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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Kevin J. Overend, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Baoling S. Sheen, Naperville, IL (US);
Sandra Lynn True, St. Charles, IL (US);
Kenneth J. Voight, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Kevin J. Overend, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Baoling S. Sheen, Naperville, IL (US);
Sandra Lynn True, St. Charles, IL (US);
Kenneth J. Voight, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for handling of short message service (SMS) messages for a mobile station (MS) () served by a wireless telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving an SMS message at the MS (), the SMS message being a text message; alerting a user of the MS () that the SMS message has been received; receiving an indication that the user desires to audibly retrieve the SMS message; converting the SMS message from a text message to a corresponding verbal message; and, playing the verbal message.