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System for enabling communication between computers and mobile telephones

A computer and source computer technology, applied in the field of communication systems, can solve the problems of difficulty in identifying, limiting the scope of use of mail servers, and difficult application.

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-17
FORGETMENOT SOFTWARE
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However, not every mobile phone supports e-mail addresses as reply-to addresses, and even if a mobile phone supports these, every communication network cannot route the above-mentioned messages
Therefore, those mobile phones that support SMS-to-email functionality and telecommunication providers with explicit routing to support the above limit the use of mail servers as two-way gateways
[0005] Email as a destination or source of SMS messages also makes it difficult to implement simultaneous conversations with mobile phones
Sorting becomes difficult as all replies are directed to the same email address
Applications where individual SMS messages must be linked to individual responses (such as appointment confirmations or transaction approvals) become difficult when all replies are sent to the same address
The way around this problem can be found to the extent that special codes need to be included in the reply, but this is inconvenient
Another disadvantage is receiving SMS reply messages together with incoming regular emails, making it difficult to distinguish regular emails from SMS-originated emails

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[0027] At least in its preferred form, the invention provides a method whereby a message prepared on a computer can be sent as a text message to a designated mobile phone. Importantly, in contrast to prior art email to SMS systems, the message is sent with an associated reply number so that the recipient of the text message can use conventional text messaging protocols such as SMS to send a reply text message to that reply number.

[0028] In the following discussion of embodiments of the invention, it should be noted that terms such as "destination", "destination number" and "destination mobile phone" refer to the mobile phone to which the text message is sent from the computer. Terms such as "receiver" and "receiver number" refer to means for receiving reply messages from the destination mobile phone.

[0029] It should be understood that, although for ease of discussion, this description will refer abstractly to text messages sent from "computers," which include desktop pe...

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Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for enabling text messages to be. sent from a computer to a mobile device, and for a reply text message to be sent from the mobile device to the computer. An outgoing text message, including a reply telephone number, is sent from a source computer to a destination mobile device. The reply number' that is sent is chosen on the basis of regions (either geographic or regions associated with particular mobile communications providers) with the reply number being ''leased'' for use with a particular outgoing message. A protocol exists for choosing an alternate reply number if the first choice is not available. Means are then also provided for forwarding a reply message received by receiving means associated with a reply number to the source computer.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a communication system, and more particularly, to a communication system in which text can be communicated bidirectionally between a computer and, in particular, a mobile phone using a text messaging protocol. Background technique [0002] In addition to traditional voice-to-speech exchanges between users of mobile phones, it has also become possible to use mobile phones to send short text messages to other mobile phones. Many protocols have been developed for such messages, such as SMS (Short Message System) communication, and such a method of sending text messages between mobile phones has been called "text messaging" or "text". Text messaging has become very popular as a method of sending short messages when it may be inconvenient or impossible for one party to have a voice-to-voice conversation. Billions of text messages are sent and received every day. [0003] It is also known for computer users to send messages...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/58H04W4/12
Inventor J·T·卡罗尔
Owner FORGETMENOT SOFTWARE