Messaging system for mobile communication

• US 7,221,933 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2001
• Issued: 05/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corporation (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Kaplan, Diego, Sauer, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Duc M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GENACK, MATTHEW W
• Application Number:
  US10/037,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20030078033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,038 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.2
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting broadcasting in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2061 Language aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4581 Sending message identifiers instead of whole messages notification of incoming messages in packet-switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system and method for communicating messages between mobile communication devices. Predefined and customizable messages are provided to the user for selection and transmittal. Customizable messages include customizable text entry portions for text, default information such as the date or time, or defined information previously input and saved in memory by the user. Each predefined message can be translated into another language for transmission to one or more recipients. Acoustic messages can also be recorded and transmitted to one or more recipients. Messages are transmitted by conventional means over radio frequencies, infrared, or cable connections. In a second embodiment messages and translations are transmitted by code to a central server which decodes and transmits the message to each recipient mobile. In a third embodiment, all mobiles in the communication system are programmed to contain identical predefined and customizable messages and messages are transmitted by code.

Claims

1. A method of message communication between a first and a second wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a plurality of predefined messages in a memory of the first and the second wireless communication devices, each predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages associated with a message number code of a plurality of message number codes and a language code of a plurality of language codes;

selecting a predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages to send to at least one recipient, the selected predefined message having an associated message number code of the plurality of message number codes;

selecting a language for the selected predefined message, the selected language having a selected language code of the plurality of language codes; and

transmitting the associated message number code and the selected language code from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device, the selected language code being used to retrieve the predefined message in the selected language from the memory of the second wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the associated message number code and the selected language code at a server;

the server constructing a text message from the associated message number code and the selected language code; and

sending the constructed text message to the second wireless communication device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

storing a defined contacts list of message recipients in the memory of the first wireless communication device;

selecting the at least one recipient from the defined contacts list of message recipients.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of predefined messages comprises at least one customizable concatenated message, the at least one customizable concatenated message comprising at least one customizable text entry portion.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one customizable text entry portion comprises user-input text information.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one customizable text entry portion comprises selectable text information.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one customizable text entry portion comprises default information.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the default information comprises at least one of information from a calendar and information from a clock.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least once customizable text entry portion comprises defined information.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the defined information comprises at least one of recipient contact information, terms previously stored in the memory of the first wireless communication device, and phrases previously stored in the memory of the first wireless communication device.

11. A method of message communication between first and second wireless devices, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a predefined message from a plurality of predefined messages stored in a memory of the first wireless device, the predefined message identifiable by a message code;

selecting a preferred language code; and

transmitting a transmit message comprising the message code and the preferred language code to the second wireless device, the preferred language code and the message code being used to retrieve a corresponding selected predefined message from a memory of the second wireless communication device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the plurality of predefined messages comprises at least one customizable message having a predefined portion and at least one customizable text entry portion.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

intercepting the transmit message at a server;

constructing a text message from the transmit message based upon the message code and the preferred language code; and

forwarding the text message from the server to the the second wireless device.

14. A device for wireless message communication, the device comprising:

a memory comprising;

contact information for a plurality of recipients; and

a plurality of predefined messages for transmission, each predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages associated with a message code and a transmission language code;

a user interface for selecting at least one recipient of the plurality of recipients and for selecting a predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages;

a processor for coding the selected predefined message into a coded message, the coded message comprising the message code and the transmission language code; and

a transceiver for transmitting the coded message to the selected at least one recipient, the at least one recipient having a wireless device with a memory for retrieving a message corresponding to the selected predefined message using the message code and the transmitted language code.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein at least one predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages is a customizable message, the customizable message comprising at least one customizable text entry portion.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein the customizable text entry portion comprises at least one of user-input text information, default information, and defined information.

17. The device of claim 16 wherein the default information comprises time and date information.

18. The device of claim 16 wherein the defined information comprises predefined phrases stored in the memory.

19. The device of claim 14 wherein the user interface is used to select a preferred language of the at least one recipient, wherein the preferred language is associated with the transmission language code.

20. A system for message communication between first and second wireless communication devices, the system comprising:

the first and the second wireless communication devices comprising;

a memory for storing contact information for at least one other wireless communication devices and for storing a plurality of predefined messages, each predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages identifiable by a message code and a language code;

a user interface for selecting a predefined message of the plurality of predefined messages on the first wireless communication device, for selecting the contact information, and for selecting a transmission language;

a processor for preparing a coded predefined message comprising an associated message code associated with the selected predefined message and an associated language code associated with the selected transmission language; and

a transceiver for transmitting the coded predefined message; and

a network server for receiving the coded predefined message and sending the coded predefined message to the second wireless communication device, the second wireless communication device retrieving a corresponding predefined message from the memory using the transmitted associated message code and the transmitted associated language code.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the plurality of predefined messages comprises a plurality of customizable messages having a predefined portion and at least one customizable text entry portion.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the at least one customizable text entry portion comprises user-input text information.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the at least one customizable text entry portion comprises selectable text information.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein the at least one customizable text entry portion comprises default information.

25. The system of claim 20 wherein the network server constructs a text message from the coded predefined message and sends the constructed text message to the second wireless communication device.