Verizon Services Corporation

Verizon Data Services Inc.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Verizon Data Services India Private Limited

Verizon Business Financial Management Corporation

Paula A Dromlewiez

Craig L Reding

John R Reformato

Ashutosh K Sureka

Christopher L Helbling

Sandeep Chakravarty

Robert C Baruch

Sathish Subramanian

Shuchi R Patel

Christopher J Helbling

Exemplary methods and systems for facilitating SMS data transfer services in mobile devices are described. An exemplary method includes sending a first SMS message to a device with a payload of the first SMS message including machine-readable information. Next, a second SMS message may be received from the device with a payload of the second SMS message including machine-readable information. The first or second SMS message payloads may include, for example, a synchronization message, a call message, call data, or a scheduling message.

Short message service (SMS) data transfer

Methods and apparatuses for facilitating group messaging to various communication devices are disclosed. A method disclosed includes receiving from an originating user a broadcast message having an address designating at least in part a group of recipients. Next, an intended recipient may be identified based on at least a part of the address. An indication of the broadcast message may then be sent to the intended recipient in accordance with a sending method that is dynamically selected from a set of sending methods associated with the intended recipient based on characteristics associated with the intended recipient.

Method and apparatus for group messaging

An exemplary method and apparatus for facilitating contact sharing between users of a communication network are described. The method may include maintaining contact information in first and second address books associated with first and second users, respectively, and forwarding, from the first user to the second user, a request to copy contact information from the first address book to the second address book. The method may further include receiving a confirmation from the second user in response to the request, and copying the contact information from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation.

Method and apparatus for address book contact sharing

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