Method and system for managing a short message service aggregation platform and providing advertising content to mobile communication

• US 8,504,084 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2012
• Issued: 08/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vibes Media LLC
• Original Assignee: Vibes Media LLC
• Inventors: Philbin, John J., Deuskar, Rohan
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TIMOTHY X
• Application Number:
  US13/465,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A management system for managing a short message service (SMS) aggregation platform and providing advertising content to mobile communication device customers.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a computer for managing a short message service aggregation platform and providing advertising contents to mobile communication device customers, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a mobile originated communication having a destination address;

determining a message length of the mobile originated communication;

communicating with a user database, the user database comprising;

a plurality of opt-in destination addresses defining an opt-in user list;

communicating with a sponsor database, the sponsor database comprising;

at least one sponsor account,

at least one opt-in destination address in the opt-in user list, and

at least one sponsor communication being associated with each of the at least one sponsor accounts;

comparing the destination address of the mobile originated communication with the opt-in destination addresses in the opt-in user list;

associating a payment status with a sponsor account;

determining to append a sponsor communication to the mobile originated communication based upon the payment status associated with sponsor account;

generating a mobile terminated communication by appending a sponsor communication to the mobile originated communication when the destination address of the mobile originated communication matches a destination address in the opt-in user list; and

,

transferring the mobile terminated communication, wherein the mobile terminated communication comprises the mobile originated communication and the appended sponsor communication.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a sponsor account data from a sponsor interface; and

,

storing the sponsor account data received from the sponsor interface in the sponsor database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sponsor communication is selected from one of a plurality of sponsor communications.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of:

selecting the sponsor communication from one of the plurality of sponsor communications based on at least the message length of the mobile originated communication.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the sponsor communication is selected from one of either a text message, a video stream, an image file and an audio stream.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of updating a records database configured to track messaging statistics associated with a mobile terminated communication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a code segment for transmitting the mobile terminated communication is configured to transmit the mobile terminated communication and associated messaging statistics to a records database, the records database being configured to track messaging statistics associated with the mobile terminated communication.

8. A method for controlling a computer for managing a short message service aggregation platform and providing advertising contents to mobile communication device customers, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a mobile originated communication having a destination address;

determining a message length of the mobile originated communication;

communicating with a user database, the user database comprising

a plurality of opt-in destination addresses defining an opt-in user list;

communicating with a sponsor database, the sponsor database comprising;

at least one sponsor account,

at least one opt-in destination address in the opt-in user list, and

at least one sponsor communication being associated with each of the at least one sponsor accounts;

comparing the destination address of the mobile originated communication with the opt-in destination addresses in the opt-in user list;

selecting the sponsor communication from one of the plurality of sponsor communications based on at least the message length of the mobile originated communication;

generating a mobile terminated communication by appending a sponsor communication to the mobile originated communication when the destination address of the mobile originated communication matches a destination address in the opt-in user list; and

,

transferring the mobile terminated communication, wherein the mobile terminated communication comprises the mobile originated communication and the appended sponsor communication.