Method for addressing short messages to at least one terminal suitable for receiving the same in a fixed network

• US 7,092,503 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2002
• Issued: 08/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Goertz, Wemer
• Primary Examiner(s): TIEU, BENNY QUOC
• Application Number:
  US10/472,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20040137920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 379/216.01, 379/355.01, 379/220.01, 379/207.02, 379/230, 455/466, 455/445
• US Class Current: 379/220.01
• 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: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1322 PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13336 Store & forward, messaging systems email H04Q2213/13375

Abstract

A method is provided for addressing short messages in a fixed network, both to fixed-network terminals that are operated as standalone units in a fixed network or to terminals that are operated in parallel in the fixed network and to extensions of cord-connected or cordless fixed-network terminals that are configured as private branch exchanges and operated either as standalone units or in parallel in the fixed network. To achieve this, several numeric identifiers are assigned to each fixed network terminal in order to address the short messages, in such a way for a fixed network terminal that is configured as a private branch exchange, the numeric identifiers can be arbitrarily distributed among the extensions.

Claims

1. A method for addressing short messages to at least one terminal receiving the short messages in a fixed network, the method comprising the steps of:

assigning an initial one-digit numeric identifier to a respective fixed-network terminal; and

assigning a plurality of numeric identifiers to each fixed-network terminal such that, for a fixed-network terminal configured as a private branch exchange with a plurality of extensions, the plurality of numeric identifiers are arbitrarily distributed among the plurality of extensions.

2. A method for addressing short messages to at least one terminal suitable for receiving the short messages in a fixed network as claimed in claim 1, wherein each respective numeric identifier is formed from a second single-digit numeric identifier in addition to the initial one-digit numeric identifier.

3. A method for addressing short messages to at least one terminal suitable for receiving the short messages in a fixed network as claimed in claim 2, wherein each respective fixed-network terminal is addressed with the initial one-digit numeric identifier and the plurality of extensions are addressed with the second single-digit numeric identifier in the respective fixed-network terminal configured as a private branch exchange.