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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Higher Ground Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Glenn Capella, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
David Daugherty, Jackson, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Higher Ground LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for exchanging messages between a business user and a mobile device, and methods for making and using the same. The system may include a business server, an application programming interface ('API') and/or an SMS database. The business server may be configured to exchange messages with the business user and to obtain a public identifier for the business user to enable duplex message exchange between the business user and the mobile device by either retrieving the public identifier or associating the business user with the mobile device and a public identifier. The business user may be unambiguously determined according to the public identifier or a combination of the mobile device and the public identifier, which may enable the mobile device to direct a reply message to the business user that may be the sender of a direct message.