Hunt group messaging in a network
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsChaithanya Vasili, Ashwin R. Kamath
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Abstract
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving, via a network, a message addressed to a mobile device number (MDN); identifying, by the network, a set of hunt group devices associated with the MDN, the set of hunt group devices including at least a first hunt group device and a second hunt group device; transmitting, by the network, the message to each hunt group device in the set of hunt group devices; receiving, by the network, a reply to the message from the first hunt group device; transmitting, by the network, the reply to a sender of the message; and transmitting, by the network, the reply to at least the second hunt group device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a network, a message addressed to a mobile device number (MDN), the message comprising one of a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message;
- identifying, by the network, a set of hunt group devices associated with the MDN, the set of hunt group devices including at least a first hunt group device and a second hunt group device;
- transmitting, by the network, the message to each hunt group device in the set of hunt group devices;
- receiving, by the network, a reply to the message from the first hunt group device;
- transmitting, by the network, the reply to a sender of the message;
- and
- transmitting, by the network, the reply to at least the second hunt group device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a processor, the computer program instructions defining steps of:
- receiving, via a network, a message addressed to a mobile device number (MDN), the message comprising one of a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message;
- identifying, by the network, a set of hunt group devices associated with the MDN, the set of hunt group devices including at least a first hunt group device and a second hunt group device;
- transmitting, by the network, the message to each hunt group device in the set of hunt group devices;
- receiving, by the network, a reply to the message from the first hunt group device;
- transmitting, by the network, the reply to a sender of the message;
- and
- transmitting, by the network, the reply to at least the second hunt group device.
A device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a message addressed to a mobile device number (MDN), the message comprising one of a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message;
- identify a set of hunt group devices associated with the MDN, the set of hunt group devices including at least a first hunt group device and a second hunt group device;
- transmit the message to each hunt group device in the set of hunt group devices;
- receive a reply to the message from the first hunt group device;
- transmit the reply to a sender of the message;
- and
- transmit the reply to at least the second hunt group device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.