Radio telephone text transmission system
First Claim
1. A communication system for transmitting a text message to a mobile terminal, comprisinga radio communication network,a remote mobile terminal operable with the radio communication network,a local mobile terminal operable with the radio communication network, the local mobile terminal including a user alterable memory means capable of storing a text message, andmeans for coupling the local mobile terminal to an external computer apparatus for enabling data transfer between the local mobile terminal and the computer apparatus, wherein said user alterable memory means is accessible from said external computer apparatus for at least one of read accesses or write accesses, and wherein there is provideddata processing means associated with the computer apparatus for operating on text message data transferable to the user alterable memory means, andmessage sending means for utilising said text message data for transmitting to said remote mobile terminal a text message generated at the computer apparatus.
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Abstract
A communication system for transmitting text messages to a mobile terminal in a radio telephone network is disclosed. A local mobile terminal is coupled to an external computer and is used to generate, manipulate and optionally store text messages which can be transmitted or received over the radio telephone network via the local mobile terminal. The text messages are transmitted to or received from a remote mobile terminal in the radio telephone network.
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32 Claims
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1. A communication system for transmitting a text message to a mobile terminal, comprising
a radio communication network, a remote mobile terminal operable with the radio communication network, a local mobile terminal operable with the radio communication network, the local mobile terminal including a user alterable memory means capable of storing a text message, and means for coupling the local mobile terminal to an external computer apparatus for enabling data transfer between the local mobile terminal and the computer apparatus, wherein said user alterable memory means is accessible from said external computer apparatus for at least one of read accesses or write accesses, and wherein there is provided data processing means associated with the computer apparatus for operating on text message data transferable to the user alterable memory means, and message sending means for utilising said text message data for transmitting to said remote mobile terminal a text message generated at the computer apparatus.
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15. A method for transmitting text messages to a remote mobile terminal, comprising
coupling a local mobile terminal to an external computer apparatus to enable data transfer therebetween, operating on text message data transferred to the computer apparatus and transferable to user alterable memory means disposed in the local mobile terminal, wherein the user alterable memory means is accessible from the external computer apparatus for at least one of read accesses or write accesses, and utilising the text message data for transmitting a text message generated at the computer apparatus to the remote mobile terminal via the local mobile terminal.
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26. Computer apparatus for use with a local mobile terminal of a type that is operable with a radio communication network, said local mobile terminal comprising a user alterable memory means capable of storing a text message, said computer apparatus comprising:
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means for coupling said computer apparatus to said local mobile terminal for enabling data transfer between said local mobile terminal and said computer apparatus, wherein said user-alterable memory means of said local mobile terminal is accessible from said computer apparatus for at least one of read accesses or write accesses; data processing means for operating on text message data transferable to said user alterable memory means, and message sending means for utilizing said text message data for transmitting, via said local mobile terminal, a text message generated at the computer apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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