Text messaging system and method
First Claim
1. A text messaging system including a plurality of information terminals provided with communications parts, and servers connected to the information terminals via communication lines responsive to the communication parts, the text messaging system comprising:
- a plurality of transmitters having different transmission modes and one of the transmitters provided in each of the information terminals for transmitting to the servers text messages addressed to other of the information terminals;
a receiver provided in the information terminals for receiving from the servers a text message from other of the information terminals;
a status detector provided in the information terminals for detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of each of the transmitters including at least a change of status of the connection with the communication lines;
a receiver provided in the servers for receiving text messages from any one of the information terminals;
a status administrator provided in the servers for storing, per user of any one of the information terminals, the operational status, including the change of status, of each of the transmitters means of each information terminal reported from said status detector;
a selector provided in the servers for referring to the operational status, including the change of status, stored by the status administrator of an information terminal that is selecting a message destination and a transmitter and transmission mode for the received text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status; and
a transmitter provided in the servers for transmitting text messages received from the information terminals to the destination information terminal according to the dynamically selected transmission mode using the dynamically selected transmitter.
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Abstract
The text messaging system consists of mobile terminal (5) connected to mobile communication network (4), information terminal (3) connected to computer network (2), and server (1) connected to the mobile communication network and the computer network. The information terminal (3) has status detection means (22), (23), and (24), and detects an operational status including at least the connection status of the computer network and notifies the server (1) of it. The server (1) has status administration means (8) and (9) and decision means (10). The status administration means (8) and (9) retain the operational status of the information terminal (3) notified from status detection means (24) for each user. The decision means (10) determines a send mode according to the operational status of the information terminal such as whether to send a text message to an information terminal or to send a text message with a network application.
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14 Claims
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1. A text messaging system including a plurality of information terminals provided with communications parts, and servers connected to the information terminals via communication lines responsive to the communication parts, the text messaging system comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters having different transmission modes and one of the transmitters provided in each of the information terminals for transmitting to the servers text messages addressed to other of the information terminals; a receiver provided in the information terminals for receiving from the servers a text message from other of the information terminals; a status detector provided in the information terminals for detecting and reporting to the servers an operational status of each of the transmitters including at least a change of status of the connection with the communication lines; a receiver provided in the servers for receiving text messages from any one of the information terminals; a status administrator provided in the servers for storing, per user of any one of the information terminals, the operational status, including the change of status, of each of the transmitters means of each information terminal reported from said status detector; a selector provided in the servers for referring to the operational status, including the change of status, stored by the status administrator of an information terminal that is selecting a message destination and a transmitter and transmission mode for the received text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status; and a transmitter provided in the servers for transmitting text messages received from the information terminals to the destination information terminal according to the dynamically selected transmission mode using the dynamically selected transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A text messaging system including a mobile terminal and an information terminal respectively provided with communication parts, and a server connected to the mobile terminal and to the information terminal via a communications line responsive to the communication parts, the text messaging system comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters having different transmission modes in the information terminal for transmitting to the server text messages addressed to the mobile terminal, or to another information terminal; receiver provided in the information terminal for receiving from the server text messages from the mobile terminal, or from another information terminal; a status detector means in the information terminal for detecting and reporting to the server an operational status of the each transmitters including at least a change of status of the connection with the communications line; a receiver provided in the server for receiving text messages from the mobile terminal or the information terminal; a status administrator means provided in the server for storing per user of the information terminal, an operational status of each transmitter of the information terminal reported from said status detector; and a selector provided in the server for referring to the operational status, including the change of status, stored by the status administrator of an information terminal that is a destination of the text message received from the information terminal, and for dynamically selecting a message destination and a transmission mode and a transmitter for the received text messages according to the stored operational status and change of status; and a transmitter provided in the server for transmitting to the information terminal text messages received from the mobile terminal, and transmitting to the mobile terminal text messages received from the information terminal, or transmitting text messages received from the mobile terminal or the information terminal to another mobile terminal or to another information terminal according to the dynamically selected transmission mode using the dynamically selected transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A text messaging system including a mobile terminal and an information terminal respectively provided with communication parts, a first server connected to the information terminal via communications line responsive to the communication parts, and a second server connected to the mobile terminal and to the information terminal via the communications line, the text messaging system comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters having different transmission modes provided in the information terminal for transmitting to the second server text messages addressed to the mobile terminal, or to another information terminal wherein the system includes a plurality thereof; a receiver provided in the information terminal for receiving from the second server text messages from the mobile terminal, or from other information terminal wherein the system includes a plurality thereof; a status detector provided in the information terminal for detecting and reporting to the first server an operational status of the each transmitter including at least a change of status of connection with the communications line; a status administrator provided in the first server for gathering and storing per user of the information terminals, an operational status, including the change of status, of the each transmitter from each information terminal; a receiver provided in the second server for receiving text messages from the mobile terminal or the information terminal; a selector provided in the second server for obtaining from the first server operational status, including the change of status, of the information terminal that is a destination of the text message received from the information terminal, and for dynamically selecting a transmission mode for received text messages according to the obtained operational status and change of status; and a transmitter provided in the second server for transmitting text messages received from the mobile terminal or the information terminal to another mobile terminal or a destination information terminal according to the dynamically selected transmission mode using the dynamically selected transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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