Centralized mobile and wireless messaging opt-out registry system and method

摘要

Provided herein is a centralized registry service enabling subscribers to “opt-out” of any or all mobile messaging programs. The registry service supports access to storage medium information by mobile and wireless carriers, companies operating mobile messaging programs, mobile applications or platforms, and most importantly, individual subscribers. The registry service can be used with any message based network, including non mobile networks.

主权项

1. A method of restricting content delivery from a content provider to a subscriber wireless device; comprising:
storing opt-out status information for content associated with said content provider and said subscriber wireless device in an opt-out database, the opt-out status information comprising one or more of: blocking all messages except those in opt-in content categories and blocking messages in opt-out content categories; querying said opt-out database for said opt-out status information along with opt-out status information for a plurality of other subscriber wireless devices in a batch query; determining if
a) said subscriber wireless device has opted out all content;b) said subscriber wireless device has opted out of content from said content provider; andc) said subscriber wireless device has opted to receive messages for an application from said content provider; determining a type of message for content delivery from said content provider to said subscriber wireless device, wherein the type of message is one of a plurality of formats of mobile messaging available on the subscriber wireless device; and restricting the content delivery from said content provider to said subscriber wireless device based on said opt-out status information and the type of message, by not delivering a message when the message falls within the opt-out content category, or by delivering a message when the message falls within the opt-in content category.