US Patent:
20200366636, Nov 19, 2020
Inventors:
- Cupertino CA, US
Mithilesh KUMAR - San Jose CA, US
Austin A. MARUSCO - San Francisco CA, US
Akshay BAPAT - Sunnyvale CA, US
John N. MEEHAN - Campbell CA, US
Elmira PETRENCO - San Jose CA, US
Malay MALLICK - San Jose CA, US
Sampath Sree Kumar KOLLURU - Sunnyvale CA, US
Adam R. PODSTAWCZYNSKI - Lodz, PL
Zhaoyuan YE - San Jose CA, US
Jae Woo CHANG - Cupertino CA, US
Marcel VAN OS - Santa Cruz CA, US
International Classification:
H04L 12/58
H04L 29/08
H04L 29/12
Abstract:
A device implementing a system for initiating a business messaging session includes at least one processors configured to receive a selection of a telephone number on a device. The at least one processor is further configured to transmit an encoded identifier corresponding to the telephone number to a server. The at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the telephone number is registered for a business messaging system based at least in part on a response received from the server. The at least one processor is further configured to provide a first display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via the business messaging system when the telephone number is registered for the business messaging system, otherwise providing a second display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via a user messaging system.