Innovation That Saves Lives Deserves Protection
- The Origin of Two-Way Texting
The idea began in the simplest way possible. One day my wife was looking for water bottles for our sports team. She texted me and asked if Target had them in stock. Then she said, “I wish I could text Target and ask them—just like I can text you.”
That comment sparked a life-changing idea: Why not? I had no software experience, so I hired developers. The first challenge was cost—each short-code text cost several cents. To make it practical, we built an email-to-carrier bridge (for example 123456789@att.com that sent and received texts through standard email servers—reducing cost to nearly zero. That innovation became the foundation for today’s two-way short-code texting systems used by businesses and public-safety programs, including 911 and 988.
- The Issue
Although I disclosed this technology to the FCC and NENA as early as 2010, similar methods were adopted nationally without license or acknowledgment.
- Our Goal
- Protect Inventor's Rights
- Transparency
- Fair Licensing
- Policy Oversight
- What We Ask Congress To Do
1️⃣ Hold an oversight inquiry into FCC & NENA IP practices.
2️⃣ Support a USPTO-facilitated mediation.
3️⃣ Require IP-compliance for future public-safety tech.
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