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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Tionesta, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventor:
Paul Posner, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tionesta, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing alternate SMS/MMS traffic to a user using alternate wireless and network service. Aspects of the disclosed systems and methods allow existing wireless customers to continue using their normal wireless phone and phone number for SMS/MMS traffic while still easily avoiding large roaming and texting charges, all while nearly transparently maintaining the full range of normal wireless voice, text, and SMS/MMS services.