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Social messaging hub

  • US 8,918,085 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2011
  • Issued: 12/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for messaging communications with a data enabled device, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a plurality of unique identifiers;

    assigning to a user of the data enabled device a unique identifier from the plurality of unique identifiers;

    associating the unique identifier with a plurality of data enabled devices and corresponding data enabled device identifiers;

    registering the unique identifier to data enabled device identifier associations in a database;

    establishing an Internet protocol (IP) connection with each of the plurality of data enabled devices;

    receiving an SMS text message from a message source through a message service directed to the user'"'"'s plurality of data enabled devices having the registered unique identifier obtained from the message source;

    providing the received message using the database to identify the destination of message to an inbound service;

    establishing a connection between at least one of the plurality of data enabled devices and the inbound service;

    pushing the message from the inbound service to an application running on at least one of the plurality of the data enabled devices configured to receive the SMS text message;

    consolidating message delivery into a common message conversation queue;

    intermixing messages from a plurality of messaging services into the common message conversation queue; and

    wherein obtaining a plurality of unique identifiers includes obtaining a plurality of unique identifiers from a provider that is authorized to issue registered phone numbers.

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