Patent ID: 9615225
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for communicating using a messaging application of a mobile device, the method comprising: obtaining a selection preference indicating a predetermined order of types of messages; after obtaining the selection preference, receiving, based on user input from a user at a mobile device, an electronic message, an indication of a user-specified destination for the electronic message, and a particular mode of communication, wherein the user-specified destination is associated with an identity; obtaining information indicating whether the identity is available to receive the electronic message using the particular mode of communication; in response to the identity being available to receive the electronic message using the particular mode of communication, sending the electronic message from the mobile device to the identity using the particular mode of communication; and in response to the identity not being available to receive the electronic message using the particular mode of communication: