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Apparatus for storing messages in a cellular mobile terminal

Patent 5687216 Issued on November 11, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 13, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 645160 filed on 05/13/1996

US Classes:

455/412.2, Having message notification379/357.02, Personal computer memory card (PCMCIA)455/466, Auxiliary data signaling (e.g., short message service (SMS))455/558Card control element

Examiners

Primary: Bost, Dwayne D.
Assistant: Trost, William

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0458563 A2 EP. 05/25/2013
  • 369110 EP. 05/25/1990
  • 2-13141 JP. 05/25/2013
  • WO90/06648 WO. 05/25/2013
  • 9326131 WO. 12/25/1993

International Class

H04Q 007/32

Abstract

A mobile communications terminal is provided with includes a receiver apparatus for receiving messages, an internal memory for storing the messages received by said receiver means, a removable external memory for storing messages, and wherein cooperation is provided between the internal memory and the external memory by transferring messages stored in the internal memory into the external memory. A method of providing cooperation between an internal memory and an external memory in a cellular mobile communications terminal is also disclosed.

Other References

  • "Point-to-Point Short Message Service Support on Mobile Radio Interface", GSM Recommendations ETSI/TC GSM 04.11 version 3.3.0, Jan. 1993, pp. 1-73
  • "Technical Realization of the Short Message Service--Point-to-Point", GSM Recommendations ETSI/TC GSM 03.40--version 3.5.0-1, Jan. 1991, pp. 1-10
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