Systems and methods for messaging using a broadband connection
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1. A system for data messaging, comprising:
- a message application server connected to a communications network and in communication with a communication device for sending and receiving a data message; and
a broadband connection between the message application server and a wireline-messaging device for sending and receiving the data message to and from the message application server, wherein the wireline messaging device is connected to a public switched telephone network, andwherein the message application serverreceives the data message from the wireline-messaging device over the broadband connection using a wireline directory number as a terminating address for the data message,sends a return message over the broadband connection to the communication device requesting identification of an intended recipient of the data message from among a plurality of wireline-messaging devices associated with the wireline directory number,receives a response message from the communication device indicating the intended recipient, andmaps the wireline directory number associated with the intended recipient of the data message to an Internet protocol address associated with the intended recipient.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for sending and receiving text, or data, messages between wireless communication devices and wireline-messaging devices utilize a broadband connection to the wireline premises as the signaling channel. A message application server sends messages directly to wireline-messaging devices through a digital network, such as the Internet. Such systems and methods include wireline-messaging devices integrated with premises telephones connected to a PSTN, in which the telephones are adapted with thin client software to send and receive data messages.
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1. A system for data messaging, comprising:
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a message application server connected to a communications network and in communication with a communication device for sending and receiving a data message; and a broadband connection between the message application server and a wireline-messaging device for sending and receiving the data message to and from the message application server, wherein the wireline messaging device is connected to a public switched telephone network, and wherein the message application server receives the data message from the wireline-messaging device over the broadband connection using a wireline directory number as a terminating address for the data message, sends a return message over the broadband connection to the communication device requesting identification of an intended recipient of the data message from among a plurality of wireline-messaging devices associated with the wireline directory number, receives a response message from the communication device indicating the intended recipient, and maps the wireline directory number associated with the intended recipient of the data message to an Internet protocol address associated with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of wireless-wireline data message communication, comprising:
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receiving a data message from a wireless communication device at a message application server connected to a communications network; using a wireline directory number associated with an intended premises as a routing address for the data message; establishing a point-to-point protocol session over a broadband connection between the message application server and a wireline-messaging device, the wireline-messaging device connected to a premises broadband gateway at the premises associated with the wireline directory number; mapping the wireline directory number associated with the intended premises to an Internet protocol address associated with the wireline-messaging device wherein the wireline messaging device is selected from among a plurality of wireline-messaging devices having an Internet protocol address; routing the data message from the message application server to the premises broadband gateway for routing to the wireline-messaging device; and routing the data message from the premises broadband gateway to the wireline-messaging device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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