the URL, the first user and the second user being enabled to send chat messages to each other via the web-based chat session, the web-based chat session being hosted by an online service provider at the URL. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a machine having a memory and at least one processor; and a reply path module, executable by the machine, configured to; receive, from a first user on a first device, a request to send a short message service (SMS) message to a second user on a second device; send a first SMS message to the second user on the second device via SMS-based communication in response to the request from the first user, the first SMS message comprising a uniform resource locator (URL); in response to the second user causing the URL to be loaded on a web browser, initiate a web-based chat session between the first user and the second user using the URL, the first user and the second user being enabled to send chat messages to each other via the web-based chat session, the web-based chat session being hosted by an online service provider at the URL; and cause a history of SMS messages and chat messages exchanged between the first user and the second user to be displayed to the second user via the URL. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform a set of operations comprising:
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receiving, from a first user on a first device, a request to send a short message service (SMS) message to a second user on a second device; in response to receiving the request from the first user, creating or receiving a session token configured to authenticate the second user, wherein the session token is used to initiate the web-based chat session between the first user and the second user sending a first SMS message to the second user on the second device via SMS-based communication in response to the request from the first user, the first SMS message comprising a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprising the session token; and in response to the second user causing the URL to be loaded on a web browser, initiating a web-based chat session between the first user and the second user using the URL, the first user and the second user being enabled to send chat messages to each other via the web-based chat session, the web-based chat session being hosted by an online service provider at the URL.
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