Authentication and non-interfering SMS-messaging in GSM telephone communication
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting SMS messages, comprising:
- recognizing a particular subscriber has initiated a GSM telephone call;
associating said particular subscriber with any subscriber profile information maintained in a database;
selecting an SMS message for transmission to said particular subscriber depending on said subscriber profile information;
including an authenticating symbol in said SMS message that cannot be forwarded by said particular subscriber, wherein the authentication symbol is information visually identifiable by a recipient, is usable by the recipient to authenticate the SMS message, is embedded in a coupon in the SMS message, and is usable to visually determine whether a coupon holder is authorized to use the coupon; and
transmitting said SMS message and said authenticating symbol at the conclusion of said GSM telephone call.
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Abstract
A method for transmitting SMS messages to a subscriber GSM telephone after a call is ended and authenticating the source of the delivered text message with a logo or other graphic not forwardable by mobile phone subscribers is provided. In the present invention, audio advertisements are selected based on a mobile phone subscriber'"'"'s profile, and accompanying SMS messages or m-coupons are further transmitted to the subscriber only upon their request. A check will be carried out on the eligibility of the subscriber to receive the SMS message they had requested for. This check limits the number of times the subscriber receives a same SMS message. If the subscriber is eligible to receive the message, an authenticating symbol is included in the SMS message before transmission so that retransmission to other users will delete the graphic and render the SMS message invalid for business transactions.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting SMS messages, comprising:
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recognizing a particular subscriber has initiated a GSM telephone call; associating said particular subscriber with any subscriber profile information maintained in a database; selecting an SMS message for transmission to said particular subscriber depending on said subscriber profile information; including an authenticating symbol in said SMS message that cannot be forwarded by said particular subscriber, wherein the authentication symbol is information visually identifiable by a recipient, is usable by the recipient to authenticate the SMS message, is embedded in a coupon in the SMS message, and is usable to visually determine whether a coupon holder is authorized to use the coupon; and transmitting said SMS message and said authenticating symbol at the conclusion of said GSM telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An SMS messaging system, comprising:
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a database for storing a set of mobile telephone subscriber profiles; a call handler for dealing with a call progression of a particular mobile telephone subscriber, wherein the call handler accepts user requests for SMS messages during calls and transmits the requests to an SMS message servicer; an associating process module for matching particular ones of said mobile telephone subscribers to a corresponding one of said mobile telephone subscriber profiles; and the SMS message servicer for receiving a user request received during a call for an SMS message from the call handler and transmitting a selected SMS message with an embedded authenticating symbol to a particular mobile telephone subscriber in response to the received user request, wherein the particular mobile telephone subscriber is determined to be eligible to receive the selected SMS message based on said corresponding one of said subscriber profiles and the authentication symbol is information visually identifiable by a recipient, is usable by the recipient to authenticate the SMS message, is embedded in a coupon in the SMS message, and is usable to visually determine whether a coupon holder is authorized to use the coupon. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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