Patent ID: 8995965
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A processor implemented method of registering a phone device on a synthetic data communication network, comprising: receiving, by a synthetic communication client executing on a phone device a request to connect the phone device to a synthetic data communication network; normalizing a phone number provisioned to the phone device for operation on a voice network to a standard format; verifying, by the synthetic communication client, an association between the normalized phone number and the phone device via a loop back verification message; receiving, by the synthetic communication client, authorization from a synthetic communication server for the synthetic communication client to communicate over the synthetic data communication network; using the normalized phone number, synchronizing members of the synthetic communication network on the phone device to include entries from a phone directory that are also members of the synthetic communication network according to their phone number; receiving, by the synthetic communication client, message input from a user of the phone device; and communicating, by the synthetic communication client, the received message input to a second synthetic communication client operating on a second phone device, the communication occurring over the synthetic data communication network, the synthetic communication client identified using the normalized phone number and the second synthetic communication client identified using a second normalized phone number associated with a second phone number provisioned to the second phone device for operation on the voice network.