The document discusses using the Nexmo API for various telecom applications. It provides documentation links and sample use cases for sending alerts and invites using SMS, verifying identity with two-factor authentication, proxying SMS for privacy, using SMS as a data pipeline, virtualizing phone numbers, and requesting feedback via SMS. The call to action promotes using the Nexmo API for two-way communication and various industries like healthcare, retail, social media, travel, finance, and more.

1. H a c k i n g t h e N e x m o A P I
Telecom Application Developer Hackathon
Madrid, June 6th and 7th 2014

2. Part 1:
Live Coding

3. Useful documentation
Nexmo documentation:https://docs.nexmo.com/index.php/voice-api
Nexmo SMS API: https://docs.nexmo.com/index.php/sms-api
Nexmo Voice API: https://docs.nexmo.com/index.php/voice-api
Nexmo Labs: https://labs.nexmo.com/

4. Part 2:
Sample Use Cases

5. 1.0 Sending Alerts & Invites
Alerts
1. Suspect activity takes place
2. Alert sent to users phone
Social Invites
1. Sarah Installs your app
2. Selects contacts to invite
3. Effectively and selectively send invites

6. 2.0 Verify Identity During Sign Up/Sign In
Client Side
1. Jack signs onto your site
2. He receives a one time code
on his mobile
3. Provides the code he was
sent to verify his identity with
the server
Server Side
1. Login configured for 2FA
2. Code generated, stored, and
sent via SMS
3. Server verifies Jack’s identity
by checking the code entered
with the stored code

7. 3.0 Proxy SMS for Privacy
User 1: Bob
1. Bob wants to
message Alice
anonymously
2. He is given a
proxied number
3. Sends a message
Server
1. Checks sender to
find that its Bob
2. Queries for Bob’s
conversation
3. Sends Bob’s
message to Alice
User 2: Alice
1. Receives the
message from the
proxied number
2. Replies to Bob
3. Process repeats

8. 4.0 Pipeline Data: Using SMS as a
channel
Device monitoring data inputs
1. An event outside of normal parameters occurs where wireless
internet connection is unavailable
2. The device sends an SMS immediately upon being triggered, or
on a schedule
3. The SMS becomes an HTTP request to a server
4. Data is accessible and near real-time

9. 5.0 Virtualize Numbers
Provide SMS without a phone
1. Sarah needs to send and receive without a phone
2. She’s provided a virtual number
3. She sends a new message from the application
4. Outbound messages are relayed via SMS
5. Tom sends Sarah’s virtual number a message via SMS
6. The message is relayed to the application where Sarah receives
it
Use Case 1

10. 5.1 Virtualize Numbers
Send SMS from a different number e.g. work vs
home
1. Sarah needs to send and receive without using her personal
number
2. She’s provided a virtual number, and can reply, or load her
contacts
3. Tom sends her virtual number an SMS
Use Case 2

11. 5.2 Virtualize Numbers
Have two way SMS conversations virtually
1. Sarah needs to send and receive without using her personal
number
2. She’s provided a virtual number, and can reply, or load her
contacts
3. Tom is assigned a virtual number
4. He sends an SMS
5. Inbound SMS is relayed using Tom’s virtual number
Use Case 3

12. 6.0 Request Feedback
Allow users to send in feedback through SMS
1. Jerry gives a speech
2. He needs a way to gather feedback
3. He provides a number that users can respond to via SMS
4. Feedback is stored in application for analysis

13. Nexmo connects the whole world
Through very simple cloud API

14. Call to action
2 way
communication
Healthcare
• Appointment
management
• Patient follow-up
• Medication reminders
Retail
• Customer authentication
• Customer service
• Promotions
Social Media
• User authentication
• P2P messaging
• Social invites
Travel/Hospitality
• Reservation confirmation
• Check-in & -out
• Travel alerts
Finance
• 2 factor authentication
• Transaction alert
• Balance alerts
Just to give you some ideas…
User 2 factor
authentication
Marketing
communications
Notifications, alerts and
promotions
Virtual numbers
Payment
confirmation
Booking & delivery
confirmation