Techniques for group messaging on a mobile computing device

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a group message management module having a group generating module and a group control module, a message;
• automatically forming, by the group generating module, a message group of a plurality of mobile computing devices to communicate the received message to all mobile computing devices of the message group in response to receiving the message;
• automatically initiating, by the group generating module, a group messaging session between the plurality of mobile computing devices of the message group in accordance with one or more message policy rules based on information identified in association with the received message in response to receiving the message, wherein the group messaging session allows any of the plurality of mobile computing devices of the message group to communicate a message to all other mobile computing devices of the message group;
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• forwarding, by the group control module, any other messages received from mobile computing devices of the message group to other mobile computing devices of the message group.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, enable a computing system to:

• receive, by a group message management module having a group generating module and a group control module, a message;
• automatically form, by the group generating module, a message group of a plurality of mobile computing devices to communicate the received message to all mobile computing devices of the message group in response to receiving the message;
• automatically initiate, by the group generating module, a group messaging session between the plurality of mobile computing devices of the message group in accordance with one or more message policy rules based on information identified in association with the received message in response to receiving the message, wherein the group messaging session allows any of the plurality of mobile computing devices of the message group to communicate a message to all other mobile computing devices of the message group;
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• forward, by the group control module, any other messages received from mobile computing devices of the message group to other mobile computing devices of the message group.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a message;
• means for automatically forming a message group of a plurality of mobile computing devices to communicate the received message to all mobile computing devices of the message group in response to receiving the message;
• means for automatically initiating a group messaging session between the plurality of mobile computing devices of the message group in accordance with one or more message policy rules based on information identified in association with the received message in response to receiving the message, wherein the group messaging session allows any of the plurality of mobile computing devices of the message group to communicate a message to all other mobile computing devices of the message group;
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• means for forwarding any other messages received from mobile computing devices of the message group to other mobile computing devices of the message group.