Patent ID: 8478310
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising the steps implemented by one or more computers of: receiving a first enhanced Short Message Service (“SMS”) message from a device, the first enhanced SMS message being formatted according to an enhanced Short Message Service (“SMS”) format, the first enhanced SMS message including machine-readable information and a human-readable text message, the first enhanced SMS message being one of enhanced SMS message types including synchronization message type, call message type, call data type, or scheduling message type, each of the enhanced SMS message types representing a different type of request; determining the enhanced SMS message type of the first SMS message based on the machine-readable information of the first SMS message; processing the first enhanced SMS message based on the determined enhanced SMS message type; and sending a second enhanced Short Message Service (“SMS”) message to the device, the second enhanced SMS message having a payload including at least some data associated with the processed first enhanced SMS message and being initiated upon receiving the first enhanced SMS message from the device, wherein the machine-readable information of the first enhanced SMS message identifies the first enhanced SMS message as being in the enhanced SMS format.