Inventors:
Zhijian Lin - Dublin CA, US
Amir Mayblum - Walnut Creek CA, US
Chong Wang - Castro Valley CA, US
Heather Goodson - Lafayette CA, US
Jerry Kupsh - Concord CA, US
Assignee:
Cellco Partnership D/B/A Verizon Wireless - Basking Ridge NJ
International Classification:
H04W 4/20
Abstract:
A method that enables provisioning of mobile station messages to multiple devices associated with the sender and/or receiver includes receiving, at a mobile messaging service center, a mobile messaging service message; identifying a destination mobile station associated with the received message, the destination mobile station having a Mobile Directory Number and corresponding to a primary device of a customer of a mobile communication network provider; and delivering, through a mobile communication network, the received message to the primary device of the customer. The method also includes steps of determining whether the customer subscribes to a Messaging Anywhere (MA) service; upon determination that the customer subscribers to the MA service, delivering, from the mobile messaging service center, a copy of the received message to an MA server; and delivering, from the MA server, the message to a secondary device previously identified by the customer.