Message modification system and method

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• identify the group membership conditions of a sending party and a recipient of a message;
• select a rule based on the group membership conditions of the sending party and the recipient of the message, wherein the rule is specified by the identified group of the sending party and the recipient of the message and the rule dictates a billing action and a message modification tag based on the group membership condition of the sending party and the recipient of the message;
• select a billing action and a message modification tag based on the predetermined rules;
• transmit the message to the recipient of the message, wherein the message is appended with the selected message modification tag;
• transmit a second message to the sending party, wherein the second message is appended with a second message modification tag specified by the selected rule;
• and
• bill the sending party and the recipient of the message according to the selected billing action.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify the group membership conditions of a sending party and a recipient of a message;
• select a rule based on the group membership conditions of the sending party and the recipient of the message, wherein the rule is specified by the identified group of the sending party and the recipient of the message and the rule dictates a billing action and a message modification tag based on the group membership condition of the sending party and the recipient of the message;
• select a billing action and a message modification tag based on the predetermined rules;
• transmit the message to the recipient of the message, wherein the message is appended with the selected message modification tag;
• transmit a second message to the sending party, wherein the second message is appended with a second message modification tag specified by the selected rule;
• and
• bill the sending party and the recipient of the message according to the selected billing action.