METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
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Abstract
A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a memory or hard disk drive for later retrieval by a message recipient. The picture or video message may be encoded, encrypted or compressed prior to receipt by the wireless device.
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49. A wireless picture messaging system in which a picture is sent from a message originator having a telephone number to a message recipient having a wireless portable communication device, comprising:
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a message center;
a picture message input device for use by the message originator for generating a message including a picture to be transmitted to the message center from a message originator;
a receiver coupled to the message center for receiving and storing in a memory both message originator information provided automatically by a communications network as the caller ID identifying the telephone number of the message originator, and a picture obtained from the message originator with the caller ID;
a wireless portable communication device for receiving wireless signals from the message center; and
,a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the stored caller ID and the stored picture from the message center to the wireless portable communication device. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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