How to Build an SMS Service
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Introducing SMS
- Section 1.1. Message Format
- Section 1.2. Definitions
- Section 1.3. International Issues
- Chapter 2. Types of SMS Service
- Section 2.1. Notification
- Section 2.2. Lookup
- Section 2.3. MessagingSocial Networking
- Section 2.4. Action
- Section 2.5. Art
- Chapter 3. SMS Interaction Design Considerations
- Section 3.1. Short message length
- Section 3.2. Intrusiveness
- Section 3.3. High Barrier to Input
- Section 3.4. Slow Interactivity
- Section 3.5. Minimal Affordances
- Section 3.6. Limited Character Set
- Section 3.7. Always On Everywhere
- Section 3.8. Store and Forward
- Section 3.9. Multitasking and Stealth
- Chapter 4. SMS Short Codes
- Section 4.1. More Is Less
- Chapter 5. SMS Fundamentals
- Section 5.1. Pricing: Paying for SMS Messages
- Section 5.2. Premium SMS: Getting Paid for Your Service
- Chapter 6. Six Ways to Implement SMS
- Chapter 7. Using an SMS Aggregator
- Section 7.1. The Basics
- Section 7.2. Advantages and Disadvantages
- Section 7.3. Example Service: Conference Messaging
- Chapter 8. Using a Smartphone as an SMS Modem
- Section 8.1. The Basics
- Section 8.2. Advantages and Disadvantages
- Section 8.3. Example Service: Echo and Hello World Using a Smartphone
- Section 8.4. Server Architecture
- Section 8.5. Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 9. Using Email to SMS Gateways
- Section 9.1. The Basics
- Section 9.2. Example Service: Weather Updates
- Chapter 10. Using a Mashup: 411Sync
- Section 10.1.
- Chapter 11. Using Twitter to Build a SMS Service
- Section 11.1. Twitter Overview
- Section 11.2. The Twitter API
- Section 11.3. Advantages and Disadvantages
- Section 11.4. Example Service: Echo
- Chapter 12. Using Windows Live Alerts
- Chapter 13. Summary