Patent ID: 11924718
Assignee: GUPSHUP INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method employing an expanded reach rich messaging application defining computer program instructions executable by at least one processor for creating and transmitting a rich message, said method comprising:
receiving a request to send a rich message on a specified rich messaging channel from an entity to a mobile number of a user;
determining whether said mobile number of said user is enabled for receiving said rich message on said specified rich messaging channel;
upon successful determination that said mobile number of said user is enabled for receiving said rich message on said specified rich messaging channel, creating and transmitting said rich message on said specified rich messaging channel to said mobile number of said user;
upon determination that said mobile number of said user is not enabled for receiving said rich message on said specified rich messaging channel, determining whether said mobile number of said user is enabled for receiving said rich message on an alternative rich messaging channel; and
upon determination that said mobile number of said user is enabled for receiving said rich message on said alternative rich messaging channel, creating and transmitting an equivalent rich message on said alternative rich messaging channel to a user device addressed by one of said mobile number of said user and an identifier mapped to said mobile number of said user.