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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Idt Corporation, Newark, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey S. Skelton, Perrineville, NJ (US);
Benjamin Hirsch, Raanana, IL;
Yitzchak Wurtzel, Ramat Beit Shemesh, IL;
Assignee:
IDT Corporation, Newark, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 3/44 (2006.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04M 15/06 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/1467 (2013.01); H04L 12/1485 (2013.01); H04L 51/28 (2013.01); H04L 61/2596 (2013.01); H04L 61/605 (2013.01); H04M 3/44 (2013.01); H04M 15/06 (2013.01); H04M 15/43 (2013.01); H04M 15/80 (2013.01); H04M 15/8044 (2013.01); H04M 15/8055 (2013.01); H04M 15/8061 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04M 3/42382 (2013.01); H04M 2215/28 (2013.01); H04W 88/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for communicating using SMS messages between devices in different home networks, and, in one embodiment, to a method and system for assigning a local SMS number to a recipient device in a different home network such that a user is charged reduced communications costs.