Patent ID: 9008703
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing communications in a server system, the server system comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: providing a unique receiver identifier associated with the server system configured for receiving SMS protocol messages; receiving by the server system a SMS protocol text message comprising a request to associate a first enumerated unique device identifier and a second enumerated unique device identifier with a common identifier; locating by the server system the first unique device identifier within a database of unique identifiers maintained by the server system; associating by the server system a common identifier not previously associated with the first unique device identifier with the first and second unique device identifiers, wherein a first communication device associated with the first unique device identifier is configured to communicate with the server system using the common identifier for a communication with a second communication device associated with the second unique identifier, and wherein the second communication device associated with the second device identifier is configured to communicate with the server system using the common identifier for a communication with the device associated with the first unique device identifier; and sending by the server system a message to the first communication device advising of the common identifier associating the first and second unique device identifiers.