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US 10,769,368 B1Granted
Embedding calendar events in SMS messages
AssigneeWest Corporation
InventorsKellan Stec, Rhonda Gibler
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Abstract
A method comprises, receiving a text of an SMS message, parsing a description, date, time and location of appointment from the SMS message, sending the description, date, time and location of appointment to a URL shortener and redirector and appending the shortened and redirected URL to the SMS message.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, into an SMS message processing application system, a text of an SMS message from a user that generates an appointment;
- parsing, by the SMS message processing application system, a description, date, time and location of the appointment from the SMS message;
- storing a calendar event including the description, date, time and location of the appointment in a website on the internet;
- sending, by the SMS message processing application system, the description, date, time and location of the appointment to a URL shortener and redirector;
- receiving, by the SMS message processing application system, from the URL shortener, a shortened and redirected URL that is selectable on a recipient device to cause the calendar event to be displayed and subsequently added to a calendar application on the recipient phone;
- appending, by the SMS message processing application system, the shortened and redirected URL to the SMS message;
- and
- transmitting, by the SMS message processing application system, the SMS message comprising the shortened and redirected URL to the recipient device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, into an SMS message processing application system, a text of an SMS message from a user that generates an appointment;
- creating, by the SMS message processing application system, a description, date, time and location of the appointment for the SMS message;
- storing, by the SMS message processing application system, a calendar event including the description, date, time and location of the appointment in a website on the internet;
- sending, by the SMS message processing application system, the description, date, time and location of appointment to a URL shortener and redirector;
- receiving, by the SMS message processing application system, from the URL shortener, a shortened and redirected URL that is selectable on a recipient device to cause the calendar event to be displayed and subsequently added to a calendar application on the recipient phone;
- appending, by the SMS message processing application system, the shortened and redirected URL to the SMS message;
- and
- transmitting, by the SMS message processing application system, the SMS message comprising the shortened and redirected URL to the recipient device.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
- receiving, into an SMS message processing application system, a text of an SMS message from a user that generates an appointment;
- parsing, by the SMS message processing application system, a description, date, time and location of the appointment from the SMS message;
- storing, by the SMS message processing application system, a calender calendar event including the description, date, time and location of the appointment in a website on the internet;
- sending, by the SMS message processing application system, the description, date, time and location of the appointment to a URL shortener and redirector;
- receiving, by the SMS message processing application system, from the URL shortener, a shortened and redirected URL that is selectable on a recipient device to cause the calendar event to be displayed and subsequently added to a calendar application on the recipient phone;
- appending, by the SMS message processing application system, the shortened and redirected URL to the SMS message;
- and
- transmitting, by the SMS message processing application system, the SMS message comprising the shortened and redirected URL to the recipient device.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
- receiving, into an SMS message processing application system, a text of an SMS message from a user that generates an appointment;
- creating, by the SMS message processing application system, a description, date, time and location of the appointment for the SMS message;
- storing, by the SMS message processing application system, a calender event including the description, date, time and location of the appointment in a website on the internet;
- sending, by the SMS message processing application system, the description, date, time and location of appointment to a URL shortener and redirector;
- receiving, by the SMS message processing application system, from the URL shortener, a shortened and redirected URL that is selectable on a recipient device to cause the calendar event to be displayed and subsequently added to a calendar application on the recipient phone;
- appending, by the SMS message processing application system, the shortened and redirected URL to the SMS message;
- and
- transmitting, by the SMS message processing application system, the SMS message comprising the shortened and redirected URL to the recipient device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.