Messaging service application programming interface

• US 9,769,633 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2016
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zeta Global Corp. (Zeta Global Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Zeta Global Corp. (Zeta Global Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ruttenbur, Eric P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dsouza, Adolf
• Application Number:
  US15/162,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20160269879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method that enables short message service (SMS) text messaging to be integrated into existing applications is presented. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include receiving a request from a client application to transmit a message to a recipient device. The method may further include validating the request to ensure that the telephone number is valid and that the message conforms to a predefined messaging standard. In response to successfully validating the request, the method causes transmission of the message to the recipient device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from a client application executing on a client device, a message transmission request including a telephone number assigned to a recipient device;

adding the message transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the message transmission request is valid;

causing transmission of a message to the recipient device based on the message transmission request being included in the outbound queue;

obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission of the message, the status information including an indication of successful transmission of the message;

adding the message transmission request and the status information to a reporting queue; and

storing a record of the message transmission request, the record including the message and the indication of successful transmission of the message.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the storing the record of the message transmission request comprises storing the record in a machine-readable medium responsive to the causing the transmission of the message.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the causing transmission of the message comprises transmitting a request to a Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator, the request identifying the telephone number and a telephone carrier associated with the recipient device, the SMS aggregator to route the message to the telephone carrier.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein a predefined messaging standard specifies a particular format for the message.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the message is transmitted as a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the message transmission request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the telephone number is valid by determining that the telephone number includes a particular number of digits.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, from a client application executing on a client device, a message transmission request including a telephone number assigned to a recipient device;

adding, by a machine having a memory and at least one processor, the message transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the message transmission request is valid;

causing transmission of a message to the recipient device based on the message transmission request being included in the outbound queue;

obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission of the message, the status information including an indication of successful transmission of the message;

adding the message transmission request and the status information to a reporting queue; and

staring a record of the message transmission request, the record including the message and the dication of successful transmission of the message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the storing the record of the message transmission request comprises storing the record in a machine-readable medium responsive to the causing the transmission of the message.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining that the telephone number is valid by determining that the telephone number includes a particular number of digits.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the causing transmission of the message comprises transmitting a request to a Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator, the request identifying the telephone number and a telephone carrier associated with the recipient device, the SMS aggregator to route the message to the telephone carrier.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein a predefined messaging standard specifies a particular format for the message.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the message is transmitted as a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the message transmission request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

15. A computer-readable hardware storage device having stored therein a set of program instructions which, when executed by the computer causes the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a client application executing on a client device, a message transmission request including a telephone number assigned to a recipient device;

adding the message transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the message transmission request is valid;

causing transmission of a message to the recipient device based on the message transmission request being included in the outbound queue;

obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission of the message, the status information including an indication of successful transmission of the message;

adding the message transmission request and the status information to a reporting queue; and

storing a record of the message transmission request, the record including the message and the indication of successful transmission of the message.

16. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15, wherein the storing the record of the message transmission request comprises storing the record in a machine-readable medium responsive to the causing the transmission of the message.

17. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the telephone number is valid by determining that the telephone number includes a particular number of digits.

18. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15, wherein the causing transmission of the message comprises transmitting a request to a Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator, the request identifying the telephone number and a telephone carrier associated with the recipient device, the SMS aggregator to route the message to the telephone carrier.

19. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15, wherein a predefined messaging standard specifies a particular format for the message.

20. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15, wherein the message is transmitted as a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

21. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15, wherein the message transmission request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.