Method of sending text messages, a mobile telecommunications network, a register for a mobile telecommunications network, and a mobile telecommunications terminal
First Claim
1. A method of sending text messages by forwarding text messages intended for a first terminal to a second terminal, the first terminal being a terminal of a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising sending a control signal from the first terminal to routing circuitry indicating that text messages intended for the first terminal are to be forwarded to the second terminal, text messages being forwarded to the second terminal in consequence.
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Abstract
A method of sending text messages by forwarding text messages intended for a first terminal to a second terminal is provided. The first terminal is a terminal of a mobile telecommunications network. The method comprises sending a control signal from the first terminal to routing circuitry indicating that text messages intended for the first terminal are to be forwarded to the second terminal. Text messages are then forwarded to the second terminal in consequence.
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1. A method of sending text messages by forwarding text messages intended for a first terminal to a second terminal, the first terminal being a terminal of a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising
sending a control signal from the first terminal to routing circuitry indicating that text messages intended for the first terminal are to be forwarded to the second terminal, text messages being forwarded to the second terminal in consequence.
- 7. A mobile telecommunications network comprising a first terminal, and routing circuitry for forwarding text messages intended for the first terminal to a second terminal, the routing circuitry being responsive to a control signal from the first terminal indicating that text message forwarding to the second terminal is to be enabled.
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9. A register for a mobile telecommunications network operative upon being interrogated to provide routing information to a first terminal for a text message to provide routing information to a second terminal.
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10. A mobile telecommunications terminal having a function in its menu to enable text message forwarding to another telecommunications terminal by sending a text message forwarding control signal.
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