Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2017
Assignee:
MANTIS MESSAGING, INC.
Inventors:
Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
Abstract: Methods and systems for managing messaging are described. An illustrative messaging system includes a processor and a content database storing video content and/or other content, and a user database that stores an identifier corresponding to a telecommunications carrier associated with a user mobile phone, and an indicator indicating the messaging capability of the mobile phone of the user. Code is stored in memory that is configured to provide for display on a terminal a faun via which a user can view a plurality of videos from the content database, select a video to be sent as a message, and specify a recipient for the video message. The system is optionally configured to initiate the transmission of an approval request message to a terminal, such as a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user can approve the sending of the video message to the recipient by taking an action in response to the approval request.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 18, 2016
Assignee:
MANTIS MESSAGING, INC.
Inventors:
Anthony Rossano, James Citron, Norman Schifman