Patent · US Expired

Message transfer from a source device via a mobile terminal device to a third device

US7203505B1 · kind B1 · utility

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45Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 2001
Grant dateApr 10, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for transferring a data message between a first terminal device and a second terminal device via an intermediate terminal device includes: entering a data message into the first terminal device; transmitting the data message from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device; formatting the data message into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message in the intermediate terminal device; and transmitting the at least one SMS message from the intermediate terminal device to the second terminal device. Formatting the data message may include formatting the data in a SyncML format. The intermediate terminal device may include a mobile terminal and the data message may be transferred from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device via a short range communication link which may include an IR or Bluetooth communication link.

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