US11153397B2
patent
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer pro grams encoded on a computer storage medium , for facili tating and improving push messaging provided to users . In one aspect , a method includes receiving , from a user device , a request to subscribe to a push messaging service, selecting a given phone number that is uniquely associated with the user based on the received request, transmitting, to a user device, a first message that presents visual information at the user device and includes the given phone number, receiving, by the one or more servers , a second message addressed to the given phone number, selecting an additional message that presents additional visual information at the user device based , at least in part, on the message received from the user device and one or more of a geolocation of the mobile device or a time of day, and transmitting the additional message to
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