Individual short message service (SMS) options
US6151507A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cellular radiotelephone (10) includes a keypad (22), a memory (24), and a display device (20) for displaying information to a user. The radiotelephone is bidirectionally coupled through a wireless interface to a network operating in accordance with a wireless communication protocol. A method comprises steps of (a) composing a text message in the radiotelephone for transmission to the network, (b) before transmitting the text message, entering information into the radiotelephone for specifying a state of at least one protocol element of the wireless communication protocol for placing the wireless communication protocol into a selected configuration, and (c) transmitting the previously composed text message from the radiotelephone to the network using the selected configuration. The user may also specify that a SMS message transmitted from the radiotelephone be converted to another message type (e.g., a facsimile message, a page message, or an electronic mail message) by the network, before being forwarded by the network. Another method of the invention includes the steps of (a) providing in the memory a plurality of sets of variables, each variable relating to a respective protoco…
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