West Corporation

Steven Gass

Chad David Hendren

Kenneth A Darby

Sandra Stetich

James Frazer

James K Boutcher

Jeffrey William Cordell

Myron P Sojka

James Frazier

The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for conducting transactions with a customer using text messages. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first text message from a mobile communication device associated with a customer. The first text message includes a request from the customer to receive one or more text messages from a vendor. The method also includes adding the customer to a set of consenting customers in a customer database in response to receiving the first text message. The set of consenting customer including customers that consent to receiving text messages from the vendor. The method also includes sending a second text message to the mobile communication device. The second text message is associated with a service offered by the vendor.

Systems and methods for conducting transactions with a customer using text messages

An apparatus, method, and/or computer program is provided to detect, based on a predetermined period of time, that one or more conference participants are located in a conference room. An alert message is transmitted to a registered mobile device of the leader of the conference. The alert message indicates that one or more conference participants are waiting in the conference room. And, the conference leader is connected to the conference room based on a response message received from the conference leader.

Short messaging service, apparatus, method, and computer program

Conducting transactions between a vendor and a customer using text messages

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Omaha, NE, United States of America

Steven Gass