Sending and receiving text-based messages over a mobile phone via a network connected computer
First Claim
1. A method for sending and receiving text-based messages comprising:
- A) sending an outgoing text-based message, including;
receiving via a global communication network, at a server, an outgoing text-based message in a global communication network-based format and a destination identifier associated with a destination device on a wireless telephonic network; and
sending via the global communication network, from the server, the outgoing text-based message and a directive for a proxy mobile phone to receive the outgoing text-based message via the global communication network and to forward the outgoing text-based message in a wireless telephonic network-based format via the wireless telephonic network to the destination device specified by the destination identifier; and
B) receiving an incoming text-based message, including;
receiving via the global communication network, at the server, an incoming text-based message in the global communication network-based format and an origin identifier associated with an originating device on the wireless telephonic network and indicating that the incoming text-based message has been received in the wireless telephonic network-based format via the wireless telephonic network at the proxy mobile phone and forwarded by the proxy mobile phone to the server via the global communication network; and
providing from the server the incoming text-based message in the global communication network-based format for access via the global communication network.
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Abstract
A method for sending and receiving text-based messages using a proxy mobile phone is disclosed. Sending includes receiving via a global communication network, at a server, an outgoing text-based message and sending the message and a directive for a proxy mobile phone to receive the message and forward the message via a wireless telephonic network to a destination device specified by a destination identifier. Receiving includes receiving, at the server, an incoming text-based message and an origin identifier indicating the message has been received by the proxy mobile phone via the wireless telephonic network and forwarded by the proxy mobile phone to the server via the global communication network. The incoming text message is provided by the server for access via the global communication network. Further, a system is disclosed having a server and a client equipped mobile phone, the system being configured to use the method.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for sending and receiving text-based messages comprising:
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A) sending an outgoing text-based message, including; receiving via a global communication network, at a server, an outgoing text-based message in a global communication network-based format and a destination identifier associated with a destination device on a wireless telephonic network; and sending via the global communication network, from the server, the outgoing text-based message and a directive for a proxy mobile phone to receive the outgoing text-based message via the global communication network and to forward the outgoing text-based message in a wireless telephonic network-based format via the wireless telephonic network to the destination device specified by the destination identifier; and B) receiving an incoming text-based message, including; receiving via the global communication network, at the server, an incoming text-based message in the global communication network-based format and an origin identifier associated with an originating device on the wireless telephonic network and indicating that the incoming text-based message has been received in the wireless telephonic network-based format via the wireless telephonic network at the proxy mobile phone and forwarded by the proxy mobile phone to the server via the global communication network; and providing from the server the incoming text-based message in the global communication network-based format for access via the global communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for sending and receiving text-based messages comprising:
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a server connectable to a global communication network; a client equipped mobile phone connectable to a wireless telephonic network, connectable to the global communication network, and configured to communicate with the server via the global communication network; the server being configured to send via the global communication network an outgoing text-based message to the client equipped mobile phone in response to receiving the outgoing text-based message via the global communication network, the outgoing text-based message being addressed to a recipient mobile phone; the client equipped mobile phone being configured to send via the wireless telephonic network an outgoing text-based message in a wireless telephonic network-based format derived from the outgoing text-based message and addressed to the recipient mobile phone in response to receiving the outgoing text-based message via the global communication network from the server; the client equipped mobile phone further being configured to send to the server via the global communication network an incoming text-based message derived from an incoming text-based message received in the wireless telephonic network-based format via the wireless telephonic network; and the server further being configured to provide access to the incoming text-based message via the global communication network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for sending and receiving text-based messages comprising:
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A) sending an outgoing text-based message, including; receiving via a global communication network, at a server, an outgoing text-based message in a global communication network-based format with an address of a destination device on a wireless telephonic network; sending via the global communication network, from the server to a proxy mobile phone, the outgoing text-based message in the global communication network-based format and the address of the destination device; and forwarding via the wireless telephonic network, from the proxy mobile phone, the outgoing text-based message in a wireless telephonic network-based format, with the address of the destination device; and B) receiving an incoming text-based message, including; receiving via the wireless telephonic network, at the proxy mobile phone, an incoming text-based message in the wireless telephonic network-based format with an address of an originating device on the wireless telephonic network; forwarding via the global communication network, from the proxy mobile phone to the server, the incoming text-based message in the global communication network-based format and the address of the originating device; and providing from the server the incoming text-based message in the global communication network-based format and the address of the originating device for access via the global communication network.
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