Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for group messaging
-
Application No.: US15138205Application Date: 2016-04-25
-
Publication No.: US09942190B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Christopher L. Helbling , Craig L. Reding , Ashutosh K. Sureka , Paula A. Giuda , Sandeep Chakravarty , John Reformato
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00 ; H04L12/18 ; H04L12/58 ; G06Q10/10

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for group messaging are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a group messaging system receiving a broadcast message from an originating user, imposing a limit on a number of text characters included in the broadcast message, identifying a group of intended recipients of the broadcast message, determining contact information for an intended recipient included in the group, determining at least one broadcast message sending method for the intended recipient, and sending the broadcast message to the intended recipient using the at least one broadcast message sending method.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160241507A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP MESSAGING Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
Information query