Patent ID: 8943437
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method on a mobile device for presenting user-selectable actions to be performed over a USSD channel, the method comprising: receiving a text string from a user via an input component of the mobile device; identifying two or more descriptors that relate to the received text string, wherein a descriptor is a user-interpretable characterization of a USSD code, and wherein the two or more descriptors are identified by their association with the received text string in a stored index; presenting identified descriptors and a visual cue with each descriptor via a display component of the mobile device, each visual cue indicating that selection of a descriptor initiates a corresponding action performed by the mobile device over the USSD channel, such that the visual cues distinguish USSD code descriptors; receiving a selection of a descriptor; retrieving the USSD code characterized by the selected descriptor; and transmitting the retrieved USSD code to initiate the corresponding action associated with the selected descriptor.