IP Library Granted Patent US 10,425,783
Granted Patent B1
US 10,425,783 · App. 14/482,322 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Providing data messaging support by intercepting and processing received short message service (SMS) messages at a customer support service

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Patent No.
US 10,425,783
App. No.
14/482,322
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A message receiving, intercepting and processing method and corresponding application and device may provide receiving a message from a user device at a message processing server, pre-processing the message to determine at least one topic of interest associated with at least one word parsed from the message, identifying at least one existing topic related to the at least one topic of interest posted in a social networking application associated with a user account of the user device based on the parsed at least one word, linking the at least one existing topic to the user account, and posting the at least one existing topic to the user account.

Claims (39)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a message from a user device at a message processing server, the message comprising a short message service (SMS) type;

pre-processing the message to determine at least one topic of interest associated with at least one word parsed from the message;

identifying at least one existing topic related to the at least one topic of interest posted in a social networking application associated with a user account of the user device based on the at least one word parsed from the message;

assigning the at least one existing topic to a corresponding data bucket based on the at least one existing topic matching a category of the data bucket, wherein the data bucket is associated with a corresponding set of responses and processing functions;

generating a confidence score indicating a probability that the at least one existing topic corresponds to at least one of the corresponding set of responses in the corresponding data bucket;

linking the at least one existing topic to the user account based on the confidence score;

posting the at least one existing topic to the user account based on the confidence score;

generating a new topic based on a response, of the corresponding set of responses, identified via the confidence score; and

posting the new topic to the user account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the new topic is a commercial promotion of a product or service offered by at least one affiliation of the user account.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user account is a social networking account.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one topic of interest is posted as a sub-topic associated with an established topic.

5. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a message from a user device, the message comprising at least one of a social networking message posted on a home page of a user account and a short message service (SMS) type;

a processor configured to:

pre-process the message to determine at least one topic of interest associated with at least one word parsed from the message,

identify at least one existing topic related to the at least one topic of interest posted in a social networking application associated with the user account of the user device based on the at least one word parsed from the message;

assign the at least one existing topic to a corresponding data bucket based on the at least one existing topic matching a category of the data bucket, wherein the data bucket is associated with a corresponding set of responses and processing functions;

generate a confidence score indicating a probability that the at least one existing topic corresponds to at least one of the corresponding set of responses in the corresponding data bucket;

link the at least one existing topic to the user account based on the confidence score;

post the at least one existing topic to the user account based on the confidence score;

generate a new topic based on a response, of the corresponding set of responses, identified via the confidence score; and

post the new topic to the user account.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the new topic is a commercial promotion of a product or service offered by at least one affiliation of the user account.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the user account is a social networking account.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one topic of interest is posted as a sub-topic associated with an established topic.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to:

receive a message from a user device at a message processing server the message is at least one of a social networking message posted on a home page of a user account and a short message service (SMS) type;

pre-process and parse at least one word from the message having a same category as an established topic of at least one affiliation of the user account, the message to determine at least one topic of interest associated with at least one word parsed from the message;

identify at least one existing topic related to the at least one topic of interest posted in a social networking application associated with the user account of the user device based on the parsed at least one word;

assign the at least one existing topic to a corresponding data bucket based on the at least one existing topic matching a category of the data bucket, wherein the data bucket is associated with a corresponding set of responses and processing functions;

generate a confidence score indicating a probability that the at least one existing topic corresponds to at least one of the corresponding set of responses in the corresponding data bucket;

link the at least one existing topic to the user account based on the confidence score;

post the at least one existing topic to the user account based on the confidence score;

generate a new topic based on a response, of the corresponding set of responses, identified via the confidence score; and

post the new topic to the user account.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the new topic is a commercial promotion of a product or service offered by at least one affiliation of the user account.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the user account is a social networking account, and the at least one topic of interest is posted as a sub-topic associated with an established topic.

Assignments (8)
OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH (AS SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH IN ITS CAPACITY AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: INTRADO CORPORATION
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: INTRADO CORPORATION
To: WEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC
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NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST (SECOND LIEN) IN PATENTS Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: CX360, INC.; WEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC (FKA INTRADO CORPORATION, FKA WEST CORPORATION); INTRADO INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION (FKA WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION, FKA COBALT ACQUISITION COMPANY)
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 034694, FRAME 0684 Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: WEST CORPORATION
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2015
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2014
From: CALDWELL, ADAM; BOUTCHER, JAMES K.
To: WEST CORPORATION
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