System and method for the insertion and extraction of telephone numbers from a wireless text message
First Claim
1. A system for the detection and extraction of call-back telephone numbers from an alphanumeric text message received by a remote station in a wireless communication system, the system comprising:
- a receiver for receiving said alphanumeric text message, said alphanumeric text message including a predetermined first delimiter and a telephone number;
a display for displaying at least a portion of said received alphanumeric text message;
a parser for extracting said telephone number from said received alphanumeric text message in response to said first delimiter;
a dialed digits storage area for storing said telephone number; and
a transmitter for transmitting said stored telephone number, thereby establishing communication with a destination corresponding to said telephone number.
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Abstract
A system uses conventional text messaging capabilities of cellular telephone systems to embed one or more call-back telephone numbers. A start delimiter is used to separate a text data portion corresponding to the call-back telephone number from the text message. A termination delimiter may be used to indicate the end of the text data portion corresponding to the call-back telephone number. Multiple text data portions, corresponding to multiple call-back telephone numbers, may be inserted using multiple start delimiters and termination delimiters. A text parser in the cellular telephone searches the text message for the start delimiter and extracts the text data portion corresponding to the call-back telephone number. The cellular telephone user selects a desired call-back telephone number, which may be placed in a dialing queue for simplified communications between the cellular telephone and a destination corresponding to the selected call-back telephone number.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for the detection and extraction of call-back telephone numbers from an alphanumeric text message received by a remote station in a wireless communication system, the system comprising:
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a receiver for receiving said alphanumeric text message, said alphanumeric text message including a predetermined first delimiter and a telephone number; a display for displaying at least a portion of said received alphanumeric text message; a parser for extracting said telephone number from said received alphanumeric text message in response to said first delimiter; a dialed digits storage area for storing said telephone number; and a transmitter for transmitting said stored telephone number, thereby establishing communication with a destination corresponding to said telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communication device for the detection and extraction of telephone numbers from a text message received by the communication device in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a text message including a predetermined first delimiter; a display for displaying at least a portion of said received text message; and a text parser for analyzing said received text message and for extracting therefrom a text data portion in response to said first delimiter, and for generating a call-back telephone number corresponding to said text data portion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for the insertion and extraction of a call-back telephone number in an alphanumeric text message, the system comprising:
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a message generator for generating said alphanumeric text message for transmission to a communication device, said alphanumeric text message including a first text delimiter for delimiting a text data portion corresponding to said call-back telephone number; a transmitter for transmitting said alphanumeric text message to said communication device; a receiver in said communication device for receiving said alphanumeric text message from said transmitter; a display in said communication device for displaying at least a portion of said received alphanumeric text message; and a text parser for analyzing said received alphanumeric text message and for extracting therefrom said text data portion in response to said first delimiter, and for generating a call-back telephone number corresponding to said text data portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for the detection and extraction of telephone numbers from a text message received by a communication device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, in said communication device, a text message including a predetermined first delimiter; displaying at least a portion of said received text message on a display; and extracting from said received text message a text data portion in response to said first delimiter, said extracted text data portion corresponding to a telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for the insertion and extraction of dialable call-back telephone numbers in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a text message for transmission to a communication device, said text message including a first text delimiter to delimit a text data portion corresponding to a call-back telephone number; transmitting said text message to said communication device; receiving, at said communication device, said text message; displaying at least a portion of said received text message on a display; extracting said text data portion from said received text message in response to said first delimiter; and generating a call-back telephone number corresponding to said extracted text data portion. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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