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Cellular telephone network having short message service interaction with other networks

  • US 5,946,629 A
  • Filed: 11/28/1995
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communications system, comprising:

  • a cellular communications network comprising a plurality of mobile stations engaging in cellular telephone communications as well as short message service message communications wherein at least one short message service message contains a destination address in a non-cellular communications network as well as a network designation identifying that non-cellular communications network for the destination address;

    a plurality of non-cellular communications networks for carrying network message communications; and

    means connected between the cellular and non-cellular communications networks for facilitating inter-network message communications, said means functioning to perform a conversion of short message service messages originated at mobile stations on the cellular network to network messages transmitted for delivery by a certain one of the non-cellular communications networks to the destination address and to identify that certain one of the non-cellular communication networks for converting and delivering the network message from the network designation.

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