Communication method and system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- communicating over a telecommunications network between a service provider and one or more users, wherein the service provider has access to multiple distinct addresses in the telecommunications network and each user is identified by an address;
causing a first message to be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to a user'"'"'s address,wherein the first message has a first reply address selected from the multiple distinct addresses;
determining, based on a reply from the user'"'"'s address to the first reply address, a second message and a second reply address, wherein the second reply address is selected from the available multiple distinct addresses and is distinct from the first reply address; and
causing the second message to be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to the user'"'"'s address, the reply address of the second message being the second reply address.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method and system for communicating over a telecommunications network between a service provider and one or more users, wherein the service provider has access to multiple distinct addresses in the telecommunications network and each user is identified by an address, more specifically where a first message can be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to a user'"'"'s address, the reply address of the message having a first reply address selected from the multiple distinct addresses and determining, based on a reply from a user'"'"'s address to the first reply address, a second message and a second reply address, wherein the second reply address can be selected from the available multiple distinct addresses and is distinct from the first reply address.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating over a telecommunications network between a service provider and one or more users, wherein the service provider has access to multiple distinct addresses in the telecommunications network and each user is identified by an address; causing a first message to be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to a user'"'"'s address, wherein the first message has a first reply address selected from the multiple distinct addresses; determining, based on a reply from the user'"'"'s address to the first reply address, a second message and a second reply address, wherein the second reply address is selected from the available multiple distinct addresses and is distinct from the first reply address; and causing the second message to be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to the user'"'"'s address, the reply address of the second message being the second reply address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A network server configured to:
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communicate over a telecommunications network with one or more users, wherein the network server has access to multiple distinct addresses in the telecommunications network and each user is identified by an address; cause a first message to be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network t a user'"'"'s address, wherein the first message has a first reply address selected from the multiple distinct addresses; determine, based on a reply from the user'"'"'s address to the first reply address, a second message and a second reply address, wherein the second reply address is selected from the available multiple distinct addresses and is distinct from the first reply address; and cause the second message to be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to the user'"'"'s address, the reply address of the second message being the second reply address.
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