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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2016
Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

DeWayne Allan Sennett, Redmond, WA (US);

Brian Kevin Daly, Peachtree Corners, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 1/2745 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/36 (2013.01); H04L 51/22 (2013.01); H04M 1/2745 (2013.01); H04M 1/72547 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communications device determines the appropriate method for providing a message depending upon the content of the message without prompting or querying a user of the device. When the user selects a name as the recipient of the created message, the mobile device determines delivery options. If the message contains text only and if the user enters/selects a mobile device phone number, the message is sent via SMS. If the message contains multimedia and if the user enters or selects a mobile device phone number, the message is sent via MMS. If the message is text only or multimedia, and if the user enters or selects an email address, the message is sent via email. In various implementations, the message is delivery via determined delivery options including a lowest cost delivery option, a subscriber preferred delivery option, or a delivery options as indicated by an intended recipient's presence information.


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