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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Michael A. Gailloux, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kenneth W. Samson, Belton, MO (US);
Michael A. Gailloux, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kenneth W. Samson, Belton, MO (US);
Sprint Communication Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for text message spam solutions. The system includes a server and a spam application. When executed by the server, the spam application receives a first text message from a handset, parses the first text message to identify a short code as an identifier of a communication device that originated the first text message, and adds the short code to a block list associated with the handset. The spam application also calculates a credit based on a history of text messages associated with the handset and the short code, and provides the credit to a service account associated with the handset. Additionally, the spam application determines whether a second text message is associated with the short code in the block list; and blocks the second text message if the second text message is associated with the short code in the block list.