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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrik G. Gustafsson, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Openwave Systems Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 ; H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 ; H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
Techniques that enable wireless client devices to more efficiently utilize available transmission bandwidth in a wireless network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques operates to include or incorporate return information (data) in an acknowledgement message after an incoming message has been successfully received from a sender. As a result, messages are able to be effectively sent over the wireless network with less overhead. The techniques are particularly suitable for a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network that is capable of bi-directional communications with a short message service center (SMSC).