SMS Technology for Computerized Devices
First Claim
1. A method for routing communication between at least one mobile telephone and at least one device having an IP address and a Media Access Control (MAC) address, the method comprising:
- registering the at least one device on a network router and associating a telephone number with the at least one registered device on the router;
receiving on the network router a message directed to the telephone number and retrieving the IP address and the MAC address of the device using at least one of the telephone number and a user identification as a selection criterion; and
,routing the message to the IP address and the MAC address of the device, thereby delivering the message from the at least one mobile telephone to the at least one device having the IP address and the MAC address.
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Abstract
A method and system for delivering SMS and MMS messages from a mobile telephone to devices having addresses on an Internet Protocol network are provided. In an embodiment of the invention a device having an IP address and a Media Access Control (MAC) address is registered on a network router and a telephone number is associated with the registered device on the router, such that when the router receives an SMS or MMS message for the telephone number associated with the device the router retrieves the IP address for the device and routes the message to the device.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for routing communication between at least one mobile telephone and at least one device having an IP address and a Media Access Control (MAC) address, the method comprising:
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registering the at least one device on a network router and associating a telephone number with the at least one registered device on the router; receiving on the network router a message directed to the telephone number and retrieving the IP address and the MAC address of the device using at least one of the telephone number and a user identification as a selection criterion; and
,routing the message to the IP address and the MAC address of the device, thereby delivering the message from the at least one mobile telephone to the at least one device having the IP address and the MAC address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for delivering a message from a mobile telephone to at least one device having an Internet Protocol (IP) and a Media Access Control (MAC) address, the system comprising:
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a network router comprising a table for registering and associating at least one of a telephone number and a user identification with the MAC address and the IP address of the at least one device; at least one local area network selected from the group consisting of;
a wireless network;
a cable network;
a DSL network;
a telco network;
a combination of a DSL and wireless network;
a combination of a telco and wireless network; and
a combination of a cable and wireless network, for transporting the message from the router to the device; and
,an internet connection for connecting the local area network to the internet, wherein the system delivers the message from the at least one mobile telephone to the at least one device having the IP address and the MAC address associated with the telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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