Systems and methods for conducting transactions with a customer using text messages
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first text message from a mobile communication device associated with a customer, the first text message comprising a request from the customer to receive one or more text messages associated with a vendor;
sending a second text message to the mobile communication device, wherein the second text message includes an offer from the vendor to provide a service to the customer;
receiving a third text message from the mobile communication device, the third text message comprising an acceptance of the offer;
requesting the vendor to provide the service to the customer;
when a text message accepting the offer has not been received within a predetermined amount of time, sending another text message associated with another offer to the mobile communication device; and
wherein the customer is associated with a text message consent flag changeable between a first value and a second value, the text message consent flag set to the first value if the customer consents to receiving text messages from the vendor, the text message consent flag set to the second value when the customer does not consent to receiving text messages from the vendor.
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Abstract
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for conducting transactions with a customer using text messages. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first text message from a mobile communication device associated with a customer. The first text message includes a request from the customer to receive one or more text messages from a vendor. The method also includes adding the customer to a set of consenting customers in a customer database in response to receiving the first text message. The set of consenting customer including customers that consent to receiving text messages from the vendor. The method also includes sending a second text message to the mobile communication device. The second text message is associated with a service offered by the vendor.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first text message from a mobile communication device associated with a customer, the first text message comprising a request from the customer to receive one or more text messages associated with a vendor; sending a second text message to the mobile communication device, wherein the second text message includes an offer from the vendor to provide a service to the customer; receiving a third text message from the mobile communication device, the third text message comprising an acceptance of the offer; requesting the vendor to provide the service to the customer; when a text message accepting the offer has not been received within a predetermined amount of time, sending another text message associated with another offer to the mobile communication device; and wherein the customer is associated with a text message consent flag changeable between a first value and a second value, the text message consent flag set to the first value if the customer consents to receiving text messages from the vendor, the text message consent flag set to the second value when the customer does not consent to receiving text messages from the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first text message from a mobile communication device associated with a customer; sending a second text message to the mobile communication device, wherein the second text message includes an offer from a pay-per-view programming provider to provide access to a pay-per-view television program; receiving a third text message from the mobile communication device, the third text message comprising an acceptance of the offer; requesting a pay-per-view programming provider to provide access to the pay-per-view television program to the customer; when a text message accepting the offer has not been received within a predetermined amount of time, sending another text message associated with the pay-per-view program offered by the pay-per-view programming provider to the mobile communication device; and wherein the customer is associated with a text message consent flag changeable between a first value and a second value, the text message consent flag set to the first value if the customer consents to receiving text messages from the pay-per-view programming provider, the text message consent flag set to the second value when the customer does not consent to receiving text messages from the pay-per-view programming provider. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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At-least one processor; and A software agent operated by the processor and configured to comprise; a text message transaction manager, comprising; a customer intake module configured to receive text messages from mobile communication devices, each of the mobile communication devices associated with a respective customer; and a transaction engine configured to conduct a transaction with a customer via text messages; wherein the transaction comprises a purchase of a service from a vendor, and wherein the transaction engine further comprises a parameter selection module to determine a parameter for the service provided to the customer based on a customer selection; wherein the text message transaction manager is further configured to, when a text message accepts the offer has not been received within a predetermined amount of time, send another text message associated with the service offered by the vendor to the mobile communication device; and wherein the customer is associated with a text message consent flag changeable between a first value and a second value, the text message consent flag set to the first value if the customer consents to receiving text messages from the vendor, the text message consent flag set to the second value when the customer does not consent to receiving text messages from the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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