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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
David A. Steinberg, Washington, DC (US);
Kenneth D. Landry, Apex, NC (US);
Mark T. Miller, Durham, NC (US);
David A. Steinberg, Washington, DC (US);
Kenneth D. Landry, Apex, NC (US);
Mark T. Miller, Durham, NC (US);
InPhonic, Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A short message transaction system has a computer that communicates in an online Internet protocol that forms active sessions. A wireless device communicates in a protocol that transmits and receives messages that have a maximum size limit of a predetermined number of alphanumeric characters substantially smaller than the number of alphanumeric characters transmitted in a communication of the computer. A database is also provided. A surrogate communicates with the wireless device and the computer. The surrogate collects data from a plurality of messages from the wireless device and provides the data for storage in the database. The computer then runs online sessions using the stored data.