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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
William H. Collins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Aaron D. Cubbage, Fleet, GB;
Inderpreet S. Ahluwalia, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
An Internet server allows a cellular telephone to acquire a short messaging service (SMS) address for an Internet station. A user of the cellular telephone generates a preliminary message including an Internet e-mail address for the Internet station. The preliminary message is sent to the Internet server using the SMS. The Internet server generates a reply message having the Internet station e-mail address in a sender address field. The reply message, when sent to the cellular telephone, prompts the Internet gateway to supply the SMS address for the Internet station to the cellular telephone. Further, the Internet server processes an initial message from the cellular telephone to at least one Internet station. The initial message includes a communication for an Internet station, a first line of the communication including the Internet e-mail address for the Internet station. The server generates a message having the Internet e-mail address of the Internet station in a recipient address field, and including the communication, and sends the message to the Internet station. The Internet server additionally processes an e-mail message from an Internet station to the cellular telephone, where the e-mail message includes a communication greater than a maximum communication length imposed by the SMS. The server divides the communication into a plurality of portions less than the maximum communication length. The server generates a plurality of messages, where each message includes one of the portions of the communication. The messages are sent by the server to the cellular telephone. Further, the Internet server provides the cellular telephone access to an Internet web page. The cellular telephone generates a request message including an Internet web page address, and sends the request message to the server. The server accesses the Internet web page and generates a message to the cellular telephone, the message including a content of the Internet web page.