Systems and methods for delivering a stored message to a subscriber

• US 20050250475A1
• Filed: 05/06/2004
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Slemmer, John Blake, Schaub, Ryan
• Granted Patent: US 7,139,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18586 Arrangements for data transporting, e.g. for an end to end data transport or check
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method for delivering a stored message to a satellite radio receiver is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request to retrieve the message, receiving the message, encoding the message for satellite transmission, and transmitting the message for delivery to the satellite radio receiver.

Claims

1. A method for delivering a stored message to a satellite radio receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a request to retrieve the message;

receiving the message;

encoding the message for satellite transmission; and

transmitting the message for delivery to the satellite radio receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request includes receiving the request via a wireless communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the request via the wireless communication device includes receiving the request via a wireless telephone.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the request via the wireless communication device includes receiving the request via a wireless pager.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the request via the wireless communication device includes receiving the request via a wireless personal digital assistant.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request includes receiving identification information associated with a subscriber.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the request includes receiving a password associated with the subscriber.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the message includes retrieving the message from a message server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the message from the message server includes retrieving a text message.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein retrieving the text message includes retrieving an electronic mail message.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein retrieving the text message includes retrieving an electronic fax message.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the message from the message server includes retrieving a voice message.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein encoding the message for satellite transmission includes converting the message to a voice message.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein encoding the message for satellite transmission includes digitizing the message.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the message for delivery to the satellite radio receiver includes uplinking the message to a satellite.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the message at the satellite radio receiver;

decoding the message; and

presenting the message in audio form.

17. A computer program stored on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising instructions to:

retrieve a message stored for a subscriber; and

encode the message for satellite transmission.

18. The computer program of claim 17, further comprising instructions to convert the message to an audio message.

19. The computer program of claim 17, further comprising instructions to digitize the message.

20. A system for delivering a stored message to a satellite radio receiver, the system comprising:

means for receiving a request to retrieve the message;

means for receiving the message;

means for encoding the message for satellite transmission; and

means for transmitting the message for delivery to the satellite radio receiver.