Patent ID: 8731588

Claim:
A method for monitoring a text message having associated signaling data, the method comprising: analyzing the signaling data at a server; analyzing the text message in real time enabling blocking of an objectionable text message from delivery to an intended recipient; determining an identity of a sender of the text message; generating, based on the analyzing the signaling data and the analyzing the text message, a report indicating a presence of objectionable content in the text message and the identity of the sender, wherein the text message contains text message shorthand and the report includes the text message and a standard language usage translation of the text message shorthand included in the text message, the report delivered in real time to a local authority via a telephone call and to a parent of the intended recipient via a telephone call; withholding, based on the analyzing the text message, delivery of the text message; withholding, based on the analyzing the signaling data, delivery of text messages from the sender; and sending a message to the sender of the text message, the message including a flag indicating that the text message is being monitored and requesting the sender to cease and desist from sending further text messages.