Patent ID: 8160625
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for qualifying and transmitting an invitation to a mobile phone number to receive digital communications, the method comprising: analyzing an existing profile for a customer, the existing profile stored at a CRM database and analyzed by a digital content delivery engine, the existing profile comprising a customer name, an opt-in decision of the customer, and at least one phone number for the customer; determining that the customer has opted-in for digital communications; determining a type, a phone carrier, and an age and location of registration of the at least one phone number; screening the at least one phone number for association with a data capable phone carrier and a mobile communication device by sending a request for information from the digital content delivery engine to a data capable phone carrier and receiving the information from the digital content delivery engine; determining at the digital content delivery engine that the at least one phone number is associated with a data capable phone carrier and the mobile communication device; and transmitting from the digital content delivery engine to the mobile communication device associated with the at least one phone number a SMS communication comprising an invitation to participate in a mobile marketing campaign to be processed on the mobile communication device.