Patent ID: 8600359

Claim:
A method for administering a communication session, the method including: initiating a session between a server and a user device, the user device associated with a user phone number; associating the user phone number and a first session state phone number with a state of the session; sending a first message associated with the state of the session from the server to the user device, the first message sent from the first session state phone number to the user phone number; receiving a second message from the user device, the second message sent from the user phone number to the first session state phone number; identifying a current session state associated with the user phone number and the first session phone number; processing the second message; responsive to processing the second message, associating the user phone number and a second session state phone number with a third state of the session; and sending a second message associated with the state of the session from the server to the user device, the second message sent from the second session state phone number to the user phone number.