Method and a system for rapid awareness, recognition, and response to digital messages

A system in a hand held mobile device for sending a plurality of digital telephone messages over a cellular link and tracking responses to the plurality of digital telephone messages, the system comprising:

• a transmitter for transmitting each of the plurality of digital telephone messages toward a respective one of at least two recipient devices;
• a digital telephone message defining unit for defining the plurality of digital telephone messages, each digital telephone message of the plurality of digital telephone messages being for use at a respective one of the at least two recipient devices and including a predefined recipient response that includes a plurality of options to select from, wherein
• each digital telephone message further includes a script code that is adapted to be executed automatically without intervening action by a user of one of the at least two recipient devices that receives the digital telephone message, wherein the script code, when executed at each of the at least two recipient devices that receives the digital telephone message, causes each such recipient device to display at least the predefined recipient response that is included within the respective received digital telephone message;
• a receiver at the hand held mobile device for receiving from each of the at least two recipient devices a response to a respective one of the plurality of digital telephone messages, each such received response including an indication of which option of the predefined recipient response was selected, wherein at least one of the responses includes exiting a messaging application, storing a phone number of the hand held mobile device in a respective recipient device of the at least two recipient devices, and activating a calling application on the respective recipient device to make a call based on the phone number of the hand held mobile device;
• and
• a display for displaying, based on the received responses, an indication on how many times each of the plurality of options was selected from a plurality of digital telephone messages.

A mobile telephone device for constructing a digital telephone message, comprising:

• a question defining unit for allowing the sender to define a question and to predefine a recipient response, wherein the predefined recipient response includes a plurality of options to select from;
• a message construction unit configured to construct the digital telephone message, the digital telephone message being for use at a recipient device, the digital telephone message including the question, the predefined recipient response, and a script code, wherein the script code, when executed at the recipient device, causes the recipient device to
• exit a messaging application,
• store a phone number of a sender who defined the predefined recipient response in the recipient device,
• activate a calling application on the recipient device to make a call to the sender based on the phone number of the sender, and
• display on the recipient device at least the question and the predefined recipient response that are included within the digital telephone message, and
• a transmitter to transmit the digital telephone message toward the recipient device;
• wherein the digital telephone message is one of a group consisting of:
• a SMS (Short Message Service);
• and a text message,
• and wherein the recipient may respond to the digital telephone message upon receipt, without a need for any one of selecting, opening, and reading the digital telephone message.

A method for constructing a digital telephone message, comprising:

• specifying, using a mobile telephone device, a question and a recipient response wherein the recipient response includes a plurality of options to select from;
• constructing on the mobile telephone device a digital telephone message, the digital telephone message being for use at a recipient device, the digital telephone message including the question, the recipient response, and a script code, wherein the script code, when executed at the recipient device, causes the recipient device to
• exit a messaging application,
• store a phone number of a sender who defined the predefined recipient response in the recipient device,
• activate a calling application on the recipient device to make a call to the sender based on the phone number of the sender, and
• display on the recipient device at least the question and the predefined recipient response that are included within the digital telephone message;
• and
• sending the digital telephone message in a first format toward an intermediate message processor, the intermediate message processor being configured to translate the digital telephone message from the first format to a second format, the digital telephone message in the second format including the question, the recipient response, and the script code, wherein the intermediate message processor is further configured to send the digital telephone message in the second format to the recipient device, wherein the recipient may respond to the digital telephone message upon receipt without a need for any one of selecting, opening, and reading the digital telephone message.

A mobile telephone device for constructing a digital telephone message, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processing unit, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the mobile telephone device to:
• generate the digital telephone message, the digital telephone message being for use at a recipient device, the digital telephone message including a message, a question, and a predefined recipient response that includes a plurality of options to select from, wherein the digital telephone message further includes a script code, wherein the script code, when executed at the recipient device, causes the recipient device to
• exit a messaging application,
• store a phone number of a sender who defined the predefined recipient response in the recipient device,
• activate a calling application on the recipient device to make a call to the sender based on the phone number of the sender, and
• display on the recipient device at least the question and the predefined recipient response that are included within the digital telephone message;
• and
• transmit the digital telephone message toward the recipient device.