Text messaging system and method
First Claim
1. In an information terminal provided with communication means for transmitting and receiving text messages among mobile terminals or other information terminals via communication lines and servers responsive to said communication means, a text messaging device comprising:
- a plurality of transmission means having different transmission modes for transmitting to the servers text messages addressed to the mobile terminals or to the other information terminals;
reception means for receiving from the servers text messages from the mobile terminals or from the other information terminals; and
status detection means for detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of the each transmission means of the information terminals including at least a change of status of a connection with the communications lines,wherein the detecting the change of status further comprises;
detecting a disconnection of one of the each transmission means, anddetecting whether a user is using one of the information terminals.
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Abstract
A text messaging device including a transmitter having different transmission modes for transmitting text messages, which are addressed to mobile terminals or to other information, to a server. The text messaging device includes a receiver for receiving from the server text messages from the mobile terminals or from the other information terminals. The text messaging device also includes a detector for detecting and reporting to the server an operational status of the transmitter including a change of status of a connection with communication lines.
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14 Claims
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1. In an information terminal provided with communication means for transmitting and receiving text messages among mobile terminals or other information terminals via communication lines and servers responsive to said communication means, a text messaging device comprising:
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a plurality of transmission means having different transmission modes for transmitting to the servers text messages addressed to the mobile terminals or to the other information terminals; reception means for receiving from the servers text messages from the mobile terminals or from the other information terminals; and status detection means for detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of the each transmission means of the information terminals including at least a change of status of a connection with the communications lines, wherein the detecting the change of status further comprises; detecting a disconnection of one of the each transmission means, and detecting whether a user is using one of the information terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A text-messaging server connected to a mobile terminal and an information terminal respectively provided with communication means, via communications line responsive to the communications means, the server comprising:
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reception means for receiving text messages from the mobile terminal or the information terminal; transmission means for transmitting text messages received from the mobile terminal or the information terminal to another mobile terminal or to another information terminal using a dynamically selected transmission means and a dynamically selected transmission mode, wherein the server is connected to a plurality of either; status administration means for receiving and storing, per user of the information terminal, an operational status, including a change of status, of the each transmission means of the information terminal; and selecting means for referring to the operational status, including the change of status, stored by the status administration means of an information terminal that is a destination of the text message received from the information terminal, and for dynamically selecting a message destination and a transmission means and transmission mode for the text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status.
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4. A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a text messaging program utilized in an information terminal provided with communication means for transmitting and receiving text messages among mobile terminals or other information terminals via communication lines and servers responsive to said communication means, the computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded the text messaging program for executing:
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transmitting to the servers text messages addressed to the mobile terminals or to the other information terminals with one of a plurality of transmission means with different transmission modes; receiving from the servers text messages from the mobile terminals or from the other information terminals; and detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of each information terminal including at least a change of status of a connection with the communications lines, wherein the detecting the change of status further comprises; detecting a disconnection of one of the each transmission means, and detecting whether a user is using one of the information terminals. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A computer-readable recording medium on which is stored a text messaging administration program utilized in a server connected to mobile terminal and information terminal respectively provided with communication means, via communications line responsive to the communications means, the computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded the text messaging administration program for executing:
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receiving text messages from the mobile terminal or the information terminal; obtaining and storing, per user of the information terminal, an operational status, including a change of status, of each transmission means of each the information terminal; selecting each text message transmission mode according to the operational status, including the change of status, of the information terminal; and transmitting text messages from the information terminals to a destination information terminal according to the selected text transmission mode, wherein the change of status further comprises; a disconnection of one of the each transmission means and a use of an information terminal by a user.
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7. A text messaging method utilized in a server connected to a mobile terminal and an information terminal respectively provided with communication means, via communications line responsive to the communications means, the text messaging method:
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detecting and reporting to the server an operational status of each transmission means of the information terminal including at least a change of status of connection with the communications line; storing, per user of the information terminal, in the server the operational status, including the change of status; and selecting a transmission mode for the received text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status of the information terminal; and transmitting and receiving text messages by way of the server between the mobile terminal and the destination information terminal, or between the mobile terminal and another mobile terminal, wherein the system includes a plurality thereof, or between the information terminal and the destination information terminal, wherein the system includes a plurality thereof, according to the dynamically selected transmission mode.
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8. A text message transmission and reception method utilized in an information terminal provided with communication means for transmitting and receiving text messages among mobile terminals or other information terminals via communication lines and servers responsive to said communication means, the text message transmission and reception method:
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transmitting to the servers text messages addressed to the mobile terminals or to the other information terminals with one of a plurality of transmission means with different transmission modes; receiving from the servers text messages from the mobile terminals or from the other information terminals; and detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of the each transmission means including at least a change of status of a connection with the communications lines. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A text-messaging administration method for a server connected to a mobile terminal and an information terminal respectively provided with communication means, via a communications line responsive to the communications means, the text-messaging administration method comprising:
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receiving from the mobile terminal or the information terminal text messages addressed to another mobile terminal or another information terminal, or addressed to another mobile terminal or to another information terminal, wherein the system includes a plurality of either; gathering and storing per a user of the information terminal, an operational status of each transmission means of each information terminal including at least a change of status of connection with the communications line; and selecting a transmission means and a transmission mode for the received text messages according to the operational status, including the change of status, of the information terminal that is a destination of the text message received from the information terminal; and transmitting the received text messages to another mobile terminal or a destination information terminal according to the dynamically selected transmission mode using the dynamically selected transmission means.
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11. A text messaging system including a plurality of information terminals, and servers connected to the information terminals via communication lines, comprising:
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status detection means provided in the information terminals for detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of the each transmission means including at least a change of status of the connection with the communication lines; status administration means provided in the servers for storing, per user of any one of the information terminals, the operational status, including the change of status, of the each transmission means of each information terminal reported from said status detection means; selecting means provided in the server for referring to the operational status, including the change of status, stored by the status administration means of an information terminal that is a destination of the text message received from the information terminal, and for dynamically selecting a message destination and a transmission mode and a transmission means for the received text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A text messaging system including a plurality of information terminals and servers connected to the information terminals via communication lines, comprising:
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a detector detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of the each transmission means including at least a change of status of the connection with the communication lines; a receiver receiving text messages from any one of the information terminals; a controller storing, per user of any one of the information terminals, the change of operational status of the each transmission means of each information terminal reported from said status detection means; and a processor referring to the changed operational status stored by the controller and dynamically selecting a message destination and a transmission means and transmission mode for the received text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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