Patent ID: 9532197
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for enabling a telephone number to be used for short message service/multimedia message service/extended message service (SMS/MMS/EMS) message communication, the method comprising: identifying the telephone number associated with a line from one of: determining whether the telephone number exists in a database; selecting at least one second database to query; establishing a connection to the at least one selected second database; formulating a query to be sent to the at least one selected second database; sending the query to the at least one selected second database; receiving a response from the at least one selected second database; processing the response to determine a status of the line; wherein determining the status of the line includes determining whether number portability correction has been applied; determining whether the line has been enabled for SMS/MMS/EMS service; and provisioning the line for SMS/MMS/EMS service in response to determining that the line has not been enabled for SMS/MMS/EMS service.