Message communication system and methodology
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1. A message communications system comprising:
- a plurality of point-of-sale terminals including human sensible message receiving functionality and human sensible message delivering functionality; and
a communications network communicating with said plurality of point-of-sale terminals and transmitting thereto human sensible messages.
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Abstract
A message communications system including a plurality of point-of-sale terminals including human sensible message receiving functionality and human sensible message delivering functionality and a communications network communicating with the plurality of point-of-sale terminals and transmitting thereto human sensible messages.
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1. A message communications system comprising:
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a plurality of point-of-sale terminals including human sensible message receiving functionality and human sensible message delivering functionality; and
a communications network communicating with said plurality of point-of-sale terminals and transmitting thereto human sensible messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A message communications system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals including human sensible message receiving functionality and human sensible message delivering functionality; and
a communications network communicating with said plurality of terminals and transmitting thereto human sensible messages, at least one of said plurality of terminals and said communications network having a mandatory human actuated acknowledgement functionality operative to prevent human sensible message delivery prior to provision of a human actuated acknowledgement of receipt of said human sensible message. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A message communications system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals including text message receiving functionality and text message delivering functionality; and
a communications network communicating with said plurality of terminals and transmitting thereto text messages, said communications network having a compression functionality operative to code said text messages, and employing a base 70 Latin character alphanumeric code of the type used in SMS messages. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A message communications system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals including text message receiving functionality and text message delivering functionality; and
a communications network communicating with said plurality of terminals and transmitting thereto text messages, said communications network having a language conversion functionality operative to convert text messages in non-Latin letters to a base 70 Latin character alphanumeric code of the type used in SMS messages. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A message communication method comprising:
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providing a communications network and a plurality of point-of-sale terminals including human sensible message receiving functionality and human sensible message delivering functionality;
communicating between said communications network and said plurality of point-of-sale terminals; and
transmitting human sensible messages to said plurality of point-of-sale terminals. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A message communications method comprising:
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providing a communications network and a plurality of terminals including human sensible message receiving functionality and human sensible message delivering functionality;
communicating between said communications network and said plurality of terminals;
transmitting human sensible messages to said plurality of terminals, acknowledging, via a mandatory human actuated acknowledgement functionality, receipt of said human sensible message;
preventing delivery of said human sensible message until completion of said acknowledging; and
delivering said human sensible message, subsequent to said acknowledging. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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55. A message communications method comprising:
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providing a communications network and a plurality of terminals including text message receiving functionality and text message delivering functionality;
communicating between said communications network and said plurality of terminals;
transmitting text messages to said plurality of terminals; and
compressing said text messages employing a base 70 Latin character alphanumeric code of the type used in SMS messages prior to said transmitting. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58)
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59. A message communications method comprising:
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providing a communications network and a plurality of terminals including text message receiving functionality and text message delivering functionality;
communicating between said communications network and said plurality of terminals;
converting text messages in non-Latin letters to a base 70 Latin character alphanumeric code of the type used in SMS messages; and
subsequently transmitting said text messages to said plurality of terminals. - View Dependent Claims (60)
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