Patent ID: 8290521

Claim:
A machine-implemented method for providing a user-interface over a Short Message Service (SMS) to enable functionality in one or more interactive systems, the method comprising: receiving a first SMS message to initiate a first user session, wherein the first user session corresponds with a first message stream associated with a first interactive system; assigning a first available phone number to the first user session among a sequence of phone numbers, wherein each of the phone numbers is in a respective status; changing the status of the first available phone number to a busy status; receiving a second SMS message to initiate a second user session, wherein the second user session corresponds with a second message stream associated with a second interactive system; assigning a second available phone number among the sequence of phone numbers to the second user session; changing the status of the second phone number to a busy status; transmitting a third SMS message over the first phone number to the user in response to the first SMS message, wherein the third SMS message includes a first set of options corresponding to a level within the first interactive system; and transmitting a fourth SMS message over the second phone number to the user in response to the second SMS message, wherein the fourth SMS message includes a second set of options corresponding to a level within the second interactive system.