Methods and systems for providing information relating to an event

摘要

An organizer may send information relating to an event to participants via text messaging without having participants' texting numbers. Particularly, organizer may be associated with a texting number. Organizer sets event's start/end times, and provides email addresses for event invitees. Email requests invitees' texting numbers to participate in event. Texting numbers are stored, and encrypted respectively as identifiers. Organizer's message for participants is sent as text message to participants' texting numbers between event's start/end, and may be sent as if the message originated from organizer's texting number. When event ends, participants' texting numbers are deleted unless a participant participates in organizer's later ending event. In response to invitation to organizer's later event, a received participant's texting number may be encrypted as later identifier, and compared with identifier from earlier event. If a match, organizer's text message sent to participant during prior event is included in organizer's or participant's conversational history.

主权项

1. A method for an event organizer to send a message to a participant in the event via text messaging to a texting number of the participant without the organizer being provided with the texting number, and for the message to be included in a conversational history between the event organizer and the participant in a later event of the organizer in which the participant participates, comprising:
causing the event organizer to be associated with an organizer's texting number; receiving from the event organizer
a start time and an end time for the event, anda designation of an electronic mail (email) address for an invitee to the event; sending an email invitation on behalf of the event organizer to the email address of the invitee inviting the invitee to provide a texting number via responsive email if the invitee agrees to participate in the event as a participant and explaining to the invitee that the texting number will not be provided to the event organizer; receiving the responsive email from the participant with the responsive email including the texting number of the participant; encrypting the texting number of the participant as a texting identifier of the participant; encrypting the email address of the participant as an email identifier of the participant; storing the texting number of the participant and the texting identifier of the participant; storing the email address of the participant and the email identifier of the participant; receiving a message from the event organizer for the participant between the start time and the end time of the event; causing the message from the event organizer to be sent as or as part of a text message to the texting number of the participant between the start time and the end time of the event, and causing the text message to appear as if the text message originated from the organizer's texting number; when the end time of the event is reached, deleting the texting number of the participant, but not the texting identifier of the participant; when the end time of the event is reached, deleting the email address of the participant, but not the email identifier of the participant; after the event has ended and the texting number and email address of the participant have been deleted, receiving from the event organizer
a start time and an end time for a later event, andthe designation of the electronic mail (email) address for the invitee to the later event; sending a later event email invitation on behalf of the event organizer to the email address of the invitee inviting the invitee to provide the texting number via a later responsive email if the invitee agrees to participate in the later event as a later event participant and explaining to the invitee that the texting number will not be provided to the event organizer; receiving the later responsive email from the later event participant responsive to the later event email invitation to the later event of the event organizer with the later responsive email including the texting number and the email address of the later event participant; encrypting the texting number in the later responsive email as a later texting identifier using the same encryption as encrypting the texting number in the responsive email; encrypting the email address in the later responsive email as a later texting identifier using the same encryption as encrypting the email address in the responsive email; comparing the later texting identifier to the texting identifier; comparing the later email identifier to the email identifier; if either the later texting identifier matches the texting identifier or the later email identifier matches the email identifier, then including the text message that was sent to the participant during the event as part of conversational history between the event organizer and the participant; and causing the conversational history between the event organizer and the participant to be selectively presentable to the event organizer and the participant during the later event.