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Techniques for a custom short message service center

  • US 9,706,398 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2013
  • Issued: 07/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a processor circuit;

    a hardware communications component; and

    a custom short message service center (SMSC) comprising;

    a reception component operative on the processor circuit to receive, via the communications component, a short message service (SMS) message for communication to a device from a sender, the sender is a notification engine for a social networking service, the received message comprising a notification to a subscriber of the social networking service;

    a transmission component operative on the processor circuit to initiate transmission of the message to the device; and

    a control component operative on the processor circuit to manage, modify, and cancel the transmission of the message to the device on behalf of the sender, to receive a phone number registered with the subscriber from the social network service, and to query a database of device subscriber information with the phone number for device information associated with the phone number prior to transmission of the message to the device, to compare the device information from the database to previously recorded device information of the subscriber to determine that the device is associated with the subscriber of the social networking service when the device information from the database matches the previously recorded device information, to allow the transmission of the message to the device based on determining that the device is associated with the subscriber, to monitor the transmission of the message to the device, including recording a reason for a failed delivery attempt and whether a transmission is cancelled or delayed by the transmission component, and to transmit to the sender status information about the transmission of the message as the transmission is in progress.

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