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Interactive short messaging service

  • US 8,457,665 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2008
  • Issued: 06/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of session based interactive short messaging via an intermediate device, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving a first message from a first device at the intermediate device;

    (b) responsive to the first message, the intermediate device initiating a first call to a second device, wherein the first call is based on the contents of the first message;

    (c) responsive to the first call, the intermediate device receiving from the second device a second message dispatched by the second device to the first device;

    (d) responsive to the second message dispatched in step (c), the intermediate device storing a first set of response-callback bindings, wherein each response-callback binding of the first set of response-callback bindings specifies an action to be taken in response to the intermediate device receiving a response to the second message that is related to said response-callback binding;

    (e) responsive to the second message and the first set of response-callback bindings stored in step (d), the intermediate device appending a first token to said second message;

    (f) responsive to the second message and appended first token in step (e), the intermediate device receiving from the first device said first token appended to a third message dispatched in response to the second message;

    (g) responsive to the third message, the intermediate device identifying and executing a first application callback based on the contents of the third message and the first set of response-callback bindings stored in step (d); and

    (h) responsive to the first application callback in step (g), the intermediate device receiving from the second device a fourth message dispatched by the second device to the first device.

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