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Message communications system

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  • US 5,706,211 A
  • Filed: 03/02/1995
  • Issued: 01/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A messaging system, comprising:

  • a messaging gateway operable to receive messages from a remote messaging system and to construct transmittable messages including portions of the messages received from the remote messaging system;

    an RF transmission system coupled to the messaging gateway and operable to receive the transmittable messages from the messaging gateway system;

    a subscriber device operable to communicate using radio frequency transmissions with the RF transmission system and operable to receive the transmittable messages including portions of the messages received from the remote messaging system through the messaging gateway system and the transmission system;

    the subscriber device operable to generate commands and to transmit the commands to the RF transmission system;

    the RF transmission system operable to direct the commands from the subscriber device to the messaging gateway; and

    the messaging gateway system operable to translate the commands into a protocol understood by the remote messaging system and to transmit the translated command to the remote messaging system such that a user of the subscriber device can control the operation of the remote messaging system utilizing commands transmitted to the remote messaging system through the RF transmission system and the messaging gateway system.

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