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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2019
Uipco, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Valerie Ann Roth, San Antonio, TX (US);
Charise Renee Whitaker, San Antonio, TX (US);
Oscar Guerra, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ashley Raine Philbrick, San Antonio, TX (US);
Paula Ann Whittington, Helotes, TX (US);
Kelly Q. Baker, San Antonio, TX (US);
Will Kerns Maney, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Sumita T. Jonak, San Antonio, TX (US);
Pragya Kamal, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Soon Fatt Hoo, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
Ryan Thomas Russell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Joel S. Hartshorn, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for dispatching messages from a user to at least one recipient over a telecommunications network is disclosed. The system includes a messaging system and an authentication system. The messaging system receives user messages, retrieves contact information for recipients on a user's contact list, and attempts to deliver messages to recipients on the list. The system may continue attempting to deliver messages to recipients until it finds a recipient who is available to receive the message. The authentication system is used to ensure the recipient is a person and not a machine. The messages could be audio messages delivered using a telephone network or messages delivered over an SMS network.