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System and method for simultaneously sending a message with a call to a mobile device

  • US 9,456,320 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2013
  • Issued: 09/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for simultaneously sending a message with a call to a mobile device comprising:

  • initiating the call from a first mobile device by a first user to a second mobile device of a second user;

    automatically launching a mobile application installed on the first mobile device to intercept and interrupt the call to the second mobile device, the mobile application searches for identifying a contact number of the second mobile device installed with the mobile application, the mobile application identifies the contact number by searching for the contact number of the second mobile device within a local cache of the mobile device of the first user;

    checking the second mobile device associated with the contact number for the mobile application, the contact number being retrieved from the local cache of the first mobile device;

    prompting the first user to write the message within a display area provided by the mobile application;

    sending the message to the second mobile device through a server, the server being in communication with the first mobile device and the second mobile device over a wireless communication network;

    restarting the call to the second mobile device;

    receiving the call by the second mobile device from the first mobile device;

    automatically launching the mobile application installed on the second mobile device from a background to check for at least one pending messages from the first mobile device of the first user;

    displaying the at least one pending message from the first mobile device on the display area provided by the mobile application running on the background of the second mobile device; and

    allowing the second user to answer the call from the first user while simultaneously displaying the message on the display area.

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