PBX with short messaging service on a telephone display
First Claim
1. A method for sending and displaying short messages from at least one data network user to at least one subscriber of a telephonic network, said telephonic network having at least one telephone, said at least one telephone having a display for visually displaying said short messages, wherein said method comprises:
- holding a dialogue between said at least one data network user and a software agent embedded in the telephonic network, said dialogue providing said telephonic network a content and an address information of each short message, storing said content and address information in a database, and displaying the content of said message on the telephone display of said at least one subscriber wherein the storage of said content and address information comprises;
a) generating a first data structure, in which all messages destined to a same extension are linked;
b) generating a second data structure, in which each message is separately stored according to its destined extension;
c) storing each arriving short message in said second data structure;
d) organizing said stored short messages with links between messages destined to the same extension; and
e) storing said linked messages and any remaining unlinked messages in said first data structure. 2.The method according to claim 1, wherein the short message is sent as a single message, said short message containing content and address information of each short message.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for sending and displaying short messages from data network users which are linked to a telephonic network. The telephonic network comprises telephones, each with a display for visually displaying short messages to subscribers of the telephonic network. The apparatus holds a dialogue between the data network users and a software agent embedded in the telephonic network. The dialogue provides the telephonic network the content, the sender ID and the address information of each short message, stores the content and address information in a database, and displays the content of the messages on the telephone display of each destined subscriber.
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1. A method for sending and displaying short messages from at least one data network user to at least one subscriber of a telephonic network, said telephonic network having at least one telephone, said at least one telephone having a display for visually displaying said short messages, wherein said method comprises:
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holding a dialogue between said at least one data network user and a software agent embedded in the telephonic network, said dialogue providing said telephonic network a content and an address information of each short message, storing said content and address information in a database, and displaying the content of said message on the telephone display of said at least one subscriber wherein the storage of said content and address information comprises;
a) generating a first data structure, in which all messages destined to a same extension are linked;
b) generating a second data structure, in which each message is separately stored according to its destined extension;
c) storing each arriving short message in said second data structure;
d) organizing said stored short messages with links between messages destined to the same extension; and
e) storing said linked messages and any remaining unlinked messages in said first data structure. 2.The method according to claim 1, wherein the short message is sent as a single message, said short message containing content and address information of each short message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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