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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Douglas B. Alston, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Barbara Stark, Roswell, GA (US);
Valois Gonzalez, Marietta, GA (US);
Douglas B. Alston, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Barbara Stark, Roswell, GA (US);
Valois Gonzalez, Marietta, GA (US);
AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for sending and receiving text, or data, messages between wireless communication devices and wireline-messaging devices utilize a broadband connection to the wireline premises as the signaling channel. A message application server sends messages directly to wireline-messaging devices through a digital network, such as the Internet. Such systems and methods include wireline-messaging devices integrated with premises telephones connected to a PSTN, in which the telephones are adapted with thin client software to send and receive data messages.