# US 10,484,535 B2 · Method and system for text enablement of landline telephone number with thread and group chat enablement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,535 B2 - Document ID: US10484535B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/103,000 - Filed: 2018-08-14 - Published: 2018-12-13 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-18 - Applicants: Dean Garfinkel - Inventors: Dean Garfinkel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484535B2 ## CPC - H04M 3/42382: {Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks} - H04L 51/066: Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression - H04L 51/58: Message adaptation for wireless communication - H04M 1/2473: {Telephone terminals interfacing a personal computer, e.g. using an API (Application Programming Interface) (details of API H04M7/0021)} - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - H04L 51/214: using selective forwarding - H04M 1/2478: {Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access (centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938)} - H04M 1/72436: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method and system receive and forward a text message received at a landline phone number to a user associated with that landline phone number, wherein the receipt and forwarding includes forwarding the text message to a computer and/or mobile device associated with the user, wherein the text message is forwarded automatically in response to receipt of the text message at the landline phone number, receiving a response to the forwarded text message, wherein the response is formulated by the user on the computer or the mobile device and sent from the computer or the mobile device, and forwarding the received response as a text message to a phone number that sent the text message to the landline phone number, wherein the forwarded response text message indicates the landline phone number as a number sending the response text message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for converting a telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of Short Messaging Service (SMS) text messages into an SMS-to-electronic mail conversion enabled telephone number, wherein the system is configured to: assign a carrier's Service Profile IDentifier (SPID) to the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages; receive an SMS text message from an SMS text message sender, wherein the SMS text message is addressed to be received at the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages and the SMS text message is routed to the carrier's SMS gateway based on the carrier's assigned SPID; include content of the SMS text message in an electronic mail message to a user associated with that telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages, and sending the electronic mail message to the user at a computer and/or mobile device associated with the user, wherein the content of the SMS text message is included in the electronic mail message sent to the user automatically in response to receiving the SMS text message addressed to the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages; receive a user's electronic mail message response to the electronic mail message including content of the SMS text message, wherein content of the electronic mail message response is formulated by the user on the computer or the mobile device and sent from the computer or the mobile device; and include the content of the electronic mail message response in a response SMS text message sent to a telephone number of the SMS text message sender, wherein the response SMS text message indicates the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages as the telephone number sending the response SMS text message, and wherein the content of the SMS text message, the content of the response SMS text message and any subsequent SMS text messages and response SMS text messages sent between the SMS text message sender and the user are combined in an electronic mail message sent to the user's computer device or mobile phone, whereby the user is made aware of SMS text messages erroneously sent to their telephone number that is not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the SMS text message is sent to the user and at least one additional recipient in a group. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the content of the SMS text messages are combined in the electronic mail message are threaded so as to be read as a conversation between the text message sender and the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the SMS text message is addressed to be sent to the user at the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages and at least one additional recipient in a group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein SMS text messages and response SMS text messages from participants in the group are differentiated from each other in the electronic mail message for reference by the participants in the conversation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the SMS text message is part of a group chat in which the participants in the group are communicating. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein content of electronic mail messages sent is analyzed to generate an invoice, document a service call or otherwise perform text data analysis using automated software. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein content of electronic mail messages are stored for a period of time following the SMS text message-electronic mail message conversation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the period of time is a day, a week, a month or a year. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein content of the electronic mail message includes an indicator whether a related SMS text message was sent or received. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein content of the electronic mail message includes an indicator when a related SMS text message was sent or received. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system generates an electronic mail message that includes content of previous SMS text messages and SMS text response messages in response to another SMS text message being sent from the SMS text message sender addressed to the user's telephone number not provisioned to receive and output SMS text messages. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein content of electronic mail messages exchanged with the user is stored and searchable via software. ### Claim 14 A method for converting a telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of Short Messaging Service (SMS) text messages into an SMS-to-electronic mail conversion enabled telephone number, the method comprising: assigning a carrier's Service Profile IDentifier (SPID) to the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages; receiving an SMS text message from an SMS text message sender, wherein the SMS text message is addressed to be received at the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages and the SMS text message is routed to the carrier's SMS gateway based on the carrier's assigned SPID; including content of the SMS text message in an electronic mail message to a user associated with that telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages, and sending the electronic mail message to the user at a computer and/or mobile device associated with the user, wherein the content of the SMS text message is included in the electronic mail message sent to the user automatically in response to receiving the SMS text message addressed to the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages; receiving a user's electronic mail message response to the electronic mail message including content of the SMS text message, wherein content of the electronic mail message response is formulated by the user on the computer or the mobile device and sent from the computer or the mobile device; and including the content of the electronic mail message response in a response SMS text message sent to a telephone number of the SMS text message sender, wherein the response SMS text message indicates the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages as the telephone number sending the response SMS text message, and wherein the content of the SMS text message, the content of the response SMS text message and any subsequent SMS text messages and response SMS text messages sent between the SMS text message sender and the user are combined in an electronic mail message sent to the user's computer device or mobile phone, whereby the user is made aware of SMS text messages erroneously sent to their telephone number that is not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the SMS text message is sent to the user and at least one additional recipient in a group. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the content of the SMS text messages are combined in the electronic mail message are threaded so as to be read as a conversation between the text message sender and the user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the SMS text message is addressed to be sent to the user at the telephone number not provisioned for receipt and output of SMS text messages and at least one additional recipient in a group. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein SMS text messages and response SMS text messages from participants in the group are differentiated from each other in the electronic mail message for reference by the participants in the conversation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the SMS text message is part of a group chat in which the participants in the group are communicating. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein content of electronic mail messages sent is analyzed to generate an invoice, document a service call or otherwise perform text data analysis using automated software. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein content of electronic mail messages are stored for a period of time following the SMS text message-electronic mail message conversation. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the period of time is a day, a week, a month or a year. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein content of the electronic mail message includes an indicator whether a related SMS text message was sent or received. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein content of the electronic mail message includes an indicator when a related SMS text message was sent or received. ### Claim 25 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the system generates an electronic mail message that includes content of previous SMS text messages and SMS text response messages in response to another SMS text message being sent from the SMS text message sender addressed to the user's telephone number not provisioned to receive and output SMS text messages. ### Claim 26 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein content of electronic mail messages exchanged with the user is stored and searchable via software.