Instant messaging to a mobile device
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1. A method performed by a server, the method comprising:
- establishing a data connection, at the server, with a wireless communication device via a wireless communication network;
receiving message service login information from the wireless communication device;
logging on, by the server, to a message service using the message service login information as a proxy for the wireless communication device;
transmitting, by the server, to the message service, presence information indicating that the wireless communication device is online with respect to the message service;
terminating, by the server, the data connection with the wireless communication device; and
maintaining, by the server, the presence information as online for the wireless communication device while the wireless communication device remains in an active state in which the wireless communication device is powered up but does not have a data connection to the wireless communication network.
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Abstract
A wireless communications device logs on to an instant messaging service through a proxy server. Notification of an incoming instant message is provided to the wireless communications device by converting at least part of the instant message to Short Message Service (SMS) format or by transmitting a notice in SMS format that a message has been received.
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1. A method performed by a server, the method comprising:
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establishing a data connection, at the server, with a wireless communication device via a wireless communication network; receiving message service login information from the wireless communication device; logging on, by the server, to a message service using the message service login information as a proxy for the wireless communication device; transmitting, by the server, to the message service, presence information indicating that the wireless communication device is online with respect to the message service; terminating, by the server, the data connection with the wireless communication device; and maintaining, by the server, the presence information as online for the wireless communication device while the wireless communication device remains in an active state in which the wireless communication device is powered up but does not have a data connection to the wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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a display, configured to display a selectable option for logging on to at least one message service using a server instead of directly with the message service; and a processor, operatively coupled to the display, configured to; establish a data connection with the server in response to a selection input corresponding to the selectable option; transmit, to the server, login information corresponding to the at least one message service; terminate the data connection with the server; and transmit, to the server and while the wireless communication device remains in an active state in which the wireless communication device is powered up but does not have a data connection to the wireless communication network, a periodic indication that the wireless communication device is in the active state to cause the server to maintain presence information as online for the wireless communication device with the message service. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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