Method and apparatus in a wireless communication system for identifying who has received a group message
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsThomas Casey Hill, Michael Kotzin
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Abstract
A server (102) receives (302) from an originator a group message directed to an address associated in the server with a pre-defined plurality of recipients whose coupling to the wireless communication system at any given time is either active or inactive. The server stores (304) the group message, and transmits (316) the group message to each recipient of the pre-defined plurality of recipients whenever the recipient is actively coupled to the wireless communication system. The server indicates (318) thereafter to the originator that the recipient has received the group message.
Claims20
A method in a server coupled to a wireless communication system for identifying who has received a group message, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, from an originator, the group message directed to an address associated with a pre-defined plurality of recipients whose coupling to the wireless communication system at any given time is one of active and inactive;
- storing the group message;
- transmitting the group message to each recipient of the pre-defined plurality of recipients whenever the recipient is actively coupled to the wireless communication system;
- and
- indicating thereafter to the originator that the recipient has received the group message.
A server coupled to a wireless communication system for identifying who has received a group message, the server comprising:
- a communication port for receiving from an originator, the group message directed to an address associated with a pre-defined plurality of recipients whose coupling to the wireless communication system at any given time is one of active and inactive;
- and
- a processor coupled to the communication port, the processor comprising a memory, for storing the group message,
- wherein the processor cooperates with the communication port to:
- transmit the group message to each recipient of the pre-defined plurality of recipients whenever the recipient is actively coupled to the wireless communication system;
- and
- indicate thereafter to the originator that the recipient has received the group message.
A software program that, when installed and executing on a processor that is coupled to a wireless communication system through a communication port, causes the processor to cooperate with the communication port to:
- receive, from an originator, a group message directed to an address associated with a pre-defined plurality of recipients whose coupling to the wireless communication system at any given time is one of active and inactive;
- store the group message,
- transmit the group message to each recipient of the pre-defined plurality of recipients whenever the recipient is actively coupled to the wireless communication system;
- and
- indicate thereafter to the originator that the recipient has received the group message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.