ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,389, issued on May 6, was assigned to EBAY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Tap to subscribe to text message alerts" was invented by George Vincent Friborg Jr. (Wyndmoor, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing text message alerts. A telephony interface module receives an alert enrollment request from a client device. The alert enrollment request is received through a first type of communication channel. The alert enrollment request includes a protocol specific portion that includes a communication endpoint identif...