Cellular telephone with SMS message forwarding

• US 20020137530A1
• Filed: 03/08/2001
• Published: 09/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karve, Katyayini
• Application Number:
  US09/801,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20020137530A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/658 Means for redirecting recorded messages to other extensions or equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A cellular telephone that supports SMS messaging includes a feature that allows received SMS messages to be forwarded to another number or device. The telephone includes a database memory for storing a forwarding address, a controller connected to the database memory for accessing the forwarding address, a display connected to the controller for displaying the forwarding address and a key for selecting the forwarding address and instructing the controller to forward received short messages to the selected forwarding address.

Claims

1. A mobile communications device that supports Short Message Service (SMS), the device comprising:

means for receiving a SMS short message; and

program code for forwarding the received short message from the mobile communications device to another device.

2. The communications device of claim 1, wherein the program code directs the short message to be forwarded to the other device via a predefined forwarding address.

3. The communications device of claim 2, wherein the program code directs only short messages received from a predetermined originating address to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.

4. The communications device of claim 2, wherein the program code directs only short messages received from an address other than one or more predetermined originating addresses to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.

5. The communications device of claim 2, wherein the program code directs only short messages received during a predetermined time period to be forwarded to the predefined destination address.

6. The communications device of claim 2, further comprising a memory for storing received SMS messages, wherein the program code directs only short messages received after the memory is filled to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.

7. A communications device that supports Short Message Service (SMS), the device comprising:

a database memory for storing at least one predefined forwarding address;

a controller connected to the database memory for accessing the at least one predefined forwarding address;

a display connected to the controller for displaying the at least one accessed predefined forwarding address; and

at least one key for selecting the predefined forwarding address and instructing the controller to forward received short messages to the selected predefined forwarding address.

8. The communications device of claim 7, wherein the controller directs only short messages received from a predetermined originating address to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.

9. The communications device of claim 7, wherein the controller directs only short messages received from an address other than one or more predetermined originating addresses to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.

10. The communications device of claim 7, wherein the controller directs only short messages received during a predetermined time period to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.

11. The communications device of claim 7, further comprising a memory space for storing received SMS messages, wherein the controller directs only short messages received after the memory space is filled to be forwarded to the predefined forwarding address.