SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING USING TWO-WAY SMS

摘要

The present invention is directed to a system and method for communicating using SMS messages between devices in different home networks, and, in one embodiment, to a method and system for assigning a local SMS number to a recipient device in a different home network such that a user is charged reduced communications costs.

主权项

1. A computerized telephone system comprising:
a receiver for receiving from a first local telephony device a first text message addressed to a first local platform telephone number, the first text message including a first remote telephone number of a first remote telephony device; a controller for (1) verifying that an account of the first local telephony device will allow transmission of a portion of the first text message to the first remote telephony device and (2) transmitting the portion of the first text message to a remote telephony platform that will forward the portion of the first text message to the first remote telephony device; and a transmitter for transmitting to the first local telephony device a first local telephone number different than the first local platform number and different from the first remote telephone number for use in subsequent communications from the first local telephony device to the first remote telephony device.