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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2012
Applicants:

Christopher L. Helbling, Norwalk, CT (US);

Craig L. Reding, Midland Park, NJ (US);

Ashutosh Sureka, Irving, TX (US);

Paula Dromlewicz, Holden, MA (US);

Sandeep Chakravarty, Dallas, TX (US);

John Reformato, Tarrytown, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher L. Helbling, Norwalk, CT (US);

Craig L. Reding, Midland Park, NJ (US);

Ashutosh Sureka, Irving, TX (US);

Paula Dromlewicz, Holden, MA (US);

Sandeep Chakravarty, Dallas, TX (US);

John Reformato, Tarrytown, NY (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for group messaging are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a group messaging system receiving a broadcast message from an originating user, imposing a limit on a number of text characters included in the broadcast message, identifying a group of intended recipients of the broadcast message, determining contact information for an intended recipient included in the group, determining at least one broadcast message sending method for the intended recipient, and sending the broadcast message to the intended recipient using the at least one broadcast message sending method.


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