US 11,889,013 B2
Controlling devices using short message service via a relay device
Mathivanan Venkatachalam, Chennai (IN); Rajesh Ranganathan, Chengalpet (IN); Murugesan Duraipandi, Kanchipuram (IN); and Vishal Santharam, Chengalpet (IN)
Assigned to Zoho Corporation Private Limited, Kanchipuram (IN)
Filed by Zoho Corporation Private Limited, Kanchipuram District (IN)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,771.
Application 16/513,419 is a division of application No. 16/153,707, filed on Oct. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,362,159, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Application 17/685,771 is a continuation of application No. 17/024,199, filed on Sep. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,297,176.
Application 17/024,199 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,419, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,785,364, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/595,542, filed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,518, filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256026 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04L 61/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 12/126 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 1/72415 (2021.01) [H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 61/00 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/245 (2013.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/126 (2021.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of communicating with a target wireless device having a target-wireless-device phone number using a relay device having a relay-device phone number, the method comprising:
encrypting at least a portion of a payload that includes the relay-device phone number, thereby creating an encrypted payload portion; and
directing a command message to the target-wireless-device phone number, the command message including the encrypted payload portion.