Patent ID: 8577401
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a computing system and as having been sent by a remote computing device, a first text message that has been addressed to a first telephone number and that includes a request for information about a product or a service; identifying, by the computing system and in response to receiving the first text message, multiple products or services that are available for purchase; providing, by the computing system and in response to receiving the first text message, multiple text messages for receipt by the remote computing device, wherein: receiving, by the computing system and as having been sent by the remote computing device in response to providing the multiple text messages, a second text message that has been addressed to one of the multiple different telephone numbers, the second text message being a reply to one of the multiple text messages that was identified as having been sent from the one of the multiple different telephone numbers; and determining, by the computing system and in response to receiving the second text message, that the user has selected for purchase the product or service that was identified by the one of the multiple text messages.