Digital text messaging system and method
US6754314B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 2, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system is disclosed including a first digital telephone set, a second digital telephone set, or its processing equivalent, having a private branch exchange (PBX)-paging server interface, and a PBX operative between the first digital telephone set and the second digital telephone set, wherein the second digital telephone set transmits text messages received from the first digital telephone set to a paging server via the PBX-paging server interface and wherein the paging server transmits the text messages to a pager. Also disclosed is a communication method including the steps of keying-in a text message on a first digital telephone set, transmitting the text message, via a private branch exchange (PBX), from the first digital telephone set to a second digital telephone set having a PBX-paging server interface, transmitting the text message, via the PBX-paging server interface, from the second digital telephone set to a paging server, transmitting the text message from the paging server to a pager, and displaying the text message on the pager.
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