Dynamically updating website content or web service via text messaging

摘要

A method is disclosed for dynamically updating the content of a website or a web service via a text message. A text service may receive, at a text phone number, the text message sent by a user from a text device. The text device may have a user phone number. In preferred embodiments, the text service may have a plurality of text phone numbers that may be called by a plurality of users. The text service may produce an action code based, at least in part, on the text message, the text phone number called by the user, the user phone number or some combination thereof. The text service may transmit the action code to one or more hosting servers to alter a website which may then be published. In another embodiment, the text service may transmit the action code to web server(s) that may alter a web service for the user.

主权项

1. A method, comprising the steps of:
hosting a website configured to be altered by a first text message, a second text message and a third text message sent by an owner of the website from a text device having a user phone number, wherein a text service determines the website to be altered out of a plurality of websites based on the user phone number; receiving the first text message at a text phone number of the text service running on one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the website from the text device; producing, on the one or more hardware servers, a first action code comprising an alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the first text message; transmitting, by the one or more hardware servers, the first action code to one or more hosting servers, wherein the first action code is used to alter the website by changing a template of the website; receiving the second text message at the text phone number of the text service running on one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the website from the text device; producing, on the one or more hardware servers, a second action code comprising an alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the second text message; transmitting, by the one or more hardware servers, the second action code to one or more hosting servers, wherein the second action code is used to alter the website by changing a price of a good or service offered on the website; receiving the third text message at the text phone number of the text service running on one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the website from the text device; producing, on the one or more hardware servers, a third action code comprising an alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the third text message; and transmitting, by the one or more hardware servers, the third action code to one or more hosting servers, wherein the third action code is used to alter the website by changing an amount of bandwidth allowed, a hosting technology used, a software package enabled or a widget or a plugin used by the website.