Prohibiting mobile forwarding
First Claim
1. A method implemented by one or more computer hardware devices for communicating using electronic devices, the method comprising:
- receiving an incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the incoming message;
determining that a mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination;
based on having determined that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified;
destination, forwarding, to the mobile telephone number, the incoming message as a first message; and
sending a second message to the mobile telephone number, wherein;
determining that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination comprises identifying, in an electronic collection of contact information associated with the sender, a stored association of the mobile telephone number with the sender-specified destination,the first message is based on the incoming message, andthe second message indicates that the first message was sent to the mobile telephone number based on the determination that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination.
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Abstract
An incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the incoming message are received. In addition, a determination is made as to whether a mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination. If a mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination, a first message that is based on the incoming message is sent to the mobile telephone number. Furthermore, a second message is sent to the mobile telephone number that indicates that the first message was sent to the mobile telephone number based on a determination that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination.
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Citations
54 Claims
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1. A method implemented by one or more computer hardware devices for communicating using electronic devices, the method comprising:
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receiving an incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the incoming message; determining that a mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination; based on having determined that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified;
destination, forwarding, to the mobile telephone number, the incoming message as a first message; andsending a second message to the mobile telephone number, wherein; determining that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination comprises identifying, in an electronic collection of contact information associated with the sender, a stored association of the mobile telephone number with the sender-specified destination, the first message is based on the incoming message, and the second message indicates that the first message was sent to the mobile telephone number based on the determination that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method implemented by one or more computer hardware devices for communicating using electronic devices, the method comprising:
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receiving an incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified first destination for the incoming message; determining that a second destination is associated with the sender-specified first destination; determining that the second destination is available to receive an electronic message; in response to having determined that the second destination is associated with the sender-specified first destination and that the second destination is available to receive an electronic message, forwarding, to the second destination, the incoming message as a first message; and sending a second message to the second destination that indicates that the first message was sent to the second destination based on the determination that the second destination is associated with the sender-specified first destination and the determination that the second destination is available to receive an electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer readable storage device having a computer program embodied thereon, the computer program including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:
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receive an incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the incoming message; identify, within an electronic collection of contact information associated with the sender, a stored association of a mobile telephone number with the sender-specified destination; based on having identified the stored association of the mobile telephone number with the sender-specified destination, determine that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination; based on having determined that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination, forward, to the mobile telephone number, the incoming message as a first message; and send a second message to the mobile telephone number, wherein; the first message is based on the incoming message, and the second message indicates that the first message was sent to the mobile telephone number based on the determination that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system for communicating using electronic devices comprising:
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a processor; a computer readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive an incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the incoming message, identify, within an electronic collection of contact information associated with the sender, a stored association of a mobile telephone number with the sender-specified destination, and based on having identified the stored association of the mobile telephone number with the sender-specified destination, determine that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination; means for forwarding, to the mobile telephone number, the incoming message as a first message based on having determined that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination; and means for sending a second message to the mobile telephone number, wherein the first message is based on the incoming message, and the second message indicates that the first message was sent to the mobile telephone number based on the determination that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination.
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