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UNIFIED AND BEST MESSAGING SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES

  • US 20140120963A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2013
  • Published: 05/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld communication device for transmission of messages to recipient devices, the handheld communication device comprising:

  • a display; and

    a processor configured, in at least one mode of message composition, to;

    present a unified messaging interface to a user via the display for composition of messages which can be transmitted from the handheld communication device in at least two different transmittal message types, including a Short Message Service (SMS) transmittal message type and a non-SMS transmittal message type;

    determine, based at least in part on a recipient address associated with a message, whether the non-SMS transmittal message type can be used to transmit the message to the recipient address;

    automatically select the non-SMS transmittal message type to be used for the transmission of the message to the recipient address when it is determined that the non-SMS transmittal message type can be used; and

    automatically select the SMS transmittal message type to be used for the transmission of the message to the recipient address when it is determined that the non-SMS transmittal message type cannot be used.

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