End to end acknowledgment of SMS messages
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1. A method that acknowledges a receiving cell phone'"'"'s receipt of SMS messages from a sending cell phone, comprising:
- receiving a short message service (SMS) message at the receiving cell phone from the sending cell phone;
in response to receiving said SMS message, the receiving cell phone automatically initiating a missed call that is configured to provide acknowledgement of the receiving cell phone'"'"'s receipt of said SMS message,wherein said automatically initiating a missed call comprises initiating a call to the sending cell phone by sending a ring back from receiving cell phone to the sending cell phone and terminating the call before being answered at the sending cell phone;
the call from the receiving phone to the sending cell phone configured to cause the sending cell phone, in response to receiving the ring back within a predetermined amount of time, to refrain from resending the SMS message;
wherein the act of initiating a missed call is performed by the receiving phone dependent on a particular geographical location detected using the receiving cell phone'"'"'s GPS function.
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Abstract
End to end acknowledgment of SMS messages based on sending an acknowledgement back to the sender of the SMS that the message was received after successful delivery.
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1. A method that acknowledges a receiving cell phone'"'"'s receipt of SMS messages from a sending cell phone, comprising:
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receiving a short message service (SMS) message at the receiving cell phone from the sending cell phone; in response to receiving said SMS message, the receiving cell phone automatically initiating a missed call that is configured to provide acknowledgement of the receiving cell phone'"'"'s receipt of said SMS message, wherein said automatically initiating a missed call comprises initiating a call to the sending cell phone by sending a ring back from receiving cell phone to the sending cell phone and terminating the call before being answered at the sending cell phone; the call from the receiving phone to the sending cell phone configured to cause the sending cell phone, in response to receiving the ring back within a predetermined amount of time, to refrain from resending the SMS message; wherein the act of initiating a missed call is performed by the receiving phone dependent on a particular geographical location detected using the receiving cell phone'"'"'s GPS function. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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2. A wireless device configured to include a non-transitory computer readable medium having program code thereon configured to control the device to:
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receive a short message service (SMS) message at the wireless device from a sending wireless device; in response to said receiving, the receiving wireless device automatically initiating a missed call that is configured to provide acknowledgement of the receiving wireless device'"'"'s receipt of said SMS message, wherein said automatically initiating a missed call comprises;
initiating a call to the sending wireless device by sending a ring back from receiving wireless device to the sending wireless device and terminating the call before being answered at the sending wireless device;the call from the receiving wireless device to the sending wireless device configured to cause the sending wireless device, in response to receiving the ring back within a predetermined amount of time, to refrain from resendinq the SMS message; and wherein the act of initiating a missed call is performed by the receiving wireless device dependent on a particular geographical location detected using a GPS function. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A message acknowledgement system, comprising:
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a receiving cell phone configured to receive a short message service (SMS) message from a sending cell phone; wherein the receiving cell phone is configured to automatically call the sending cell phone and making the call a missed call to indicate the receiving cell phone'"'"'s receipt of the SMS message; wherein said making the missed call comprises initiating a call to the sending cell phone by sending a ring back from receiving cell phone to the sending cell phone and terminating the call before being answered at the sending cell phone; the call from the receiving cell phone to the sending cell phone configured to cause the sending cell phone, in response to receiving the ring back within a predetermined amount of time, to refrain from resending the SMS message;
wherein the act of initiating a missed call is performed by the receiving phone dependent on a particular location of the receiving cellphone being detected using the receiving cell phone'"'"'s GPS function. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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