Wireless messaging system to multiple recipients

• US 6,970,535 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2002
• Issued: 11/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: EnvoyWorldWide, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Page, David A., Page, Howard Geza, Schmidt, Adrien Paul Raphael, Jean-George, Yola Kateline, Kirtley, William Harry, Warden, Gregory Charles, Gregory, Keith Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoosain, Allan
• Application Number:
  US10/132,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20020168965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/70, 379/88.04, 379/88.07, 379/88.11, 379/88.12, 379/88.13, 379/88.16, 379/88.17, 379/88.18, 379/88.22, 379/88.25
• US Class Current: 379/88.13
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A two way wireless hand held PDA device that allows remote mobile creation of messages and sending of those messages to recipients via different delivery modes. The recipients can be formed into groups by different criteria, the messages can be created or imported and edited from the remote device, and the messages can be delivered via more than one mode. Status of messages sent and in process is maintained as is account information related to the message and the user. Also messages can be formatted, and can be conditionally sent and receivers can perform automatic actions when specific messages are received. (And actions can be carried out in remote systems based on the responses to messages sent).

Claims

1. A portable two way wireless device comprising:

a portable housing;

two way wireless communication circuitry;

an interface to enter and display information;

a sender-side message compose mechanism to compose at the interface a given message;

a sender-side designation mechanism to designate at the interface a list corresponding to the given message, the list comprising (i) a set of multiple human recipients and (ii) different delivery modes and preferred contact addresses for transmitting the message to respective ones of the multiple human recipients; and

a base system transfer mechanism to transfer the given message and the list to a base system for sending by the base system of the given message via the different delivery modes to the respective ones of the multiple human recipients at the preferred contact addresses.