Text messaging system and method employing predictive text entry and text compression and apparatus for use therein

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A text messaging method using means for composing, compressing and transmitting messages via a data network and means for receiving and decompressing said messages, the method comprising the steps of:

• (i) at the composing, compressing and transmitting means, composing a message (MSG) using predictive text entry, compressing the composed message (MSG) and transmitting the compressed message via the data network, and
• (ii) at the receiving and decompressing means, decompressing the received message (MSG) and conveying the decompressed message to an addressee of the message,
• wherein, during the predictive text entry step, character strings suggested to the person composing the message are derived from a messages corpus upon which were based the steps of compression before transmission and decompression following transmission.

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A text messaging device comprising means for composing and compressing text messages and transmitting the compressed messages via a data network to means for receiving and decompressing the compressed text messages,

• the composing, compressing and transmitting means having means for predictive text entry during composition of a message (MSG) in conjunction with means for compressing the composed message (MSG) and transmitting the compressed message to the receiving and decompressing means via the data network,
• wherein the predictive text entry means is arranged to suggest character strings derived from a messages corpus comprising messages upon which the compressing means and decompressing means base the compression and decompression, respectively.

A text messaging method for a system employing means for composing, compressing and transmitting messages via a data network and means for receiving and decompressing said messages, the method comprising the steps of:

• (i) at the composing, compressing and transmitting means, composing a message (MSG) using predictive text entry, compressing the composed message (MSG) and transmitting the compressed message via the data network;
• wherein, during the predictive text entry step, character strings suggested to the person composing the message are derived from a messages corpus upon which were based the steps of compression before transmission and decompression following transmission.

A messaging hub means for use in a text messaging system or method, the messaging hub means comprising means responsive to user input for composing, compressing and transmitting text messages and means for receiving and decompressing similarly compressed text messages,

• the composing, compressing and transmitting means having means for predictive text entry during composition of a message (MSG) in conjunction with means for compressing the composed message (MSG) and transmitting the compressed message to the receiving and decompressing means via a data network, and
• the receiving and decompressing means having means for decompressing the message following its receipt after transmission and means for conveying the decompressed message to an addressee of the message,
• wherein the predictive text entry means is arranged to suggest character strings derived from a messages corpus comprising messages upon which the compressing means and the decompressing means base the compression and the decompression, respectively.

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A text messaging method using a messaging hub having means responsive to user input for composing, compressing and transmitting messages via a data network and means for receiving and decompressing said messages, the method comprising the steps of:

• (i) at the composing, compressing and transmitting means, receiving input from a user and in response thereto composing a message (MSG) using predictive text entry, compressing the composed message (MSG) and transmitting the compressed message via the data network, and
• (ii) at the receiving and decompressing means, decompressing the received message (MSG) and conveying the decompressed message to an addressee of the message,
• wherein, during the predictive text entry step, character strings suggested to the person composing the message are derived from a messages corpus upon which were based the steps of compression before transmission and decompression following transmission.