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Remote messaging for mobile communication device and accessory

  • US 9,716,986 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2014
  • Issued: 07/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in an accessory, the method comprising:

  • providing, by an accessory connected to a mobile communication device (MCD) through a wireless link, capability information indicating that the accessory supports text message notifications;

    receiving, by the accessory from the MCD in response to determining that the accessory supports text message notifications based on the capability information, a text message notification indicating that the MCD has received and stored a full text message from a mobile communication network, wherein the full text message includes multimedia, and wherein the text message notification includes an identifier associated with the text message, a partial text message having a lesser portion of the full text message, and an indication that the full text message includes the multimedia;

    producing, by the accessory, a non-visual sensory notification to alert a user when the partial text message is received by the accessory;

    displaying, by the accessory to the user in response to receiving the text message notification from the MCD, the partial text message;

    sending, by the accessory to the MCD, a user request to access the full text message including the multimedia, wherein the user request includes the identifier;

    receiving, by the accessory from the MCD in response to the user request, the full text message including the multimedia stored by the MCD; and

    providing, by the accessory to the user in response to receiving the full text message from the MCD, the full text message.

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