Patent ID: 8682298

Claim:
A method of intercepting a text message initiated by a user with a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is communicatively coupled to a wireless cellular telephone network, the method comprising: determining that the user has initiated a transmission of a text message to a party having an electronic address, wherein the text message is directed to the electronic address, wherein the electronic address is a phone number or other electronic identifier to identify the party or a communication device of the party, wherein the text message is directed to the party via, at least in part, the wireless cellular telephone network, and wherein the determining that the user has initiated the transmission of the text message is performed on the mobile device of the user; matching the electronic address to one or more predetermined addresses related to at least one action to be performed on the mobile device, wherein the matching of the electronic address to one or more predetermined addresses is performed on the mobile device from which the text message transmission was initiated; locally performing the at least one action related to the matched predetermined address, wherein the locally performing the at least one action is performed on the mobile device from which the text message transmission was initiated; and preventing the transmission of the text message to the party.