Universal address recognition for text-capable communication devices
First Claim
1. A method for delivering an electronic message, comprising:
- receiving an electronic message having a target address associated with a destination party, the target address being at least one of a phone number, an email address, and a username;
for each of a plurality of destination addresses associated with the destination party, identifying a network carrier associated with the destination address, each destination address including the target address and being at least one of a phone number, an email address, and a username;
determining whether each of the identified network carriers supports queries for availability of the destination address, and, for each identified network carrier that does not support queries, excluding the network carrier from the identified network carriers to which availability requests are sent;
sending an availability request to each identified network carrier that supports queries, the availability request seeking to determine the availability of the destination address;
receiving at least one response to the availability requests, each received response indicating the status of the associated destination address; and
for each response indicating the associated destination address is available, sending the electronic message to the associated available destination address.
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Abstract
A valid destination address is determined. An availability request is sent to each destination address from a set of destination addresses. The destination addresses are correlated with a destination party. At least one response to the sent availability requests is received. Each received response is uniquely associated with its own destination address from the destination addresses. Each received response indicates either a valid destination address or an invalid destination address. For each received response, a value associated with the destination address that is associated with that received response is recorded. The value indicates either a valid destination address or an invalid destination address based on the received response associated with that destination address.
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1. A method for delivering an electronic message, comprising:
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receiving an electronic message having a target address associated with a destination party, the target address being at least one of a phone number, an email address, and a username; for each of a plurality of destination addresses associated with the destination party, identifying a network carrier associated with the destination address, each destination address including the target address and being at least one of a phone number, an email address, and a username; determining whether each of the identified network carriers supports queries for availability of the destination address, and, for each identified network carrier that does not support queries, excluding the network carrier from the identified network carriers to which availability requests are sent; sending an availability request to each identified network carrier that supports queries, the availability request seeking to determine the availability of the destination address; receiving at least one response to the availability requests, each received response indicating the status of the associated destination address; and for each response indicating the associated destination address is available, sending the electronic message to the associated available destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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