End to End Acknowledgment of SMS Messages
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1. A method that acknowledges messages comprising:
- receiving a short message service (SMS) message at a cellular phone from a sending cellular phone;
automatically calling the sending cellular phone for the purposes of making a missed called to indicate receipt of the SMS message.
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Abstract
End to end acknowledgment of SMS messages based on sending an acknowledgement back to the sender of the SMS that the message was received after successful delivery.
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3 Claims
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1. A method that acknowledges messages comprising:
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receiving a short message service (SMS) message at a cellular phone from a sending cellular phone; automatically calling the sending cellular phone for the purposes of making a missed called to indicate receipt of the SMS message.
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2. A method that receives acknowledgement of a message comprising:
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transmitting a short message service (SMS) message from a cellular phone to a receiving device; receiving a missed call at the cellular phone from the receiving device and automatically interpreting the missed called as an acknowledgement from the receiving device that the SMS message was received.
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3. A computer readable medium having program code thereon operable to control a cell phone to send an acknowledgment message to the sender of an SMS message by automatically placing a call to a sending device that sent the SMS message and automatically terminating the call before being answered at the sending device.
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