METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM A WIRELESS TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method for use in retrieving information from a wireless two-way communication apparatus, comprising:
- at a location that is both physically remote from and logically distinct from the wireless two-way communication apparatus;
receiving a request for the information;
using the request to form a corresponding message, which message is configured and arranged to cause a receiving wireless two-way communication apparatus to responsively forward the information;
forwarding the corresponding message to the wireless two-way communication apparatus.
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Abstract
A user is able to remotely cause their wireless two-way communication apparatus (300) (such as a cellular telephone) to provide information as is stored at the apparatus (such as an answering machine message) to the user to enable the user to cause that information to be played back and hence reviewed and considered. By one approach, a location that is both physically remote from and logically distinct from the wireless two-way communication apparatus (such as, but not limited to, an Internet Service Provider server) receives (101) such a request for information from the user and uses (102) that request to form a corresponding message. The latter can be configured and arranged to cause the receiving wireless two-way communication apparatus to, in turn, responsively forward the requested information. This message can then be forwarded (103) to the wireless two-way communication apparatus.
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1. A method for use in retrieving information from a wireless two-way communication apparatus, comprising:
at a location that is both physically remote from and logically distinct from the wireless two-way communication apparatus; receiving a request for the information; using the request to form a corresponding message, which message is configured and arranged to cause a receiving wireless two-way communication apparatus to responsively forward the information; forwarding the corresponding message to the wireless two-way communication apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for use in forwarding previously stored information from a wireless two-way communication apparatus, comprising:
at the wireless two-way communication apparatus; receiving a wireless message; using the wireless message to identify the previously stored information and a network address; in response to receiving the wireless message, automatically forwarding the previously stored information to the network address. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless two-way transceiver; a memory having information stored therein; a processor that is operably coupled to the wireless two-way transceiver and the memory and that is configured and arranged to; use a received wireless message to identify previously stored information that is stored in the memory and a network address; automatically forward the previously stored information to the network address. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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