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Intelligent messaging system to convert email to SMS, EMS and MMS

  • US 9,338,613 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2012
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising steps of:

  • receiving for mobile message delivery, by an intelligent messaging system, from a plurality of email clients, email messages directed to a plurality of mobile stations having respective mobile station numbers, each email message using an email address including a mobile station number in combination with a common domain name,wherein the common domain name of the email addresses of the email messages is universal to all of the plurality of email messages received by the intelligent messaging system from all of the plurality of email clients;

    1) regardless of a plurality of mobile message types to be delivered by the intelligent messaging system to the plurality of mobile stations, and2) regardless of the respective mobile station numbers of the plurality of mobile stations;

    for one of the received email messages having an email address including one of the mobile station numbers in combination with a common domain name;

    determining, at the intelligent messaging system, if the one email message contains an attachment; and

    upon determining that the one email message does not contain the attachment, performing at the intelligent messaging system steps of;

    analyzing the body of the one email message to retrieve a characteristic of the one email message;

    comparing the retrieved characteristic of the one email message to first and second selection criteria;

    determining, among a first, a second, and a third mobile message types, based on the comparison, the mobile message type into which the one email message and the attachment can be most effectively converted;

    selecting, based on the determination, one of the first, the second or the third mobile message type into which to convert the body of the one email message;

    converting the body of the one email message into the selected first, second, or third mobile message type; and

    sending the converted message as a mobile message of the selected first, second, or third mobile message type through a mobile communication network to one mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations using the one mobile station number.

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