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System and methods for robust messaging

US8301180B1 · kind B1 · utility

20Cited by

4References

17Claims

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Assignee

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

Michael A. Gailloux · Overland Park, US
Kenneth W. Samson · Belton, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2010
Grant date	Oct 30, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/58
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable electronic device is provided. The portable device comprises a wireless transceiver to receive and transmit messages and a messaging client. The messaging client receives a first message from the wireless transceiver, wherein the first message is from a first peer messaging client, parses the first message to read a first message sequence count, compares the first message sequence count to a first expected message sequence count, and based on a miscompare of the first message sequence count with the first expected message sequence count transmits a corrective message to the wireless transceiver for transmitting to the first peer messaging client.

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