Patent ID: 8271006

Claim:
A system of enhanced page messaging in a short message service environment, comprising: a computer system; and an application that, when executed on the computer system, receives a first message containing a request to forward the first message to a first portable electronic device, wherein the first message is received via a concise textual messaging service; parses at least one of the header and payload content of the first message and reads at least one of a flag in the header of the first message and a character string in the payload content of the first message; determines that the first message is to be delivered as a page message based on the reading of at least one of the flag and the character string; forwards the first message to the first portable electronic device as a page message; analyzes information reported by the first portable electronic device regarding the battery strength and location of the first portable electronic device; analyzes current information stored by the application regarding the connection status, signal strength, and message inbox status of the first portable electronic device; analyzes historical information about the response behavior of the first portable electronic device; determines a probability based on the analyzed information that the first portable electronic device will receive and respond to the first message within a first predetermined time period; and forwards the first message to a second portable electronic device described in an escalation list when the determined probability does not exceed a predetermined threshold.