Patent ID: 8126485
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions for dynamically associating a first user to a first business via a shared common short code in a text messaging service, the instructions comprising instructions for: receiving a first text message from a first user via a first shared common short code; determining a user history associated with the first user based on an identification of the first user; determining an association of the first shared common short code with a first business based on the user history associated with the first user; storing the association of the first shared common short code with the first business in the user history associated with the first user; and routing the first text message to the first business using the association of the first shared common short code with the first business, wherein the first shared common short code is shared by a plurality of businesses.