Patent · US Expired

Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications

US7088990B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/72445
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications (17, 18) and means (8) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.

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