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US 11,368,577 B1Granted
Message back system
OwnerCharles Isgarinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a message back system that can provide a means for a recipient of robo messages or spam messages to take action. The message back system includes a mobile device operating in conjunction with a server to activate the system and initiate one or more texts to be sent to the source phone number. The server can be programmed to try to send many texts to the source phone number to try to swamp the phone number with texts. The system may provide satisfaction to the user as a tool to respond to these on-going nuisances.
Claims8
A message back system, comprising:
- a server having a memory storing source information relating to entities engaged in spam messaging and storing a message back utility with programmed instructions executable by the server;
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- a mobile device operating a message back application, wherein operation of the message back application couples the mobile device with the server and the message back application includes programmed instructions executable by the mobile device, wherein:
- the mobile device is programmed to automatically send to the server a source information including a source number associated with a source of spam messages for storage in the memory of the server in response to activation of the system by user input on the mobile device;
- the server is programmed to store the source information and to generate and send one or more messages to the source number of the source according to predefined preferences;
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- the mobile device is further programmed to send one or more additional messages to the source number of the source in response to additional activation of the system by user input on the mobile device.
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