Method for time-stamping a message based on a recipient location
AssigneeCingular Wirless II, Inc.
InventorOliver Mason Hopkins
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Abstract
A method time-stamps an electronic message in accordance with information about the time zone in which the intended recipient resides where the message is originally received by a message center in a time zone different from the intended recipient.
Claims12
A method for time-stamping a message to a mobile recipient, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message at a message center, the message intended for receipt by a given recipient;
- detecting a location of the given recipient;
- determining a time zone associated with a detected location of the recipient;
- and
- creating a time-stamp for said message using said determined time zone.
A method for time stamping a message to a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message for the mobile station at a message center;
- associating a first time with said message, said first time related to the time of receipt of the message by the message center;
- determining if the mobile station is registered;
- and
- if the mobile station is registered,
- detecting a location of the mobile station;
- determining a time zone associated with a detected location of the mobile station;
- and
- creating a time-stamp that is associated with said message using said first time and said determined time zone.
In a wireless communication system, a method for time stamping a message to a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message for a mobile station at a message center at a first time;
- interrogating a home location register (HLR) of said mobile station to determine if the mobile station is registered in the wireless communication system;
- if said mobile station is registered, receiving from the HLR information identifying a mobile switching center through which the mobile station is registered;
- determining a time off-set between the message center and the identified mobile switching center;
- and
- creating a time-stamp to be associated with said message using said first time and said time off-set.
A method for sending a time-stamped message to a mobile recipient, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message at a message center in a first time zone;
- determining a second time zone in which the mobile recipient is located;
- creating a time-stamp based on said second time zone;
- and
- sending said time-stamp and said message to the mobile recipient.
A system for time stamping a message to a mobile recipient comprising:
- a home location register (HLR) that holds information about where the mobile recipient is registered;
- a message center that receives a message for the mobile recipient and queries the HLR for an indication of a location of the mobile recipient;
- and
- a time zone database identifying a time zone for the indicated location of the mobile location;
- wherein said message center time stamps said received message using time zone information identified by said time zone database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.