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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Zhijian Lin, Dublin, CA (US);
Amir Mayblum, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Ning-chia Yeh, Dublin, CA (US);
Chong Wang, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Heather Goodson, Lafayette, CA (US);
Jerry Kupsh, Concord, CA (US);
Zhijian Lin, Dublin, CA (US);
Amir Mayblum, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Ning-Chia Yeh, Dublin, CA (US);
Chong Wang, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Heather Goodson, Lafayette, CA (US);
Jerry Kupsh, Concord, CA (US);
Cellco Partnership D/B/A Verizon Wireless, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method that enables provisioning of mobile station messages to multiple devices associated with the sender and/or receiver includes receiving, at a mobile messaging service center, a mobile messaging service message; identifying a destination mobile station associated with the received message, the destination mobile station having a Mobile Directory Number and corresponding to a primary device of a customer of a mobile communication network provider; and delivering, through a mobile communication network, the received message to the primary device of the customer. The method also includes steps of determining whether the customer subscribes to a Messaging Anywhere (MA) service; upon determination that the customer subscribers to the MA service, delivering, from the mobile messaging service center, a copy of the received message to an MA server; and delivering, from the MA server, the message to a secondary device previously identified by the customer.