Patent ID: 9338616
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a data communication system to route user data messages to a plurality of destinations having destination codes based on a single routing code and a plurality of key indicators, the method comprising: receiving individual ones of the key indicators and individual ones of the destination codes from individual ones of the destinations; associating the individual ones of the key indicators with the single routing code and with the individual ones of the destination codes for the individual ones of the destinations; receiving the user data messages transferred by user communication devices and containing the single routing code and individual ones of the key indicators; transferring a notification message to the user communication devices requesting instructions on how to handle the user data messages containing the single routing code and individual ones of the key indicators and responsively receiving a response from the user communication devices indicating instructions on how to handle the user data messages; translating the single routing code and the individual ones of the key indicators into the individual ones of the destination codes and adding the individual ones the destination codes to their respective user data messages; and transferring the user data messages for delivery to the individual ones the destinations based on the individual ones of the destination codes and the instructions from the user communication devices wherein the user data messages comprise at least one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message and a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message and the single routing code comprises at least one of a premium SMS short code and a premium MMS short code.