Sms to group from mobile

mihirpatel83

Hello,

First of all I will explain in brief regarding my requirement. I want my users to be distributed in couple of groups say ABC, XYZ, PQR....The users and groups will be managed through a website.....Now i want that a user can send group sms just by sending a single sms to any number say 999.

So if a user of group ABC send an sms to 999 then depending on which group he belongs, the messages should be sent automatically to all other users of that group.

I just have no clue where to find information or whom to ask so posting it here. Sorry if it is the wrong place to post....

Thank You....

dagon

you will need a sms-gate-way that supports this, i know the one we use does, but probably a lot do

mihirpatel83

Thanks for the reply...... I just want to know how can i achieve this.....i can send SMS from website to a group using sms gateway and including their api but how to do the reverse process....

I will have to send my sms to sm specific number rite......for example say 44556... and then it will trace my number and depending on which group i belong to it will send sms to other members using sms gateway......

what will i require? do i have to use any kind of webservices ?? in short just need to know how the reverse thing will work

dagon

so you're writing the sms gateway?

mihirpatel83

No....I guess i will have to explain more clearly....Here is the requirement of mine.

I want to develop a website....Where user registers and he can create his any number of groups and can add contacts with contact number(mobile no) in that. So this is I know can be achieved using sms gateway and including the API in the code.

But I want something more for the users. Apart from sending sms from website, I want that user can also use their mobile phone to sms the members of group. I dont want to use any application for that. I just want the user sends one sms may be to some shortcode or longcode which is linked to my website or its database and then the user is tracked and depending on the group id and then the sms that is sent is forwarded to other members.

I dont want to write the sms gateway. I just want to know how the reverse process of sending sms from mobile to other group members is possible and implemented

mihirpatel83

Example

Suppose there is user named ABC...He creates his own groups..
GROUP1(4 contacts)
GROUP2(10 contacts)
GROUP3(7 contacts)

Now, how can he send sms to say GROUP2 from his mobile.

Weedpacket

How you get the number of the user who sent the SMS would depend on the SMS gateway service you use to receive it.