US 9531665

Here is a concise summary of US Patent 9,531,665.

Title: Information messaging system

Assignee: The patent was originally assigned to "Individual." However, extensive litigation activity indicates the current entity asserting the patent is Contactwave LLC. According to the USPTO assignment database, the patent was assigned to MIRA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC. on October 9, 2024, and subsequently to CONTACTWAVE LLC on October 30, 2024.

Inventors: Nitesh Ratnakar

Filing Date: February 10, 2015

Issue Date: December 27, 2016

Abstract:
A method of transmitting contact information to an approved mobile communication device includes receiving an input representative of desired contact information located on a first web page and an input representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device. The method also includes saving information representative of the desired contact information in a contact information database. The method also includes determining whether the desired mobile communication device is an approved device and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of a notification to send the information representative of the desired contact information. The method also includes receiving an input from the desired mobile communication device information representative of an acceptance to receive the information representative of the desired contact information, and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of the desired contact information.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

Independent Claim 1: This claim describes a method performed by a server for sending messages from different vendors to a mobile user. The process involves:

1. Sending a message from a first vendor to a mobile user.
2. Receiving confirmation that the user accepted the first vendor's message.
3. After verifying this acceptance, the server then sends a message from a second, different vendor to that same user.

Essentially, a user's acceptance of a message from one vendor acts as a trigger or permission for the system to send a message from another vendor.

Independent Claim 7: This claim describes the server system itself, configured to perform the method outlined in Claim 1. It details a server with one or more processors and memory storing a software application. This application manages mobile user accounts and vendor accounts and is programmed to:

1. Send a message from a first vendor to a mobile user.
2. Receive and verify that the user accepted the first vendor's message.
3. Only after this verification, send a message from a second vendor to that user.

This claim focuses on the physical or virtual server infrastructure that enables the messaging process described in the first claim.

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Disclaimer: This summary is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The legal status of this patent should be independently verified. As of the date of this analysis, no records of proceedings before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) for this specific patent were found.