Method and system in a client-server for automatically converting messages from a first format to a second format compatible with a message retrieving device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorShawn Thomas Segur
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Abstract
A multi-format communications client-server (50) has a number of communication interfaces (52-64). A controller and processor (68) is coupled to each of the communication interfaces (52-64) and convert messages from a first communication format to a second communication format. A memory (70) is coupled to the controller and processor (68) and the communication interfaces (52-64). The memory (70) stores a number of messages in a number of communication formats.
Claims25
A multi-format communications client-server, comprising:
- a plurality of communication interfaces in communication with one or more subscriber units, a communication interface adapted to receive one or more audio/visual messages from at least a first of the one or more of the subscriber units and to transmit a selected one or more messages to at least a second of the one or more of the subscriber units;
- a controller and processor coupled to the plurality of communication interfaces, the controller and processor configured to sense a return address and data format of the first of the one or more subscriber units and for automatically converting one or more of the received messages from a first communication format to a second communication format in response to a message retrieval query from the second of the one or more of the subscriber units instructing the communication interface to transmit the selected messages from the communication interface to the querying subscriber units, wherein the second communication format is compatible with the data format of a subscriber unit generating the message retrieval query.
A method of sending, receiving and converting multiple format communication messages, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a message in one of a plurality of data formats including audio/visual messages, the message containing a delivery address for specifying delivery to one or more subscriber units;
- (b) determining a customer ID associated with the delivery address;
- (c) storing the message in a memory at a location associated with the customer ID
- (d) receiving a transmit selected message command from one of the one or more subscriber units for selecting a message to be transmitted to the one subscriber unit;
- (e) automatically determining a return address and data format of the one subscriber unit and converting the selected message into a data format compatible with the one subscriber unit;
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- (f) transmitting the converted message to the one subscriber unit.
A multi-format communications client-server, comprising;
- a plurality of communication interfaces for receiving a plurality of messages in a plurality of formats including audio/visual formats;
- a controller and one or more subscriber units coupled to each of the plurality of communication interfaces;
- a memory coupled to the controller for storing a plurality of messages in a plurality of formats;
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- a processor coupled to the memory for automatically determining a return address and data format of a subscriber unit and converting one of the plurality of messages from a first of the plurality of formats to a second of the plurality of formats wherein the second of the plurality of formats is in the data format compatible with a subscriber unit requesting retrieval of one of the stored messages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.