System and method of creating and providing SMS http tagging
View Patent ↗A system and method for sending text messages and, more particularly, a system and method for forcing SMS capable devices to communicate via SMS using, for example, SS7 protocol. A method comprises providing a tag forcing a return text message to be sent via SS7 protocol. In use, the system and method is configured to force the use of SMS messages via the SS7 protocol. The system and method can be implemented over any network, for example, and any existing mobile device and related infrastructure can be modified to take advantage of the benefits and functionality of the system and method of the invention.
1. A system comprising:
a mobile device comprising a processor operable to:
receive a message from a second device via SMS or the Internet;
determine whether the message was sent via SMS or the Internet;
open a browser function on the mobile device; and
display the received message from the second device on the mobile device,
wherein:
if the message was received via SMS, the message provides selection options and a tag for each of the selection options that forces a return text message via SS7 protocol to be sent from the mobile device that is indicative of an option selected by a user of the mobile device;
if the message was received via the Internet, a website provides the selection options and a tag for each of the selection options that forces a return text message via SS7 protocol to be sent from the mobile device that is indicative of an option selected by the user;
if the message was received via SMS the message provides an html tag including a first portion that informs the mobile device that the tag is a hyperlink and a second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol;
the tag is coded with a telephone number and the tag forces the mobile device to respond to the message with the return text message using the coded telephone number;
the return text message response is manually entered by the user into the mobile device;
if the message was received via the Internet, the message is provided with a hyperlink without the html tag, the hyperlink directs the mobile device to open a web browser to display the website;
the website provides the selection options and the html tag for each of the selection options, the html tag includes the first portion that informs the mobile device that the tag is a hyperlink and the second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol;
the tag is coded with the telephone number and the tag forces the mobile device to respond to the message with the return text message using the coded telephone number; and
the return text message response is manually entered by the user into the mobile device.
2. A computer program product comprising a computer readable device having readable program code embodied in the device, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
receive at a first device a message from a second device via SMS or the Internet;
determine whether the message was received via SMS or the Internet;
open a browser function on the first device which is a mobile device; and
display the received message from the second device on the mobile device,
wherein:
if the message was received via SMS, the message provides selection options and a tag for each of the selection options that forces a return text message via SS7 protocol to be sent from the mobile device that is indicative of an option selected by a user of the mobile device;
if the message was received via the Internet, a website provides the selection options and a tag for each of the selection options that forces a return text message via SS7 protocol to be sent from the mobile device that is indicative of an option selected by the user;
if the message was received via SMS the message provides an html tag including a first portion that informs the mobile device that the tag is a hyperlink and a second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol;
the tag is coded with a telephone number and the tag forces the mobile device to respond to the message with the return text message using the coded telephone number;
the return text message response is manually entered by the user into the mobile device;
if the message was received via the Internet, the message is provided with a hyperlink without the html tag, the hyperlink directs the mobile device to open a web browser to display the website;
the website provides the selection options and the html tag for each of the selection options, the html tag includes the first portion that informs the mobile device that the tag is a hyperlink and the second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol;
the tag is coded with the telephone number and the tag forces the mobile device to respond to the message with the return text message using the coded telephone number; and
the return text message response is manually entered by the user into the mobile device.
3. A method comprising:
receiving a message at a first device from a second device via SMS or the Internet;
determining whether the message was sent via SMS or the Internet;
opening a browser function on the first device which is a mobile device; and
displaying the received message from the second device on the mobile device,
wherein:
if the message was received via SMS, the message provides selection options and a tag for each of the selection options that forces a return text message via SS7 protocol to be sent from the mobile device that is indicative of an option selected by a user of the mobile device;
if the message was received via the Internet, a website provides the selection options and a tag for each of the selection options that forces a return text message via SS7 protocol to be sent from the mobile device that is indicative of an option selected by the user;
if the message was received via SMS the message provides an html tag including a first portion that informs the mobile device that the tag is a hyperlink and a second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol;
the tag is coded with a telephone number and the tag forces the mobile device to respond to the message with the return text message using the coded telephone number;
the return text message response is manually entered by the user into the mobile device;
if the message was received via the Internet, the message is provided with a hyperlink without the html tag, the hyperlink directs the mobile device to open a web browser to display the website;
the website provides the selection options and the html tag for each of the selection options, the html tag includes the first portion that informs the mobile device that the tag is a hyperlink and the second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol;
the tag is coded with the telephone number and the tag forces the mobile device to respond to the message with the return text message using the coded telephone number; and
the return text message response is manually entered by the user into the mobile device.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the web site is hard coded with the second portion that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the web site is obtains the second portion from an external database that forces the return text message generated from the user of the mobile device to be sent via SS7 protocol.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising an administrator of the website accessing the database and changing the coded telephone number, which is part of the second portion.