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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Douwe Osinga, Sydney, AU;
Douwe Osinga, Sydney, AU;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of this document can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-method that includes receiving a text message associated with a first telephone number, and establishing a communication session associated with the received text message. The communication session is established by modifying the received text message so that the received text message is associated with a second telephone number that is different from the first telephone number, and subsequent text messages associated with the second telephone number are included as part of the communication session. The method also includes transmitting the text message to a text messaging system, such that the text message appears to have originated from the second telephone number. Upon receiving a text message reply from a user in response to the transmitted text message, the text message reply is associated with the established communication session.