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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Vibhore Goyal, Jaipur, IN;
Sean Blagsvedt, Bangalore, IN;
Kentaro Toyama, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph M. Joy, Bangalore, IN;
Vibhore Goyal, Jaipur, IN;
Sean Blagsvedt, Bangalore, IN;
Kentaro Toyama, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph M. Joy, Bangalore, IN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Users can send short message service (SMS) communication with the purpose of the communication being implied therein. An SMS broker described herein can derive the implied purpose by parsing the communication at least in part according to defined set of rules of syntax and in light of a current context within which the communication was received. In one aspect, the communication is brokered via the SMS broker and it may be intended as a message to be sent to another user identified by a moniker, such as their e-mail alias, which has the advantage of avoiding the need to store phone numbers on memory-constrained devices. In another aspect, the communication is a request for user data of other users also identified in the request by a simple moniker such as their e-mail alias. Additionally, a user can also send a communication intended to update their own user information such as their current location, availability and so on.